Jesus dying for the sins of the world may damn u to hell.

Growing up i had a very skewed understanding of what "Jesus died for the sins of the world" meant. I think a lot of the confusion comes in with the wording. Jesus died for the sins of the world sounds like Jesus died so everyone could go to heaven. The only problem with that is the bible…

The bible tells us that Jesus died for the sins of the world so that you COULD obtain right standing with God, because based on your own righteousness no one can stand before God. Here's where i was confused (where many people get confused)... there is something that must happen before that right standing can be applied to your life. We have to have faith.

Faith, not just cognitive assent to a belief in God. Or even actual faith in an "all religions lead to God" kind of god. Faith (by grace) in Christ Jesus as The Way, The Truth & The Life. A consistent hope that resides deep down in the sufficient sacrifice of Jesus alone for redemption of our trespass against God. That is the only way we can benefit from this great work of redemption.

Possibility

I can appreciate an honest Athiest who acknowledge that Gods existence is possible, but they aren't completely convinced themselves.

Something has gone wrong in the mind of many when presuppositions dictate possibility. Ones own knowledge is the extent in which we allow ourselves to learn. Repeating a cycle of evaluating the validity of any claim by our existing definition of what's valid.

It sounds so asinine when you think about it like that, but most of us grab ahold of a position in religion, politics or society, and hold on for dear life. Never questioning, never learning, never moving past elementary principals of our existing belief. I wonder how many of us would change sides on an issue we would otherwise stake our lives on, if only we could see past our own selves and really begin to think.

How many "Christians" would find that they don't actually follow the God of the bible? How many Deists and Agnostics would sense the urgency of determining who God is? How many eyes would be opened to the Glory of Christ Jesus, if only we would think...