Stand up for Christ

[Rick C. Hodgin]

A warning to all Christians:

To stand up for Christ in this world means you will be hated by
everyone who is not being saved. They will literally hate you.
They will want you harmed. They will want you killed, because
the things of Christ you hold to and testify about, they testify
against them.

As you shine the light of truth into the darkness, those walking
in darkness will seek to destroy that light in any way necessary.
They will attempt to make it go away, and when that doesn't work,
they'll run off to another dark place so they can continue on in
their sinful deeds without the constant reminder that there is a
Holy God who will judge all sin, including the sin in their life.

When you stand up for God in this world, when you profess the name of
Jesus Christ as the only way to have one's sins be forgiven ... prepare
to be attacked from every side.

It is the natural way of things because those who are perishing know
the truth, and they do not want the truth, but rather they want to walk
in falseness. They try to suppress the truth any way they can.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

PS -- To all walking in darkness today: There is no shame. Jesus
knows who you are, what you've done, why you did it, and He
loves you anyway. He will forgive you for your sin today,
right now. Just ask Him: "Jesus, I am a sinner. I have
sinned. Please forgive my sin and give me eternal life." If
you do that with sincerity, your entire life will change,
beginning even today.

 

[Rick C. Hodgin]

Billy Graham on a 1998 TED Talk:

Technology, faith and human shortcomings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90mj79GqWhc

A brilliant talk. Published in 2008.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

 

[Rick C. Hodgin]

He talks about Blaise Pascal, and how in 1654 he became a Christian through
a revelation written in his journal. A French historian two centuries later
remarked that rarely does such a towering intellect come to devout faith in
Jesus Christ.

"After running from God until he was 31 years old, on November
23, 1654 at 10:30 pm, Pascal met God and was profoundly and
unshakably converted to Jesus Christ."

Blaise Pascal died at age 39. Before Nov.23.1654 he was an atheist, writing
much on the lack of need for God, believing the same fully.

It takes God drawing a person from within. It's a supernatural change leading
to eternal forgiveness for our sin.

Technology, faith and human shortcomings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90mj79GqWhc

It's more important than FPGAs, or any other things in our life because none
of us know on which day or hour we will die. We must address our salvation
presently, today, even right now.

All who come to Jesus asking forgiveness for their sin are completely forgiven.
They pass from death by judgment for sin to eternal life as Jesus takes our
sin away by His sacrifice on the cross, His love for us pouring out with every
drop of blood.

Love has a name. His name is Jesus Christ.

--
Rick C. Hodgin