Kelly Peters was
sitting in Church one Sunday morning looking around at all the smiling faces
worshiping and praising God. She had not been to Church in almost thirteen
years, since the day she got saved. She sat there thinking about her friend
Terry White, who loved God so much. All she ever talked about was God this and
God that, Terry told her that if she ever died, she was going to heaven to live
with God. Kelly remembered those words on the day Terry died in a terrible car
accident. It was after the accident that Kelly went to Church and got saved in
remembrance of her friend.
It has been
fourteen years since Terry died, but sitting in Church today Kelly saw it like
yesterday. She was jolted out of thought when she heard the Pastor begin to
speak. “Does everyone have a Bible?” Kelly looked around and many people were
holding one up, she did not have one, so she said a silent ‘no’ to herself.
Then the Pastor said, “Anyone who does not have a Bible please put your hand
up.” Kelly looked to see if any hands went up and then she slowly raised her
hand. A few minutes later, the lady next to her handed her a Bible. Kelly
smiled and thanked her. Then the Pastor told everyone to turn to the first book
and the first verse, Genesis 1:1. “Now read it out loud,” he told them. Everyone
in unison read, “In the Beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Then
the Pastor closed the Bible and said, “Do you believe that, that is the topic
of today’s Sermon.”
On the drive home,
Kelly kept saying to herself over and over again, “In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth, do you believe that.” She didn’t know if she
believed it or not. That night, she lay down in bed repeating it over and over
in her head. Soon she thought, “It’s impossible for God to create heaven and
earth,” and then she tossed and turned the night away back and forth wresting
with that thought, but as she begin to fall deeper to sleep she felt an
overwhelming sensation of truth come over her. Then she heard a little whisper,
“All
things are possible to them that believe.” She fell off to sleep
believing everything that she heard God speak to her heart. Today Kelly became
a Believer.
Being a Christian
starts with whether you truly believe that “In the Beginning God created the heavens
and the earth (Genesis 1:1).”or not. For many it may seem impossible to
believe that all things came into existence by God creating them, but truly
believing it is what makes it possible to believe. Christianity is based on
what you believe. If you don’t believe the first verse of the Bible how are you
a Christian? The word Christian means: A follower of Christ. How do you follow
someone you do not believe in? Lord, help me with any area I may have non-belief.
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