Last week in my “small group” (there are 67 of us…maybe I should call it my “small church”), some great questions about God were submitted. One of them has continued to mess with my brain.
I’ll paraphrase it this way: “Why doesn’t God make it crystal clear that there’s a heaven and hell and that salvation is found in Jesus Christ alone?”
My immediate reaction was that God doesn’t want to make it easy on us. He wants us to seek after him. He wants us to engage our brain. And he wants us to live by faith. That means some uncertainty is necessary. Mystery is part of God’s nature.
In retrospect, I realize my answer was insufficient. Why DOESN’T God make it easier for people to see the truth? Why doesn’t God send Jesus back to earth every 3 years for 1 hour (maybe during halftime of the Super Bowl), where he would hold a press conference and let the world know that he’s alive, and that all these people called Christians aren’t crazy?!
That sure would make my job (and yours) of convincing people to put their hope in Jesus much more effortless.
I really don’t have a good answer to the question.
What I do know is that between now and when Jesus does come back, our job is bring Jesus to the people we interact with each day. We represent him. We are his witnesses. We show the world Jesus. We are the evidence they need to see that Jesus truly is alive. We exist to make it easier for people to put their faith in him.
I’d love to hear your responses to the question.
I’d also love it if Jesus came back during halftime at this Sunday’s Super Bowl!
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Wed, February 1, 2012
by Phil Print
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