Where we human came from? The Bible says,
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
…So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him;
NIV Genesis 1:1, 27
In the night, when we look up the sky at countryside,
we can see millions of stars moving with regularity.
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In the morning, we can see the sun rising up with regularity everyday.
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The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.
There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.
Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,
which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.
NIV Psalm 19:1-6
And when we go to outdoors, we can see beautiful nature!
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But, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Invisible but, there is one God who created the heavens and the earth, who moving
this universe by His hands.
This God is not man-made gods.
This God is your creator.
This God gave you life, and your life is always in His hands.
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
NIV Psalm 139:13-16
To love each of us, this God made you.
It means this God made you as "the best partner to live with God".
The Bible says, This God is the Creator of this universe for us.
And this God created us as the crown of creation.
So, you are not existing by accident.
And you are not from monkeys.
By the scales of evolutionism,
the human world become the place where the stronger prey upon the weaker.
And incompetent person treated as no worth to live.
But Our Father in heaven loves you with no condition.
With not your ability or results, God loves you as a priceless and irreplaceable
person.
Whether you notice or not, God is always by your side.
The Bible called "the love letter from God" says,
Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you,
I will give men in exchange for you, and people in exchange for your life.
NIV Isaiah 43:4
The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying:
"I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.
NIV Jeremiah 31:3
Imagine if there is a big pair of scales which can put on whole
universe.
When you ride on the scale and whole universe is on the other side,
which is more precious you or whole universe in His sight?
The answer of "The Gospel of Jesus Christ" is,
In His sight,
You are more precious than whole world or universe !
Because you are a priceless and irreplaceable person !
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith
-- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--
not by works, so that no one can boast.
NIV Ephesians 2:8-9
Jesus Christ is called Immanuel --which means, "God with us."
(Ref. Matthew 1:23)
Jesus Christ is the creator and through Him all things were
made.
But He became flesh and made his dwelling among us as a Jew at first Christmas.
Jesus has made him known and show us that "God is Love
and He loves you"
And He says, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.(NIV Hebrews
13:5)"
The Bible says, without God, to live self-directed life is real sin.
And to do, to speak, to think what God does not want is also sin.
But, while we were yet sinners, and while we thought we can
live without God,
Christ carried all our sins and died for us on the cross.
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
NIV Romans 5:8
Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
NIV Isaiah 53:4-6
Jesus Christ paid off all our debts which we can't pay off !
And Jesus Christ was raised on the third day, and now He lives with us.
Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you,
which you received and on which you have taken your stand.
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you.
Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance:
that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve.
After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time,
most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
NIV 1 Corinthians 15:1-6Until the end of the world, Jesus Christ is always there for you.
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
NIV Matthew 28:20
Jesus Christ is always calling on you unto the everlasting life
and wonderful relationship.
To give you the purpose of life, and mission that require your life,
He is calling on you.
What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world,
yet forfeits his soul?
Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
NIV Matthew 16:26
If you receive Christ in your mind, and live with Christ,
You will receive everlasting life and have recovered life abundantly.
On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and
said in a loud voice,
"If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will
flow from within him."
NIV John 7:37-38
All your sins will be forgiven and by reconciliation the relationship with God will recover.
who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like
the eagle's.
NIV Psalm 103:3-5
Your everything will be purified and you will be a new creation.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
the old has gone, the new has come!
NIV 2 Corinthians 5:17
You will be a child of God and you can call God as your Father
again !
So you can receive Father's love.
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name,
he gave the right to become children of God--
NIV John 1:12
And you will enter the life.
So, trusting Father as child of Him, and you are being transformed into His
likeness!
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory,
are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory,
which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
NIV 2 Corinthians 3:18
In the future, you will be changed the one who can love neighbors and can forgive debtors.
And you can have peace of mind and get the power to live.
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will
give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
NIV Matthew 11:28-30
To overcome various troubles and hardships, you can get the power, wisdom and love.
You can rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those
who mourn.
Because your sensibilities to others will be improved.
You will be a blessing of the world,
and you can live for others.
You can live with faith, hope, and love,
and these three remain.
You can live and die all for glory of God.
This is the real winner of life.
This is the place where we can find real meaning of life.
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