Hey Fam,

This next series of Blogs will focus on the identity of believers. We'll be looking at key verses to understanding who we are as believers.

Ephesians 1:4-5 "just as He [God] chose us in Christ before the foundations of the world to be holy and blameless before Him in love. He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will."


We often confuse the bad choices we make, and the painful experiences we endure as labels which shape and define our present and future.

Here's God's truth: We were each hand picked by the Creator of all, BEFORE HE CREATED ANY OF THIS, for the purpose of being holy (set apart) and blameless in His sight.

• You are not what you've done.
• You are not what you've experienced.
• You are God's chosen child, whom He loves.

He showed His love through Jesus, who gave up His position of ruling Heaven, took up the form of His beloved creation, fought through every temptation known to man and never bit, endured torture, betrayal, and death -- BY CHOICE, just so that we can spend eternity with Him, and live lives on this planet free from our, painful past.

Allow this Truth to saturate your thoughts, feelings, and soul. If you truly grasp this, it will free you from fear, doubt and pain like you wouldn't believe.

Next time, I'll tell you how I know.

God loves you, and so do I.

Welcome

Well, I'm new to this Blog thing, but it's what God would have me do. I guess the first thing to establish in conversation is: does God really exist? Before entering into this conversation, let's agree on a couple things:

• No one can either prove or disprove 100% the reality or non-reality of God.
• It takes faith (the belief in something unseen or unproven) to both believe in or to deny God.

Some quick answers:

1. If God is real, then why does He allow bad things to happen?

• If God is real, then Satan must also be real (Satan was first introduced in writing in the Bible). Put the blame where it belongs
• Read Genesis Chapters 1-3. it explains very clearly why bad things happen, and how God feels about it.

2. Where did God come from?

• It's hard to grasp, but He's just always been. Everything we see on this planet had a beginning, but there had to be an original source for all that information. God is that source.

3. Isn't evolution a better explanation for creation than the Biblical account?

• NO! Evolution offers no concrete proof in itself. Valid evidence for missing links is a missing link in itself. The methods of measuring the age of the earth are inconsistent, or incapable of accurately measuring the past.
• SEE answersingenesis.org (see link below) for much more information.

What are your thoughts? Do you have any other questions to discuss? What bothers you about the whole God, Devil, Heaven, and Hell thing? Be honest; be real; be ready to learn.

Intro

Hey Fam,

In this day in age, nothing seems to make sense.  The wicked prosper and the good guy (or gal) seems to always lose.  How can there be a God of love in Heaven, when all this crap is going on right here, right now?  This is what this blog is for.  Open discussions about who God is, if God is, and where God is.  Holla Back.