Christ Certified
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Christ Certified
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"I Am the Way, the Truth, & the Life. No one comes to the Father but through Me." — Jesus Christ | apologetics | theology | Scripture

I’ve always struggled with the idea that the only way to heaven was through Jesus. The classic axe murderer finds god but Good Samaritan is unsure. So when the church band started playing “Only by the Blood” I was rolling my eyes. To make matters worse, the lyrics go on to say there is no striving, or deserving. Like what? I’m not supposed to try hard now? What do you mean there is no deserving? But then the Pastor took over and it was like the entire sermon was written for me. The way he told it, was just perfect for me to understand. My parents never had to really punish me. If I did something that upset my father for example, he just had to tell me why. Knowing that I disappointed him was enough to break my heart. I knew how hard he worked to put a roof over my head. I knew how hard he worked to feed me and make sure I had positive activities and a great education. My Dad sacrificed for me. I would not be here if not for him. At all. Period. Forget about striving to deserve it, I didn’t deserve anything. I was given the gift of life. If I did something that hurt him, it hurt me. The Pastor explained that truly accepting God’s grace is realizing that we are all sinners. Nobody deserves anything. God sacrificed for us and gives us an opportunity that we did nothing to earn. When you cross the wrong line, you aren’t just breaking a rule, you are breaking God’s heart. In order to give you this free will, he had to accept that his heart would be broken. When you decide to take this personally, to aim not to break his heart. To help others stop breaking his heart. It’s not a feeling of guilt, or a feeling of pride. It’s a feeling of gratitude that you were given this chance. It’s a feeling of overwhelming opportunity and hope. You no longer pray for an outcome but from a place. Four weeks in a row now I’ve attended the same church. Twice now with my youngest daughter. Once with my oldest. I’ll get my middle to come with soon. I’m 45 years old and I spent my entire life skeptical of God. I am currently in the middle of being overwhelmed with how obvious it all is. I’ll use my otherwise unrelated platform share as much as I can as I experience and process this journey. Hope you join me. Do you ever feel like every detail of a day is hand crafted to make you realize something?




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