A few years ago, Lifeway Research posted a poll showing that, while 90% of churchgoers wanted to please and honor Jesus in all they did, 80% did not read the bible daily. Worse, nearly 20% have never read the bible. More than half read the bible once a week or less, and I'm guessing that was at the church service. I plan to change that as much as I can for this must change. Truth cannot be acted upon if people do not know what the truth is.
More interestingly, and this is not a scientific poll, I have been talking with many christians about what the Gospel is and how to save souls or know if your own soul is saved. Dreadfully few had an inkling. And since that is the most important subject, that will be the subject with which I will start. I will detail that subject with all my ability and fully expect it to take months to flesh out. But that is merely details. Action still needs to take place after that.
I will talk about the popular, and biblically inaccurate, method widely used today in USA and show how it fails to work. Most christians use this method and it was used on me, but I knew I was still lost as those who "saved" my soul went to eat after church once they spent 20 minutes talking with me about eternity.
And know this: one of the reasons of doing this is to start my own church. I'm debating between buying one and getting a job as a pastor of one. The one that pops its head up first is probably the one I take first.
However, that is a topic for a different time. Today is about launching a blog. The first topic is about salvation of your soul. There are many different topics I could cover, and will probably cover in the future, but I need to start here. There are many reasons for it. For example, I could talk about biblical finances, but I can teach that in a few months and you can probably master it in a few years. It's important, but not the most important subject. I could teach about end times, post- or pre-trib, and what the second coming will look like. But once it occurs, you'll know it perfectly. But salvation of your soul, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, is such a massive subject that I could never know it completely even after spending an eternity in heaven. Teaching on this subject is like standing on a stage talking to people sitting in seats about how much more I know about the sun because of my higher altitude. But since so few know anything about it, and because this is the most important subject possible, it's where I shall start. I will break it down into manageable bites. All I ask is that you search your bibles for what I write and check your souls.
And know this: one of the reasons of doing this is to start my own church. I'm debating between buying one and getting a job as a pastor of one. The one that pops its head up first is probably the one I take first.
However, that is a topic for a different time. Today is about launching a blog. The first topic is about salvation of your soul. There are many different topics I could cover, and will probably cover in the future, but I need to start here. There are many reasons for it. For example, I could talk about biblical finances, but I can teach that in a few months and you can probably master it in a few years. It's important, but not the most important subject. I could teach about end times, post- or pre-trib, and what the second coming will look like. But once it occurs, you'll know it perfectly. But salvation of your soul, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, is such a massive subject that I could never know it completely even after spending an eternity in heaven. Teaching on this subject is like standing on a stage talking to people sitting in seats about how much more I know about the sun because of my higher altitude. But since so few know anything about it, and because this is the most important subject possible, it's where I shall start. I will break it down into manageable bites. All I ask is that you search your bibles for what I write and check your souls.
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