William H. Smith April 7, 2001

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Christianity

By

William H. Smith

As you scrutinize and admire the heavens, you witness a vast uncountable amount of stars with a countless number of planets supported by them. Do you think this could be just an accident, was there just a big bang and all this accidentally happened; you realize, no that can’t be possible; there must have been a master builder.

As you gaze about on this planet earth you see living things such as grass, trees, flowers, and a variety of insects and animals. In the animal kingdom man believes himself to be the most intelligent. As you ponder on these living things, and you think can all this be just an accident, it doesn’t seem likely, somewhere there must be a master builder.

As we witness the season's change, the wind, rain, sleet, snow, and the sunshine, is this only a freak accident of nature, or is this the composition of a loving creator. How can so many beautiful things be an accident? There must be a master creator, the one that is commonly referred to as "God", therefore there is a God. Then the story of his only begotten son "Jesus Christ" is also true. When a person understands this truth he will desire a journey to Christianity.

To embark on this journey is; you must believe and be baptized to be saved (Mark

16:16), it's as simple as that. You want to see and enter into the kingdom of God. You must be baptized to see the kingdom of God, and you must be baptized and receive the Holy Spirit to enter into the kingdom of God, (John 3:3,5).

Peter the rock of the Church of Jesus Christ and one of the twelve Apostles, has this to say in Acts chapter 2, verse 38, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”

To summarize, you will not be saved, you will not see or enter into the Kingdom of God, and you will not receive the Holy Spirit if you are not baptized. To proclaim that you don’t need to be baptized to enter into the Kingdom of God is the same as calling God, Jesus Christ, and Peter liars. If you choose not to believe that baptism is important, then do so. Please don’t lecture to others this lie claiming it is the truth.

When you educate, teach the word of God not the word of man. You want to be saved and teach others to be saved, understand and teach the writing of Mark 16:16. If you expect to see and enter into the kingdom of God and to teach others to expect the same,

understand and teach the writing of John 3:3,5.

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