“Even if you choose not to believe, that in itself is a HUGE leap of faith.”

A thought by Erwin Raphael McManus, (2006-11-14) from his book, Soul Cravings: An Exploration of the Human Spirit (p. 159). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.

We all live by faith. What we have chosen as our world view is lived out by faith. Now I have chosen a world view that God is to be loved, served, and He will reward me with eternal life. Is it a view that can be proven without faith? Of course not but I still believe it.

John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son so that anyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” I have chosen to believe that and I live each day controlled by that belief. It gives me hope. Can I prove that it is totally true without any doubts? No, I accept it by faith. My faith will be proven true or false one second after I have died and the same is true of you.

Now let’s say you believe that I am wrong. You live with the world view that there is no God and that there is no afterlife. This is it. You are banking on the fact that this is it. But you also can’t prove that it is totally true without any doubts. You have to accept it by faith.

Now let’s say I am wrong and you are right. My view of life gives me a sense that I am loved, I am not alone, I have a purpose and I will be rewarded. Even if there is no afterlife, I have lived a good life here. My life has had meaning. I have lived a life of significance here. I will have enjoyed my life.

But what if I am right and you are wrong? One second after you die you will realize that you blew it and you will be living forever with that fact being reinforced with great torment. It will not be a good afterlife for you. I will have lived a good life here and an unbelievable afterlife. I am rewarded even if I’m wrong and for sure if I am right.

So for your sake, I hope you’re right because it is going to be horrible if you are wrong. I’m safe either way but you’re not. I think it is better to be safe than sorry. So why not believe in His one and only Son, believe in Jesus so you too will not perish but have eternal life?

Why not do it right now?

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