Jesus Christ Saves

The Bible is the most ancient and historically substantiated declaration anywhere about God. There is no greater authority from antiquity on this subject. The Bible is and should be the textbook of choice for anyone seeking to know God. All the world's religions claim to know Him. No religion, however, can prove their God more perfectly than the God of the Bible. Outside the context of the Bible, men have ascribed pathetic titles to God. Who is God, some say 'Divine Providence', 'the Universal Consciousness', 'The Force', or 'the Man Upstairs' are dead giveaways that the speaker does not know Him at all. The True and Living God is Magnificent and Mighty, and we should go out of our way to discover Him. Make no mistake about it - we did not create Him. He created us! He is not made with hands. He is no idol, neither carved nor molten. Neither is He the figment of the human imagination. No mortal mind can possibly concoct all that He is. No philosophy

Church, have you ever thought about what it actually cost to be a disciple of Jesus Christ?  Are you just a casual Christian, rolling through trying to accomplish your own goals? - doing your own thing? - living your life the way you see fit?: And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.   ( Luke 14: 25-27) Of course Jesus does not intend that you hate your family, but, the importance that should be placed on being His disciple compared to the importance of your family should be dramatically higher.  Examples bad Genesis 3:17a: Adam chose to abbey his wife rather than God. Example Good:  Abraham & Job I believe Jesus means that He needs to be first in our lives. As he says in   Matt