I had an interesting conversation with a physician on Saturday. I went in for some help with my allergies. As I always do I took a book with me to read while Ia waited.

My conversation with this physician lasted all of 1 minute (you know what it is like in the examining room). After he gave me some prescriptions he asked my why I was a Christian since there were all kinds of religions out there. I said that I had come to believe that Christianity was true. He asked, “How can you say that when people of other religions claim that their way is true, after all they are all just people who think they something about God"?

I said that a lot of people have notions about the world and God, but they can’t all be true. Some people think you can cure diabetes with roots and herbs, but that doesn’t mean it is true. I have come to see that the worldview of the Bible is the only one that makes sense out of life and if you always seek the truth you will find it leads you to Christ.

He asked another question which is the motivation for this post: “Why do you want to go to heaven, when you get there, there is nothing to do?”

That is the one thing that most people boil Christianity down to, going to heaven. We go to heaven, preach the gospel and spend all kinds of money so we can get people into heaven.

Don’t get me wrong, I want to go to heaven and I agree with Paul that, “If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied” (1 Cor 15:19).

But I am a Christian not just because of heaven. I am a Christian because of what Christ has done in me and because of what he makes possible in this world. I am a Christian because

  • I have been freed from the guilt of my past and given a new life
  • Through Christ every relationship in my life can be better
  • Through Christ I can offer hope to others
  • Through Christ I can be healed in many spheres of my life
  • The Christian worldview makes the most sense of the world
  • It lifts up the dignity of every human being
  • Because it is true

I am a Christian for all of these reasons and more and in addition to all of this there is heaven too!!

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