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Here is my answer to the question, sorry it took so long.
1. On What Main Beliefs (Or Truths) Do You Base Your Life?
I don’t know why this was so hard to answer, it’s a simple enough question, but I guess as soon as I start thinking about it my mind starts racing. The first that comes to mind is God. I believe the Bible to be truth, and the Bible was God breathed, and therefore God/Jesus is truth. I believe God is a loving God who wants a relationship with us. He has wanted this from the very beginning, He created us to walk with him and commune with him, and we did… for a while. But sin was introduced. God, being a perfect God, and just God could not look upon sin, so he had to punish us. But that is not the end. God still wanted that relationship with us, so he provided ways to do so, rules and guidelines. But we as humans could not live up to these standards, we kept turning away. There was no way we could ever be good enough, no way we could ever do enough good things to get ourself in the relationship God wanted. Like I said God is a perfect God, and a just God, he is sinless. If he allowed sin into heaven, it would no longer be perfect, so we as sinful people cannot step into heaven. God realized this and in his continuing effort to be in a personal relationship with us, he sent someone to take our place. Enter stage right Jesus Christ. Jesus not only came to teach us about God but he came to take our punishment. As I said earlier, we as sinners cannot step into heaven, we have turned away from God, so our just reward is hell. Jesus lived a sinless life, and was crucified on no grounds. Upon his death our sins were placed upon him. He bore our sins for us. He descended into hell. But that is not the end either. He beat the system, he beat death/hell. He arose three days later, to give us the hope of eternal salvation though him. The Bible teaches that this was a gift to us. All we have to do is accept it. Like a Christmas gift, when your grandmother gives you a gift on Christmas do say oh thank you grandma, and then take out your wallet to pay her back for it? I think not, all you have to do to receive that gift from her is hold out your arms and take it. But if you don’t hold out your arms, you will never receive that gift, it will just sit there. We have to “hold our arms out” to receive this gift of salvation, the gift is sitting there waiting to be opened.
These are the truths on which I base my life, God is the center of my life, and I want to have the relationship he desires. God calls Christians to share this good news with everyone, so that is my goal. I will not always share it like this, but I will share it.
