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Eternal Life or Eternal Death – Man's Choice Article written by Arthur J Licursi (on his website here ) The "gospel of Christ" is the most glorious offering our creator God could make unto lost mankind. "For I [Paul] am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it [Paul's "gospel of the grace of God" for this age] is The Power of God unto Salvation to every one that BELIEVETH…" (Romans 1:16 (KJV)) The one caveat in the above verse is to "BELIEVE," trusting in Christ, as the Sole Basis of One's Salvation. This means all men are free to Choose Salvation unto eternal life or, alternatively, they may reject Christ… unto "everlasting destruction." It is not God's will for us to Not Believe and Receive the Gospel's Free Gift of Salvation. It is called "the gospel of the grace of God" since 'grace' speaks of a Free, Undeserved, Gift. Paul here wrote of the destiny of unbelievers who "persecute" a

Q-A: Why do we go through Suffering? Suffering does for us what we cannot do for ourselves. There have been a few inconvenient, heartfelt, and even painful things happening in and around my life, and to my friends, at the time of writing this post, that has caused me to look into the topic of suffering. It's not a great topic to write about, but learning the facts of suffering and understanding why it is there, helps us work through it, and provides us some form of respite when we know the answers to questions like; Why does suffering come? Why can't God snap His fingers and take it away? What is the purpose of it? Why does suffering come? The fact is that all mankind are born as children of Adam, so it's not strange that all men bear suffering. "...by one man (Adam) Sin entered into the world, and death by sin;