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       Competition Of Ideas: Our Christian Battle For The Mind

             An Open Letter To All Christians Everywhere
  
          by Bill McGinnis, Editor of INTERNET DAILY CHAPEL
         http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html

                                      April 18, 1999
   

   Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
   
   Over the years of my life, the Lord has led me to the place where He
   is now ready to give me these thoughts to share with you. As Jesus
   says many times in the Bible, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
   (Ref.)
   
   The purpose of this letter is to develop a "big picture" view of the
   most important Christian ideas which are now battling for the mind of
   mankind. There are six of these most important ideas, and they are
   viewed together as "The Six Certainties Of The Christian Faith." If we
   organize all of our teaching around these six certainties, we can make
   God's Truth understandable to mankind and we can refute the false
   beliefs of His enemies.
   
   All other details of faith are less important than The Six Certainties
   and are subordinate to them. The intellectual battleground is here, on
   The Six Certainties. If people accept The Six Certainties into their
   mind, they will accept the Lord Jesus Christ into their heart.
   
   This purpose is in full accord with His will, as expressed in The
   Great Commandment and The Great Commission.
   
   God wants people to love Him with all their mind . . .

                            The Great Commandment

               "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
                with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with
                all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment."
                (Matthew 22:37-38 KJV)


   . . . and He wants us to go throughout the world, teaching people to
   accept Him as Lord.

                             The Great Commission

              "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in
               the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
               Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I
               have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even
               unto the end of the world. Amen." (Matthew 28:19-20 KJV)


   So we see clearly that God wants to be known and loved by the mind of
   mankind. In order to accomplish this, He wants His Truth to be
   sharpened like a sword, so that it cuts through all false ideas His
   enemies can bring against it. (See Ephesians 6:17)
   
   The Six Certainties are the means by which His will can be
   accomplished.

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              The Six Certainties Of The Christian Faith

   1. There is one God, Creator of all things.
   
   2. The Bible is the one true and complete written Word of God.
   
   3. Jesus Christ is the only-begotten Son of God.

       The words "only-begotten" mean "only-fathered," that
       is, Jesus is the only human ever directly physically
       fathered by God.

   4. Jesus was crucified, dead and buried, then rose from the dead, by
   the power of God, and lives today in Heaven and in the hearts of those
   who believe in Him.
   
   5. If we believe in Him, we will not perish, but will have eternal
   life, forever with Him.


       "Believing in Him" means: that we accept the fact that
        He is Son of God, risen from the dead; that we accept
        Him as our own personal Lord; that we try to follow
        His commandments as best we know how; that we are
        always willing to declare our faith in Him, openly and
        without hesitation.


   This fifth certainty leads easily into "The Gospel Of Jesus Christ,
   Simplified," which is . . .


            "You give yourself totally to Him, and
             He takes good care of you forever."


   6. The most important thing He wants us to do is to love: to love God
   first of all, then to love all other people the same as we love
   ourselves, using His love for us as our example.
   
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   These, then, are The Six Certainties Of The Christian Faith. We should
   fight the battle of ideas on the grounds of these Six Certainties, not
   on any peripheral issues of lesser importance.
   
   If people will accept these Six Certainties into their mind, they will
   accept Jesus Christ as Lord into their heart.
   
   Blessings to you in Jesus Christ our Lord.


            "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." (John 3:16 KJV)




     Bill McGinnis  <><
     bmcgin@patriot.net
     http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html

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