Christian Beliefs

The Bible clearly points this out, which makes it one of the many reasons why I stand with Christianity no matter what

I just want to share some thoughts with you on why I stand with Christianity no matter what.

I say no matter what because even if I don't quite understand everything, or I may be a little confuse at times.

The one thing that I have learned when it comes to my Christian beliefs? Is that Christianity is the only religion that has taken off the limits that the world has tried so hard to put on me.

It has taught me to look beyond what I can see naturally and to learn how to grasp things spiritually.

The reason for this? Is because when the natural passes, the spiritual will still exist. So why not invest in the thing that will pay me dividends for the longest stretch?

What about it? Now I'm not going to type something crazy, like science is useless and that it's findings are wrong when it comes to the inner workings of God's creation. I'm not going to type that, because that would be absurd on my part.

But I do believe that science is a tool of application that God has given humanity. It's because of this tool we are able to examine, learn and extract from what God has created.

Science can not and has not been able to provide the answers to why we exist. All they can say is that, "We are looking for that missing link, and we feel that we are close to finding it." Oh, really?

The people who are trying to give full credit to science for the creation of all things, would be considered very limited minded people in my book. Science limits them to what can be answered naturally, things that are temporal and finite.

Science does not and cannot provide answers for the spiritual world which is limitless and infinite. The only tool that can come close to providing these type of answers would be the Bible.

Sir Isaac Newton: "We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy. I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatsoever."

Sir John Herschel: "All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more strongly that the truths come from on high which are contained in the sacred writings..."

James Dwight Dana: "Young men, as you go forth, remember that I, an old man, who has known only science all his life, say unto you that there are no truer facts than the facts found within the Holy Scriptures."

Michael Faraday: "Why will people go astray when they have this blessed Book to guide them?"

I could say, that the main reason my Christian beliefs are the way they are, is because I know or I feel that I'm right, because Jesus Christ rest deep within my heart and mind. He died on the cross and washed away my sins, He redeemed me and rescue me from an eternal death.

Although this is a common reason with all Christian believers, but would this be enough proof in the 21st Century? It should be, but unfortunately it's not.

I could also say that I stand by my Christian beliefs because my religion has more followers than any other religion? But unfortunately this would not be true in today's time? The truth is that Christianity would be a distinct minority, with all of the different types of world religions that we have going on today.

The Muslims would quickly point this out to you, and without hesitation being that they have the fastest growing religion in the world today.

Or maybe I could say that I stand by my Christian beliefs because, it's the oldest of all religions? Well, yeah this could be debated?

But the Confucian could put up an argument that Confucius revealed his teachings centuries before Jesus was even born.

Although Confucius teachings didn't deal with having a direct relationship with the Almighty God. Or indicating that we were made from God's own likeness and image.

I'll let him off the hook when it comes to redemption and eternal salvation being that he came before Jesus Christ.

I stand on a solid foundation when it comes to Christianity? That foundation would be the Book that my Heavenly Father has left me. Within this Book you will find the greatest love letter that has ever been written to humanity. That's right, you guessed it - The Holy Bible.

Why the Bible? Well for one, the Bible is unlike any other book that deals with one religious views. There has not been any other book that has had such a universal impact on the world like the Bible.

The Bible is a book that wasn't written by one man or a group of men. But it was written within different lands that span over a period of 1600 years. It contains sixty-six separate volumes, which took around forty different authors to write.

It was written in three different languages that deals with various topics that were addressed under very different situations. But yet and still it has a complete unity that deals with divinity, mystery, morals, poetry, drama, science, prophesy, and history that is unmatched by any other book.

It was the first book that was put in print, and this happen around (1450 A.D.) The Old Testament was started more than 3000 years ago. The New Testament a little more than 2000 years ago, and is still the most popular book in today's modern times.

It's been translated into over a thousand different types of languages and dialects, and has transcended all national and international boundaries. All class of people are inspired by the Bible, rather they are rich, poor, wise, simple, old or young.

Regardless of what people say, the Western Civilization was founded on the Bible and it's teachings. Our calendar and most of it's holidays came from the Bible.

Which explains why great masterpieces and movements have been motivated and produced behind the Bible. There have been artist like Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Michelangelo and others.

There have been authors like John Milton, John Bunyan, Shakespeare, Coleridge, Longfellow, Hawthorne, and many others.

There have also been musicians like George Frederic Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Beethoven and many others.

Great structures have been built like the St. Peter's Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral, Rouen Cathedral, St. Mary's Church, and the Ulm Cathedral to name a few.

Movements in history like Missions, Social Reform, Education, English Common Law, Bill of Rights, United States Constitution, and The Reformation have also taken place behind the Bible.

The only book that has been able to make unlikely predictions when concerning prophesy, and then turns around and records the fulfilling of them. The Bible has been 100 percent accurate when it comes to the prophecies that have been recorded in it.

There are Thirty-Seven Old Testament prophecies that talks about the Messiah in great detail, on his birth, ministry, death and resurrection while on earth. These prophecies were spoken 600 - 700 years before Jesus was born.

All thirty-seven prophecies which talked about his birth, ministry, death and resurrection were eventually fulfilled by Jesus Christ. Also, Josiah, Cyrus, Alexander the Great, John the Baptist, and Antiochus Epiphanes along with many others all fulfilled prophecies that were foretold on them in the Bible.

You also have had prophecies foretold on nations like, Israel, Edom, Babylon, Media-Persia, Greece, Rome, Egypt, and Russia. All of these prophecies that were foretold on them in the Bible were fulfilled.

You have also have had prophecies foretold on popular cities like Tyre, Jericho, Nineveh, and Jerusalem. All of these prophecies that were foretold on them in the Bible came to pass.

Countless people have tried to destroy this great book, and continue to do so this very day. You have had great philosophers like Voltaire, Thomas Paine, and even Joseph Stalin have tried to destroy the Bible through their literature and rhetoric.

You have had Kings, Emperors and even Priests, that have tried to destroy this great book. But they have died and yet, the Bible still stands. People have given their lives and continue to do so because they refuse to deny or give up Jesus as their Saviour.

There has not been any other book that has been able to deliver such historical accuracy like the Bible. You have had great scholars after intense studying and researching became defenders of this great book.

Sir William Ramsey: "I take the view that Luke's history is unsurpassed in regard to it's trustworthiness...you may press the words of Luke in a degree beyond any historian's and they stand the keenest scrutiny and the hardest treatment."

William F. Albright: "The reader may rest assured: nothing has been found to disturb a reasonable faith, and nothing has been discovered which can disprove a single theological doctrine...We no longer trouble ourselves with attempts to 'harmonize' religion and science, or to 'prove' the Bible. The Bible can stand for itself."

H.G. Wells: "The Bible has been the Book that held together the fabric of Western civilization. The civilization we possess could not come into existence and could not have been sustained without it."

Thomas Carlyle: "A Noble Book! All men's book!...grand in its sincerity, in its simplicity, and in its epic melody."

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