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WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE GOD?
There are two important
questions that have been haunting man since ages. The first one is the
existence of God and the second one is who is He. Based on this, men were
divided into two groups-theists and atheists. There are people who believe God
though they have not seen Him and people who do not believe God because they
have not seen Him. We see people trying hard to find answers to these two
questions and most of them died even before their questions were answered. And
even the group that believe God believe Him only because they wanted relief
from disease and pain. They are not bothered who He is but they just want Him
and believe Him for some or the other benefit. So, why should we exactly
believe God for and what compels us to believe Him?
`There is a purpose for every beginning. If you
see a beautiful building, it is there because the owner of that building had a
thought to build it there, in that way. When the building is constructed, we do
not find the workers in the vicinity of the building. It is foolish to say that
the building has formed on its own just because we do not see the workers. In
the same way, God has created every thing and just because we do not see Him,
it is not proper to say that He did not do it. Scientists have been trying hard
to make use of the nature to make man’s life more comfortable. We have
different research centers in different places for various fields. There is a
research centre in East Godavari district for
tobacco, which spoils the consumers’ health, a research centre for rice in Philippines America
Man cannot see God
because He is invisible. So when one cannot see Him how can one give Him a
shape or form? It is God who made man but not man making God, just the way a
father can beget a son but not a son begetting a father or a potter making a
pot but not the pot making a potter. If we can find out who that invisible
power is and understand that there is only one God and it is He, then it would
be better for us. Instead of accepting a god because he has been treated as god
by our forefathers, it is better for each one of us to find out the real God.
If a father worships the Sun, even the son, who is pursuing Master of Sciences
and knows that it is just a star, worships it. There were people who worshipped
the moon till Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon in 1969 and said that it is
just an unfertile land. Man just blindly accepted the one given to him by his
ancestors as god but he never had time or interest in finding who the true God
is. Man lacked this research mind in finding God and got adjusted with the one
he was bestowed with. A god should definitely have good character. So test and
see if the one you believe to be god has the character or not. A fruit vendor,
who comes to our street, asks us to taste the fruit first and then buy it only
if we are satisfied. He says so because he has confidence in what he is
selling. Even we should know the god we believe and be able to prove him.
Man did not know why he
believed God. He believed Him for his needs. Is God there only to meet our
needs? Is He nothing more? Do you want Him only for these 60 years of life? Is
He not necessary after your death? Before God created man, He made this
wonderful world for him. He has put water for man to drink, air to breathe,
beautiful nature with myriad colors for man’s delight, different fruits having
different tastes, and many more things to satisfy man and make him happy. Why
do you think God has done so much for you? What are you to Him that He took so
much strain to keep you comfortable? Did you ever have time to think why he did
all this for you? Whenever you buy anything, be it a thing or a vehicle or even
a soap you use, you will definitely try to know the brands but have you ever
thought about how, when ,and where and by whom you were made? Did you ever try
to find out who made the Sun, the moon, the stars, the earth, water, air etc?
Why did God make the Sun which is 13 lakh times bigger than the earth for a man
who lives a life on daily wages? The way a mother cooks food and covers the
utensils; even God has put cover on the foods that we eat like oranges,
bananas, and even the pea nuts. The moment you see tomatoes in the market, you
just think what to do with them, whether to put them in the dal, or make a
pickle of it but you never realize who made such a wonderful and tasty
vegetable. You never realized why He took so much interest in making such a
nice vegetable for you. He created so many kinds to suit your taste. An orange,
a lemon has rinds but when peeled taste differently. God did not leave a single
color, taste and shape so that He could be blamed by men. Who is that invisible
God? Why did He make such a wonderful
nature for us? What am I to Him? Don’t you want to know it? Spare some time and
think about it. If you try to carry a ten-months-old baby, it cries. It can
make out that you are not its mother or father at such a tender age. When a
baby is able to recognize its parents, why are we failing to recognize our
Heavenly Father? Why are we unable to recognize our Father who made the whole
universe for us though we are 20-60 years of age? Every family has only one
father but not fathers. Even if there are six children in a family, there is
only one father but not six. In the same way there is only one God for all the
people on earth. Only because we are His children, he created everything and
gave them free. When we spend 1000 rupees in buying clothes for our children,
we do not show the bill and ask for money. We give them freely because they are
our children. In the same way, our Heavenly Father created every thing we need,
and gave them free. According to science, the sun, the moon, stars were made
1500 crores of years ago but still there is no difference in the way they are
shining. They did not lose their vigor or brightness. The earth still takes 24
hours to revolve around itself and the moon one month to rotate around the
earth. We see the buses, trains, aero planes getting delayed but the sun, moon
and earth never delayed even by a second. Did you ever realize who is running
them so fast? Is it not the One who created them for us? The way we control the
TV with a remote control, the whole universe is controlled by God. Just because
they are in His control, there is no danger to them though they are moving at
such a high speed. There is God doing all this and He is the Father of our
souls. We have to believe Him because He is our Father but not just for our
needs. When you get an incurable disease, you go to a doctor. Even he says he
did all that he could do and leaves everything in the hands of God. Did he do
MBBS for 5 years just to say this? Even man turns to God only when he is in
danger or in need. Turn to Him because He is your Father but not for your
needs.
When we were born into
this world, we were able to know our earthly father only because our mother
tells us. When you are able to accept somebody as your father just because your
mother said, can’t you believe when you are told by the Epoch maker that you
have a Father in Heaven? The one who revealed this fact to us is no ordinary
person. He is Jesus Christ, the EVER-SUPREME PERSONALITY. It is because of Him
that we have a calendar today. We are able to know the date, month, and year
because of Him. We are able to differentiate the period as Before Christ and
After Christ. Why was only Christ chosen to count the period? Wasn’t there
anybody else greater than Him before His time? Yes, nobody is greater than Him
on earth and nobody can equal to the sacrifice He made. So He was chosen for
this.
If an ordinary person of
this world says that he had been to America
Because the words in it
are true, it has the record of being the First book chosen to be printed, when
the Printing machine was invented.
If you still think there
is no God and die in the same way, you will definitely regret after seeing Him
in another world. Every person will know this truth only after he leaves this
body. We have come to know about this world only after entering it, in the same
way we will know about another world only after entering it. To enter into this
world we should be born into it, and to enter into that world we should die. If
you still do not believe and think that this is the only world and there is
nothing after death, at least learn something by looking at a seed. Unless a
grain or seed falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone and if it dies
it produces much grain. As a seed has life after death, even we have a life
after death in another world. Even Christ died and rose up on the third day to
prove that there is another life after death.
So, believe that there
is only one God and that is your Heavenly Father and strive to enter into that
wonderful world which is only possible through Christ Jesus.
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