Yes!
YES!
YES !!!
The Answer to the
3 Most
Important
Questions
You could
Ever Ask
By a member of the
Mother of God Brothers
Guadalupe House, 30 Bottlebrush St Thurgoona,
2640
Q.
IS THERE A GOD???
The
Answer is - YES!
Down through the ages, thinking members of the human race have asked
this most important question.
Is there a Being, greater than myself, who is responsible for the
existence of this universe and who holds my future in his care?
Generation after generation have answered YES
- And they call this being *GOD*.
But what evidence do they have for the existence of God?
The Evidence, in fact, is
abundant!!
'The heavens proclaim the glory of God!'
All the modern sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Zoology, Botany,
Astronomy, reveal the existence of an astounding order in this universe; whether it
be the order of the molecular atoms and their components, or the order
of cells, or the digestive organs of the earth-worm, or the marvel of
the workings of the human eye, or the clockwork regularity of the solar
system.
The universe, as we know it, is governed by universal laws (such as gravity and
relativity) which human scientists, from physicists to micro-biologists
and immunologists, did not invent but discovered as PRE- EXISTING.
Such ORDER and such LAWS, demand that an intelligent person acknowledge
that there is an ORDER-ER or LAW-GIVER.
We conveniently call such a Being . . *GOD*
(Any half-way decent library ought to have copies of works by Thomas
Aquinas, or C.S. Lewis' "Mere
Christianity", or other books and authors , which can set out in
full the 'evidence that demands a verdict' for the existence of
God. Alternatively do a search on the web from a site such as
http://www.petersnet/) [or read 'The
Existence of God' by R. Redmond, at www.icafe.au/cts {It's only
20 pages.} 'Do 300']
SO
THERE IS A GOD!
THIS
GOD LOVES
AND CARES FOR YOU!
* * *
So, There is a god!
(Has He ever revealed Himself?)
Q. IS JESUS OF
NAZARETH TRULY GOD??
The Answer is - YES!
IF God does exist, has He revealed himself?
Yes, He has, in the person of Jesus called the Christ.
Of all the great Leaders of spiritual movements who have ever existed,
among whom you would have to count Moses, Socrates, Confucius, Lao-Tze,
the Buddha, Jesus, Zoroaster and Mohammed, one of them stands out as
extra-ordinary.
This one is Jesus. He claimed
to be God. This either makes him the biggest con-man of the lot and
therefore the most swiftly dismissed. Or it makes him the One to whom I
ought really to listen!
Firstly, it can be established from reliable historical documents that
Jesus really existed. (No genuine modern historian can deny this; nor
can they deny that the chief source of information about Jesus, the
Four Gospels, have a superior manuscript accreditation than do
documents which describe other historical figures of those times such
as Nero or Julius Caesar).
The Historical Jesus claimed to be
God.
Now, IF someone claims to be God, (as Jesus clearly did),
then there are only 3 logical
possible conclusions.
1. He really is God and Lord. Or
2. He is a Lunatic and has no insight into his own reality,
let alone anyone else's. Or
3. He is a malicious Liar.
LORD, LIAR or LUNATIC.
There are your choices. Who do You say Jesus is?
He cannot be a LIAR. He died for the Truthfulness of his statement 'I
am the Son of God'.
He cannot be LUNATIC, since no-one ever spoke with the Wisdom and
insight that this Jesus showed.
Moreover, no lunatic ever avoided the cunning verbal traps laid for Him
as Jesus so often did.
Therefore, He must be LORD.
Moreover,
Jesus brings the Credentials of 'LORD'.
So he is GOD.
Firstly,
Specific details of the life of the promised Messiah, whom Jesus as
Lord claimed to be, details as specific as His birthplace, His
ancestry, His time of appearance, His mode of death, etc., were
predicted hundreds of years before His arrival, in books already in
general circulation.
Secondly,
Jesus does things that only God could have done.
He worked miracles, (curing the blind, the crippled, etc.) and wonders
(calming storms, feeding thousands, etc.).
Definitively, His own Rising from the dead places the final seal on the
case that JESUS
TRULY IS GOD.
This
Jesus Loves and Cares for you.
* * *
So, there is a God and this God reveals Himself in Jesus.
Q.
Did this Lord Jesus BUILD A CHURCH to which He wanted
everyone to belong and
IS
THAT CHURCH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?
The answer is YES!
Clearly, Jesus DID intend to build a church for it is recorded of Him
as saying (Mt 16:18) 'I will Build My Church'
What He intended to do, He obviously went on to do.
Jesus built His Church on the foundation of His Apostles and gave them
instructions (Mt 28:19-20)
'Go . . . to all
nations, . . . teach them to observe all the commands I gave you
. . . I am with you for all
ages, even to the end of time.'
He wanted everyone to listen to His Church for it is recorded that He
said (Mt 18:17), 'If someone refuses to listen to the Church, treat him
like an outsider.'
This Church, says Saint Paul (1 Tim 3;15) is 'The Pillar and Ground of
Truth'.
* The Church that the Lord Jesus founded has to go back to the time of
Jesus.
It cannot have any other founder except Jesus.
It has to be present in EVERY age trying to teach ALL nations ALL of
Jesus' Truth.
Only One Church in the whole world
fulfils these conditions of being
Christ's True Church.
ONLY
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
For Proof Study the Diagrams overleaf.
DATE,
PLACE OF ORIGIN, AND
FOUNDER OF CHIEF CHURCHES
| Name |
Origin |
Founder |
Year |
| Catholic |
Jerusalem |
Jesus Christ |
33
|
| Lutheran |
Germany |
Martin Luther |
1517 |
| Anglican |
England |
Henry VIII |
1534 |
Presbyterian #
|
Scotland |
John Knox & General Assembly |
1560 |
Congregationalist #
|
England |
Robert Browne |
1583 |
Methodist #
|
England |
John Wesley |
1739 |
| Uniting Church |
Australia |
a union of 3 churches (marked #)
|
1977 |
| Baptists |
England |
Roger Williams |
1612 |
|
|
and others |
1639 |
| Quakers |
England |
George Fox |
1647 |
| Salvation Army |
England |
William Booth |
1878 |
| Christian Scientist |
USA |
Mary Baker Eddy |
1879 |
Pentecostal
Assemblies of God
|
USA
USA
|
Various Pastors
Pentecostal Pastors
|
1870s
1880s
|
| Seventh Day Adventist |
USA |
Ellen G White |
1844 |
| Jehovah Witnesses |
USA |
Charles Russell |
1879 |
| Mormons |
USA |
Joseph Smith |
1830 |
| Zwiglian |
Switzerland |
Huld Zwigli |
1530 |
| Calvinist |
Switzerland |
John Calvin |
1531 |
| Church of Christ |
USA |
Alex Campbell |
1813 |
So, you can see for yourself...
Jesus Loves you and He wants you to experience His Love in the
Church He Founded... His
Catholic Church. This church offers you all the help and graces
Jesus wants to give to you so that you can live up to His Law of Love
and be happy with Him forever in Heaven.
Chart
showing the Divine Origin
and Continuous Growth of the
Catholic Church as contrasted
with the Hunan Origins and
Short Durations of other Faiths
For more information contact the
Parish Priest
at any of your Catholic Churches in your local
area or:
Catholic Enquiry Centre
P.O. Box 287, Darlinghurst NSW 2010