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Christ Comes In Our Darkest Hour

Christ Comes In Our Darkest Hour

Billy Graham

Are in the middle of your darkest hour? Billy Graham's fourth Advent meditation focuses on the light of Christ.
Throughout my high school years, I've been tested and toyed with by Satan. My sophomore year my father died of cancer. As a result I started to party and involve myself in activities that were far from Christian approval. Now that I've finally graduated as salutatorian of my high school, I realize that I am full of sin. I have asked the Lord to cleanse me of my sins every day. However, I do not feel resolved of my sins. How do I know that He has forgiven me for the past three years?
Jehovah's Witnesses: Who are they? What do they believe? Does this differ from orthodox Christianity?

Jehovah's Witnesses: Who are they? What do they believe? Does this differ from orthodox Christianity?

Michael

Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) may appear to hold many of the same beliefs that Christians do. However, when you take a closer look, you'll see that Jehovah's Witnesses deny most of the key doctrines of Christianity, including: the Trinity, the personality of the Holy Spirit, and the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. The most important issue is that they do not believe that Jesus Christ is also God. For this reason, we consider them to be a cult, not just another denomination.
I know someone who says they are saved, but they believe that if they die (or when Jesus comes back) they will go to hell if they have not asked Him to forgive them of their sins. I know that, if you are saved, nothing can keep you from heaven. I have tried to explain this to them, but they are very set in their ways. How can I get the point across in a nice way?

I know someone who says they are saved, but they believe that if they die (or when Jesus comes back) they will go to hell if they have not asked Him to forgive them of their sins. I know that, if you are saved, nothing can keep you from heaven. I have tried to explain this to them, but they are very set in their ways. How can I get the point across in a nice way?

Victoria

It's great that you're concerned about your friends. The Bible assures us that when we accept Jesus we become children of God and members of His family (John 1:12). Like an orphaned child is adopted into a family, we're adopted by God and made a part of His family forever. This has nothing to do with anything we've done; it's simply trusting Jesus by faith just as an adopted child trusts his parents when he comes into their family.