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Ignorance
Mr. Tom Creech,
Zurich Citizens' News,
Zurich, Ontario.
Your article in the July
6th issue of the newspaper
was quite exemplary of the
ignorance prevalent today
concerning Christ,God's Gift
to mankind. It was obvious
to me that you haven't had
much contact with Christ's
living church, as of late,
Tom.
Perhaps you were never
taught the true meaning and
significance of belief in
Christ. I feel responsible, as
a person who sought to un-
derstand my relationship
with Christ (for many
years), to give you the basis
for belief in God and Jesus
Christ.
If my faith in God is living
and real and fed by
fellowship through the Holy
Spirit, then the `crutch' of
which you spoke is non-
existent. I have a
relationship with a person
who has been called
"Wonderful Counsellor,
Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace",
Isaiah 9:6.
God's Gift to mankind was
and is the offering of life to
those who acknowledge and
receive unto themselves the
sacrifice of death and sin
through His resurrection - to
give us life! It is the
resurrection and ascension
of Christ and His Life in me -
"Abide in Me and I in you.",
that gives me hope and
assurance of His love for me
as a person. Jesus said, "I
am the resurrection and the
life; he who believes in Me,
though he die, yet shall he'
live, and whoever lives and
believes in Me shall never
die." John 11:25.
I also have assurance of
life with Christ after I die,
physically, because of a
promise He made, "Let not
your hearts be troubled,
believe in God, believe also
in Me. In My Father's house
are many rooms; if it were
not so, would I have told you
that I go to prepare a place
for you? And when I go and
prepare a place for you, I
will come again and will
take you to Myself, that
where I am you may be
also." John 14:1-3.
The great love of God for
mankind was the guiding
force in Christ's life on
earth. For God Himself
came in the form of man, as
Jesus Christ, so that He
could reconcile man to
Himself.
"Therefore, if any one is
in Christ, he is a new crea-
tion; the - old has passed
away, behold, the new has
come. All this is from God,
who through Christ, recon-
ciled us to Himself and gave
us the ministry of recon-
ciliation." 11 Corinthians
5:17,18. God gave Himself in
Christ to be the propitiation
for our sin, that whoever
accepts this sacrifice is no
longer dead in sin - for the
'wages of sin is death' - but
is alive as a new creature in
Christ. May I point out that
in rejecting Christ, one also
rejects God, and this is the
basis of sin.
(If you desire a definition
of sin, it is simply
'disobedience and rebellion
against God' and it takes the
form of 'sins'. These are
listed in many places in the
Bible, but I'll give you only a
few. "Fornication, impuri-
ty, licentiousness, idolatry,
sorcery, enmity, strife„
jealousy, anger, selfishness,
dissension, party spirit, en-
vy, drunkenness, carousing
and the like." . Galations
5:19-21.)
There is so much more I'd
like to say, but I don't want
to make this a trial for you,
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Tom. Being a journalist I
would have thought that you
would be familiar with the
greatest work of literature -
The Bible. I'd recommend
that you read the Gospel of
John and then the other
three - Matthew, Mark and
Luke - if you are willing to
become more familiar with
the person of Jesus, who is
God.
May you truly find life and
peace through coming to an
understanding, yes, you
must use your`mind, and un-
derstanding of how you fit
into a relationship with
Jesus of Nazareth - the in-
carnation of God. May
Christianity. become more to
you than just a `religious
crutch'. By the way,
Christianity is not a religion
as most of the people of this
world would think.
Christianity is the practise
of a relationship with the liv-
ing God at least that is
what it SHOULD be, that is
what it was meant to be
before man made it into
something for his own
benefit.
"Behold I stand at the
door and knock; if any one
hears My Voice and opens
the door, I will come in to
him and eat with him, and
he with Me." Revelation
3:20. May you open the door
and your heart to Him.
Yours truly and sincerely,
Maura J. Gascho.
Sports
Dear Editor;
Sportsfest is being held in
the host community of Port
Elgin on August 11, 12 and 13,
1978. It consists of 17
Recreational Event Tour-
naments, through which we
encourage fun, good sport-
smanship, participation,
low-key competition, and
hopefully, ongoing in-
tercommunity competitions
in the future for these
developmental sports.
Sportsfest is sponsored
and organized by the Lake
Huron Zone Recreation
Association in co-operation
with the Ministry of Culture
and Recreation.
The events offered are for
atl ages. They include, ar-
chery, euchre, horseshoe
pitching, shuffleboard,
soccer, T -ball, tennis, girl's
softball, men's slow pitch,
table tennis, gymnastics,
marathon fun - run, karate,
diving, sailing, women's
recreational softball, and
swimming.
The registration deadline
date for these events is July
21, 1978.
If you are interested in
more information or in
participating in Sportsfest
'78 in Port Elgin, contact
your local Recreation
Director or Recreation
Committee. Deb Kaufman,
Sportsfest '78 Co-ordinator,
can also be contacted by
writing to P.O. Box 533, Port
Elgin, Ontario, NOH 2CO3 or
by calling 832-2110..
Hope to see you involved in
Sportsfest '78.
Yours truly,
(Mrs.) Deb Kaufman
Sportsfest'78
Co-ordinator
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