BELIEFS AND DOUBTS

You say God and some ask; “which God are you referring to?, ’cause there are a lot of them”. Fortunately or unfortunately, I know only One and He’s the one I refer to as God in this opinion piece – The God of Salvation who is the God of the cross who is the God of creation who is The Word who became flesh and was made manifest amongst men. That One.

I don’t know if there are people who never have questions for God. Me, I do do.

Listening to atheists and theists argue the existence of God, it is that, atheists don’t believe in any form of spirituality or the supernatural. This may not be true for all of them because some have room for spirituality and the supernatural which fits within their boundaries.

From watching them argue, I’d say atheists mostly come against Christianity. They hardly throw shots at the other spiritual beliefs and maybe that’s because we christians are the ones all over the place asking people to quit their believes and get in with us.

In one of Jubilee, a YouTube Channel’s video titled “Do Atheists think the same way?”, a lady mentioned how she found Mormonism oppressive at a point in her life. She calls it lies. Another guy shares a similar experience; He was in a Jehovah witness family and recalls people losing their lives because of their believes, one being refusing blood transfusion in the name God.

I think some people become atheists because of unsound Christian doctrines they are exposed to. Others by reason of reading and understanding cosmology, evolution and anthropology, are convinced the existence of this world was or is not caused by some powerful Being living in the heavens or some God who doesn’t exist. Same studies led others to God tho. For another group, the case of evil is the chasm between them and believe in some supposedly loving God.

Going back to unsound Christian doctrines, I chanced on this video of an atheist saying Christians should ask their God to repent, He is the one who needs repentance from His wickedness, his wickedness of placing people on earth and telling them He’ll send them to hell for having sex before marriage, drinking, being homosexuals, etc. She was mentioning “vices”.

Sadly, this is exactly what most Pastors preach. You’ll go to hell if you do “bad”. If you don’t give up sinning and live a righteous life, you’ll not make it to heaven.

Such teachings are unbiblical, they come from a place of scripture misinterpretation.

They hinge spending eternity with the Lord(God) on our morality and preach repentance as behavioural change meanwhile, the word repentance as used in the context of salvation, is the greek word “metanoia” which means a change of mind. At this point, I recommend a 7 minute video of Joseph Prince on YouTube titled “GRACE LEADS TO TRUE REPENTANCE dated 6th may 2012. ( https://youtu.be/TDgqUP2-FOw) Read the comments too. Lol


Now Lemme do a little preaching.(no I wasn’t preaching earlier)
Praise the Lord………….

John 3 :16 that we all know. Let’s say it together.
For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

It didn’t say whosoever believeth and liveth a sin free life, should have everlasting life. It says whosoever believeth! and that’s on period! That alone.

As a Christian, you believe God forgives all your sins or more accurately He forgave all your sins because of the cross abi? Now why would He punish you for the very same sins He forgave you? That’s double jeopardy! Ain’t it? The law people tell us it’s wrong. How much more God?

Personally, I feel humans and the universe as a whole is too complex to be just a happening, there must be some intelligence behind it. Dont you think so too?

I think doubts and questions concerning our beliefs when taken care of, makes us informed believers, hence, they’re useful.

I came into contact with these YouTube channels at a point I had questions and I got answers. I got enlightened on other issues too.

1. Joseph Prince (Preacher, this man I personally love him)

2. Dr. Frank Turek (Christian Apologist)

3. Inspiring Philosophy (Christian Apologist)

4. Mike Winger ( preacher/ apologist)

5. Dr Abel Damina ( Preacher)

Even if you’re omniscient and don’t have questions, they can still be of help.

A.J Kwame


P.s : I don’t claim these channels are in all their videos indefective. Just incase you find anything unconvincing. Think too while you listen. Peace.