And most importantly faith… Jesus rescues everyone who has faith in him. “He alone is my rock and my Salvation”(Psalms, 62:2). To truly give yourself to Christ, the lord, you must first come to terms with the fact that you’re not in control of your own life. For most people this is hard to do, especially, if you have never faced life-shattering times. Usually, it takes suffering or utter despair for people to that realize they are not in control of their life and to come to faith. For me, ironically, all it took was a sarcastic remark…

Prior to that life-altering night, I had been giving a lot of thought to where I was in my life. I had lost my drive to do a lot of things. I was not sure why but I knew something was missing. This had been a very hard year for my family and me. We lost our very close grandfather, who valiantly struggled for three years with cancer. Then soon after, we lost a very close and courageous family friend a New York City firefighter. Between those two events my outlook on life changed. I realized I had no control

over my life, this scared me, and I started questioning what I was living for. Then Jesus made an appearance in my life…

"Belief in the resurrection is not an appendage to the Christian faith. It is the Christian faith"(Carey, George). Jesus is the only person to ever live and come back to life after he has died. He told everyone he was going to do it and he did. There is a very powerful idea that comes with this realization. Jesus is God. He can manipulate in and out of the world that he created with ease. Again, this may be hard to believe because nobody has done this but the Bible documents lots of people that saw him walking around in those forty days. I believe that he did rise from the dead. Then his body ascended into Heaven. This belief is confirmed by how strong the Christian faith was back then. It is not like today where you can just say, ”Oh that sounds good, maybe I’ll believe in Christ,” and there will be no consequences. You will be reborn and know the grace and mercy of the lord, at very little cost. Back in the time shortly after Jesus’ death it was a life-threateni!

The Apostles' Creed reads: "I believe in… Jesus Christ...who was... crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God..."(Robinson, B.A.). I believe this. You don’t have a choice though; you have to accept all or nothing. Jesus does not give you the option to only accept him as a teacher. He claims to be the “Son of God,” “God incarnate,” “the Messiah,” and many more, you can’t just accept his teaching’s and pay no attention to what he tells you about himself. C. S. Lewis wrote that we can either accept Jesus as lord or disown him as crazy or demonic. Jesus’ leaves no other alternative because along with all his great teachings, miracles, and resurrection he tells us he is the lord. This is something you can’t just dismiss. “Jesus is bringing about the prophesized restoration and new exodus described in Is. 40 onwards. He is the one around who the nation is!

That night I had a dream that felt unmistakably real. My father suddenly passed away and I was helpless to save him. I started shaking and crying, when suddenly I started to say aloud, in vain, “Jesus Christ.” As the words were spoken I came into a lighter, more aware sleep, and the statement, originally taken in vain, turned into a plea, “Jesus Christ, I believe that you are my salvation.” Almost immediately an unidentifiable peace took control of my body. I fell right back into the most comfortable and peaceful sleep. I forgot all about the situation until that life-altering night…

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