Why do you believe in God?
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• But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect (1 Peter 3:15)
• For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:10)
• But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)
• The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. (Romans 6:10)
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Why do you believe in God? If you would ask me that question as a kid, I would have told you, I believe in God because people told me I should. And although it is an answer, should it really be the answer? I'm asking this because the Bible says, "In your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect." So, what would you say if someone asked you, "What's the reason you have hope?" For me, I didn't really have one until I developed a personal relationship with God. But it wasn't because I just decided to one day. It's because I made a series of bad decisions that led me so far down a path that I felt like I could never come back. But while I was lost, God sent me someone to teach me that the Bible says, "The Son of Man, Jesus, God in human form, came down to seek and to save the lost." So, I started to dig into the Bible and listen to messages about God. And I learned that the Bible says, "God demonstrates his own love for us in this, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Knowing that Jesus came and died for me for that moment where I felt so far gone is what gave me hope. But I did think, "This can't count. If I sinned then, a penalty has to be paid after." But the Bible says, "The death he died, he died to sin once for all, before and after." To truly experience that freedom, I needed to believe that he did all of that in faith, confess that Jesus is Lord, and then repent, which means to pivot, to turn away from sin, aligning my life with the directions of the Bible, God's words. Now, is it the perfect answer? No. But that's the point of asking this question, so we can practice figuring out how to articulate it. Because at some point, somebody will ask, "Why do you believe in God?" And we know that we do. We have hope because we experienced something, and God set us free from it. Or at least that's my reason. But I'd love to hear that for you. Why do you believe in God? I'm praying for you today as we figure out how to share this together. God bless.