Favored For Everlasting Joy

“Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; they shall have everlasting joy.” Isaiah 61:7 ESV

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Please read the full chapter here before you continue reading: http://bible.com/59/isa.61.7.esv and think that God is talking to you personally as you read. Read it a few times and then close your eyes and feel the Words that is spoken to your heart. Verses 1-4 are instructions [ your to do list] but when you get to verse 5 onwards, that is the promise.

If I am salesman for God, and I am trying to convince you to buy my product, what can you lose? Instead of a loss, you gained a double portion and an everlasting favor.

Christianity is not like a business marketing strategy that He is trying to convince you to believe on His existence. Christianity is having faith, trusting that you are believing something in your heart without self benefits. It is either you choose to believe or not.

Sometimes I tried to think scientifically about God and many times I have my doubts. I think about evolution, creation, medicine, psychology, engineering advances and life itself and many times it confuses me if His existence is really just my imagination. I’ve read many books, learned many new things but somehow I could not convinced myself that the Words in the Bible were made up by someone else. Reading through passages every day gave me more insights why the contents of the Bible speaks to the present day. How can Paul knows about love and jealousy when during his time the society was still very primitive. If you replace the psychology handbook DSM IV or 5 with a Bible, I truly believe that human issues can be fixed too.

So then, I asked myself, why not just believe in God. I can still believe in science but also will be receiving everlasting joy.

Why not?