Christianity,: Where Will This Path Take Me?
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Christianity, Where Can This Path Take Me? helps people searching for answers in the Bible to begin their adventure.
For New Christians, it sets out a meaningful path to follow and find out what this new life is all about.
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Christianity, - Kim Smallwood
Dedication:
To the people of St. Croix,
United States Virgin Islands
2019
KLS
© 2019 by Midwest Regional Processing Center,
Mr. Kim L Smallwood, President
Published by Midwest Regional Processing Center
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN 978-0-578-44535-9
ISBN 978-1-087-86061-9 (e-book)
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Scripture quotations noted as ‘Phillips’ are taken from J. B. Phillips: The new Testament in Modern English, revised editions © J. B. Phillips, 1958, 1960, 1972, permission Macmillan Publishing Co., and Collins Publishers. Scripture quotations noted as ‘Wuest’ are taken from The New Testament: An Expanded Translation by Kenneth S. Wuest C Copywrite 1954, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission; and RSV are taken from the Revised Standard Version Bible, copywrite 1952 [2nd edition, 1971], Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked ‘Living Bible’ are taken from The Living Bible, © 1971, Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton IL 60189. Scripture quotations marked NASB are taken from the New American Standard Bible, © Copyright 1960, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission; NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved; KJV are taken from the King James Version of the Bible (Public Domain) Cambridge 1769. Scripture quotations marked ‘Ryrie’ are taken from The Ryrie Study Bible, New American Standard Translation, Copyright © 1976, 1978 by The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Steps To Peace With God diagram Courtesy of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. www.billygraham.org.
Materials from other copyrighted works are noted in their respective areas with notations of on-line links to the original material and creators and/or additional resources available from them and are presented here with their permission.
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Introduction
Frequently Asked Questions
Names of God in the Bible
All The Names Of Jesus
The Names of the Holy Spirit
Prophesies of Christ in the Bible
Basics on Cult Religions
Read the Bible in 88 Days
Read the Bible Chronologically
How Do I Memorize Scripture?
Steps to Peace With God (64-66)
Notes:
Escalator to Depression
The Fountain of True Success
The Christian Cycle of Growth
Finances
Remember that every book, recording, magazine or article ever written about the Bible or Christianity is filtered through the author’s life. These are not scripture or authoritative. The only way to really know for yourself what God wants for your life is to read the Source, the Bible, yourself. I hope this volume gets you started in your own personal quest.
Equipment Check
✓ Correct Map
✓ Compass that points to True North.
The Appalachian Trail is a 2,180+ mile long public trail that traverses the scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild of the Appalachian Mountains (bears, snakes and rough terrain included). You would not think of beginning this long trek without the proper equipment. The Christian trek is no different. You need the correct map, an internationally accepted, easily read, translation of the Bible. You also need your compass set on who will be directing your journey, Christ Jesus, Himself through His Holy Spirit.
In order to begin this trek, you need to understand the premise of the journey: Christianity. It is as obvious today as it was in the first century when Paul wrote most of the New Testament that there are some who take on the name but do not, in any way, represent what Christianity really is (Titus 1:16). These people muddy the water for those interested in knowing what Christianity can mean for their personal lives. The only way to really know what Christianity is and what Christ wants to mean personally to you, in your life, and from right now where you are in life is to read the Bible yourself and find out for yourself. This work provides a guided method for that discovery.
The first and foundational concept must be that your map, the Bible, is truthful and can apply to your life right now. Although the Bible was written down over centuries by many people remember it had only one inspiration – the Holy Spirit. A Christian’s concept of the inerrancy of scripture applies to the original autographs (manuscripts). Inerrancy does not extend to every copy and translation that was created from those original manuscripts. People often misunderstand this concept of inerrancy. When someone has discovered what they consider to be an error in one of the translations they could assume that the Bible as a whole must contain errors. In truth, the difference probably resulted from a translation committee decision on how to translate a passage from the original manuscript. The original text, especially the Greek language, is very expressive. Greek and Hebrew can be hard to translate into English. For example, the English word love
has several words in Greek with varied meanings. Hebrew can also express more in a word than what can be easily translated into an English word.
The second foundational concept must be that God, through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, loves you personally. He has a plan for your life if you will accept it. God’s love has a gift for you if you accept it. The Gift is that God sent His only Son to be sacrificed as the legal penalty to save you from eternal separation from Him. God loves you enough to offer that Gift to you, but He also loves you enough to allow you to make your own choice on accepting this Gift. If you do not accept it, He will allow your choice to stand and you will remain separated from His love and from His plan for your life here on earth and you will be eternally separated from Him at death. God does not send
anyone to Hell. Hell was created for Satan and the fallen angels. People can, though, chose Hell instead of Heaven. Christ wants to be your compass for this life journey.
The third foundational concept is that no one can make that decision to accept or reject God’s Gift for you. Not making a decision, or putting it off, is a rejection on your part. Joining a church, organization, religious group, being baptized, saying spiritual things, turning over a new leaf,
being as good as you can be, not doing something really bad (in your opinion) – none of these things get you even close to a personal relationship with God.
Christianity is not an add-on to your life. World religions have multiple gods to choose from. Christianity is not something you add on to Buddha, Mohamed, some prophet or good deeds. It is a single life experience which stands by itself and accepts no other ideology in your life. You must know what Christ did on the Cross yourself. You must accept that sacrifice He made for you, yourself. You must ask Him to forgive you of your past sin (rebellion) and ask Him to come into your life and make you a new person. Only YOU can do that.
Every Christian has a testimony
about what they were before, how they accepted Christ into their life, and what has changed in their life since the moment they accepted Christ’s sacrifice for their personal sin (being born again
). Someone else’s testimony will not save you; it only confirms that others have been where you are right now. Some testimonies are large involving gross habits and lifestyles that these people were freed from. Other testimonies are simple. Everyone, though, would agree that who they were before accepting Christ’s sacrifice for their sin is not who they are anymore. That change is a promise from God