Jayden’s Diary – Episode Finale

 

 

Jayden, the first thing I want you to know is that, the mental faculty that God has endowed you with is limited to this sphere, and can only be used to make sense of natural phenomena. Every effort to grasp the Person and Workings of God with mortal abilities always ends in futility.

So you see, the atheist guys are clearly seeking answers to the right questions but in the wrong place. You need the Spirit of God to know God. And please understand that regardless of the opinions of anybody about God, the Name of the Lord does not need protection from anybody, anybody at all. This has to inform your position in conversations that bring your Christian Faith to question. That way, you are able to present your truths intelligently, empathetically, and powerfully.

The Gospel of Jesus is a sufficient message. It is centered on Love. Love is the person of God, and the basis of everything He does. If God’s plan was to send people to hell, then John 3; 16 would be wrong, 1^st Timothy 2;4 would be wrong. And the Word of the Lord cannot be wrong Luke 21; 33.

So, rather than analyzing how many people will go to hell because of their unbelief, why not channel that energy into evangelism and reach out to as many people as you can? Peter, rather than worry about the number of souls that would not be saved, stepped out in faith, preached the Gospel and won three thousand souls over to Christ on Pentecost Day. Just one day.

Furthermore, the Gospel cannot be equated with any other thing. Anybody can study well for their exams, and pass in flying colors. Anybody can be diligent in their business and make Forbes. But it takes a man who believes the message of the Gospel to receive Zoe, Eternal Life. Now, this is something you can find nowhere outside Christ.

The Gospel enriches people, but material riches are not all there are to the Gospel. If the center of Jesus’ Gospel is material success, then something does not add up, because an unbeliever can have all these things when the natural principles that command such results are simply obeyed.

In the message of the Gospel is something that cannot be found elsewhere but only in the Gospel. This is how you can see a group of students who are excellent in their academics, but do not believe the Gospel, and preach to them because you know, despite all of their ephemeral possessions, something larger than life is missing – JESUS, the Life of God – a relationship with the Father. You know what it means to have a right standing before God, to be at peace with Him? Romans 5;1.

And dear Jayden, understand that, daily, there is a pressure that seeks to conform us to the patterns of this world, and this is what spells out the need for us to always and constantly renew our minds. This consistent renewal is what transforms us, and deadens us to the ministry of the flesh, every time. Romans12; 2. 

 Imagine you had picked up your Bible to read before journaling the first time you said you did? The Holy Spirit would have illumined your mind, and lead you to a place of light about those questions. Imagine you had prayed first? An encounter in your dream could have been all the clarity you needed. Jayden Coker, do first things first, and last things last.

The last thing I will have you know is this: Be selective in your consumption of information. No, I’m not telling you to dodge questions, avoid conversations, or resist learning. Jesus wouldn’t have conversed with the Pharisees, if He would dodge critical questions, and avoid conversations like this.

You have an unction from the Holy one, and you know all things. Allow God’s Spirit to always work in and through you.

And let me tell you, Jayden, Jesus loves the atheists as much as He loves you and me.

 

That was it Diary. That was it! God used Ethan to reawaken my drowsy love for Him! I’m stuck for words. But that was it!

Bye for now.