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HEARD THE NEWS? (7 of 12)
Meet Jesus
John 19:25; 20:1
A number of years ago I had the opportunity to go to
Asia~/Minor and take a trip tracing the missionary
journeys of the Apostle Paul.
One of the places where
we docked was Ismere.
In Ismere we were met by a young
Muslim guide named Ahu.
She was a young lady 24 years
of age.
She was a graduate of the university there and
had been a guide for a few years.
In the course of
our going to various places every morning, our bus
would get together and she would get on the bus and
say to me, "Good morning, Jarry."
That's the way she
pronounced my name.
During the tour I became acquainted with her and was
talking to her.
I was asking the Lord to help me
explain to here what the Christian faith is all about
and what it means to know the Lord.
Realizing that she
and I were from different cultures—that I was a
Christian and she was Muslim.
I asked the Lord to give
me some way, some approach, to explain to her what
Christianity is all about in a simple term.
We were at the sight of Pergamas one afternoon and the
Lord gave me just exactly what I needed.
I said to
her, "Ahu, regardless of who you are or where you live
or what your religion may be—all people in the world
have two problems.
Their religion must give an answer
to those two problems.
Those two problems are sin and
death."
When you think about it, those really are the two
problems that people have.
All other problems can fit
under the category of the problem of sin—what do I do
about my sin?
How can I overcome the guilt of my sin?
How can I get power to have victory over my sin?
The other problem is death.
What about the problem of
death?
The problem of loved ones who have died—some of
you have lost loved ones recently.
The question of—
will you ever see your loved ones again?
Then there is
the matter of your own death.
What are you going to do
about death yourself?
The Bible says, "It is appointed
unto man, once to die and after this the judgment."
So
what are you going to do with the problem of death?
I said to her, "The two problems of life are sin and
death.
What does your religion have to give as an
answer to those two problems?"
Then I said to her,
"Let me share with you what Christianity has to say
about it."
In the course of the conversation she gave me answers
for her religion to the problem of sin and to the
problem of death.
Then I said to her, "the Christian
faith revolves around two places where those two
problems were solved.
The first place is the cross
whereby the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ, the
problem of sin is dealt with.
The second place is the
tomb whereby the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the
problem of death is resolved."
In simple terms, that explains to us what Christianity
is really all about.
I've asked the Lord to help me
this morning as simply as I know how to put it; in
clear, down-to-earth, easy-to-understand language to
explain to you what Christianity is and why we are
here this morning.
There you have it in two places—the cross and the
tomb.
Those are the Twin Towers of the Christian
faith.
Through the centuries the infidels and the
skeptics and the unbelievers have made their terrorist
attacks against those twin towers.
But when the dust
settles, I'm here to announce to you that the Twin
Towers of Christianity remain.
I.
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