Are we working on the basics to live?

I did not want to use the word “working” because it implies an effort and actually the “Good News” is precisely the fact that Jesus Christ did ALL it had to be done in order to offer us salvation to have the Eternal Life we do not deserve, but by Grace we obtain:

For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten son so whoever believes in Him does not perish, but have Eternal Life. (John 3.16)

How wonderful! All we have to do is to BELIEVE. And, how do we do that? Well, in order to believe, for instance, that a device works, is trying it first. If we need to believe in something we try it, but if we need to believe in someone, we search on his background, on his life doings, on his curriculum vitae or anything that gives us his or her experience to find out how credible that person is. We also listen to people’s testimonies on their experience with that person.

In the case of GOD and his son Jesus Christ, we have His word, The Bible which is a compendium of books of history, laws, poetry, prophesy, biographies, letters, stories, and all there is to know about any aspect of life to live it to His liking. You can find fables in It (see Judges 9.8), and even recipes (Ezekiel 4:9).  If you want to know Him all you have to do is read about Him. Jesus said: I am the WAY, and the TRUTH, and the LIFE; no one comes to the Father but through ME. (John 14:6)  

So, if we want to LIVE our eternity, and not suffer it, we have to know about Him. Search for Him, read about Him and learn to pray so we can start living the joy of really knowing Him. That is the basics and as soon as we do that we will learn to trust and love Him. And if we do, we will belong to Him and no one can separate us from His love. Like Paul apostle said:

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril or sword? Just as it is written,

“For your sake we are being put to death all day long;

We are being considered as sheep to be slaughtered,”

But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer  through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:35-39)