Can a theological system be accurate?
Is it possible to “get it right,” or is belief in God finally just guesswork?

There are over 15,000 Christian denominations, so somebody must be guessing wrong. But we do not have to guess—any more than a scientist has to guess in their work.

All that can be known to us about God is available through the experience of God. Every religious or spiritual experience tells us something about Him. Every Near-Death Experience (NDE) tells us something about heaven and the life that awaits us beyond this one. And all of this supports what we already know from the teachings of Jesus.

The most accurate picture of God anywhere is found in Matthew 5:38–48 (and in Luke 6:27–36). How do we know it is accurate? Because it reflects the God we meet in experience. Every person who meets God in an NDE will tell you that the God of unconditional love Jesus describes is the God they encountered.

Jesus was accurate about God. And listen! He was the only person in ancient history who was accurate. What does that tell you?

Furthermore, Jesus himself appears in many of those NDEs and other spiritual experiences. What does that tell you? He appears to be, and functions as, the divine figure we call the Christ.

By the way, because I preach the God we know in Jesus and in experience, I will claim my preaching is also fairly accurate.

Check it out—live or online, Sunday at 11:00.

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