9/13/07

Intro - Cover Letter

DEAR READERS,

I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF PRAYERFUL HOURS PUTTING THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT TOGETHER. I HOPE THAT IT WILL GIVE YOU A WHOLE NEW OUTLOOK ON THE LIFE OF CHRIST.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL OF ANCIENT HISTORY HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN BY WRITINGS BEING COPIED AND COPIED AND COPIED. THERE ARE OVER 5,000 COPIES OF THE GOSPELS IN EXISTENCE TODAY. THE COPIES THAT WE HAVE WERE WRITTEN AND COPIED VERY CLOSE TO THE TIME THAT THE ACTUAL EVENTS HAPPENED. THE FACT THAT 4 MEN WROTE THE SAME ACCOUNT WITH THE MESSAGE REMAINING THE SAME DEMANDS A VERDICT ON OUR PART.

THE FACT THAT THE EARLY CHRISTIANS WERE WILLING TO DIE FOR THIS MESSAGE ALSO DEMANDS A VERDICT.

EACH ONE OF US HAS TO DETERMINE WHO JESUS IS TO THEM. IS HE A LIAR? IS HE A LUNATIC? OR, IS HE LORD? JESUS CAME TO THIS WORLD AND MADE CLAIM THAT HE IS THE SON OF GOD. HE SAID THAT HE IS THE ONLY WAY TO GOD. HE DIED AND ROSE AGAIN. HE HAS GONE TO HEAVEN TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR US. HE IS COMING AGAIN. THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT THE GOSPELS PRESENT. POSTPONING A DECISION TO FOLLOW CHRIST IS A DECISION OF DENIAL AND REJECTION OF HIS MESSAGE. IF YOU FEEL THAT HE IS A LIAR, THEN YOU WOULD BE INTELLIGENT TO CHOOSE NOT TO FOLLOW HIM. IF YOU THINK HE WAS JUST SOME CRAZY PERSON MAKING CLAIM TO SOMETHING THAT HE WASN'T, THEN YOU WOULD ALSO BE INTELLIGENT TO REFUSE TO FOLLOW HIM. BUT, IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE UP YOUR MIND WHO JESUS IS, THEN PLEASE KEEP AN OPEN MIND AND HEART TO THE FACTS PRESENTED IN THE GOSPELS ABOUT JESUS. REMEMBER THAT YOUR ETERNAL DESTINY RESTS IN THIS DECISION. IF YOU COULD SAVE YOURSELF WITHOUT HIS SHED BLOOD, THEN THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO REASON FOR HIM TO COME TO EARTH. HE WANTS TO BE YOUR FRIEND. HE PROMISES TO GIVE YOU NOT ONLY ETERNAL LIFE, BUT COMFORT DURING YOUR TIME HERE ON EARTH. DON'T GET CONFUSED INTO THINKING THAT TO FOLLOW JESUS, YOU WILL HAVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED AND YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES TURNED INTO A BED OF ROSES. HE NEVER CLAIMED THIS. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD ABIDE IN YOU AND YOU IN HIM. HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU. HE OFFERS EVERYONE THE SAME INVITATION, BUT NOT EVERYONE WILL RESPOND.

HE IS MY LORD! I HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU WILL ALLOW HIM TO BE YOUR LORD AS WELL.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN THIS READING,

GINGER BLOUNT

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