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My Christianity Is Cool because....
God's Word can never get old or go outta style, it will always be up to the times and relevent, no matter what age or era.
Speaking about the past,
i. Bell Bottoms were hip at one point...and we alll know that they aint no mo...,
ii. People Magazine in 2010 declared Julia Roberts the most beatiful person, in 2011, they changed their mind and said it was Jennifer Lopez.
iii. The 'CK' from Calvin Klein was the symbol to be wearing in the early 90's but now the Nike Check suffices
ALL that aside, My GOD promises those who overcome...
i. that they will be clothed in white garments (Revelations 3:18)that will be forever fashionable
ii. My GOD tells me that he himself will give me BEAUTY for ashes and the oil of joy for mourning (Isaiah 61:3)
iii. and he also tells me that he gives me a symbol, a mark that will never lose its value or meaning which is the 'seal of God' (Revelations 9:4)
I am SO GLAD that my God offers me so much more than what this world could ever give me. What this world offers is deteriorating, growing old with time and passing away as we speak and as it states in Isaiah 40:8 "The grass withers and the flowers fail, but the Word of our God stands forever"
I would like to share a short testimony about the Word of God and its relevence to my life today.
I am not from a Christian background. However, I was seeking God. I was reading the quran, the gnostic text, any sort of spiritual book, all along with the bible. And I use to talk with God as well and tell him that He's supposedly all about love and whatnot but WHY did I not feel that love in my life?
In the midst of this, somehing happend to me, I don't know what to call it, a near-death experience, a dream, but as I layed my head to sleep that night, I was caught up in the spirit...
I was in the spirit and I was going down this longgg tunnel, and I was flying and I was going faster and faster and then all of a sudden, I turned right and I saw this great light..Words escape what I felt next, I was surrounded by love, such an intense love, a love I've never feltt while in my body and this Light was pulling me towards it, it was a strong, almost-magnetic pull..And I was speeding towards it, all of a sudden though, I felt my self breaking up or stopping and I had the thought "I was not good enough to go before this light and that I should go run and hide".
I woke up in a sweat and amazed at this experience. I knew it was significant and that I must hold on to it. However, nervous about being ridiculed I held onto it so harrd that I never shared it with a soul. But this one day I was at a friends house who happens to be a Christian and she just randomnly had a bible on her couch and I opened it up and it went to 1 John 2:28:
"28 And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming."
The dream was immeadiatly recalled to my mind, and I realized that I had been before the Most High God and I did not have confidence before him and that I was ashamed and that I had to shrink away from his presence because he was TOO HOLY.
When my friend walked into the room, I told her my dream and she was amazed. She told me that God revealed himself as a light in a burning bush to Moses (Exodus 3:2) and this sparked my interest; however, I still did not believe the bible or the God of the bible.
But as I read the bible more, I learned more. I learned that, that same light appeared to Paul as he was on his way to Damascus to persecute the Church (Acts 9:3). The light was so BRIGHT that it blinded him.
I read about Isaiah as he was before God, he exclaimed "Woe is me! For I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips..(Isaiah 6:5)". This scripture revealed to me that when you are before someone SO PERFECT and SO HOLY, that your own iniquity and filthiness is JUST SO EVIDENT. And when his Light shined on me while I was in the spirit, the light revealed my sins and my stains. Even though I had no previous concept of being "born in sin and shaped in iniquity" and I actually thought I was a pretty good person, however, God made it evident that I fell short and that no amount of good works or deeds would make me a good person and that those were like 'filthy rags' before him, Not able to buy me salvation, and thats because YOU cant buy salvation, If you could buy salvation, it would make it cheap, it is a free GIFT of GOD, you cant buy it but YOU CAN RECEIVE IT through Jesus Christ.
It was amazing for me to see my experience in the pages of the bible and even though me and the figures of the bible are distant in terms of time and place; God transcends those boundaries and makes me able to relate to and understand those figures of past and that lapse is closed through him.
Just to conclude, I want to reiterate God and his word will never be old or go out of style; they will always be relevent. And we can always say that hairstyle 'was' cool, and that way of dressing was 'IT' or that singer was popular back in the day....
BUT, we can never talk about God and his word in terms of 'was' because he never says 'I was' this or 'I was' that; He always says 'I am' because he is the GREAT I AM (Exodus 3:13-14).
And I know that some people will not receive this testimony and will think Im crayy or lying or brainwashed. And there will be mockers and scoffers. But I dont have anything to sell you, Im just a living witness of WHO God is and what he has done for me. AND I IMPLORE YOU to seek God for yourselves as he says in his word :
Matthew 7: 7-8 " 7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. "
God's Word can never get old or go outta style, it will always be up to the times and relevent, no matter what age or era.
Speaking about the past,
i. Bell Bottoms were hip at one point...and we alll know that they aint no mo...,
ii. People Magazine in 2010 declared Julia Roberts the most beatiful person, in 2011, they changed their mind and said it was Jennifer Lopez.
iii. The 'CK' from Calvin Klein was the symbol to be wearing in the early 90's but now the Nike Check suffices
ALL that aside, My GOD promises those who overcome...
i. that they will be clothed in white garments (Revelations 3:18)that will be forever fashionable
ii. My GOD tells me that he himself will give me BEAUTY for ashes and the oil of joy for mourning (Isaiah 61:3)
iii. and he also tells me that he gives me a symbol, a mark that will never lose its value or meaning which is the 'seal of God' (Revelations 9:4)
I am SO GLAD that my God offers me so much more than what this world could ever give me. What this world offers is deteriorating, growing old with time and passing away as we speak and as it states in Isaiah 40:8 "The grass withers and the flowers fail, but the Word of our God stands forever"
I would like to share a short testimony about the Word of God and its relevence to my life today.
I am not from a Christian background. However, I was seeking God. I was reading the quran, the gnostic text, any sort of spiritual book, all along with the bible. And I use to talk with God as well and tell him that He's supposedly all about love and whatnot but WHY did I not feel that love in my life?
In the midst of this, somehing happend to me, I don't know what to call it, a near-death experience, a dream, but as I layed my head to sleep that night, I was caught up in the spirit...
I was in the spirit and I was going down this longgg tunnel, and I was flying and I was going faster and faster and then all of a sudden, I turned right and I saw this great light..Words escape what I felt next, I was surrounded by love, such an intense love, a love I've never feltt while in my body and this Light was pulling me towards it, it was a strong, almost-magnetic pull..And I was speeding towards it, all of a sudden though, I felt my self breaking up or stopping and I had the thought "I was not good enough to go before this light and that I should go run and hide".
I woke up in a sweat and amazed at this experience. I knew it was significant and that I must hold on to it. However, nervous about being ridiculed I held onto it so harrd that I never shared it with a soul. But this one day I was at a friends house who happens to be a Christian and she just randomnly had a bible on her couch and I opened it up and it went to 1 John 2:28:
"28 And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming."
The dream was immeadiatly recalled to my mind, and I realized that I had been before the Most High God and I did not have confidence before him and that I was ashamed and that I had to shrink away from his presence because he was TOO HOLY.
When my friend walked into the room, I told her my dream and she was amazed. She told me that God revealed himself as a light in a burning bush to Moses (Exodus 3:2) and this sparked my interest; however, I still did not believe the bible or the God of the bible.
But as I read the bible more, I learned more. I learned that, that same light appeared to Paul as he was on his way to Damascus to persecute the Church (Acts 9:3). The light was so BRIGHT that it blinded him.
I read about Isaiah as he was before God, he exclaimed "Woe is me! For I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips..(Isaiah 6:5)". This scripture revealed to me that when you are before someone SO PERFECT and SO HOLY, that your own iniquity and filthiness is JUST SO EVIDENT. And when his Light shined on me while I was in the spirit, the light revealed my sins and my stains. Even though I had no previous concept of being "born in sin and shaped in iniquity" and I actually thought I was a pretty good person, however, God made it evident that I fell short and that no amount of good works or deeds would make me a good person and that those were like 'filthy rags' before him, Not able to buy me salvation, and thats because YOU cant buy salvation, If you could buy salvation, it would make it cheap, it is a free GIFT of GOD, you cant buy it but YOU CAN RECEIVE IT through Jesus Christ.
It was amazing for me to see my experience in the pages of the bible and even though me and the figures of the bible are distant in terms of time and place; God transcends those boundaries and makes me able to relate to and understand those figures of past and that lapse is closed through him.
Just to conclude, I want to reiterate God and his word will never be old or go out of style; they will always be relevent. And we can always say that hairstyle 'was' cool, and that way of dressing was 'IT' or that singer was popular back in the day....
BUT, we can never talk about God and his word in terms of 'was' because he never says 'I was' this or 'I was' that; He always says 'I am' because he is the GREAT I AM (Exodus 3:13-14).
And I know that some people will not receive this testimony and will think Im crayy or lying or brainwashed. And there will be mockers and scoffers. But I dont have anything to sell you, Im just a living witness of WHO God is and what he has done for me. AND I IMPLORE YOU to seek God for yourselves as he says in his word :
Matthew 7: 7-8 " 7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. "
Praise the Lord! I know that feeling of God's love too and you can't put into words how intense it is! Nothing on earth can compare to it! Thank you for sharing. Your testimony was a blessing to me.
Thanks for sharing! God is indescribably incredible!
