Our culture is affected by relativism - no rights or wrongs, no absolutes - everyone does as thy see fit and end up having no purpose in life but to please themselves, then to die. You are growing up in society that teaches there are no real consequences or goal.
The Bible teaches exactly the opposite. The Bible teaches us that there is a purpose to life and then eternal life after death.
What we believe will effect where we end our lives and where we spend eternity.
The Christian faith isn't blind faith. Jesus was real and taught like no one else, but also died for us and then rose from the dead. He really was born, He really lived, He really died and He really did rise from the dead. History confirms it.
Jesus died and was buried in a rich mans tomb. The women were the first to see the empty tomb and the grave clothes laying empty. After the disciples too saw the empty tomb, it slowly dawned on them that He had actually risen. Jesus then began to appear to people in different places. He even ate with them and let them touch Him to see that He was really there.
Word spread quickly. While the disciples were still talking amongst themselves, He appeared to them and stood amongst them and spoke to them, "Peace be to you". They were so scared. Jesus came to bring peace. He calmed their fears and began to explain to them, showing them His wounds. They couldn't believe it for joy!
He reminded them of the Bible that they all knew so well, about the prophecies and how they had all been fulfilled in His death and resurrection. More than 300 prophecies from hundreds of years before were fulfilled in the life and death of Jesus. 65 of them were fulfilled in the 6 hours of Jesus crucifixion alone!
For example, 800 years before Jesus, Isaiah prophesied: Isaiah 53
Believing and seeing the truth of these things, is to come to faith in Jesus - coming to the point of saying "Jesus is my Lord and my Saviour and I need Him".
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