Case for Christianity

The other day I was watching a program on the History channel about the church history. It was about the books that were left out of the Bible. I was a little intrigued by it. I started wondering what would be the state of the millions of Christians if the whole Bible was written by man with his own prejudices. What if the books that were missed out of the Bible painted a different picture of God? I started meditating on it. Then some interesting things popped into my mind.

First and foremost our God is a living God. He is not the one that was there 2000 years back and everything he wanted to talk is all over. Our Christian life is a constant walk with God. The Bible just works as an aid. Like all other aspects in my life, the answers are again in the Bible. When I look at the lives of Noah, Abraham, Isaac and others, they did not have the Bible. They all walked closer to God than most people. Bible is a faith based document, when we read the Bible our living God talks to us through it. So even though the things in the Bible might thought to be inaccurate it is how it relates to our current situation and how it talks to us that is more important. If Bible is the only way to God then what about the people who cannot read the Bible - are they all doomed? What about the people who cannot see?

He finds you and not the other way round.

Tell me a biblical character who compared all the existing religions and then felt that they agree with the teachings of Jesus or Judaism and decided to follow that religion. There is none, every character in the Bible is called by God to do His purpose. In the same way God still calls each person to do His will and we are not the one doing the choosing. It is not a phillosophy or a set of steps to get to heaven. If a real God were to create this world this is how it would be. How can you who does not know where you come from (before birth) and where you are going (after death) find the path for how you will live after you die. There is no way for human minds to comprehend it or for them to choose a path of living now.

The only way you can live a sinless life is to let his spirit live in you.

There is no way you can justify your passage to heaven. This is because we all have sinned and all sins are abominable in his sight. The only way is if you let the spirit of Jesus live in you. The calling and your acceptance initiates this process. It is a process where God takes over every part of your life as you surrender each one of them. It is in this surrender where there is tremendous struggle. The proud, the rich will fail here as this comes easy for people who hate their lives but hard for people who love theirs.