Relativity

We live in an age of relative truth. Philosophers say there are no absolute truths and that one's truth is just as valid as another's. But no one lives that way. If you bang your head against a wall, it will hurt. That's not a relative truth. It's either true or it's not and if it's true for you, it's true for me. But I'm not going to try it and I'll bet no relative truth philosophers will try it either.

It's the same way with faith in The Master. It's not relative. It's either true or it's not, and if it's true for me, it's true for you. I could be wrong. But I'm either wrong or right. Either the Master died in my place and rose again or He didn't. It's not a philosophy that I follow because it "works for me."

So everyone needs to decide. If I'm wrong, the worst that can happen is I'll spend my life believing something that turns out to be false, and in the process, live a relatively clean and moral life. But if I'm right, the consequences are much worse for those who don't listen.

This line of reasoning is called Pascal's Wager, after Blaise Pascal, who set out to mathmatically prove the existence of God. Pascal's Wager has been much maligned by atheist groups. They say that there are other possibilities besides just He exists or not. They say you still have to believe in the "right" God. But there is only One Creator of the Universe. And there are only two possibilities. The One Creator exists or He does not. And the fact is, even the athiest can decide to believe, based on the evidence of the Created world around us. It takes a humbling of the heart and a seeking after this Creator in prayer. He will reveal Himself to all who seek Him.

If you decide to believe, then He's paid for your sins too. But if you decide not to, you must pay for them yourself. To decide you don't know or don't care is the same as deciding against Him. He can't stand to be apart from you. But if you still reject Him, you've blown your last chance. He's holding His hand out to you now.

In the most important Book of all time, He says: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. "

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