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Jun

28

Are there many ways to the Father or to Heaven or is there simply One way? How many ways do there need to be? Can there be as many ways to God as there are people upon the planet? Does there need to be an unlimited number of ways? Alternatively, would just one way simply suffice?

If man is the center of the universe then we should be able to make our own choices, right? Shouldn’t I be able to choose my own way to the Father? Should He who created me have any say so or choice in the matter?

If the God who created me provided the way for me to come to Him, should I become obstinate and say, “No thanks! I’ll find my own way!” What if He made the way and declared it to be the only way, should he, being the Provider of the way possess any right to declare, “This is the way, walk ye in it”?

I know a man who lives down a long curvy lane. When I go there to visit, he provides a nice smoothly paved driveway, which takes me right to his door. Why would I attempt to make that drive off the road and through his lawn? Would he or should he insist that I use the driveway?

The God of the universe who created the earth and everything in it also created you. He has provided the way for you to come to Him and that is the only way, He insists on it. My duty and your duty in this life is to seek Him, reach out for Him and find Him, though he is not far from each of us, for in Him we live and move and have our being.

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Jun

27

But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name (the AMPLIFIED version)

What does this mean? Firstly, let’s look at His name, Jesus. “Jesus” is a transliteration of “Yeshuwa” which in the Hebrew means “God saves” or “God’s Salvation”. Remember Palm Sunday when the crowd cried out “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord”? They were literally calling out His name… YESHUWA (Hosanna meaning “save now”) They understood that it is God Who saves… not we ourselves by obeying rules set down by men nor by even keeping the law given by Moses (see Romans). God Himself saves us! Not because of anything we have done nor because we deserve it, but because of Who He is… this is called grace, that is, God’s unmerited favor.

So, to believe on His name is to believe that God Saves, through His Son, Who is His salvation.

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Feb

13

Would you like to know “the meaning of life”? Here it is:

“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth…he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. From one man he made every nation of men that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ (From Acts 17:24-28 NIV)

He, God, determined the time set for you and the exact place where you should live. This means that God created YOU at this exact time and in this exact place because of who He created you to be. Because of “whom” you are, this is the very best time and place for you to “…seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him…”

Most people ask themselves, at some point in their lives, the question, “Why am I here?”, however, few people, I believe, ask, “Why am I now?” I believe the two cannot be separated, that the two questions go hand in hand with the same answer:

“God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us, “For in him we live and move and have our being”.

Simply stated, the meaning of life is to find God. We, you and I, are here and now with the purpose of finding Him, of finding the One who gives us life and breath and everything else. Do not dismiss your purpose! Your eternal future depends on it!

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Feb

13

There is at least one thing that I would like to accomplish before the Lord’s return. I would like to feel that I have said and done everything possible and made every attempt I could to make clear to my children their need to “seek…reach out for…and find God, though he is not far from each one of us.” This is the meaning of life!

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