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H A T - I S - T H E - J E S U S - W A Y ?
To know what the Jesus Way is, you must
first understand what happened when the world began. In the beginning, the Creator
had a purpose in mind for everything He made. The sky, clouds, animals, earth,
plants and peoples were all given a way to live and exist. The Creator's Way was
for all of the creation to live in harmony. The Creator loved the first people and
talked openly with them. He created them to know him and to walk in his ways.
But
the first people chose not to walk with the Creator and followed a different path.
They walked away from him. They missed the mark and lost the path of beauty.
This broke the Creator's Way. This also broke the Creator's heart!
Because
of this, evil was let loose into the creation. All the peoples from all the tribes
around the world have followed the wrong path ever since. And now the whole
creation suffers because of this evil:
"There is no faithfulness, no love,
no acknowledgment of God in the land. There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing
and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Because of this
the land mourns, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field and the
birds of the air and the fish of the sea are dying." HOSEA 4:1-3
From that
time until now, peoples all over the earth have been lost. They are searching for
their way back home. And because the Creator loves his children so much, he made a
way for them to come back to him. This is the Jesus Way. This is the path to
peace and purpose for your life. This is the road back to the Creator.
The Jesus
Way is all about finding the Creator's Way once again.
But maybe you have heard
that if you become a follower of Jesus you must leave behind all of your Native culture.
Perhaps you have been told that the Jesus Way is only a white man's religion. |