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Why is Jesus the only way?

Why Jesus only? You may not have asked this question, but it's a fact that Christians all over the world with no exception, claims that there's only one way to God, and that that way is Jesus Christ. The answer to the question is, that Jesus is the only one who deals with the basic problem of mankind, which is sin. No doctrine, no religion can cure this. All you can hope to get is some polish, some nice behavior maybe, but man's nature persists. What is sin? Sin is to turn away from God and wanting to go your own way, and thereby miss the purpose for one's life. To miss the very meaning with why we were created. The Bible does say that God created us. Even created in his image. God created man out of love because he wanted to have fellowship. What we see in the world today are consequences of sin; hatred, violence, murder, selfishness, sexual promiscuity. All of this is sin in God's eyes but a fruit of man going his own way, turning away from God. The Garden of Eden God created man out of love and put him in a wonderful place where everything was good and good only, the Garden of Eden, and God gave man authority over His creation. He blessed Adam and Eve and said: " Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it, have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth" (Genesis 1:28). There was no death; life was eternal. Both man and creatures were to eat from everything that the earth would bring, all kinds of fruits and herbs. Eden was full of trees of every kind that were "pleasant to the sight and good for food." In the center of the garden God put the "Tree of Life" and also the "Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil".. God gave Adam the command that he could freely eat from any of the trees in the garden, except for the "Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil", for if he did that he would surely die. The Temptation As you may very well know, the snake came to visit in the garden, Satan that is, and questioned what God had said. He stated that they wouldn't die if they ate of the fruit. On the contrary, God was just trying to withhold from them the possibility of being as wise as God himself and be able to discern between good and evil. The snake fooled them both, and they ate from the fruit. How could this happen? God created us human beings with a free will. He didn't create meaningless robots that can't do anything but obey His will. It's quite the opposite. When we come to him, He wants it to be because we ourselves have chosen it and because we love Him. Adam and Eve choose to listen to the snake rather than obey what God had said. In the moment they ate, they died spiritually. God's glory over their lives disappeared and they were aware they were naked. They even ran and hid. They could no longer come boldly before God and they felt both shame and guilt. Feelings that earlier were completely foreign to them. God came by in the evening and called out for Adam: "Where are you"? (1 Genesis 3:15). This is where sin starts to reign in humanity. God has to drive them out of the garden because now they are mortal and marred with sin. He puts cherubs and a flaming sword to guard the road to the tree of life. In their present condition they cannot have eternal life. God pronounces a curse over the snake and gives a promise that somebody is going to come and crush his head. " I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel." (1 Genesis 3:15). God already had a plan of action prepared and this is His spoken promise of a coming Messiah. All evil got access in the world through Adam and Eve's disobedience. Death, sickness, murder, envy, evil desires, lust. Adam and Eve got two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain murdered his brother because of envy. The consequences of sin were fully at work. Abraham God's first step in his plan to save humanity back to him self, is to make a covenant with one man, Abram. He received the promise that he would become; "a Father of many nations". He was the first Jew. God wanted to bring up a people who would know God and his ways. It was essential for to be able to send Jesus to Earth. The Bible says that he needed " a well prepared people". God gives the law to Moses, the ten commandments written in stone. The law was to be a "up bringer" to Christ. In the book of Romans 7:7-8 we read; "I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness ggunless the law had said, you shall not covet". Without the law there's no sin. If we didn't have the command, " You shall not steal", nothing would stop people from grab a hold of others property. Now God sent his word and revealed mans true condition. She received something to measure her self with. By that she was to understand that she needed a savior since it was impossible for her to keep the law by her own strength.	But God has planned a new and living way where His law no longer is an outward constraint but as is written in Jeremiah 31:33;" I will put my law in their minds, and write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.". How can this be true? Through the new birth in Jesus Christ. God sends Jesus Jesus was sent to Earth for a mission. He was in the glory with His Father, but He chose to come down to us to save us for eternity. In Revelation 22:13 Jesus says: " I am the Alfa and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, The First and the Last": In Colossians 1:15-17 it says; "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist " To understand the significance of what Jesus did on the cross it's important to also understand his altogether divine origin. The Crucifixion was no accident but a, from eternity, thoroughly thought out plan, to once and for all crush the power of darkness and buy mankind back to it's Creator. When Jesus died on the cross he took the sin of all human kind upon him self. He took the punishment for our sins. He went down to the kingdom of death and made an amendment for our sins. On the third day he was risen from the dead. It says that," He died so that we would live" and : "that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone".(Hebrews 2:9b) Salvation When a person receives Jesus as his own personal Savior he is born again. (John 3:3). The spirit in him gets new life, the spirit of God, the life of God starts to reside in him. In 2 Corintians 5:17 it says: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new". Jesus' act of redemption is complete. What Jesus did on the cross, does not just cover our sins, it totally wipes them out. They become obliterated. Every man, every woman is personally responsible before God must answer to Him for their life and their relationship to Jesus Christ. There's nothing or nobody to blame for us not coming to Jesus. All of Creation bears witness that there is a God. In Romans 1:20 we read: "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened." Here we see how strict God can be. He doesn't see through his fingers when it comes to sin and rebellion against the truth. We can never hide or fool God. But most of all He is Love. The Bible tells us that He is love. This love can be summarized with the words in John 3:16-21. God gave the most precious that he had, his own beloved son, so that you and I wouldn't be lost forever but have eternal life. That is the greatest and the best gift you can receive here on earth, salvation through Jesus Christ. He is true light and eternal life. " For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God". Pictures by and written by: Lena Andersson Hubbard "Nobody can come to the Father except through me" Jesus

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FAQ angående kristen tro (Will be translated soon)
Här vill jag ge svar på frågor som människor ofta ställer.
Om Gud är god och allsmäktig,varför finns det då så mycket ondska i världen?
Svar:Gud är allsmäktig, men han har satt människan till att råda här på jorden.När Adam och Eva(1 Mos 1-3), som Gud skapat och satt i Edens lustgård var olydiga mot Gud och lät sig luras av Satan,i en orms skepnad,gav de makt åt djävulen. Gud hade varnat dem och sagt att de skulle döden dö om de åt av den förbjudna frukten.De dog också andligen p.g.a sin olydnad, och blev förvisade från Eden. Guds eget liv inom dem dog och hans härlighet försvann.De såg att de var nakna. I det tillståndet föds varje människa sedan dess och därifrån härstammar det vi idag kallar arvssynden. Jesus kom för att dö på korset och därigenom återlösa människan så att hon återigen skulle kunna bli Guds barn. Lögnens fader Djävulen har många namn i bibeln.Jesus kallar honom bl.a för "lögnens fader" och "tjuven" som kommer för att "stjäla,slakta och fördärva".(Joh 10:10). Han kallas även för "härskaren över luftens rike". Satan har makt att lura och bedra människor. När Jesus dog och uppstod besegrade han djävulen en gång för alla, men det är bara genom att åberopa och ta emot frälsningen och den seger han har vunnit på korset, som djävulens och syndens makt omintetgörs i en människas liv. Ca en femtedel kristna Läget på jorden idag är att ca 1 miljard människor bekänner sig till Jesus.En femtedel av jordens befolkning alltså.I många länder finns inga kristna alls eller kanske bara en promille.Det betyder att Satan har fritt spelrum. (Kristendomen är dock den religion som växer snabbast i världen).	Sverige har ett arv Vårt land Sverige lever ännu till viss del på det välsignelsearv som kommer av de olika väckelser vi har haft genom historien.Den sista stora väckelsen var pingstväckelsen i början av nittonhundratalet.Sverige har p.g.a dessa väckelser varit väldigt förskonat från både krig och katastrofer.Det betyder inte att vi här i Sverige på något sätt är bättre än människor i länder som har det fattigt och svårt, utan det är bara så att Guds välsignelse verkar det som är gott. Men det är ingen självklarhet att det ska förbli så.Om inte Sverige vänder om, kommer ondskan som redan nu är verksam,att breda ut sig allt mer.Endast Jesus som är "det sanna ljuset" kan rädda oss från mörkrets makter. Andligt mörker ger fattigdom Se på länder som Indien eller Afghanistan.Se hur människor behandlas.I vissa fall som djur.Speciellt kvinnor dödas och förslavas i dessa länder.Mörkret råder.I Indien tillber man miljoner olika "gudar",som i själva verket är onda andar.De här människorna är inte mindre värda eller sämre rustade än vi, men de lever i religiösa system som förslavar. Se på Haiti där woodo är den förhärskande religionen. Fattigdom och elände råder.Det andliga klimatet har även öppnat upp för terrorvälde och despotism,där människor skoningslöst fått sätta livet till. Gud är god Den gode guden som jag tror på,"Abrahams,Isaks och Jakobs Gud" har inte fått inflytande i dessa länder.Därför ser det ut som det gör.Det är också därför vi som kristna vill ta Jesu missionsbefallning på allvar och låta evangeliet spridas över världen.Det är inte vår egen kultur vi ska sprida, utan "Guds levande ord som förbliver".Du kan också bli en del av detta. Text:Lena Andersson Hubbard Har du frågor om kristen tro? Maila till mej: