Christianity: The Simple Truth: Take 1

In the world we live in today...Christianity and the need for God's Word (The Bible) has most definitely become "watered down"...and I'll even go as far as saying that it has become "a chore" , "a burden", even "routine" for the most devout Christians. How utterly and ridiculously sad is that? The Christians of today are not the same as the Christians of 2000 years ago...the martyrs...the crucified...the beheaded...the stoned. What a stand they took...what a love they had for their religion...no...their love was for their Father...God...and for their brother, savior, and teacher, Jesus Christ.

Over the next few weeks, years, decades...heck...I don't know...how ever long it takes...I want to discuss certain points of Christianity...I won't be doing it every day...only when the inspiration comes over me. I am going to take it very slowly...one point at a time...there is so much...it will be difficult...some posts will be longer than others...please just bear with me.

Let's start...well...at the beginning: God is. God always has been and always will be. Is it really that simple? Yes.

Before the earth was created, before the universe was created, God existed. God, his Holy Spirit, and his son, Jesus were in existence always. The Godhead, the three in One. That is a huge concept to take in...but...it is the simple and absolute truth. There are so very many things that we as humans cannot wrap our brains around...but you know what? We aren't supposed to be able to...that isn't how we were designed. Many people, because they cannot understand the Bible and God's creation, nor can they act on faith (which is key in the life of a Christian) and just trust in Him and the sufficient Word that He has given us, simply create another "thing"...or religion, etc. with their own personal beliefs and ideas in order to make sense of it all for themselves and perhaps others.

I think I will end here today with this point...moving on to the next point...whatever that is...next time.

I will leave you with this awesome verse from John:

"In the beginning there was the Word.* The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. All things were made by him, and nothing was made without him. In him there was life, and that life was the light of all people. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it". These are the words of John, chapter 1, verses 1-5

*Word - The Greek word is "logos", meaning any kind of communication; it could be translated "message". Here, it means Christ, because Christ was the way God told people about himself.

Thank you for reading.

Love,

Kasey