For some
time now, requesting information online has become a bit difficult, because
unfortunately, it is not always humans asking for information. These days when
you request information, you are asked to perform some task that a robot
couldn’t perform (like put a check mark in a box) to prove that you are really
human.
Robots are machines programmed to do what they do; they don’t
have a mind of their own, and that matches their description: machines resembling human beings
and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically.
Unlike robots, God made us humans in His image, with the ability
to think and make choices and decisions. He could have made us robot-like,
where we’d just follow instructions and do what we’d been programmed to do, and
there would have been no disobedience, back-talk, or sin. God, however, wants
us to love and obey Him by choice, not because we have no choice.
This then brings us to this question: God loves us and wants to
have a relationship with us, but do we or do we not want that relationship? It
is a decision we each have to make on our own, and then take the needed steps
to make happen. Although we are created by God, we don’t have a personal
relationship with Him, because we are born sinners-the result of the sin nature
we inherited from our ancestors, Adam and Eve. But thank God, that relationship
can be restored, if we repent and trust Jesus for salvation. This is possible
because God made His Son, Jesus, who knew no sin, to be sin for us. In other
words, Jesus paid the penalty for our sins. All we have to do is to accept
Jesus’ death and resurrection as our own, and our relationship with God will be
restored; we become His children, and He our Father. At the end of this life,
He will take us home to heaven, to be with Him forever.
On the other hand, if you’d rather not trust Jesus for
salvation, you have by default elected to be an enemy of God (see James 4:4).
At the end of this life, you will find yourself in hell (this is not a joke,
and I don’t say it lightly). Since you are not a robot, but a thinking being,
capable of making choices, you will not be able to blame God or anybody else
for your eternal destination.
If you’ve never made a decision to have a relationship with God,
I would think it’s because you’ve never heard this before, or you’ve never
understood it. Either way, I’m glad you are reading this piece, and I hope you
understand it now, but if not, please ask questions, and don’t postpone finding
answers; this is a matter of eternal life and death.
Jesus is the ONLY WAY to God. He says: “I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me” (John 14:6 NLT).
Call on Him today, and have the assurance of your sins being forgiven, and
eternal life with Him in the near future in heaven (see Romans 8:1).
You might be thinking you're
living a good life now, and that you have no needs. Please understand that
whatever life you’re experiencing now, good or bad, is temporary. Eternity is
forever; don’t choose the short-term here over the long-term there. If you’re
content with the short-term here, the long-term you get later will be hell, and
it will be irreversible. You are not a robot, and you do understand what you
are reading; Jesus is waiting to answer your call. He will forgive your sins-He
died for your past, present, and future sins. Wait no longer! In reference to
when Jesus returns, the Scriptures tell us: “He will come with His mighty
angels, in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on
those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished
with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious
power” (2 Thessalonians 1:7-8 NLT).
God won’t choose for you, because you are not a robot, but He is waiting to honor whichever choice you make.
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