A Real Solution for Real People with Real Problems

Last month, Bill Nye (y’know “The Science Guy”) was giving a lecture at the University of Southern California when he passed out mid-sentence…just collapsed right there on stage. At first, no one did anything…events like that have a way of shocking people into paralysis. But when the audience did react to Bill Nye, it wasn’t the kind of response that you might expect…and it wasn’t the kind of response that could offer “The Science Guy” any help.

Members of the audience, when they finally did respond, whipped out their phones and began to update statuses and Tweet about what just happened. Now, some of the students disputed portions of what got reported in the news stories…but it still raises a disturbing question: Are we so media-absorbed that we can't respond to real people right in front of us?

I’m so grateful that God, by way of a Baby born in Bethlehem, responded with a real solution for real people with real problems. The Bible doesn’t just tell us that we’ve stumbled…or that we’ve fallen…it doesn’t even say that we’re in really bad shape. You know what the Bible says about us apart from Christ? Paul wrote to the Ephesians about their lives in the B.C. days (y’know, “before Christ”) and he said, “You were dead in your transgressions and sins.”

But Jesus’ birth is God’s response to our very serious condition. And Colossians 2:13 explains what happens when we surrender our lives to Christ, “You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins.”

So, how does that happen? Actually, it’s as easy as A-B-C:

A - Admit to God that you are a sinner

B – Believe in Jesus as God’s Son and that He died for your sins and rose from the dead

C – Confess Jesus as Lord of your life

Let me know how I can help you make that decision for Christ.