Why Bother with God?

Why bother with God? Because it is the difference between. . .

  • Eternity in Heaven or hell
  • Freedom or Bondage to the past
  • Peace or Enmity with God
  • Healing or Hurt from the past in the present

Why bother with God? Because it is the difference between. . .

  • Forgiveness or Unforgiveness of sin

All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” (Acts 10:43 NIV)

Why bother with God? Because it is the difference between. . .

  • Power or Powerlessness to Overcome

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. (1 John 4:4 NIV)

This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. (1 John 5:3-5 NIV)

Why bother with God? Because it is the difference between. . .

  • Fulfillment or Unfulfillment in life
  • Meaning or Meaninglessness of life
  • Adoption into God’s family or Being orphaned

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, (Gal 3:26 NIV)

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (1 John 3:1 NIV)

Why bother with God? Because it is the difference between. . .

  • Life and Death

Why bother with God? Because it is the difference between. . .

  • Lightness or Burdened from life
  • Hope or Despair for tomorrow

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28 NIV)

Why bother with God? Because it is the difference between. . .

  • Eternity in Heaven or hell

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. (1 John 5:13 NIV)

I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life. (John 6:47 NIV)

. . . that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (John 3:15-17 NIV)

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (1 John 5:11 NIV)

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.” (John 3:36 NIV)

Because it is the single most important decision of your life!

Marji "Mike" Kruger

About Marji "Mike" Kruger

I am the founder and developer of Anchor Your Life, a Bible teaching ministry devoted to helping people come to know God and grow in their relationship with Him. I love what I do!!! And am incredibly grateful for the ministry God has entrusted to me.
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