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OUR DAILY BREAD                        Tuesday, May 31, 1994
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READ: John 1:1-14

           "I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP"

 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection
  and the life.   He who  believes  in  Me,
    though he may die, he shall live."

                - John 11:25

Let's say you were shopping for a  religion.   Wouldn't  you
want  to  serve a higher being who was powerful and could do
great things?  Wouldn't you want a  religion  that  provided
great  after-death  benefits?   Wouldn't  you  want  the key
leader of this religion to  be  absolutely  trustworthy  and
able to forgive your sins?

I would.

Yet I recently read about a religion that  many  people  buy
into  with none of those qualities.  It teaches that "God is
the beauty and soft side of things" and "the higher power of
each  person."   It  says, "When you're dead, life ceases to
exist."  And the key figure?  Jesus!  But  He  is  described
only as "a great master of light."

Think of the great religions of the world.  How  many  offer
an  all-powerful,  all-wise,  loving God?  How many give the
assurance of heaven?  How many provide  a  Savior  from  the
guilt  and  power  of sin?  They make big promises, but they
fail to give us what we need.  Their claims are empty.

Now think about this:  Those who put their trust  in  Christ
serve an all-powerful, all-knowing, loving God.  They have a
Savior who provides the assurance of heaven and freedom from
sin.   Of  all  the  faiths  in the world, it's the only one
that's not man-made.  Why settle for less than the best?

Author:  J. David Brannon

 God sent His Son to die for us,
 No other life would  do;
 So why   not  trust  in  Christ  today?
 Accept  His  gift  to you.         - J. David Brannon

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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Religion may  inform and reform,
   but only Christ can transform.

The Bible in One Year:  1 Kings 1-4

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