This is an e-mail that I wrote to a colleague who was telling me that her husband works for a Muslim who is open to being witnessed to on the subject of the gospel. The thing he cannot understand is how God could sacrifice His son.
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I have been thinking about your husband and his witness to his boss who I have encountered. I am praying for his salvation, and for your husband's favor in that. I was reading Acts 2 yesterday, and the second half is an awesome way to describe the entire gospel to someone like that who has such a concern for how or why Jesus would have an assignment of going to the cross. But the reality is that his death lasted for only 2 days, and was exalted to become the King of Kings.

Acts 2:22"Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. 23This man was handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men,[d] put him to death by nailing him to the cross. 24But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. 25David said about him:
" 'I saw the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
26Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will live in hope,
27because you will not abandon me to the grave,
nor will you let your Holy One see decay.
28You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence.'[e]

29"Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. 30But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. 31Seeing what was ahead, he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ,[f] that he was not abandoned to the grave, nor did his body see decay. 32God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact. 33Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. 34For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,
" 'The Lord said to my Lord:
"Sit at my right hand
35until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet." '[g]

36"Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."

37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

38Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call."

Cal

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The more I read the gospels, the more I understand their power for salvation unto mankind. God has made such an effort to bring us to Himself, and the bible is the gateway to a fulfilled life here on earth, and to eternity when we "put off the tent of this body."

I have a thought today, that the very idea that we have a concept of God, and the word God is proof enough that He does indeed exist. Shelley was not feeling well today, and as I was checking on her in the bedroom, she was watching "The View", a show we never watch because spicy t.v. is not our daily faire. But today, the moment we saw had them discussing somebody believing in God, and one of them said "I really don't know if there is a God or not" blah blah. And then I had a thought.

The very fact that we even have word God, proves that there is a God. Science has shown that people cannot conceive of something unless they have been given the idea of it. Where has the idea come from in the first place? In our imagination, our emotions, our quiet time while contemplating life and death, our time of looking at nature, there is a sense that there is some entity extremely powerful that brought all of this order into existence.

In this modern day, the most compelling evidence is the historical documentation of the man who walked this earth followed by miracles, signs, and wonders: Jesus. I read Acts Chapter 2, which gives historical account of the most amazing person that ever lived. No one has claimed to be God, was a true healer, promised salvation, and raised himself from the dead, all while fulfilling a schienc boggling 300 prophecies of it all taking place.

People choose to reject God based on our own flesh bend on self-destruction, nothing else, nothing more. We know that God is our creater, comforter, and everything. If we would just stop blaming Him for our problems, and accept that people choose to do dumb things, thus wreaking havoc on our reality. Focus on all of the things that go right. They are far more than the bad. Even through the difficult and tragic, if we know Jesus, the core of our soul can be at peace.