The Cry of Reason

1. There is a certain man who wants to be your friend right now. (2 Corinthians 6:2; John 15:14) He loves you so much (John 3:16) that while you were busy being His enemy (Romans 5:10), He laid down His life and died for you. (Romans 5:6; John 15:13) He is God and His Name is Jesus Christ. (John 1:1-14; 1 Timothy 3:16; Jude 25; Philippians 2:5-6, 9-10) It is impossible for us to number all the words He has given us (John 21:25); however, because of this fact and who He is and what He has done for you, you ought to listen to Him and love Him with all of your heart. (Matthew 17:5; Mark 12:30-31; Deuteronomy 6:4-8)
   

2. But, if you will not listen to God the Father, whose voice may be well represented by the entire Old Testament, you ought to listen to His Son, whose voice may be most directly, but not strictly represented by the four gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. If you do not listen to God's Son, you ought to listen to His Holy Spirit, which may be justifiably represented by Acts through Revelation.
   

3. If you don't listen to the Son or His Spirit (Galatians 4:6; Romans 8:9), you can listen to His human ancestors. To wit, the histories and/or writings of Noah, Shem, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Judah, Ruth, Jesse, King David and King Solomon which can be found in the books of Genesis, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Psalms, Nehemiah 13, Proverbs, Ecclesiates and The Song of Solomon.
   

4. Now, if you choose to ignore His human ancestry, allowing that ancestry is an undisputed fountainhead of our most treasured wisdom, and continue to wander thus far astray; admittedly, you have a large problem. But, you can still listen to His brothers by reading the books of James and Jude. (Matthew 13:55) If you don't listen to His brothers, you can listen to His friends and those whom He chose to be His disciples. Their words can be found in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. They also wrote the book of Acts, 1 & 2 Peter; 1, 2 & 3 John and The Revelation of Jesus Christ. If you don't listen to His friends, you can listen to the disciple whom Jesus loved, who wrote the gospel of John; 1, 2 & 3 John and Revelation.
   

5. If you don't listen to the friends and loved ones of Jesus, then you can listen to His enemy and the chief of sinners (1 Timothy 1:15), the Apostle Paul, whose conversion is written in the book of Acts and whose sermons and writings extend from Acts through Philemon. You could even listen to one who was converted through Paul's ministry, i.e. Timothy, who wrote the book of Hebrews.
   

6. But, if you will not even listen to His enemy, or any of the rest; then you are not listening to begin with. And for that reason alone, you deserve to go to hell. For who is it that so completely ignores the words of Almighty God; or of what worth or value is such an one? (Proverbs 1) However, in reality, there are many other reasons why every man and woman deserves to go to hell. (Romans 3:10-18)
   

7. So, if you don't want to go to hell, or if you want to love God with all your heart; all you must do is listen to and do the bidding of the Cry of Reason, which is supplied by the contents of the entire Bible, which is the Word of God. (Isaiah 1:18 & 40:8; Matthew 5:17-20 & 24:35)
   

   ---

   
   Created between July 9, 1998 and April 25, 1999
   Written by Eric Strobel
   Founded upon the Word of God and reason
   
   
   
   Back to ===> ===
   
   ===
   
   
   
   
   Web Page created on 11/28/99, Sunday
   Last revised 8/10/2015
   Background provided by Angelfire
   Cross provided by Inspired Christian Technologies
   The cross was stated as being in the public domain.

   ---