Reasons for turning to God that you might not have considered

1. God created us. Scientific studies have concluded that the chances of life starting spontaneously on earth (by means of a primordial soup) are 1 over 10 to the 40,000th power. That last number is 1 followed by 40,000 zeros. That's comparable to having a bunch of elements sloshing around in the ocean and all of a sudden getting a Swiss watch! Furthermore, it doesn't make sense that life could exist on its own apart from divine support. Human beings are mainly constructed from carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms, as well as the various other elements contained in this world. None of these atoms contain life or are alive. All they have is a simple electric charge, which is nothing more than electricity. How is it then that when you combine a bunch of nonliving atoms together that life appears? Can I add a bunch of zeros together and ever get a one? At what point do complex combinations of these atoms give rise to self-awareness, a conscious mind, thoughts, and feelings such as love, happiness, and sadness? They don’t. Our physical bodies are housing for our souls. For a believer, our bodies are temples, because God lives and dwells within us. Think about it....True life can only come from one who has life within himself.

Genesis 2:7 The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

John 5:26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.

2. The Bible is Trustworthy. Never once has any fact in the Bible been proven wrong. Time and time again historical evidence has surfaced that proves the Bible to be an infallible source of history and archeology. The Bible told us thousands of years ago that the earth was round. (Isaiah 40:22) It also gave the remedy for stopping the black plague in Europe during the middle ages; the answer was quarantine found in the book of Leviticus. Furthermore, there has never been a biblical prophesy that has failed to occur. (See the first five chapters of Matthew) Hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus, prophets told of his coming, the places he would go and the things he would even say. The instruction the Bible gives regarding righteous living still remain to this day as a source of peace and understanding to those who read, practice and follow its teachings. No other book in the history of the world has impacted humanity more than the Bible. That's because the Bible is nothing short of Gods own words. If you don't believe that, try reading it. No other book exists that contains more wisdom. God Spent 1600 years inspiring men to write out his word. The forty men who were employed in its writing were doctors, farmers, kings, shepherds, old, young, rich, poor, learned, and unlearned. Despite the many years, and differences of people and culture, the teachings of the bible all precisely fit together in perfect unison spelling out Gods intentions in our lives as his creation. The Bible is an instruction manual for human beings. It’s trustworthy because God is the author. 

Matthew 7:24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock." - Jesus 

3. God is all Loving, all Caring, and all Powerful. It’s important to note that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh. God came to us first. He lived as one of us for 30 years at which time he then began to instruct us on how to live and teach us the way into Heaven. Never in the course of history has a human being impacted the world with such powerful testimony as Jesus Christ. Many people say that God is not worthy of being followed because it appears as if he doesn't care. When Jesus was on earth he spent a very large portion of his time healing the sick and injured and performing miracles in order so that people might have food and wine to drink. While Christ lived in a human body, he was still God and thus sinless. Christ's ultimate purpose is to give us salvation by accepting the punishment for our sins. He did this by dying on the cross. Christ came into this world knowing full well that his own creation would kill him. He did it for the sake of those who believe in him and love him, so that they might have eternal salvation with him in heaven. If that's not love, then I don't know what is! After Christ's death on the cross, he rose up from the grave 3 days later and defeated death. God cannot be destroyed. He forever was and forever is. He has life within himself and he has the power to give it to us eternally. Its a free gift, gained by simply believing and following him.

John 6:28-29 "Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?" Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent." 

Reasons not to reject God or his word

1. Because others (your friends perhaps) do not follow or the majority of the people you know are not Christians. Why follow the crowd? Be yourself and think independently. Christians are often looked down upon because they take a stand for what is right and moral and we don't compromise in what we believe. This often times gives us the appearance of a fish swimming against the current. So be it. We are out to please God on his standards. 

2. Christians seem hypocritical. I'll be the first to admit that many Christians are hypocritical, however, that by no means whatsoever should limit others from doing what is right. Christians never claim to be perfect, just forgiven. 

3. Because you don't fully understand the concept of God; he doesn't seem logical or cannot be proven. God cannot be contained by the limits of human reason. That's why he is God to us. There is not a human alive who fully understands the concept of God. Don't be one who automatically condemns that which they don't fully comprehend. There is not a Christian alive today who didn't take a step of faith in order to accept Jesus as their Savior. From faith in God comes more understanding. 

Isaiah 55:8-9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." 

1 Corinthians 2:9 However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" 

4. Because human beings suffer. Many people make the false assumption that because there is suffering in this world, God does not care. Jesus (God himself) suffered on the cross. Below are four reasons why we suffer as humans. 

A. Our world is controlled by natural laws (put in place by God) that govern the way things operate. Example: The law of gravity is necessary to keep our feet on the ground and to keep us from floating away. If you lose your balance while walking up some stairs, gravity takes hold, you fall down and break your arm. Can we blame God for gravity? The same natural laws apply to disease and genetic disorders among other things. 

B. Human ignorance: In most cases it is necessary for humans to undergo a struggle in order to overcome ignorance and learn something. Ex: little kid touches something hot and gets burned. The child has now suffered but is much less likely to get burned again by touching something hot. Suffering is necessary to mature. There would be no challenge to life if we didn't struggle. 

C. Freedom of choice: God did not create robots. He created humans with the ability to act and reason on their own so that we might choose to follow him. In all things we make choices. In many circumstances our own decisions lead to suffering. Ex: man buys cigarettes, man smokes and gets cancer, man suffers. Choosing to sin is a big cause of suffering. Things like, egotism, selfishness, pride and self-pity are also examples of human behavior and if people would exercise their minds before acting in such ways, they would probably avoid a lot of suffering. 

D. Togetherness and interdependence of human beings: The Bible says that the evil that men do lives on after them. Ex: Hitler decided to take over the world. As a result many homes in the US suffered. A lot of suffering comes from the results of our relationships with others.