Sunday, October 11, 2015

No justice after death

This has been an amazing month so far as we have been speaking to people on the streets about their beliefs in spirits, ghosts, etc...  We have seen 3 people give their lives to Christ over the past two weeks and have had some other amazing conversations.  One of the things that has struck out to me so far this month in our conversations with people is how so many people believe in justice here on earth, but do not belief in a justice after death.  The logic just does not make sense.  One man in particular was having a tough time grasping the grace of God.  He said there was no way he could believe in a God who would forgive someone as nasty as Adolph Hitler on his death bed if he sincerely asked forgiveness.  I spoke with him a bit about God's love, justice, grace and mercy...but nothing seemed to be getting through.  Then I approached it a different way and asked him that if he had three kids, and two of them turned out good, but one ended up messing up their life, becoming a criminal, doing horrible things, etc... If this person found out they had a terminal disease and were on their deathbed, and they asked to see you and with all their heart asked forgiveness from you for how they treated you as their father and how they messed up their life, would you not forgive them?  The look on the guys eyes said it all.  Of course he would forgive him.  How much more would the God of this world forgive those that deserve justice?  He realized his logic was flawed, and that making the excuse of God forgiving a "bad" person on their deathbed was just a scape goat for the real reason he did not believe in God would not cut it.  I continued to share the Gospel with him and prayed for him.  These past two weeks we have had tons of these types of conversations.

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