Matthew 17:20
"I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there" and it will move."
When you first become a Christian, you develop something called faith. This can happen gradually, or very quickly, depending on you. If you find it hard to trust people, this process is sometimes more difficult, but happens in time.
Some of my friends have a lot of faith. These are the Christians. But it's the not-yet-Christians that interest me the most. I have a friend called Anthony. He told me that he believes in God because he don't agree with the idea of evolution. He believes it's a much more humane theory that we have a reason for being here, yet does not have a relationship with God... Yet.
I have another friend called Benjamin, who isn't sure what he believes, but likes the idea of Angels. I haven't yet pointed out to him that if Angels are real, so is God, because they had to come from somewhere!
Another of my friends, Colin, doesn't believe in God at all, and thinks that there is far too much suffering in the world for God to exist.
'A man went to a barbers to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about lots of things, ending up on various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists." "Why do you say that?" asked the customer. "Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist.
Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who would allow all of these things." The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop.
Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and un-kept. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!" "No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me." "Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world." '
If you're reading this, and you're not yet a Christian, just think about it. It will make some sense one day.
"I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there" and it will move."
When you first become a Christian, you develop something called faith. This can happen gradually, or very quickly, depending on you. If you find it hard to trust people, this process is sometimes more difficult, but happens in time.
Some of my friends have a lot of faith. These are the Christians. But it's the not-yet-Christians that interest me the most. I have a friend called Anthony. He told me that he believes in God because he don't agree with the idea of evolution. He believes it's a much more humane theory that we have a reason for being here, yet does not have a relationship with God... Yet.
I have another friend called Benjamin, who isn't sure what he believes, but likes the idea of Angels. I haven't yet pointed out to him that if Angels are real, so is God, because they had to come from somewhere!
Another of my friends, Colin, doesn't believe in God at all, and thinks that there is far too much suffering in the world for God to exist.
'A man went to a barbers to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about lots of things, ending up on various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists." "Why do you say that?" asked the customer. "Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist.
Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who would allow all of these things." The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop.
Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and un-kept. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!" "No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me." "Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world." '
If you're reading this, and you're not yet a Christian, just think about it. It will make some sense one day.
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