In this fast-paced world, it's likely our paths may never cross again. So what if they don't? Just this...in a world of cheap promises of wealth,
health, and happiness, I've discovered something that has made a lasting
difference in my life. And what you have here in your hand sums it up.
You don't need to be somebody special to make this discovery yourself. I'm just an ordinary person. But one day I found that there was something more to life than just living for weekends, working a lifetime to stay ahead of bills, growing old, and finally...death.
Please let me explain. Then you'll know why I'm eager to share my discovery with you.
Our purpose for being here...
From the beginning of time, according to a special book called the Bible, life was meant to be a richly satisfying experience. The purpose of life even included friendship with God Himself! In fact, God created man and woman to enjoy His friendship in a perfect world of love and trust.
I learned from the Bible that "God created [mankind] in His own image."1 He shared with them qualities similar to His own--intelligence, conscience, personality, speech, the ability to choose. The things that still give our lives meaning today. Despite a great start, there came a time when the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, chose to go against one of God's instructions to them. The consequences were immediate. Their sin--the choice to disobey God--broke their once-close friendship with Him.2
Even worse, sin's eventual result was physical death. And death opened the door into sin's final outcome, eternal death, separation forever from God. And from their day to ours human history can be summed up this way: "Although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. The wages of sin is death."3
We have all followed in the footsteps of our forefathers. Disobedience. Deceit. Lies. Using others. Loving money. No time for God in our lives. No wonder our lives offend God... we offend our friends, even though they're sinners like us!
As hopeless as it sounds, when mankind ruined things God had a solution. His
plan: Have someone who had never done wrong take the place of everyone who
had ever done wrong. An innocent substitute for guilty wrongdoers.
Source: ATS Tracts | Doug Salser
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