Jesus Makes the Difference

We had a guest speaker again today. The pastor was there though and he looked to be doing quite fine with his leg, thank you so very much for your prayers on that. The speaker we had is also a professor and sometimes teaches about the Bible to college students. At times he has given out papers that say things such as "Is there anything in the Bible about (fill in the blank)?" I can imagine, as he said, there have been some interesting things filled in and when he has used them it has lead to interesting discussions. That's something I would love to listen to myself. One day he had a student ask him, "Does believing in Jesus really make a difference?" The student said that he had been listening to the professor and was feeling ready to make that profession of faith and be baptized and join a church, but he wanted to know if Jesus really made a difference. Because his friends said that this is the 21st century. That everything is equal. All religions are equal. That everything will lead to the same things and everyone will end up at the same place. Now I'm going to throw an opinion of my own out there before I go on. If you will look around at this messed up world we live in and consider how things just keep getting worse and worse and worse, and then consider how you hear more and more and more on how us Christian's shouldn't believe how we believe and shouldn't put it out there what we believe (as a Christian that is our duty!) because we are being offensive and whatnot, well, that reflects to me that because this world has become what it is in this 21st century, a place where everything is okay, where everyone can have their own beliefs and it all be valid, and where we get to choose what is okay and what is not ourselves and not look to our God for the answers, well, that says to me that God has those rules and that Word in that Bible for good reason, not to be mean or to just keep us from doing some things we want to, it's to keep us safe and balanced, it's for our own good, but the world has separated itself from God, and of course, that's why we're nearing the end times. A good example of how it is to speak out about the truth of the Bible and Christianity in this world is that recent thing about the Miss USA, I believe it was, where the woman answered about her beliefs on marriage, and because she said she was raised to believe that it is best suited between a man and a woman she was attacked by the people of the world and they want her to be booted off the show or whatever because of her opinion, which is funny if you think about it, all these people want everyone to have their opinions and ideas and be left alone about it, yet, she can't have that one without being harped on. And yeah, sorry, thought I'd throw out some of my own ideas out there, I don't do it often. :o) And so, back to the preaching. The professor told his student, of course, yes, Jesus does make a difference. He is the difference between life and death, He is the one that saves you from your sins, and all are of the flesh, we all have sin. He asked his student (I'm sorry I can't remember the exact places, but you'll get the idea) to get on this one road and head in one direction until he got to this one place. The student said, I can't, I'll be going the opposite way. The professor said to him, but you said that all paths lead to the same place. And he asked his student also, what are you wanting to be? A physician, the student says. Well, drop out of school, he tells the student. The student says, I can't or I won't graduate to be able. And so, of course, the professor says, but you said that it all leads to the same. You get the idea. The professor/guest speaker went on to say that in the end he went to this student's baptism and the student was asked to say something there, and he said, "Jesus makes the difference."

-ladyworpledinker