Fremdsprachige Verteilschriften

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! АжвгIванд сшпахъалуаш? АуагIа ащардагIв апсра йазхъвыцыргьи, йцIыхъватшчIварам, цIхъва змам абзазара йгьазхъвыцуам; йгьгIаргвынгIвуам рхъвади анпсра йцIыхъватшчIвадару абзазара шрызпшуа – йа ажвгIванд апны Анчва йыдзхъа йа джьахIанам апны цIхъва змам апсра. Америка йауу аактриса Дрю Беримор быжьсквша ахIа дыртамкIва афильм «АгIвыма планета йауу» апны дгIахъвмарын, зымгIва дырдыруа дйачIвахатI. 28-сквша анылхъыцI, (лара асквш I975 адуней дгIаквылтI) араса йылхIватI: «Сцгвы апхъа спсуазтын, схъвади ауи йашврыф. Йамуазтынгьи ацгвы ауацIа стата сбзазалапI.» Йгьгвасрамма, йгьгвымхама апсра ауыс апны ари ахIа гIаугвнымгIвуа, ари ахIа уазымхъвыцуа? Иисус йзаман агIан, Ауи уагIа щардагIв йызгIайлун. АйхIарагIв уыста йызрымаз адуней бзазара йацрахIван: апхтра йнанауахвыз ажвагIв бзихарныс ртахъын (Лук. I7:I3); алашвква рылаква йырбахныс ртахъын (Мат. 9:27); азаджвгьи ачIен агIвшара апны цхърагIара йтахъын (Лук. I2:I3-I4); афарисейква азцIгIара къвыш рымата йызгIайуан: акесарь къвады йыртуашма йыгьйырымтуашма? (Мат. 22:I7). МачIыгIвкIгьи, ажвгIванд йшхъалуаш ддырдырра ртахъыта, Иисус йызгIайуан. ЧкIвыншIакIгьи Иисус дизыпшгIун, азцIгIаракI йыйтра йтахъыта: «ЧIахI ду зкву арыпхьагIв! ЙачIвыйа йсчпара атахъу ажвгIванд схъалра ахъаз?» (Лук. I8:I8). Иисусгьи ачкIвын йыму, йзаргвану зымгIва йтиуазтын, йара дшизаргванхушыз, дйыцыл йшауашыз йайхIвтI. Ауаса ачкIвын швабыж дбайан, йбайара далцIныс гьйымуытI, ари йгIанакIуаз закIын – йцIыхъватшчIвадару абзазара гьйымуытI. АзджьакIгьи ажвгIванд апны йцIыхъватшчIвадару абзазара йгьазымпшгIузтI, ауаса Иисус йанйынйа амщтахь, зымгIва гIаргвынгIвын, Ауи тшйыдыркIылтI. ЙгIауахвырквын, Закхей Иисус дибагIвацара йтахъын, ауаса йтахъыз айхIа гIайхъахIатI – Иисус Закхей йпны дсасуата чай шрыжвуазымца – ажвгIанд амгIаны гIайгвынгIвытI. Иисусгьи арии йхIватI: «УахьчIва йнанаркIын, ари атдзы гIахчахатI». (Лук. I9:9). ЦIхъва змам абзазара шпагIауауаш? Хъахьыла хIызлачважваз йгIхIгвыннаргIвитI: АжвгIванд ПаштахIыгIва агIвычIвгIвыс йалкIгIу мышкIы йгIайауитI. Шваргьи, хвы зму апхьагIвчва, йыжвдырра атахъыпI, уахьчIва акIвызтынгьи Анчва швйыдкIылата йцIыхъватшчIвару абзазара шшвызгIауаш. АжвгIванд ПаштахIыгIва агIаура йалкIгIата хачIвборчкIгьи, хъвдаквыракIгьи йгьырцрахIвам; АжвгIванд ПаштахIыгIва агIаура йалкIгIата тшазрыхIазырракIгьи гьатахъым. ЦIхъва змам абзазара азыпшгIара апны Анчва Йажва хIазымдзыргIврыквын - хIара хIлыхраква, хIтахъыраква закIгьи йгьашIысым. Аэстрада уарадхIвагIвкI аджьагIафа йзынарху уарадкI апны йылрыбагъьун: «ари ажвгIванд дхъалуаштI, йанакIвызлакIгьи ауагIа йыргвыргъьитI, йырхъыччитI» - хIва. ПхIвыс байакI ауагIа рцхърагIарала фонд лыман, ауи пхIвыс рыцхIата 20-гIвы гIвнашвауата пхьарта лыргылтI, ахчадъа йшбзазушыз, ауаса ауат ансимшы апшвыма лпсы шгIахчахушызла сахIаткI Анчва йыхIвара атахъын. АжвгIванд хIшпахъалуаш? Ари азцIгIара джьауап айтуата Иисус хабаркI йхIвалун (Лук. I4:I6): ГIвычIвгIвыскI (ахабар апны ауи Анчва йакIвта йгIанайыркIитI) хъвмарра дукI йчпушта йаквикIтI (ахабар апны ажвгIванд гIанайыркIитI), уагIа щардагьи гIазшIиттI. Ауаса йащтагIайуата йгIаншаз джьащахъвапI. ЙгIазшIитыз зымгIва, заджвы далымшвтуата, аджв аджв диуыхIвтагылата ахъвмарра йгIайныс гьрымуытI: «Йайчважвазшва тшахънадыргауа йалагатI. Йапхъахауа: адгьылкI схвгIан…ЙгIвыджьхауа: чвыта жваба схвгIан…ЙхыгIвхауа: пхIыс дгIазгын сгьызнайуам». Иисусгьи ахабар йызшIызтуаз йажвала далгитI: «Са швара йшвасхIвит, арат йгIазшIыстыз заджвгьи сфачIвы гьишIашвушым» (Лук. I4:24). Ари йгIанакIитI, АжвгIанд ПаштахIыгIва йгьи йуызгIауитI, ауаса йучвыдзгьи йауаштI. Йхъадата йалитI – уанызшIырт уцама, момкIва угьымцама. Ари ацкIыс майра кIара аъумищтI? ЙгьгIаншарым! Знымзара зны хIыуа ащардагIв АжвгIанд ПаштахIыгIва йнамшылырквын йшвхIаусыгIахуш йшнашылуаш рымдыруата гьакIвым, йандрайгва йъамцаз акIвпI. Ахабар йалу ахыгIв хIыхъаз йшвапхахара гьатахъым, йауа ухIварыквын рыуа заджвгьи ахъвмарра данызшIыртуаз дгьымцатI! Ауаса, ахъвмарра акIвшатI! Ауат анйызгIами, ахъвмарра зчпуз агIвычIвгIвыс рхъатала йгIазшIыйымтуата ахъаз ажвала зымгIва гIайрайгвауа далагатI: «ШвгIайгва!» ЙгIайгвалакIгьи ахъвмарра апны йара йзалху чIварта йыман. ЙгIаншайа щта? АуагIа гIайуан. ЩардагIвыта йгIайуан. ГIамта тIакIв анагIвс, апшвыма дгIапшын, чIварта щарда аъаркIвапI! Йычрын йайхIвтI: «Уцата ужвыгьи йшгIайуаш рахIв…» Ари ахабар швабыж бзита уыжв хIзаман гIаунарбитI. АжвгIванд апны чIварта щарда аъаркIвапI, Анчвагьи йгIахIызшIититI: «УгIайта ажвгIванд апны учIварта кIы. Ууасаражвха, ацIыхъватшчIварадара апны учIварта кIы! Ари уахьчIва йчпа!» АжвгIванд йузымхIвушта йпшдзапI, ауи акIвпI Иисус ажвгIванд ахъвмарра ду йзашIйырпшуа. Акорфинянква йапхъахауата йрзищтийыз агIвыра 2:9 апны ажвгIванд ахъаз араса йаныпI: «Заджв йылагьи йгьамбастI, лымхIакIгьи йгьамгIастI, гIвычIвгIвыскIгьи йгвы йыгьгIатамшвастI, Анчва бзи дызбаквауа йырзирахIазырыз». Адуней ахъахь ажвгIванд мачIдзакI йашIуырпшуаш закIгьи гьыквым. Ауаъа йузымхIвушта йпшдзап! АжвгIванд ахв ауи аъара йдупIта, йгIаншалакIгьи ауаъа ацара агIвхIщтта амаль гьаъам. Анчва Йпа, Иисус ажвгIванд ашв хIзыгIайтIтI, Ауи йхIатырла хIара ажвгIванд ацара швабыжта йхIзымайрахатI. Ужвы зымгIва знапIыцIу хIара хIтахъыраква ракIвпI. Ахабар йалу ауат ахыгIв рапш згвы зпсы хъара йымпшуа ракIвпI, ауаъа анашылра зымуа. АгIахчара знапIыцIу Иисус Христос йакIвпI. Аапостолква Рхараква акьтап (2:2I) апны магIан ду зму ажваква хIрынйитI: «ДзачIвызлакIгьи, Анчва (Иисус) дгIазшIызтуа дгIахчахуштI.» Ари Ауасйат ШIыц апны йгIалкIькIьуа рыбагъьарата йалапI. Аапостол Павел Филиппы къала апны атутанакътара дантачIваз, акъалагIвыр дйачважвауата йажва араса далгатI: «Анчва Иисус Христос йызхъацIата, ухъагьи утдзы шабгуги гIахчахуштI» (Деян.I6:3I). Ари ажванахъа ахвыцри, ахъарысри урымпшуата, агIвычIвгIвыс йбзазара швабыжта йазыпсахуаштI. Йара ауи ауахъ акъалагIвыр йбзазаща дайгIваджьын Иисус тшизынайырхатI. Араъа ужвыгьи амаль амамкIва йгIдырра атахъу аъащакI хIанйитI: Иисус джьахIанам апсра амгIва хIгIаквидара йтахъыпI. А-Библия йшахIвауала ажвгIванд апынгьи, джьахIанам апынгьи ауагIа цIыхъватшчIвара амамкIва йаъазлуштI (йбзазуштI). Азджьара аъазара джьащахъвапI, азджьара – учвапсаква арыкIьазызитI. Йхпахауа аъартакIгьи гьхIымам. Апсра амщтахь хвдакъикъакIла заджвзаджвыкIгьи уанпсра закIгьи гьаъахым гьизыхIвахуашым. Уыста йаъу зымгIа Иисус Христос йпны йахъвдаквыцIитI. АцIыхъвашIчIвадара апны хIаъазлара знапIыцIу Иисус заджвыкI йакIвпI, Ауии хIари хIазазаъащаква ракIвпI! ЗныкI Польша апны лекцияквакI срыпхьауа саъан, ауаъа аконцлагерь Освенцим хIцатI. Йхпахауа арейх агIан араъа учвапсаква зрыкIьазызуа агIаншараква акIвшун. Асквш I942 йгIашIарышвта асквш I944-дза араъа уагIата мильуанкIи бжакIи гIвазла йырхъваратI, йырблытI, йалкIгIата аджьутква. Алитература ажвата йгIалахат «Освенцим аджьахIанам.» Ари ажва ахъа йгIалахаз сазхъвыцуан агIвазла зныла цышвыгIв ъатархъваруз акамера саныгIвнагылаз. Ари уыла йгьуызгIацIажьуам, арии гвасрадупI. Ауаса арии джьахIанамдзазма? ХIара хIэкскурсия гвып арат агIваз камераква йрзыпшуан, йауа ухIварыквын араъа заджвгьи дгьтархъварахуам, джьабагIа гьидырбахуам. Ари ахабзамыгIвхъвгара асквш I945 йшIырчIватI. Освенцим агIваз джьахIанам агIамта апны цIхъва аман, а-Библия гIазквчважвауа аджьахIанам цIхъва гьамам. Освенцим амузей абльын апны аджьуар аныта сыла наквшватI. Ари атутанакътара йтакIыз аджвы чIвымыгъла абльын апны дзайгвгъуз йгъьгъьан йаницIатI. Ари аджьуар анызцIазгьи ащардагIв драпшта агIваз камера дтадзтI, ауаса ауи АгIахчагIвы Иисус йгвы дтан. Ари учвапсаква зрыкIьазызуа апны дтадзызтынгьи, ауи ажвгIванд амгIва йзыхътIпI. Ауасйат ШIыц апны (йгIуахв., Мат. 7:I3; 5:29-30; I8:8), Иисус Христос хIызчвихчауа аджьахIанам агIвычIвгIыс закIгьи йгьихънагушым, дгьачвнахчушым. ДжьахIанам Освенцим йгIавкухырквын цIхъватшчIвара амамкIва «йынхитI», ахъаз утал тIакIв уапшыта угьзгIатыцIхуам. АжвгIвандгьи цIхъватшчIвадарапI. Ари Анчва хIигарныс ъайтахъу акIвпI. Ауи акIвпIта, Анчва шванирайгвара швйызца. Анчва Йыхьыз гIазшIышвтта, йгIашвшвыргвалашвата ажвгIванд апны чIварта швкIы! Зны лекциякI амщтахь пхIвыскI лгвы акъвпуа дгIасцIгIатI: «АцIыхъватшчIвадара апны пасата чIварта узыкIуашма? Ари ауыс ахъыкIвшара, аныкъвара бюро гIаснаргвалашвитI!» Саргьи ауи йлыцскIтI: «Пасата чIварта зымкIуа ймурад гьгIайдахIвуашым. Гавай адзыгIвбжьаква рпны бцара бтахъызтын билет бымазара атахъыпI». АпхIвыс датагIасцIгIахтI: «Щта абилет ахча азутира атахъыпIщтIи?!» - «О, щта, ажвгIанд уызлацуш абилет ахъазгьи! Ауаса ауи абилет ауи аъара йтлапIапIта, хIыуа заджвгьи ауи ахв гьизышвушым. Ауи йапырасуа хIыгвынахIква ракIвпI. Анчва ЙпаштахIыгIва апны гвнахIкIгьи йба дгьауам. Ари абзазара амщтахь Анчва йцIыхъватшчIвадара апны йаъазара зтахъу йапхъахауата йыгвнахIква йшвара атахъыпI. УыгвынахIква узыршвауа гвынахI змам Иисус Христос йакIвпI. Ауи азаджв йакIвпI хIыззыгахчуш! Ауи хIгIахчара а-Джьуар апны йщала хвы азитихьатI, данырщуаз агIан.» Щта йачIвыйа ужвы йсчпара атахъу ажвгIванд апны йцIыхъватшчIвадару абзазара гIасаура ахъаз? Анчва дасузлакIгьи тшхIзыгIанайыхитIта АгIахчара хIазирайгвитI. А-Библия апны щардазджьара Анчва йызшIытра хIшапылуаш гIахIнарбитI: «ТшшврыхIазыр агвашв тшвала швнашылныс» (Лук.I3:24). «ШвайгIваджь, йауа ухIварыквын, АжвгIванд Пашта­хIыгIва гIаргванхатI» (Мат. 4:I7). «Агвашв тшвала швнашыл; йауа ухIварыквын, адзра уазызырцауа агвашвгьи амгIвагьи тыбгIапI, щардагIвы дара-дара ауыла йцитI; йауа ухIварыквын, абзазара уазызырцауа амгIвагьи агвашвгьи тшвапI, ауат зызгIауагьи мачIпI» (Мат. 7:I3-I4). «УыззыгIаршаз ацIыхъватшчIвадара бзазара тшадкIыл» (IТим. 6:I2). «Анчва Иисус Христос йызхъацIата угIахчахуштI…» (Деян.I6:3I). Арат зымгIва швабыж йхъаунарцIауата, йарыбагъьауата хIа хIызшIыртитI. Арат алкIгIараква рпны хъвмарракIгьи аламкIва, багъьата, йащтацауата, датша зны йазыщтIацIа йамуашта Анчва йызшIытра хIахIвура хIазнарцитI, хIахIварагьи, йгIауахвырквын, ари акIвпI йшбжьыргуш: «Анчва Иисус, ужвы йъагIадзаз Уара уаъамызшва сбзазатI. Ауаса уахьчIва Уара уыздырын ахIварала тшнаузынасырхитI. Ужвы джанатгьи джьахIанамгьи шаъу здыритI. Са Уара снауыхIвитI джьахIанам сачвухчаныс, сыгвынахIкви Уара йъауызхъасымцIузи джьахIанампI йсквнадыргауа. Ужвы тахъырата йсыму закIыпI – знымзара-зны Уара уыдзхъа АжвгIванд апны саъазланыс. Са йыздыритI, бзирата йсчпалакIгьи, уыс бзита йсхалакIгьи АжвгIванд апны Уара уыдзхъа чIварта гьсзыркIуашым, АжвгIванд амгIва сзыгIахъызтIуаш Уара уызхъацIара заджвыкI акIвпI. Йауа ухIварыквын, Уара са бзи субитI, Уара са сыхъаз а-Джьуар апны тшдуырщытI, сыгвынахIква зымгIва науахвын Уара упсрала са сгIапшцIугатI. Ауи ахъаз са уара сузыразпI. Уара са сыгвынахIква зымгIва удыритI - сангIанша уалагата уахьчIвадза. Съадзабзазауа гвынахIта йсчпаз зымгIва удыритI: са йыздырквауагьи, са йсхъаштыхквазгьи. Уара са йспщылу зымгIва удыритI. Уара сгвы аъащаква зымгIва удыритI – гвыргъьаразтынгьи гвасразтынгьи, сгвы чIвазтынгьи, сгвы кIахIазтынгьи. Уара упахь са йхътIу акьтап сапшпI. Са ужвы сшаъула, уыжвгIандзара сшбзазазла, Уари псы зхъу Анчви сгьызнашвпырагылуашым, АжвгIванд сгьызнахъалуашым. Ауи ахъазла Уара снауыхIвитI: сыгвынахIква зымгIва сызуыргIваныс, сара сыгвынахIква гвыхътIыла срайгIваджьитI. Ужвы йнанаркIыта са Уара унашва схъуцIарныс унасахвитI. Сара сбзазара Уара умчхъара йазхъасцIитI. Са Уара йшутахъу апшта сбзазарныс стахъыпI. СуыхIвахитI, угIасцхърагIата Уара уыдзхъа саъазара йгIапырасуа аъащаква зымгIва нсрых. Уара йатахъу ащцараква гIасылацIа. Уара уажва - а-Библия ацIабырг сзыгIахътI. А-Библияла йгIасаухIвуа ажва гIасгвынгIврала угIасцхърагIа, ауыла абзазара къару шIыцква, абзазара айгвыргъьара шгIасауашла угIасцхърагIа. Ари йнашIарышвта Уара са УСЫНЧВАПI, Уара сушIызлара стахъыпI, Уара суцIыхъвагылагIвхара стахъыпI. СуыхIвитI, ужвы сызлацуш амгIва гIасуырбанысла. Са Уара сузыразпI сбжьы ъаугIаз ахъаз. Са Уара уажва йазхъасцIитI, уажва йгIацIанакIитI – са Уара тшаннаузынасырха Анчва сисабихатI, знымзара-зны ццIыхъватшчIварадъа АжвгIванд апны Уара уыдзхъа саъазлуштI. Ужвы йнанаркIыта абзазара баргвыраква рпны, йгIаншалакIгьи лахъвгIахъасрипхьадза Уара са сыдзхъа уъанызлуш са сыхъаз насып дупI, гвыргъьарадупI. СуыхIвитI, угIасцхърагIата гвыхътIыла Уара йуызхъазцIауа, а-Библияла йбзазауа уагIа гвып гIасрау, йанакIвызлакIгьи Анчва Йажва шызгIалуш апш. Аминь».Апрофессор, атехника наукаквардоктор Вернер Гитт

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! AzhvgIvand sshpah`aluash? AuagIa ashhardagIv apsra jazh`vycyrg‘i, jcIyh`vatshchIvaram, cIh`va zmam abzazara jg‘azh`vycuam; jg‘gIargvyngIvuam rh`vadi anpsra jcIyh`vatshchIvadaru abzazara shryzpshua – ja azhvgIvand apny Anchva jydzh`a ja dzh‘ahIanam apny cIh`va zmam apsra. Amerika jauu aaktrisa Drju Berimor byzh‘skvsha ahIa dyrtamkIva afil‘m «AgIvyma planeta jauu» apny dgIah`vmaryn, zymgIva dyrdyrua djachIvahatI. 28-skvsha anylh`ycI, (lara askvsh I975 adunej dgIakvyltI) arasa jylhIvatI: «Scgvy aph`a spsuaztyn, sh`vadi aui jashvryf. Jamuaztyng‘i acgvy auacIa stata sbzazalapI.» Jg‘gvasramma, jg‘gvymhama apsra auys apny ari ahIa gIaugvnymgIvua, ari ahIa uazymh`vycua? Iisus jzaman agIan, Aui uagIa shhardagIv jyzgIajlun. AjhIaragIv uysta jyzrymaz adunej bzazara jacrahIvan: aphtra jnanauahvyz azhvagIv bziharnys rtah`yn (Luk. I7:I3); alashvkva rylakva jyrbahnys rtah`yn (Mat. 9:27); azadzhvg‘i achIen agIvshara apny ch`ragIara jtah`yn (Luk.I2:I3-I4); afarisejkva azcIgIara k`vysh rymata jyzgIajuan: akesar‘ k`vady jyrtuashma jyg‘jyrymtuashma? (Mat. 22:I7). MachIygIvkIg‘i, azhvgIvand jshh`aluash ddyrdyrra rtah`yta, Iisus jyzgIajuan. ChkIvynshIakIg‘i Iisus dizypshgIun, azcIgIarakI jyjtra jtah`yta: «ChIahI du zkvu aryph‘agIv! JachIvyja jschpara atah`u azhvgIvand sh`alra ah`az?» (Luk. I8:I8). Iisusg‘i achkIvyn jymu, jzargvanu zymgIva jtiuaztyn, jara dshizargvanhushyz, djycyl jshauashyz jajhIvtI. Auasa achkIvyn shvabyzh dbajan, jbajara dalcInys g‘jymuytI, ari jgIanakIuaz zakIyn – jcIyh`vatshchIvadaru abzazara g‘jymuytI. Azdzh‘akIg‘i azhvgIvand apny jcIyh`vatshchIvadaru abzazara jg‘azympshgIuztI, auasa Iisus janjynja amshhtah‘, zymgIva gIargvyngIvyn, Aui tshjydyrkIyltI. JgIauahvyrkvyn, Zakhej Iisus dibagIvacara jtah`yn, auasa jtah`yz ajhIa gIajh`ahIatI – Iisus Zakhej jpny dsasuata chaj shryzhvuazymca – azhvgIand amgIany gIajgvyngIvytI. Iisusg‘i arii jhIvatI: «Uah‘chIva jnanarkIyn, ari atdzy gIahchahatI» (Luk. I9:9). CIh`va zmam abzazara shpagIauauash?  H`ah‘yla hIyzlachvazhvaz jgIhIgvynnargIvitI: AzhvgIvand PashtahIygIva agIvychIvgIvys jalkIgIu myshkIy jgIajauitI. Shvarg‘i, hvy zmu aph‘agIvchva, jyzhvdyrra atah`ypI, uah‘chIva akIvyztyng‘i Anchva shvjydkIylata jcIyh`vatshchIvaru abzazara shshvyzgIauash. AzhvgIvand PashtahIygIva agIaura jalkIgIata hachIvborchkIg‘i, h`vdakvyrakIg‘i jg‘yrcrahIvam; AzhvgIvand PashtahIygIva agIaura jalkIgIata tshazryhIazyrrakIg‘i g‘atah`ym. CIh`va zmam abzazara azypshgIara apny Anchva Jazhva hIazymdzyrgIvrykvyn - hIara hIlyhrakva, hItah`yrakva zakIg‘i jg‘ashIysym. Ajestrada uaradhIvagIvkI adzh‘agIafa jzynarhu uaradkI apny jylrybag`‘un: «ari azhvgIvand dh`aluashtI, janakIvyzlakIg‘i auagIa jyrgvyrg`‘itI, jyrh`ychchitI» - hIva. PhIvys bajakI auagIa rch`ragIarala fond lyman, aui phIvys rychIata 20-gIvy gIvnashvauata ph‘arta lyrgyltI, ahchad`a jshbzazushyz, auasa auat ansimshy apshvyma lpsy shgIahchahushyzla sahIatkI Anchva jyhIvara atah`yn. AzhvgIvand hIshpah`aluash? Ari azcIgIara dzh‘auap ajtuata Iisus habarkI jhIvalun (Luk. I4:I6): GIvychIvgIvyskI (ahabar apny aui Anchva jakIvta jgIanajyrkIitI) h`vmarra dukI jchpushta jakvikItI (ahabar apny azhvgIvand gIanajyrkIitI), uagIa shhardag‘i gIazshIittI. Auasa jashhtagIajuata jgIanshaz dzh‘ashhah`vapI. JgIazshIityz zymgIva, zadzhvy dalymshvtuata, adzhv adzhv diuyhIvtagylata ah`vmarra jgIajnys g‘rymuytI: «Jajchvazhvazshva tshah`nadyrgaua jalagatI. Japh`ahaua: adg‘ylkI shvgIan…JgIvydzh‘haua: chvyta zhvaba shvgIan…JhygIvhaua: phIys dgIazgyn sg‘yznajuam». Iisusg‘i ahabar jyzshIyztuaz jazhvala dalgitI: «Sa shvara jshvashIvit, arat jgIazshIystyz zadzhvg‘i sfachIvy g‘ishIashvushym» (Luk. I4:24). Ari jgIanakIitI, AzhvgIand PashtahIygIva jg‘i juyzgIauitI, auasa juchvydzg‘i jauashtI. Jh`adata jalitI – uanyzshIyrt ucama, momkIva ug‘ymcama. Ari ackIys majra kIara a`umishhtI? Jg‘gIansharym! Znymzara zny hIyua ashhardagIv AzhvgIand PashtahIygIva jnamshylyrkvyn jshvhIausygIahush jshnashyluash rymdyruata g‘akIvym, jandrajgva j`amcaz akIvpI. Ahabar jalu ahygIv hIyh`az jshvaphahara g‘atah`ym, jaua uhIvarykvyn ryua zadzhvg‘i ah`vmarra danyzshIyrtuaz dg‘ymcatI! Auasa, ah`vmarra akIvshatI! Auat anjyzgIami, ah`vmarra zchpuz agIvychIvgIvys rh`atala jgIazshIyjymtuata ah`az azhvala zymgIva gIajrajgvaua dalagatI: «ShvgIajgva!» JgIajgvalakIg‘i ah`vmarra apny jara jzalhu chIvarta jyman. JgIanshaja shhta? AuagIa gIajuan. ShhardagIvyta jgIajuan. GIamta tIakIv anagIvs, apshvyma dgIapshyn, chIvarta shharda a`arkIvapI! Jychryn jajhIvtI: «Ucata uzhvyg‘i jshgIajuash rahIv…» Ari ahabar shvabyzh bzita uyzhv hIzaman gIaunarbitI. AzhvgIvand apny chIvarta shharda a`arkIvapI, Anchvag‘i jgIahIyzshIititI: «UgIajta azhvgIvand apny uchIvarta kIy. Uuasarazhvha, acIyh`vatshchIvaradara apny uchIvarta kIy! Ari uah‘chIva jchpa!» AzhvgIvand juzymhIvushta jpshdzapI, aui akIvpI Iisus azhvgIvand ah`vmarra du jzashIjyrpshua. Akorfinjankva japh`ahauata jrzishhtijyz agIvyra 2:9 apny azhvgIvand ah`az arasa janypI: «Zadzhv jylag‘i jg‘ambastI, lymhIakIg‘i jg‘amgIastI, gIvychIvgIvyskIg‘i jgvy jyg‘gIatamshvastI, Anchva bzi dyzbakvaua jyrzirahIazyryz». Adunej ah`ah‘ azhvgIvand machIdzakI jashIuyrpshuash zakIg‘i g‘ykvym. Aua`a juzymhIvushta jpshdzap! AzhvgIvand ahv aui a`ara jdupIta, jgIanshalakIg‘i aua`a acara agIvhIshhtta amal‘ g‘a`am. Anchva Jpa, Iisus azhvgIvand ashv hIzygIajtItI, Aui jhIatyrla hIara azhvgIvand acara shvabyzhta jhIzymajrahatI. Uzhvy zymgIva znapIycIu hIara hItah`yrakva rakIvpI. Ahabar jalu auat ahygIv rapsh zgvy zpsy h`ara jympshua rakIvpI, aua`a anashylra zymua. AgIahchara znapIycIu Iisus Hristos jakIvpI. Aapostolkva Rharakva ak‘tap (2:2I) apny magIan du zmu azhvakva hIrynjitI: «DzachIvyzlakIg‘i, Anchva (Iisus) dgIazshIyztua dgIahchahushtI.» Ari Auasjat ShIyc apny jgIalkI‘kI‘ua rybag`‘arata jalapI. Aapostol Pavel Filippy k`ala apny atutanak`tara dantachIvaz, ak`alagIvyr djachvazhvauata jazhva arasa dalgatI: «Anchva Iisus Hristos jyzh`acIata, uh`ag‘i utdzy shabgugi gIahchahushtI» (Dejan.I6:3I). Ari azhvanah`a ahvycri, ah`arysri urympshuata, agIvychIvgIvys jbzazara shvabyzhta jazypsahuashtI. Jara aui auah` ak`alagIvyr jbzazashha dajgIvadzh‘yn Iisus tshizynajyrhatI. Ara`a uzhvyg‘i amal‘ amamkIva jgIdyrra atah`u a`ashhakI hIanjitI: Iisus dzh‘ahIanam apsra amgIva hIgIakvidara jtah`ypI. A-Biblija jshahIvauala azhvgIvand apyng‘i, dzh‘ahIanam apyng‘i auagIa cIyh`vatshchIvara amamkIva ja`azlushtI (jbzazushtI). Azdzh‘ara a`azara dzh‘ashhah`vapI, azdzh‘ara – uchvapsakva arykI‘azyzitI. Jhpahaua a`artakIg‘i g‘hIymam. Apsra amshhtah‘ hvdak`ik`akIla zadzhvzadzhvykIg‘i uanpsra zakIg‘i g‘a`ahym g‘izyhIvahuashym. Uysta ja`u zymgIa Iisus Hristos jpny jah`vdakvycIitI. AcIyh`vashIchIvadara apny hIa`azlara znapIycIu Iisus zadzhvykI jakIvpI, Auii hIari hIazaza`ashhakva rakIvpI! ZnykI Pol‘sha apny lekcijakvakI sryph‘aua sa`an, aua`a akonclager‘ Osvencim hIcatI. Jhpahaua arejh agIan ara`a uchvapsakva zrykI‘azyzua agIansharakva akIvshun. Askvsh I942 jgIashIaryshvta askvsh I944-dza ara`a uagIata mil‘uankIi bzhakIi gIvazla jyrh`varatI, jyrblytI, jalkIgIata adzh‘utkva. Aliteratura azhvata jgIalahat «Osvencim adzh‘ahIanam.» Ari azhva ah`a jgIalahaz sazh`vycuan agIvazla znyla cyshvygIv `atarh`varuz akamera sanygIvnagylaz. Ari uyla jg‘uyzgIacIazh‘uam, arii gvasradupI. Auasa arii dzh‘ahIanamdzazma? HIara hIjekskursija gvyp arat agIvaz kamerakva jrzypshuan, jaua uhIvarykvyn ara`a zadzhvg‘i dg‘tarh`varahuam, dzh‘abagIa g‘idyrbahuam. Ari ahabzamygIvh`vgara askvsh I945 jshIyrchIvatI. Osvencim agIvaz dzh‘ahIanam agIamta apny cIh`va aman, a-Biblija gIazkvchvazhvaua adzh‘ahIanam cIh`va g‘amam. Osvencim amuzej abl‘yn apny adzh‘uar anyta syla nakvshvatI. Ari atutanak`tara jtakIyz adzhvy chIvymyg`la abl‘yn apny dzajgvg`uz jg`‘g`‘an janicIatI. Ari adzh‘uar anyzcIazg‘i ashhardagIv drapshta agIvaz kamera dtadztI, auasa aui AgIahchagIvy Iisus jgvy dtan. Ari uchvapsakva zrykI‘azyzua apny dtadzyztyng‘i, aui azhvgIvand amgIva jzyh`tIpI. Auasjat ShIyc apny (jgIuahv., Mat. 7:I3; 5:29-30; I8:8), Iisus Hristos hIyzchvihchaua adzh‘ahIanam agIvychIvgIys zakIg‘i jg‘ih`nagushym, dg‘achvnahchushym. Dzh‘ahIanam Osvencim jgIavkuhyrkvyn cIh`vatshchIvara amamkIva «jynhitI», ah`az utal tIakIv uapshyta ug‘zgIatycIhuam. AzhvgIvandg‘i cIh`vatshchIvadarapI. Ari Anchva hIigarnys `ajtah`u akIvpI. Aui akIvpIta, Anchva shvanirajgvara shvjyzca. Anchva Jyh‘yz gIazshIyshvtta, jgIashvshvyrgvalashvata azhvgIvand apny chIvarta shvkIy! Zny lekcijakI amshhtah‘ phIvyskI lgvy ak`vpua dgIascIgIatI: «AcIyh`vatshchIvadara apny pasata chIvarta uzykIuashma? Ari auys ah`ykIvshara, anyk`vara bjuro gIasnargvalashvitI!» Sarg‘i aui jlycskItI: «Pasata chIvarta zymkIua jmurad g‘gIajdahIvuashym. Gavaj adzygIvbzh‘akva rpny bcara btah`yztyn bilet bymazara atah`ypI». AphIvys datagIascIgIahtI: «Shhta abilet ahcha azutira atah`ypIshhtIi?!» – «O, shhta, azhvgIand uyzlacush abilet ah`azg‘i! Auasa aui abilet aui a`ara jtlapIapIta, hIyua zadzhvg‘i aui ahv g‘izyshvushym. Aui japyrasua hIygvynahIkva rakIvpI. Anchva JpashtahIygIva apny gvnahIkIg‘i jba dg‘auam. Ari abzazara amshhtah‘ Anchva jcIyh`vatshchIvadara apny ja`azara ztah`u japh`ahauata jygvnahIkva jshvara atah`ypI. UygvynahIkva uzyrshvaua gvynahI zmam Iisus Hristos jakIvpI. Aui azadzhv jakIvpI hIyzzygahchush! Aui hIgIahchara a-Dzh‘uar apny jshhala hvy azitih‘atI, danyrshhuaz agIan.» Shhta jachIvyja uzhvy jschpara atah`u azhvgIvand apny jcIyh`vatshchIvadaru abzazara gIasaura ah`az? Anchva dasuzlakIg‘i tshhIzygIanajyhitIta AgIahchara hIazirajgvitI. A-Biblija apny shhardazdzh‘ara Anchva jyzshIytra hIshapyluash gIahInarbitI: «TshshvryhIazyr agvashv tshvala shvnashylnys» (Luk.I3:24). «ShvajgIvadzh‘, jaua uhIvarykvyn, AzhvgIvand PashtahIygIva gIargvanhatI» (Mat. 4:I7). «Agvashv tshvala shvnashyl; jaua uhIvarykvyn, adzra uazyzyrcaua agvashvg‘i amgIvag‘i tybgIapI, shhardagIvy dara-dara auyla jcitI; jaua uhIvarykvyn, abzazara uazyzyrcaua amgIvag‘i agvashvg‘i tshvapI, auat zyzgIauag‘i machIpI» (Mat. 7:I3-I4). «UyzzygIarshaz acIyh`vatshchIvadara bzazara tshadkIyl» (ITim. 6:I2). «Anchva Iisus Hristos jyzh`acIata ugIahchahushtI…» (Dejan. I6:3I). Arat zymgIva shvabyzh jh`aunarcIauata, jarybag`‘auata hIa hIyzshIyrtitI. Arat alkIgIarakva rpny h`vmarrakIg‘i alamkIva, bag`‘ata, jashhtacauata, datsha zny jazyshhtIacIa jamuashta Anchva jyzshIytra hIahIvura hIaznarcitI, hIahIvarag‘i, jgIauahvyrkvyn, ari akIvpI jshbzh‘yrgush: «Anchva Iisus, uzhvy j`agIadzaz Uara ua`amyzshva sbzazatI. Auasa uah‘chIva Uara uyzdyryn ahIvarala tshnauzynasyrhitI. Uzhvy dzhanatg‘i dzh‘ahIanamg‘i sha`u zdyritI. Sa Uara snauyhIvitI dzh‘ahIanam sachvuhchanys, sygvynahIkvi Uara j`auyzh`asymcIuzi dzh‘ahIanampI jskvnadyrgaua. Uzhvy tah`yrata jsymu zakIypI – znymzara-zny Uara uydzh`a AzhvgIvand apny sa`azlanys. Sa jyzdyritI, bzirata jschpalakIg‘i, uys bzita jshalakIg‘i AzhvgIvand apny Uara uydzh`a chIvarta g‘szyrkIuashym, AzhvgIvand amgIva szygIah`yztIuash Uara uyzh`acIara zadzhvykI akIvpI. Jaua uhIvarykvyn, Uara sa bzi subitI, Uara sa syh`az a-Dzh‘uar apny tshduyrshhytI, sygvynahIkva zymgIva nauahvyn Uara upsrala sa sgIapshcIugatI. Aui ah`az sa uara suzyrazpI. Uara sa sygvynahIkva zymgIva udyritI - sangIansha ualagata uah‘chIvadza. S`adzabzazaua gvynahIta jschpaz zymgIva udyritI: sa jyzdyrkvauag‘i, sa jsh`ashtyhkvazg‘i. Uara sa jspshhylu zymgIva udyritI. Uara sgvy a`ashhakva zymgIva udyritI – gvyrg`‘araztyng‘i gvasraztyng‘i, sgvy chIvaztyng‘i, sgvy kIahIaztyng‘i. Uara upah‘ sa jh`tIu ak‘tap sapshpI. Sa uzhvy ssha`ula, uyzhvgIandzara sshbzazazla, Uari psy zh`u Anchvi sg‘yznashvpyragyluashym, AzhvgIvand sg‘yznah`aluashym. Aui ah`azla Uara snauyhIvitI: sygvynahIkva zymgIva syzuyrgIvanys, sara sygvynahIkva gvyh`tIyla srajgIvadzh‘itI. Uzhvy jnanarkIyta sa Uara unashva sh`ucIarnys unasahvitI. Sara sbzazara Uara umchh`ara jazh`ascIitI. Sa Uara jshutah`u apshta sbzazarnys stah`ypI. SuyhIvahitI, ugIasch`ragIata Uara uydzh`a sa`azara jgIapyrasua a`ashhakva zymgIva nsryh. Uara jatah`u ashhcarakva gIasylacIa. Uara uazhva - a-Biblija acIabyrg szygIah`tI. A-Biblijala jgIasauhIvua azhva gIasgvyngIvrala ugIasch`ragIa, auyla abzazara k`aru shIyckva, abzazara ajgvyrg`‘ara shgIasauashla ugIasch`ragIa. Ari jnashIaryshvta Uara sa USYNChVAPI, Uara sushIyzlara stah`ypI, Uara sucIyh`vagylagIvhara stah`ypI. SuyhIvitI, uzhvy syzlacush amgIva gIasuyrbanysla. Sa Uara suzyrazpI sbzh‘y `augIaz ah`az. Sa Uara uazhva jazh`ascIitI, uazhva jgIacIanakIitI – sa Uara tshannauzynasyrha Anchva sisabihatI, znymzara-zny ccIyh`vatshchIvarad`a AzhvgIvand apny Uara uydzh`a sa`azlushtI. Uzhvy jnanarkIyta abzazara bargvyrakva rpny, jgIanshalakIg‘i lah`vgIah`asriph‘adza Uara sa sydzh`a u`anyzlush sa syh`az nasyp dupI, gvyrg`‘aradupI. SuyhIvitI, ugIasch`ragIata gvyh`tIyla Uara juyzh`azcIaua, a-Biblijala jbzazaua uagIa gvyp gIasrau, janakIvyzlakIg‘i Anchva Jazhva shyzgIalush apsh. Amin‘». Aprofessor, atehnika naukakvardoktor Verner Gitt

An verschiedenen Beispielen wird die Genialität der Schöpfung dargestellt. Als Wissenschaftler erklärt Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt, dass die unglaubliche Information, die in der ganzen Schöpfung steckt, einer intelligenten Quelle bedarf. Diese Quelle ist Gott selbst. Die Wissenschaft kann nur das "Was" analysieren, nicht aber das "Woher". Das "Am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde" der Bibel gibt uns eine Antwort auf die Frage nach der Herkunft des Lebens. Der Gedanke, Gott hätte durch Evolution geschaffen (die so genannte "Theistische Evolution"), untergräbt die Autorität der Bibel und ist mit dem christlichen Glauben unvereinbar. Die Bibel zeigt deutlich, dass Jesus der Schöpfer ist. Jesus hat die Menschen geschaffen und liebt sie hingebungsvoll. Darum lädt Jesus dazu ein, diese Liebe anzunehmen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! Wie ís die Skepper? Die wêreld rondom ons Wanneer ons die wêreld rondom ons beskou, word die bestaan van hoogs ingewikkelde en doelgerigte ontwerpe in die natuur gou duidelik. ‘n Paar voorbeelde: Die potvis, ‘n tipe walvis, is in staat om so diep as 3000 meter onder die wateroppervlak te duik sonder om aan borrelsiekte te beswyk. Of kyk maar na die speg, ‘n voëlsoort ook bekend as die ‘houtkapper’, wat ten spyte van sy harde gepik teen ‘n boomstam geen harsingskudding opdoen nie. Volledig funksionerende lewensorgane (byvoorbeeld hart, lewer en niere) is noodsaaklik vir die behoud van lewe. Onontwikkelde, halfontwikkelde of selfs organe wat nog in ‘n ontwikkelingsproses is, sou net nie deug nie. Ook dié mense wat Darwin se evolusieteorie aanhang, moet met hierdie feit rekening hou. Die meeste trekvoëls beskik oor ‘n ingeboude navigasiesisteem wat hulle in staat stel om, ongeag weersomstandighede of dag of nag, ‘n voorafbepaalde eindpunt met groot akkuraatheid te bereik. Daar is byvoorbeeld ‘n voëlspesie wat jaarliks vanaf Alaska na Hawaii vlieg om te oorwinter. Die vereiste energie daarvoor word verskaf deur ‘n 70-gram vetreserwe (wat ook 6,8 gram insluit as voorsorg teen moontlike sterk teenwinde), wat presies die benodigde hoeveelheid is vir die vlugafstand van 4 500 km. Die nautilus, ‘n klein seediertjie, bewoon net ‘n gedeelte van sy spiraalvormige skulp wat in kompartemente verdeel is. Hierdie kompartemente word, na gelang van die diepte waarop die diertjie hom bevind, sodanig met gas gevul dat dit steeds in ‘n ‘sweef’-toestand bly. In vergelyking daarmee kom ons moderne duikbote, wat van dieselfde beginsel gebruik maak, maar redelik lomp en onbeholpe voor. Meestal bevind die nautilus hom bedags op ‘n waterdiepte van sowat 400 meter, maar kom snags hoër op na sowat 100 meter. Sommige mikroskopies-klein bakterieë het ingeboude elektriese motore, aangedryf deur protone, wat hulle vorentoe en agtertoe kan laat beweeg. Binne die ongelooflike klein spasie van ‘n ses-miljardste kubieke millimeter beskik ‘n enkele coli-organisme oor ses sulke motore plus ‘n eie ‘generator’ vir kragopwekking, ‘n rekenaarstelsel en ‘n hele aantal ‘chemiese fabrieke’. Enige lewende sel is oneindig komplekser en vindingryker as enige masjien wat ‘n mens kan bou. In so ‘n sel verloop duisende prosesse gelyktydig en volgens ‘n bestemde plan. In die DNS-molekules van lewende selle vind ons, sover bekend, die digste konsentrasie van inligting. Om ‘n mens ‘n idee daarvan te gee: ‘n Speldekop bestaande uit DNS sou die inligting kon stoor wat in sowat 5 biljoen (5 x 1012) tipiese skoolhandboeke vervat is. Hierdie aantal boeke, opmekaar gestapel, sou ongeveer 200 miljoen km hoog wees, oftewel, meer as 500 maal die afstand tussen die aarde en die maan (≈ 384 000 km). Ons heelal bestaan na raming uit sowat 1025 sterre [= die getal 1 gevolg deur 25 nulle]. Hierdie getal kan nie naastenby tydens een mens se leeftyd getel word nie. Sou ons egter ‘n besonder kragtige rekenaar vir die telwerk inspan, een wat 10 miljard (10 x109) berekeninge per sekonde sou kon deurvoer, dan sou dit nog steeds meer as 30 miljoen jaar duur om hierdie taak te voltooi! Wanneer ons net na hierdie paar (van talle ander) voorbeelde kyk, begin die denkende mens homself afvra: Vanwaar al hierdie merkwaardige geniale konsepte? Die evolusieleer, waarna baie mense gryp as ‘n moontlike verklaring, bied egter geen bruikbare antwoord nie aangesien dit uitsluitlik die materiële wêreld as uitgangspunt het – selfs vir die siel (emosies) en die ‘bewussyn’ (gees) van die mens, asook vir die enorme hoeveelheid gestoorde inligting wat selle bevat. Die natuurwette wat geld vir inligting sê egter dis ‘n nie-materiële entiteit wat ‘n intelligente oorsprong moet hê en gevolglik ook die eienskap van ‘n ‘wilsbesluit’ by die oorsprong daarvan voorveronderstel. Kortom, die hele skepping getuig van ‘n bonatuurlike intelligensie en wysheid wat nie ontken kan word nie. Mens kan kwalik anders as om tot die slotsom te kom dat die skepping berus op die werk van ‘n buitengewoon kreatiewe en intelligente skepper. Nou kom die vraag: Waar vind mens ‘n betroubare antwoord? Binne die raamwerk van die natuurwetenskappe is dit alleenlik moontlik om die waarneembare wêreld rondom ons (ruimte, tyd, materie en energie) na te vors en te meet, weliswaar met al hoe meer gesofistikeerde toerusting en metodes. Nogtans is dit steeds net die ‘hoe?’ van die skepping, en nie die ‘waarom?’ daarvan nie, wat by al hierdie pogings beantwoord kan word. ‘n Betroubare antwoord op die tweede vraag lê buite die vermoë van die mens en kan eintlik net deur die Skepper self gegee word. Maar hoe en waar het Hy hom aan ons bekend gemaak – in die Bybel, in die Koran, of dalk in ‘n ander ‘heilige’ boek? Die baie verskillende godsdienste in die wêreld kan tog nie almal reg wees nie, siende dat hulle uiteenlopende en selfs weersprekende antwoorde gee op die ‘waarom’-vraag. Hulle is óf almal verkeerd, óf hoogstens één kan reg wees. Gelukkig is daar ‘n belangrike maatstaf waarvolgens die waarheid op die proef gestel kan word, naamlik deur vas te stel waar voorspellings heelwat later konsekwent bewaarheid is. Die Bybel is die enigste boek waar talle vroeëre voorspellings (ek weet van 3268 gekontroleerde gevalle) later bewaarheid is. Geen ander boek kan op so ‘n ‘waarmerk’ aanspraak maak nie en in talle ander opsigte is die Bybel uniek in vergelyking met enige ander geskrif op hierdie aarde. Daarom is die Bybel vir my God se Woord aan ons mense. Reeds in die heel eerste vers van die Bybel word die vraag omtrent die Skepper beantwoord: “In die begin het God die hemel en die aarde geskape.” En daarmee word ook voldoen aan die reeds genoemde vereiste vir ‘n intelligente oorsprong. Hoedanig is hierdie Skepper? Voordat daar ruimte, tyd of materie was, was God dié een wat van altyd af daar was en gehandel het. Weliswaar skep die eerste vers in die Bybel die indruk dat God, as die Vader van alles, alleen die Skepper was. Daar is egter ‘n belangrike aanduiding in die skeppingsberig dat Hy nie alleen betrokke was nie: “Laat ons mense maak”, lui dit in Génesis 1:26. Ook die Heilige Gees was betrokke, want ons lees in die tweede vers van die Bybel: “...en die Gees van God het gesweef op die waters.” Gewoonlik gee die Bybel nie alle inligting op een keer nie, maar doen dit stap-vir-stap. In die Nuwe Testament word nog meer lig gewerp op die betrokkenes by die skepping. In 1 Korinthiërs 8:6, byvoorbeeld, word Jesus Christus duidelik by die skeppingswerk betrek: “...tog is daar vir ons maar een God, die Vader uit wie alles is, en ons tot Hom, en een Here Jesus Christus deur wie alles is, en ons deur Hom.” Die Hebreeuse woord ‘Elohim’ in Génesis 1:1 is ‘n meervoudsvorm van die Skeppergod. Kom ons probeer die skeppingshandeling aan die hand van ‘n alledaagse voorbeeld verduidelik: Ons, as gesin, ry met die motor en gaan vriende besoek. Toe dit tyd word vir die terugreis sê die vader van die gesin: “Kom, dis tyd dat ons huis toe ry.” Hoewel die meervoudsvorm, ‘ons’, gebruik word, beteken dit nog steeds dat net een persoon aan die stuur sit en die motor beheer. Die res van die gesin sit wel ook in die voertuig – ‘ry’ inderdaad ook – hoewel net die bestuurder daarvan aktief die kontroles [stuur, brandstof- en rempedaal, ens.] beheer. Hierdie eenvoudige beeld kan ons help om die Bybelse weergawe van Wie by die skeppingsdaad betrokke was beter te verstaan. Deur Jesus Christus het God die wêreld gemaak, aldus Hebreërs 1:2. Net so berig die Evangelie volgens Johannes reg aan die begin dat alles wat bestaan hul oorsprong aan Jesus Christus te danke het: “Alle dinge het deur Hom [oftewel, deur die Woord, m.a.w. deur Jesus Christus] ontstaan, en sonder Hom het nie een ding ontstaan wat ontstaan het nie” (Johannes 1:3). Iemand het dit eenmaal só saamgevat: ‘God die Vader het die besluit geneem vir die ontstaan van die skepping en Jesus Christus het dit uitgevoer in die krag van die Heilige Gees’. Jesus Christus is die Skepper Aangaande Jesus Christus se skeppingshandeling lees ons verder in die brief aan die Kolossense 1:16-17: “...want in Hom [= Jesus Christus] is alle dinge geskape wat in die hemele en op aarde is, wat sienlik en onsienlik is, trone sowel as heerskappye en owerhede en magte – alle dinge is deur Hom en tot Hom geskape. En Hy is voor alle dinge, en in Hom hou alle dinge stand.” In die sigbare, materiële wêreld is daar niks wat nie deur Jesus Christus geskape is nie. Dit geld vir die reusegrootte makro-kosmos, met sy miljarde sterrestelsels, net soos vir die kleinste besonderhede van lewensprosesse in ‘n enkele sel, of die struktuur van die atoom. Jesus Christus is nie alleen die Skepper van die hele mikro- en makro-kosmos nie, maar Hy het ook die oppergesag daaroor. Daarbenewens is Jesus Christus ook die Skepper van ‘n – vir ons as mense – onsigbare realiteit. Hy het gesorg vir talle hemelwesens wat die Bybel ‘engele’ noem. En, net soos alles in God se sigbare skepping getuig van ordelikheid te midde van ‘n groot verskeidenheid, só ook in die onsigbare wêreld. Daarvan getuig die verwysing na ‘trone sowel as heerskappye en owerhede en magte’. Jesus Christus is nie net die Skepper nie, maar ‘hou ook alle dinge in stand’. Ná die skepping van die wêreld het Hy dit nie net eenvoudig aan homself oorgelaat nie, maar Hy onderhou en dra alle dinge “deur die woord van sy krag”, soos Hebreërs 1:3 dit stel. Derhalwe hoef ons nie angstig te wees oor moontlike kosmiese katastrofes wat die aarde sal tref nie, of dat ons son sou ‘uitbrand’ en afkoel nie – Jesus Christus hou die wêreld in stand tot met sy wederkoms. Die mens is nie die produk van ‘n gelukspel, soos die Nobel­prys­wenner Jaques Monod beweer het nie. Inteendeel, ons is geskape met ‘n spesifieke doel en eindbestemming – ‘tot Hom’ (Jesus)! Mag ons hierdie Doelwit nie verpas nie! Die skeppingswerk van Jesus Christus soos reeds berig in die Ou Testament In Spreuke 8:22-24 & 30 lees ons: “Die HERE het my berei as eersteling van sy weg, voor sy werke, van ouds af. Van ewigheid af is ek geformeer, van die begin af, van die voortyd van die aarde af, toe daar nog geen wêreldvloede was nie, is ek gebore; .... toe was ek ‘n kunstenaar naas Hom...” Die woord ‘kunstenaar’ wys weereens op die aktiewe betrokkenheid van Jesus Christus by die skepping. Psalm 102, vers 26 word in die Nuwe Testament aangehaal (Hebreërs 1:10) met verwysing na Jesus Christus: “U, o Here, het in die begin die aarde gegrondves en die hemele is die werke van u hande.” Hoe het die Skepper te werk gegaan? Sou ons wou weet hoe die skepping tot stand gekom het, dan openbaar die Bybel die volgende omtrent die Skepper se werkwyse: Deur God se Woord: Psalm 33:6; Johannes 1:1-4; sonder voorafbestaande materiaal: Hebreërs 11:3; deur die krag van God: Jeremia 10:12; deur die wysheid van God: Psalm 104:24; Kolossense 2:3; na die wil van God: Génesis 1:26; Openbaring 4:11; deur die Seun van God: Johannes 1:1-4 & 10; Kolossense 1:15-17; ooreenkomstig die wesenskenmerke van Jesus Christus: Matthéüs 11:29; Johannes 10:11. Hierdie faktore was werksaam tydens die ses skeppingsdae waarvan Génesis 1 berig. Verder, hierdie skeppingsgebeure kon self nie onderworpe gewees het aan die natuurwette wat daardeur gevestig is nie en kan daarom net deur die geloof aanvaar word, soos Hebreërs 11:3 ook duidelik sê. Prosesse in die wêreld waarmee ons vandag vertroud is, verloop volgens sekere natuurwette – hulle is nie die oorsaak van die skepping nie, maar wel die resultaat daarvan. Wat is vir ons in Jesus Christus gegee? Hy is die fondament waarop ons ons lewe kan bou. Daar was ‘n finansiële instelling wat geld aan huiseienaars geleen het met die slagspreuk: “Op ons kan jy bou”. Soveel te meer kan ons van Jesus Christus sê: “Op hierdie fondament kan jy bou”. In Hom het alles sy oorsprong: Die skepping, die Bybel, geloof, ons redding, vrede, hoop, toegang tot die Vader, en die grondslag vir ‘n sinvolle bestaan nou en ook in die ewigheid. Christus is die ewig vaste Rots (1 Korinthiërs 10:4). Wanneer God sê: “Ek sal die wysheid van die wyse mense vernietig...”  (1 Korinthiërs 1:19), dan is dit teen die toetssteen ‘Jesus Christus’ waaraan elke mensgemaakte ideologie en filosofie ten gronde sal gaan. Ook die voorstanders daarvan sal eendag die knie moet buig voor die Here Jesus Christus (Filippense 2:10), ten spyte van hul huidige heftige verset teen die bestaan van hierdie Ontwerper, Skepper en Heiland. Waarom evolusionisme so gevaarlik is Evolusionisme is meer as maar net ‘n alternatiewe wêreldbe­skouing. Dit het as resultaat ‘n doellose bestaan sonder enige hoop, soos treffend beskrywe deur Jean Paul: “Daar is geen God nie... net ‘n leë, stomme niks! Onafwendbare en gevoellose noodlot! Waansinnige toeval...! Hoe alleen is elkeen in die oneindige ‘begraafplaas’ genaamd die heelal!” Evolusionisme beweer dat die wêreld sonder ‘n skepper verklaar kan word en gevolglik gaan dit hand-aan-hand met die ateïsme. Die resultaat is ‘n uiteinde in die verderf volgens Jesus se eie woorde in Markus 16:16: “... hy wat nie glo nie, sal veroordeel word.” Daar is mense wat probeer om die evolusieleer as God se werkmetode te propageer. Sou God wel volgens die evolusie­leer te werk gegaan het, dan word die bestaan van ‘n eerste geskape man en vrou verloën; sou die begrip ‘sonde’ sy betekenis verloor, siende dat “aggressie die beginsel is waarvolgens evolusie gedryf word” (Joachim Illies); het God ‘dood’ as ‘n werktuig in sy skepping gebruik; sou ‘n grondbeginsel van die verlossing deur Jesus Christus verloën word, naamlik dat Hy, as ‘laaste Adam’ in teenstelling met die ‘eerste Adam’ (1 Korinthiërs 15:45), plaasvervangend vir ons kon sterf. Dit is duidelik uit die paar voorbeelde hierbo dat die sogenaamde ‘Teïstiese Evolusie’ grondwaarhede van die Bybel aantas of ontken en gevolglik verwerp moet word. ‘n Asemrowende gedagte Ons het Jesus Christus as die Skepper van alle dinge leer ken. Hy is dié Een wat van ewigheid af was en die Koning van die hele hemelryk is. Aan Hom is alle mag in die hemel en op aarde gegee (Matthéüs 28:18). Kan ons nou die volgende asemrowende gedagte begryp? – Die Man aan die kruis van Gólgota en die Skepper van hierdie wêreld én van alle lewe, is een en dieselfde Persoon! In sy onbegryplike liefde vir ons laat Hy toe, sonder om Homself te verweer, dat Hy gekruisig word, sodat vir ons die toegang na die hemel bewerkstellig kan word. Wie hierdie grootse reddingsdaad verwerp, verloor alles: “Hoe sal ons ontvlug as ons so ‘n groot saligheid verontagsaam...?” (Hebreërs 2:3). Wie Jesus egter as sy Redder aanneem, wen alles: “Wie my woord hoor en Hom glo wat my gestuur het, het die ewige lewe en kom nie in die oordeel nie, maar het oorgegaan uit die dood in die lewe” (Johannes 5:24). Vra die Here Jesus om vergifnis van al jou sondes, sodat ook jy God se oordeel kan vryspring; neem Hom aan as jou persoonlike Skepper en Heiland en volg Hom na. Jy sal dit nie berou nie! Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Gitt  

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!  Hoe kom ek in die Hemel? Die vraag omtrent die ewigheid word deur baie mense eerder gesystap, selfs deur dié wat wel nadink oor die einde van hul aardse bestaan. So is daar byvoorbeeld Drew Barrymore, ‘n Amerikaanse vrou wat as kinderster ‘n rol vertolk het in die fiksie-film E.T. Sy het as 28-jarige in 2003 gesê: “Sou ek voor my kat te sterwe kom, dan moet julle my as vir die kat gee om te vreet, sodat ek minstens in my kat verder kan lewe.” Wat ‘n verwronge en kortsigtige opvatting omtrent die dood! Toe Jesus Christus op aarde was, 2000 jaar gelede, was die probleme waarmee mense na Hom gekom het feitlik deurgaans van tydelike, aardse belang: Tien melaatses wou gesond word (Lukas 17:13); Blindes wou graag sien (Matthéüs 9:27); Iemand vra vir bemiddeling in die geskil oor ‘n erfporsie (Lukas 12: 13-14); Fariseërs kom met die strikvraag of aan die keiser belasting betaal moet word (Matthéüs 22:17). Slegs enkele mense het na Jesus toe gekom om te verneem hoedat mens in die hemel kom. ‘n Ryk man het hom wel opgesoek met die vraag: “Goeie Meester, wat moet ek doen om die ewige lewe te beërwe?” (Lukas 18:18). En hy kry ook ‘n antwoord, naamlik die opdrag om alles te verkoop waaraan hy verknog was en om dan Jesus na te volg. Maar siende dat hy baie ryk was, kon hy dit nie oor sy hart kry om dié raad te volg nie, en daarmee was ook die hemel vir hom nie beskore nie. Daar was ook mense wat glad nie aan die hemel gedink het nie, maar deur hul ontmoeting met Jesus daarvan bewus geword het. Sommige van hulle het dadelik die geleentheid aangegryp. Saggéüs was so ‘n man wat Jesus, uit nuuskierigheid, graag wou sien, maar op die ou-end baie meer ontvang het as wat hy verwag het. Met Jesus by hom aan huis vind Saggéüs as’t ware die hemel. Jesus merk op: “Vandag het daar redding vir hierdie huis gekom” (Lukas 19:9). Hoe vind ‘n mens die Hemel? Uit voorafgaande lei ons die volgende af: ‘n Mens vind die Hemelse Koninkryk op ‘n de­fi­ni­tiewe tydstip. En dit is goed so, want nou kan ook u, liewe leser, weet dat die ewige lewe wat God aanbied vandag nog deur u toegeëien kan word. Om deel te word van die Hemelse Koninkryk is nie gekoppel aan enige prestasie van my kant nie. Die Hemelse Koninkryk kan ek sonder enige ‘voor­bereiding’ van my kant aanvaar. Ons eie idees om in die hemel te kom, insoverre dit nie berus op wat God gesê het nie, is bedrieglik. Byvoorbeeld, ‘n pop-sangeres sing in ‘n lied van ‘n afgetrede sirkusnar en sê: “Hy kom seker in die hemel omdat hy so baie mense opgebeur het”. Of, daar is die skatryk man wat ‘n toevlugsoord vir verwaarloosde vroue bou en één vereiste stel vir hul toelating: Die vroue moes elke dag vir ‘n uur lank bid vir die sieleheil van hul weldoener. Nou, wat bring ons dan wel in die Hemel? Om hierdie vraag ondubbelsinnig en duidelik te be­ant­woord, het Jesus ‘n verhaal vertel. In Lukas 14:16 lees ons van ‘n man (in hierdie verhaal stel dit God voor) wat ‘n groot feesmaal (‘n voorstelling van die hemel) gereël het. Hierdie man nooi dan ook spesifieke gaste, maar hul reaksies is uiters teleurstellend. Een na die ander kom hulle met taamlik ongeloofwaardige verskonings vorendag: “Ek het ‘n stuk grond gekoop...”; “Ek het vyf span osse gekoop....”; “Ek het onlangs getrou....”. Geeneen kon, of wou, kom nie. Die verhaal eindig dan (Lukas 14:24) met dié opmerking van die gasheer: “Ek sê vir julle dat nie een van daardie manne wat aanvanklik genooi is, my maaltyd sal smaak nie.” In hierdie verhaal gaan dit daaroor dat ‘n mens die hemel kan wen of verloor. Die bepalende faktor is of ‘n mens God se uitnodiging aanneem of verwerp. Kan mens dit eenvoudiger stel? Waarskynlik nie! Talle men­se sal eendag by die hemel uitgesluit wees, nie omdat hulle die manier om daar te kom nie geken het nie, maar wel omdat hulle nie positief op God se uit­nodiging gereageer het nie – soos die drie persone in Jesus se verhaal. Beteken dit dat die feesmaal daarmee afgelas is en nie deur gaan plaasvind nie? Nooit as te nimmer nie! Jesus vertel hoedat die gasheer, nadat hy die verskonings van die uitgenooide gaste gekry het, nou uitnodigings oral heen uitstuur. Weliswaar nie meer keurige uit­no­digingskaartjies in goud gedruk nie (ons moderne voorstelling), maar net eenvoudig deur sy diensbodes wat uitroep: “Kom!” En elkeen wat positief reageer op hierdie ruimhartige uitnodiging, is verseker van ‘n plek in die feessaal. En wat gebeur nou? Ja, daar is mense wat kom – soms selfs groot skares. Maar kort voordat die fees sou begin, stel die gasheer vas dat daar nog enkele plekke beskikbaar is en hy stuur weereens sy bodes uit om vir oulaas nog mense te nooi. Hier wil ek nou die verhaal op ons toepas, want klaar­blyklik vergelyk dit met die situasie vandag. Daar ís nog plek in die hemel en God nooi jou: “Kom en ‘be­spreek’ jou plek in die hemel!” Wees verstandig en neem sommer vandag nog ‘n besluit oor jou ewige bestemming. Omdat die hemel so onbeskryflik mooi is, vergelyk die Here Jesus dit met ‘n groot fees. In 1 Korinthiërs 2:9 word die volgende gesê: “Wat die oog nie gesien en die oor nie gehoor het nie, en wat in die hart van die mens nie opgekom het nie, dit het God gereed ge­maak vir dié wat Hom liefhet.” Gevolglik kan niks op hierdie aarde net naastenby vergelyk met enigiets in die hemel nie. En siende dat die hemel so heerlik is, behoort ons dit mos onder geen omstandighede te verpas nie! Net één Persoon bied egter vir ons die moontlikheid van toegang tot die hemel – Jesus Christus, die Seun van God! En aan Hom is dit te danke dat ons so maklik hierdie toegang kan verkry. Dit hang nog net af van ‘n per­soonlike wilsbesluit. En net wie so kortsigtig is soos die drie manne in die gelykenis, gaan die uitnodiging verontagsaam. Redding geskied alleenlik deur die Here Jesus In Handelinge 2:21 lees ons ‘n baie belangrike stelling: “Elkeen wat die Naam van die Here (Jesus) aanroep, sal gered word.” Dis ‘n kernvers in die Nuwe Testament. Later, toe Paulus in gesprek kom met die tronkbewaarder van die gevangenis in Filippi vat hy die boodskap saam met dié woorde: “Glo in die Here Jesus Christus en jy sal gered word, jy en jou huisgesin” (Handelinge 16:31). Hierdie boodskap is wel kort, maar kragtig en le­wens­veranderend, sodat die tronkbewaarder nog daardie nag tot bekering kom. Daar is nog iets wat ons vir seker moet weet: Dis Jesus se groot begeerte om ons te laat ontkom van die pad na die verderf, die hel. Die Bybel sê dat beide die hemel en die hel ewigdurend is. Net, die een is wonderlik heerlik; die ander verskriklik. ‘n Derde bestemming is daar nie. Vyf minute na sy dood sal niemand meer kan sê: “Met die dood het alles geëindig nie.” En wat bepaal ons eind­bestemming? Één enkele Persoon: Jesus Christus – en ons verhouding tot Hom! Toe ek enkele jare gelede in Pole op reis was, het ek die vroeëre konsentrasiekamp by Auschwitz besoek. Ver­skriklike tonele het daar gedurende die Tweede Wêreldoorlog afgespeel. Vanaf 1942 tot 1944 is hier meer as 1,6 miljoen mense, hoofsaaklik Jode, vergas en verbrand. In die literatuur word daarna verwys as die ‘Hel van Auschwitz’. Hierdie uitdrukking het my laat nadink terwyl ‘n gids ons gelei het deur een van die gaskamers waar tot 600 mense op ‘n keer gesterf het. ‘n Mens kan jou hierdie wreed­heid skaars voorstel. Maar was dít werklik ‘die hel’? Van­dag kan ons die gaskamers by Auschwitz as be­soe­kers besigtig omdat die verskriklike gebeure aldaar in 1945 beëindig is. Niemand word meer daar gefolter of gedood nie; dit was ‘n verbygaande gebeurtenis. In teenstelling daarmee duur die hel waarvan die Bybel praat vir ewig. In die voorportaal van die hedendaagse museum val my oog op ‘n tekening van Christus aan die kruis. Een van die gevangenis het sy ganse hoop op die Gekruisig­de met ‘n skerp voorwerp op die muur uitgebeeld. Ook hier­die kunstenaar het in ‘n gaskamer gesterf, maar hy het die Redder, Jesus, geken. Hy het weliswaar, nes sy Ver­losser, op ‘n verskriklike manier aan sy aardse einde gekom, maar vir hom het die hemel oopgegaan. Uit die hel, waarteen die Here Jesus so uitdruklik waarsku (bv. Matthéüs 7:13; 5:29-30; 18:8), is daar egter geen ont­koming of redding meer nie wanneer ‘n mens eers daar aan­ge­land het. Aangesien die hel – in teenstelling met Auschwitz – ewigdurend in bedryf is, kan dit nooit net besigtig word nie. Maar ook die hemel is ewigdurend en dit is die plek waar God ons graag sou wou hê. Daarom, gee ag op Sy uit­nodiging om in die hemel te kom. Roep die Naam van die Here aan en ‘bespreek’ daarmee u plek in die hemel! Na ‘n voorlesing van my oor hierdie onder­werp, vra ‘n vrou ontsteld: “Kan ‘n mens dan ‘n plek in die hemel bespreek? Dit klink dan so na ‘n reisagentskap!” Ek bevestig weereens: “Wie nie bespreek nie kom nie by sy bestemming nie. Sou u na Hawaii wou reis, word ‘n geldige vliegkaartjie vereis.” Waarop die vrou opmerk: “Ja, maar so ‘n vliegkaartjie moet tog betaal word?!” “Reg”, sê ek, “maar die prys is so hoog dat geen mens dit kan betaal nie. Dit is ons sonde wat die groot struikelblok is. God kan geen sonde in die hemel toelaat nie. Wie na hierdie lewe op aarde die ewigheid by God in die hemel wil deurbring, moet eers van sy sonde verlos word. Hierdie verlossing van sonde kan net deur ‘n sondelose persoon bewerkstellig – en daardie Per­soon is die Here Jesus Christus. Alleenlik Hy kan die skuld betaal! En dit het Hy met Sy bloed gedoen toe Hy aan die kruis gesterf het.” En wat moet ek nou doen om in die hemel te kom? Eerstens, ek moet begryp dat God se uitnodiging om redding ook vir my persoonlik bedoel is. Verder, die By­bel lê nadruk daarop dat ek moet reageer op God se oproep tot bekering: “Stry hard om in te gaan deur die nou poort...” (Lukas 13:24). “Bekeer julle, want die koninkryk van die hemele het naby gekom!” (Matthéüs 4:17). “Gaan in deur die nou poort, want breed is die poort en wyd is die pad wat tot die verderf lei, en daar is baie wat daardeur ingaan. Want die poort is nou en die pad is smal wat na die lewe lei, en daar is min wat dit vind.” (Matthéüs 7:13-14). “...gryp na die ewige lewe, waartoe jy ook geroep is...” (1 Timothéüs 6:12). “Glo in die Here Jesus Christus en jy sal gered word...” (Handelinge 16:31). Uit hierdie (en ander) Skrifgedeeltes herken ‘n mens onmiskenbaar die erns en die dringendheid van God se uitnodiging om te deel in Sy hemelryk. Dit sal net logies wees om op so ‘n uitnodiging te reageer met ‘n gebed, naastenby soos die voorbeeld hieronder: “Here Jesus, ek het vandag gelees dat ek alleenlik deur U in die hemel kan kom, en ek sal graag eendag by U in die hemel wil wees. Daarom smeek ek dat U my sal red van die hel, waar ek eintlik hoort as gevolg van my sondeskuld. Ek glo dat U uit liefde, ook vir my, aan die kruis gesterf het en sodoende die straf vir my sonde op U ge­neem het. U ken al my sondes, reeds vanaf my vroegste jeug – dié waarvan ek bewus is, maar ook dié wat ek reeds vergeet het. U ken my deur en deur. In die son­dige toe­stand wat ek nou is, is ek nie geskik vir die hemel nie. Daarom bid ek dat U al my sondes sal vergewe – ek het waar­lik berou daaroor. Here Jesus, kom nou in my lewe en vernuwe dit. Help my om alles af te lê wat in U oë on­aanvaarbaar is en gee my ‘n nuwe natuur wat U tot eer sal strek. Open vir my die toegang tot U Woord, die Bybel. Help my om te verstaan wat U daardeur vir my wil sê en gee my ‘n gehoorsame hart, sodat ek dít sal doen wat U verlang. Van nou af moet U my HEER wees. Ek wil u volg; wys my die pad aan wat ek moet gaan ten opsigte van elke faset van my lewe. Baie dankie, Here, dat U my verhoor het, dat ek nou ‘n kind van God mag wees, en dat ek eendag by U in die hemel sal wees. Amen.” Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt

Weihnachten, das bekannteste und größte christliche Fest, ist für viele ein Feiertag ohne wirklichen Sinn. Manfred Röseler weist darauf hin, dass die Bedeutung von Weihnachten in Jesus Christus liegt. Die vielen Geschenke, die an Weihnachten gemacht werden, sind nichts im Vergleich zu dem Geschenk, das Gott uns gegeben hat. Die Menschheit war hoffnungslos mit Sünde verschuldet, aber Gott hat den Menschen ein Geschenk gemacht: Die absolute Sündenvergebung in Jesus Christus. "Bei aller Weihnachtsfeierlichkeit übersehen wir oft, dass es nicht in erster Linie um ein nettes Miteinander geht, sondern um die Erlösung von Sünde und um eine neue Beziehung zu Gott. Darum möchte ich fragen: "Haben Sie das große Geschenk Gottes schon angenommen?" Wenn ja, dann haben Sie allen Grund, mit Freuden Weihnachten zu feiern." Dhurata më e madhe Për shumë njerëz Krishtlindja është festa e familjes, e kishës dhe e dhuratave. Një ngjarje që na bën të gjithëve të gëzohemi. Ndërsa për të tjerë, Krishtlindja është festa e vetmisë dhe për të tjerë akoma festa e dëshpërimit. Numri i atyre që kryejn vepra të dëshpëruara rritet nga Krishtlindja në Krishtlindje. Bëhet fjalë për një statistikë që tregon se nuk është kuptuar çfarë është në të vërtetë Krishtlindja. Krishtlindja na tregon për një dhuratë të madhe që Zoti na ofron. Të gjitha dhuratat që mund të bëjmë nuk mund të krahasohen me dhuratën e madhe që Zoti bëri për ne. Vlera e kësaj dhurate është pafundësisht e madhe: pasuron jetën tonë, e bën të denjë për ta jetuar. Zoti njeh dëshirat edhe nevojat tona. Ai njeh pikat e forta dhe dobёsitё tona. Ai njeh gjithashtu marrёdhёnien tonё me Atё. Si e shikon ti marrёdhёnien tёnde me Zotin? Ёshtё nё rregull apo ka mёkate nё jetёn tёnde, tё cilat tё ndajnё nga Perёndia? Zoti njeh saktёsisht çdo mёkat tonin. Mёkat ёshtё p.sh mosbesimi ynё, rebelimi ynё kundёr Zotit dhe shkelja e urdhёrimeve tё tij. Për shkak të mëkateve tona, kemi marrё shumë faje pёrpara zotit. Një borxh bankar mund ta paguajmë normalisht në një të ardhme të afërt, por borxhin tonë ndaj Perëndisë nuk mund ta paguajmë kurrë. Nuk ka rëndësi sa shumë impenjohemi, veprat e mira nuk do të mund të jenë asnjëherë të mjaftueshme për të zgjidhur këtë borxh. Ne nuk do tё mundemi dot tё eliminojmё kaq lehtё fajin tonё ndaj Perёndisё. Edhe pse nga sot e nё vazhdim dikush nuk do tё mёkatonte mё, do tё kishte akoma shumё mёkate nga e shkuara qё do ta ndanin nga Zoti. Mëkati na ndan nga Perëndia. Isaia 59:2 Lexojmë: “... Paudhësitë tuaja kanë shkaktuar një ndarje midis jush dhe Perëndisë tuaj.” Ndёrsa te 1 Korintasve 6:9 shkruhet “A nuk e dini ju se të padrejtët nuk do të trashëgojnë mbretërinë e Perëndisë?” Pa pastruar mёkatet tona nuk mund tё shkojmё nё qiell. Pas vdekjes na pret njё vend gjykimi, dёnimi i pёrjetshёm. Dhurata e madhe që Perëndia na jep është pastrimi dhe falja e të gjitha mëkateve tona. Ai dëshiron të na çlirojë nga dënimi “ndarje të përjetshme nga Perëndia, dënim të përjetshëm” (Zbulesa 20:15). Ai dëshiron që ne të bëhemi bijë të Tij dhe trashëgimtarë të mbretërisë së Tij. Si mund tё ndodh kjo gjё? Zoti nuk mund tё hiqet sikur nuk i shikon mёkatet, sepse ndryshe nuk mund tё ishte njё Perёndi i drejtё. E vetmja rrugё shpёtimi ёshtё falja e mёkateve, prandaj Perëndia dërgoi birin e tij, Jezus Krishtin, në këtë tokë. Krishtlindja na kujton lindjen e Jezusit në Betlehem rreth 2000 vjet më parë. Jezusi u bë një qenie njerëzore si ne. Megjithatë, jeta e tij u dallua nga ajo e një njeriu normal. Jezusi jetoi një jetë krejtësisht të paqortueshme. Ai kurrë nuk ka kryer një mëkat dhe gjithmonë ka treguar me mrekullitë dhe veprat e Tij se Ai është Shpëtimtari i shpallur në Dhiatën e Vjetër. Me vdekjen në kryqin e Golgotёs, Ai mori mbi vete të gjitha mëkatet tona dhe pagoi fajin tonё. Perëndia e pranoi këtë sakrificë duke ringjallur Jezusin tre ditё pas vdekjes dhe e mori me vete nё qiell. Jezusi jeton akoma sot. Arsyeja për ardhjen e Jezusit në tokë është shpjeguar tek Mateu 1:21 në këtë mënyrë: “Dhe ajo [Maria] do të lindë një djalë dhe ti do t’i vësh emrin Jezus, sepse ai do të shpëtojë popullin e tij nga mëkatet e tyre.” Jezusi erdhi nё tokё, u bё njeri pёr tё na pajtuar me Perёndinё. Me gjithë gëzimin e Krishtlindjes është e lehtë të harrojmë se nuk është në rradhë të parë të qenit së bashku, por marrëdhënia jonë me Perëndinë. Pёrmes Jezusit jemi tё çliruar nga mёkatet tona. Mund tё marrim faljen e mёkateve dhe tё bёhemi bij tё Perёndisё duke pasur sigurinё nё zemёr se njё ditё do tё jemi nё qiell. A nuk ёshtё kjo njё dhuratё e madhe? Prandaj dëshiroj të të pyes: “A e ke pranuar dhuratën e madhe nga Perëndia?” Nëse po, atëherë ke çdo arsye për të festuar me gëzim Krishtlindjen. Nëse kjo „dhuratë e madhe“ ende nuk është bërë dhurata jot, Zoti po ta ofron atë sot. Lexojmë Veprat e Apostujve 3:19: “Pendohuni, pra, dhe kthehuni, që të shlyhen mëkatet tuaja, dhe që të vijnë kohët e flladit nga prania e Zotit.” Në lutje mund të flasësh me Jezusin dhe të rrëfesh të gjitha dështimet dhe mëkatet për të cilat je i vetëdijshëm. Mund ti drejtosh gjithashtu të gjitha ato mëkate të cilat nuk i mban më mend. Ai falë me kënaqësi. Por mos u ndal vetëm në këtë. Thuaj Jezusit se që nga ky moment e në vazhdim, do ti besohesh plotësisht atij dhe do ti përkasësh vetëm atij. Ftoje të marri pjesë në jetën tënde dhe lejoje të bëhet udhëheqësi yt. Nëse pranon Jezusin në jetën tënde, atëherë do të jesh një fëmijë i Perëndisë (Gjoni 1:12). Pasi je lutur, siç shpjeguam më lart, falënderoje Jezusin se Ai vdiq për mëkatet e tua, që të ka falur dhe dhuruar një jetë të re të përjetshme. Do të përjetosh se dhurata e ofruar nga Jezusi është njё nga dhuratat më tё mёdha qё mund tё ekzistojnё. Manfred Röseler

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! Si mund të arrij  jetën e përjetshme? Pyetja rreth përjetësisë shmanget nga shumë njerëz. Këtë e vemë re edhe tek ata, të cilët mendojnë rreth fundit të jetës së tyre. Aktorja amerikane Dru Berimure luajti një rol kryesor si aktore fëmijësh në fil­min imagjinar „E.T. Jashtëtokësori“. Kur u bë njëzet e tëtë vjeç (lindur në 1975) tha: „Në qoftë se do të vdes para maces time, atëherë i jepni asaj për të ngrënë hirin tim. Kështu të paktën mund të jetoj brenda maces sime.“ A nuk është e tmerrshme kjo padituri dhe ky mos­vështrim i qartë përtej vdekjes? Jetën e përjetshme mund ta jetojmë në një vend të caktuar, në vendbanimin e Perëndisë që bibla e quan “qiell”. Në vazhdim do të përdorim fjalën “qiell” për të për­­shkruar vendbanimin e Perëndisë, atje ku Perëndia do të na sjellë ne. Në kohën e Jezusit shumë njerëz erdhën tek ai. Kër­ke­sat e tyre pothuajse ishin gjithmonë të natyrës to­kësore: Dhjetë lebrozë donin të shëroheshin (Lluka 17,13). Të verbërit donin të shikonin (Mateu 9,27). Një tjetër priste ndihmë për çështjen e trashë­gi­misë së tij (Lluka 12,13-14). Farisenjtë erdhën me një pyetje tunduese, nëse ata duhet t’i paguanin Cezarit taksat (Mateu 22,17). Vetëm pak njerëz erdhën tek Jezusi për të mësuar se si mund të arrinin qiellin. Një i ri i pasur takoi Jezusin duke pyetur: „Mësues i mirë, çfarë duhet të bëj që të trashëgoj qiellin?“ (Lluka 18,18) Atij iu tha çfarë duhet të bënte, pra: të shiste ç’do gjë prej së cilës ishte varur zemra e tij dhe të ndiqte Jezusin. Por ngaqë ishte shumë i pasur, nuk e zbatoj këshillën dhe refuzoi edhe qiellin. Pati edhe njerëz, që as nuk kërkonin qiellin, por duke takuar Jezusin u informuan rreth saj dhe men­jë­herë e morën atë. Zakeu deshi vetëm ta shikojë Jezusin, por ai gjeti më tepër se sa kishte pritur. Mbas vizitës në shtëpinë e tij – ndoshta duke pirë kafenë – Zakeu e gjeti qiellin. Jezusi tha: „Sot në këtë shtëpi ka hyrë shpëtimi“ (Lluka 19,9). Si mund të gjejmë qiellin? Pas asaj që dëgjuam deri tani, mund të themi:  Mbretërinë e qiellit mund ta gjejmë në një ditë të caktuar. Është mirë të dijmë   diçka të tillë, sepse po në këtë mënyrë është e mundur që edhe ju sot, i   dashur lexues dhe e dashur lexuese, të merrni jetën e përjetshme me   Perëndinë.  Përfitimi i mbretërisë së qiellit nuk ka të bëjë me ndonjë vepër njerëzish.  Mbretërinë e qiellit mund ta gjejmë edhe kur jemi krejtësisht të pa përgatitur. Mendimet tona për të arritur qiellin janë të gabuara, nëse ne nuk nisemi nga thëniet e Perëndisë. Një kën­gëtare këndoi njëherë një këngë për një klloun, i cili pas shumë vitesh u largua nga puna në cirk: „Ai me si­guri do të shkojë në qiell, sepse ai i ka berë njerzit të lumtur.“ Një drejtuese bëmirse ndërtoi një shtëpi për të varfërit, në të cilën mund të jetonin 20 gra. Ajo dha një kusht: gratë ishin të detyruara të luteshin një orë në ditë për shpëtimin e shpirtit të drejtueses. Por, si mund të arrijmë me të vërtetë qiellin? Për t’iu përgjigjur asaj pyetjeje sa më qartë, Jezusi na tregon një shembëlltyrë. Në ungjillin sipas Llukës, kapitulli 14,16 ai flet për një njeri [ku në shembëlltyrë figuron Perëndinë], që do të bëj një darkë të madhe [kjo në shëmbëlltyrë figuron qiellin] dhe në fillim dërgon ftesa tek njerëz e veçantë. Përgjigjet janë të gjitha tronditëse: „Por të gji­thë filluan të kerkojnë ndjesë. I pari i tha: Bleva një arë . … i dyti: Bleva pesë pendë që. … i treti: Mora grua e prandaj nuk mund të vij.“ Jezusi përfundon shem­bëlltyrën me gjykimin e të Zotit të shtëpisë: „Sepse unë po ju them se asnjë nga ata njerëz që ishin të ftuar, nuk do ta shijojë darkën time“ (Lluka 14,24). Nga kjo kuptojmë, se mund të fitojmë ose mund të humbasim qiellin. Pika kyçe është pranimi ose refuzimi i ftesës. A ka gjë më të thjeshtë? S’mendoj se po! Kur shumë njerëz do të përjashtohen një ditë nga qielli, shkaku nuk është se ata nuk e dinin rrugën, por sepse e refuzuan ftesën. Ata tre veta në këtë shembëlltyrë nuk janë një shembull i mirë për ne, sepse asnjë prej tyre nuk e pranon ftesën dhe vjen tek darka! Por kjo darkë, a nuk bëhet tani? Pa­tjetër që bëhet tani! Mbasi refuzuan ftesat e para, i Zoti i shtëpisë dërgoi ftesa në ç’do vend. Tani nuk po bëhen më ftesa me shkrojnja ari. Tani thjesht bëhet thirrja: „Ejani!“ Dhe gjithkush që pranon ftesën, gjen një vend të sigurt në këtë darkë. Çfarë ndodh tani? Po, njerzit vijnë – në turma të mëdha. Mbas një farë kohe, i Zoti i shtëpisë shikon radhën e miqve: Paska akoma vende të lira! Ai u thotë shërbetorëve të tij: „Dilni përsëri dhe ftoni njerëz të tjerë!“ Në këtë pikë dua të transferoj shembëlltyrën tek ne, sepse ajo i përket pikërisht situatës tonë në kohën e sotme. Akoma ka vende të lira në qiell dhe Perëndia të thotë: „Eja, zëre vendin tënd në qiell! Ji i zgjuar dhe prenoto përjetësinë! Bëje sot!“ Qielli është i mrekullueshem, prandaj edhe Zoti Jezus e krahason atë me një festë të madhe. Në 1 Korintasit (kapitulli 2,9) thuhet për këtë: „Ato gjera që syri nuk i ka parë dhe veshi nuk i ka dëgjuar dhe nuk kanë hyrë në zemër të njeriut, janë ato që Perëndia ka përgatitur për ata që e duan atë.“ Asgjë, edhe asnjë gjë në këtë botë nuk mund të krahasohet me qiellin. Kaq e mrekullueshme është atje! Në asnjë mënyrë nuk duhet të humbasim qiellin, sepse ai është shumë i çmueshëm. Një ishte ai që hapi për ne portën e qiellit. Ky është Jezusi, biri i Perëndisë! Atij i përket falenderimi që tashmë është aq e lehtë për të shkuar atje. Tani varet vetëm nga dëshira jonë. Vetëm ai që është aq dritëshkurtër si ata tre burra në shembëlltyrë, nuk do të pranoj këtë ftesë. Shpëtimi vjen me anë të Zotit Jezus Në Veprat e Apostujve (kapitulli 2,21) ne lexojmë një varg shumë të rëndësishëm: „Dhe do të ndodhë që kush ta ketë thirrur emrin e Zotit, do të shpëtohet.“ Kjo është një fjali kyçe në Dhjatën e Re. Kur Pali ishte në burg në Filipi, e bëri shumë të qartë në një bisedë me rojtarin e burgut: „Beso në Zotin Jezu Krisht dhe do të shpëtohesh ti dhe shtëpia jote“ (Veprat e Apostujve 16,31). Ky lajm është i shkur­tër, por shumë i qartë dhe jetëndryshues. Po atë natë rojtari i burgut u kthye dhe pranoi Jezusin. Nga çfarë shpëton Jezusi? Këtë duhet të dimë patjetër: Ai na shpëton nga ajo rruga që përfundon në dënimin e përjetshëm, në ferr. Për qiellin dhe ferrin bibla thotë që atje njerëzit do të jenë përjetësisht. Njëri nga vendet është i mrekullueshëm, ndërsa tjetri është i tmerrshëm. Një vend të tretë nuk ka. Pesë minuta pas vdekjes as­kush nuk do të thotë më që me vdekjen mbaron gjith­çka. Tek Jezusi qëndron gjithçka. Vendqëndrimi ynë i përjetshëm varet nga një person i vetëm: Jezus – dhe nga marrëdhënia jonë me atë! Kur isha në Poloni për të dhënë disa referate, vizituam ish-kampin e përqëndrimit të Aushvicit. Gjëra të tmerr­shme ndodhën atje gjatë luftës së dytë botërore. Prej vitit 1942 deri në 1944 këtu u mbyten me gaz dhe më pas u dogjën 1,6 million njerëz, kryesisht çifutë. Në le­tërsi flitet për „Ferrin e Aushvicit“. Isha duke menduar për këtë përshkrim, kur një punonjës na drejtoi nëpër një dhomë gazi në të cilën janë vrarë 600 njerëz një­­herësh. Ishte shumë e tmerrshme. Por, a ishte ferri këtu me të vërtetë? Ne, si grup vizitorësh, mund të shikonim dhomat e gazit vetëm, sepse qysh në vitin 1945 ky tmerr mori fund. Tashmë ndërtesat janë hapur për vizitorët dhe askush nuk torturohet dhe helmoset më. Dhomat e gazit të Aushvicit ishin vetëm për një farë kohe, por ferri i bib­lës është i përjetshëm. Në sallën e hyrjes të muzeut të sotëm me ra në sy një pikturë e cila tregon një kryq me trupin e Jezusit. Një i burgosur kishte gërvishtur shpresën e tij tek i kryqëzuari me një gozhdë në mur. Edhe ky artist vdiq në një dhomë gazi, por ai e njihte shpëtimtarin Jezus. Ai vdiq në një vend shumë të tmerrshëm, por qielli ishte i hapur për të. Por nga ai ferr nga i cili Zoti Jezus na paralajmëron në Dhjatën e Re (p.sh. Ma­teu 7,13; Mateu 5,29-30; Mateu 18,8), nëse njeriu ka shkuar një herë atje, nuk ka asnjë rrugëdalje dhe shpëtim. Shkaku i vetëm është, se ferri në krahasim me Aushvicin, vazhdon përjetësisht, dhe prandaj nuk mund të vizitohet asnjëherë. Po në të njejtën mënyrë qielli vazhdon përjetësisht. Pikërisht ky është vendi ku Perëndia do të na sjellë ne. Prandaj më lejoni që t’u ftoj juve që të vini në qiell. Thërrisni emrin e Zotit dhe prenotoni kështu për qiellin! Pas një takimi një grua më pyeti shumë e çuditur: „A mund të prenotoj qiellin me të vertëtë? Tingëllon si një agjensi udhëtimesh!“ Unë e mbështesja: „Kush nuk prenoton, nuk arrin në destinacion. Në qoftë se ju doni të shkoni në Amerikë, edhe këtu ju duhet një biletë e vlefshme avioni.“ Ajo pyeti përsëri: „Por bileta duhet të paguhet, apo jo?!“ – „Posi, bileta për qiellin gjithashtu! Vetëm se është aq e shtrenjtë sa që askush nga ne nuk mund ta paguaj. Është mëkati ynë që e pengon. Perëndia nuk lejon mëkatin në qiellin e tij. Kush dëshiron që të kaloj përjetësinë e tij tek Perëndia mbas jetës tokësore, duhet së pari të çlirohet nga mëkati i tij. Ky çlirim mund të arrihej vetëm nëpërmjet një personi që ishte pa mëkat – dhe ky person është Jezu Krishti. Vetëm ai është në gjëndje të paguajë! Ai pagoi me gjakun e tij, me anë të vdekjes së tij në kryq.“ Por çfarë duhet të bëj unë tani që të mund të arrij qiellin? Po ashtu edhe neve Perëndia na ofron ftesën e tij për çlirim. Me shumë vëmendje, shumë shkrime të biblës na ftojnë për të reaguar ndaj thirrjes së Pe­rëndisë: „Përpiquni të hyni nëpër derë të ngushtë!“  (Lluka 13,24). „Pendohuni, sepse mbretëria e qiejve është afër!“ (Mateu 4,17). „Hyni nga dera e ngushtë, sepse e gjerë është dera dhe e hapur është   udha që të çon në shka­tërrim, dhe shumë janë ata që hyjnë nëpër të.   Përkundrazi sa e ngushtë është dera dhe sa e vështirë është udha që   çon në jetë! Dhe pak janë ata që e gjejnë!“ (Mateu 7,13-14). „Rrok jetën e përjetshme, në të cilën u thirre“ (1.Timoteu 6,12). „Beso në Zotin Jezu Krisht dhe do të shpëtohesh ti dhe shtëpia   jote“ (Veprat 16,31). Të gjitha këto janë ftesa shumë të qarta dhe bindëse. Ne vëmë re seriozitetin, vendosmërinë dhe domosdosh­mërinë e këtyre teksteve. Kështu ne veprojmë në mënyrë pa­suese nëse ne pranojmë ftesën për qiellin me një lutje e cila mund të formulohet kështu: „Zoti Jezus, sot kam lexuar që vetëm nëpërmjet teje mund të shkoj në qiell. Unë dua të jem me ty pas jetës time në tokë. Prandaj më shpëto nga ferri, në të cilin normalisht duhet të hyja për shkak të mëkatit tim. Sepse ti më do aq shumë, ke vdekur edhe për mua në kryq dhe atje ke paguar dënimin për mëkatet e mia. Ti e shikon gjithë mëkatin tim – që nga fëmijria ime. Ti e njeh ç’do mëkat, gjithçka ndaj të cilit jam i vetëdijshëm tani por ashtu gjithçka që kam harruar prej shumë ko­hësh. Ti e njeh ç’do mendim të zemrës sime. Para teje jam si një libër i hapur. Ashtu siç jam, nuk mund të vij tek ty në qiell. Të lutem, me fal mëkatet e mia, për të cilat më vjen keq nga gjithë zemra ime. Eja ti tani në jetën time dhe ripërtërie atë. Më ndihmo të lë ç’do gjë që nuk është e drejtë para teje dhe më dhuro zakone të reja të cilat janë vendosur nën bekimin tënd. Më hap rrugën për fjalën tënde, biblën. Më ndihmo që të ku­ptoj atë që do të më thuash dhe më jep një zemër të bindur që të bëj atë që të pëlqen ty. Që sot ti duhet të jesh ZOTI im. Unë dua të të ndjek ty, më trego rrugën të cilën duhet të ndjek në të gjitha fushat e jetës sime. Të falenderoj që më dëgjon, që tashmë mund të jem një fëmijë i Perëndisë dhe që një ditë do të jem tek ty në qiell. Amen.“ Prof. Dr.-Ing. Verner Gitt

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! እንዴት መንግሥተ ሰማያት መግባት እችላለሁ? ብዙ ሰዎች ስለ ዘላለማዊ ነገር ማሰብን አይፈልጉም፡፡ ስለሞት እንኳን የሚያስቡ ሰዎች ከዚያ በኋላ ስለሚሆነው ማሰብን አይፈልጉም፡፡ በE.T በተባለው ፊልም ላይ እንደ ልጅ በመሆን ዋና ገጸ ባህርይውን የተጫወተችው አክትረስ ድሬው በኤርሞሪ በ1975 እ.ኤ.አ ተወልዳ በ28 ዓመቷ ላይ ‹ከድመቴ በፊት ከሞትኩ ከዚያም በኋላ በእርሷ የቀረው ሰውነቴ ተበልቶ ቢያንስ በውስጧ መኖርን እፈልጋለሁ‹‹ ብላለች፡፡ ይህ አለማስተዋልና ወደፊት ያለውን ያለማየት ፍርሃት አይደለምን? ኢየሱስ በምድር በነበረበት ወቅት ብዙ ሰዎች ወደ እርሱ ይመጡ ነበር፡፡ የእነርሱም ጥያቄ በአሁን እና በቅርብ ጊዜ ላይ ብቻ ያተኮረ ነበር፡  10 ለምፃሞች ለመፈወስ መፈለጋቸው (ሉቃ 17፡13)  ዕውሮች ማየት መፈለጋቸው (ማቴ 9፡27)  አንድ ሰውም ኢየሱስ በውርስ ጉዳይ ላይ እንዲረዳው በመፈለግ (ሉቃ 12፡13-14)  ፈሪሳዊያን ኢየሱስን ለማጥመድ በመፈለግ ለቄሳር ግብር ስለመስጠት (ማቴ 22፡17) ደግሞ ጥቂት ሰዎች ወደ ኢየሱስ ይመጡና ወደ መንግሥተ ሰማያት መግባት እንዴት እንደሚችሉ ያደምጡት ነበር፡፡ ባለጠጋና ህግ አዋቂ የሆነ ወጣት ወደ ኢየሱስ በመቅረብ ‹‹ቸር መምህር የዘላለምን ሕይወት እንድወርስ ምን ላድርግ? አለው›› (ሉቃ 18፡18) ነገር ግን ያለውን ሁሉ እንዲሸጥና ኢየሱስን እንዲከተል ተነገረው ሆኖም ባለጠጋ ስለነበረ የኢየሱስን ምክር ሳይቀበል ቀረ ከመንግሥተ ሰማያትም መንገድ ወጣ፡፡ በሌላ በኩል ድግሞ፤ መንግሥተ ሰማያትን ፈልገው ሳይሆን ከኢየሱስ ጋር በነበራቸው ጥያቄ አማካኝነት ድንገት በሰሙት የመንግሥተ ሰማይን መንገድ ትምህርት በማስተዋል ይህን ዕድል በቀጥታ ተጠቅመውበታል፡፡ ዘኬዎስ ለብዙ ጊዜ ኢየሱስን ማየት ይፈልግ ነበር ባገኘውም ጊዜ ከጠበቀው በላይ ነበር የሆነለት በአንድ ማዕድ ላይ ሆነው ኢየሱስ “ዛሬ ለዚህ ቤት መዳን ሆኖለታል“ (ሉቃ 19፡9) መንግሥተ ሰማይን አግኝቷል በማለት ተናግሯል፡፡ እንዴት መንግሥተ ሰማይን መውረስ እችላለሁ? ከዚህ ቀደም እንደተመለከትነው ማየት የምንችለው ነገር  የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት የምናገኛት በተወሰነ ጊዜ ብቻ መሆኑ ነው፡፡ ውድ አንባቢዎች ይህ ማለት የዘላለምን ሕይወት ለማግኘት መወሰን አሁን መሆኑን እንድታውቁ ማለት ነው፡፡  ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት በመልካም ስራዎች አማካኝነት መግባት አይቻልም፡፡  ያለ ምንም ቅደመ ዝግጅት የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት መውረስ ይቻላል፡፡ የእኛ ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግስት የመግቢያ አሰተሳሰቦች ሁሉ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ሃሳብ ካልሆኑ ስህተት ናቸው፡፡ ለምሳሌ አንድ ዘፋኝ ስለ ታዋቂ እና አስቂኝ ስለሆነ የሰርከስ ሰራተኛ ስለነበረው በመጨረሻ ጡረታ ስለወጣው ሰው ሲዘፍንለት ‹‹ይህ ሰው ወደ መንግሥተ ሰማያት ይገባል ምክንያቱም ብዙዎችን አስቋልና›› (ብሎ ዘፍኗል)፡፡ አንዲት ባለጠጋ የሆነች ሴት ለ20 የሚደርሱ ድሆች ቤት ሰርታ በመስጠትና ከክፍያ ነፃ በማድረግ እንዲኖሩ ካደረገች በኋላ ለእርሷ ግን በቀን ለአንድ ሰዓት ያህል ስለ ዘላለም ሕይወት እንዲጸልዩላት ታደርግ ነበር፡፡ ነገር ግን በእውነት እንዴት ወደ መንግሥተ ሰማያት መግባት እንችላለን? ኢየሱስ በምሳሌ በማስረዳት አስተማረ፡፡ ይህም ምሳሌ እግዚአብሔርን የሚያሳይ ሲሆን ይህም አንድ ንጉሥ ታላቅ ግብዣን እንዳደረገ የሚናገር ነበር፡፡ በሉቃስ 14፡16‑24 ንጉሡም ወደ ግብዣው እንዲመጡ መልዕከተኞችን ላከ ነገር ግን ታዳሚዎቹ ምላሻቸው አሳዛኝ ነበር፡፡ ‹‹ሁላቸውም በአንድነት ያመካኙ ጀመር የፊተኛው መሬት ገዝቼ… ሌላው አምስት ጥማድ በሬ ገዝቼአለሁ… ሌላውም ሚስት አግብቼአለሁ ስለዚህ መምጣት አንችልም አሏቸው ኢየሱስም ምሳሌውን በንጉሡ ንግግር ሲጨርስ ‹‹እላችኋለሁ ከታደሙት ሰዎች አንድስ እንኳን እራቴን አይቀምስም ብሎ ተናገረ›› ይህ ምሳሌ እጅግ ግልፅ ነው ምክንያቱም መንግሥተ ሰማይን ማግኘትም ማጣትም እንደሚቻል ይናገራልና፡፡ ዋናው ነገር ጥሪውን መቀበልህና አለመቀበልህ ይሆናል፡፡ ይህ በቀላሉ የሚቻል አይደለምን? በመጨረሻው ዘመን ሰዎች መንግሥተ ሰማይ ቢዘጋባቸው ይህ የሆነው መንገዱን ስላላወቁት ሳይሆን ነገር ግን ስላልተቀበሉት ብቻ ነው፡፡ ምሳሌው ላይ ያየናቸው ሶስቱም ሰዎች ለእኛ መልካም ምሳሌ ሊሆኑን አይችሉም፡፡ ከእነርሱ አንዱም የግብዣውን ጥሪ አልተቀበለምና፡፡ ታዲያ ንጉሡ ወደ ግብዣው ህዝቡን ሁሉ ሲጠራ በወርቅ ፊደላት በተጻፈ ጥሪ አልነበረም ነገር ግን ቀላል በሆነ መንገድ ‹‹ኑ›› በማለት ብቻ ነበረ የጠራቸው እና ይህን ጥሪ በቀላሉ የተቀበለ በታላቁ ግብዣ ላይ ስፍራ ይኖረዋል፡፡ ከዚያም በኋላ ብዙ ሰዎች ወደዚያ ስፍራ መምጣት ጀመሩ፡፡ ንጉሡም ቦታዎችን በማየት ለባሪያዎቹ ‹‹ሂዱና ወደ መንገድና ወደ ከተማ ቅጥር ውጡና ጥሯቸው ቤቴም እንዲሞላ›› አላቸው፡፡ የዚህም ምሳሌ ሃሳብ ለእኛ ምን እንደሚል እንድናይ እፈልጋለሁ፡፡ ይህም በመንግሥተ ሰማያት ስፍራ አለ፡፡ እግዚአብሔር ይህን ስፍራ መጥተህ ውረስ ይልሃል፡፡ እውነተኛ ውሳኔን በመወሰን የዘላለም ቦታ ይኑርህ፡፡ ይህንንም አሁን አድርገው፡፡ ኢየሱስ ከግብዣው ጋር ያዛመደው መንግሥተ ሰማያት ግሩም ስፍራ ስለሆነ ነው፡፡ ‹‹ዓይን ያላየው ጆሮም ያልሰማው የሰውም ልብ ያላስተዋለው እግዚአብሔር ለሚወዱት ያዘጋጀው›› 1ቆሮንቶስ 2፡9 በምድር ላይ በየትኛውም ስፍራ በፍጹም መንግሥተ ሰማይን የሚመስላት ነገር የለም፡፡ ልናጣው የማይገባ እጅግ ድንቅ ስፍራ መንግሥተ ሰማያት ነው፡፡ ውድና አስገራሚ ስፍራ፡፡ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ የሆነው ኢየሱስ ይህን መንገድ በቀላሉ ከፈተልን፡፡ ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥተ እንድንገባ አደረገን፡፡ ልናደርገው የሚገባ ነገር ቢኖር ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት መሄድን መፈለግ ብቻ ነው፡፡ ደግሞ የነገን ማየት የማይችሉ ልክ በምሳሌው ላይ እንደተጠቀሱት ሰዎች የእግዚአብሔርን ግብዣ ይንቃሉ፡፡ ደህንነት በጌታ በኢየሱስ በኩል በሐዋ 2፡21 በጣም አስፈላጊ የሆነ ጥቅስ እናነባለን፡፡ ‹‹የጌታን ስም የሚጠራም ሁሉ ይድናል›› ይህ ሃሳብ መሰረታዊ የአዲስ ኪዳን ትምህርት ነው፡፡ ጳውሎስ በፊልጵስዩስ እስር ቤት በሆነ ጊዜ ለእስረኞች አለቃ (ጠባቂ) ንግግሩን ‹‹በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እመን አንተ እና ቤተሰዎችህም ትድናላችሁ›› ብሎ ጠቅላላ ሀሳቡን ተናግሮታል፡፡ ሐዋ 16፡31 መልዕክቱ እጅግ ግልፅና አጭር ቢሆንም ፍፁም ህይወት ቀያሪም ነበር፡፡ ኢየሱስ ከምን ያድንሃል? በጣም ጥሩ ጥያቄ ነው፡፡ እርሱ ወደ ዘላለም ጥፋት ከሚወስድህ ከገሃነም መንገድ (ጎዳና) ያድናል መፅሐፍ ቅዱስ ሰዎች በመንግሥተ ሰማያት ወይም በገሃነም ለዘላለም እንደሚኖሩ ይናገራል ከሁለቱ የመጀመሪያው መልካም ሲሆን ቀጣዩ ግን ስቃይ ነው በፍጹም ሌላ አማራጭ አይኖርም፡፡ ሰዎች ከሞቱ ከአምስት ደቂቃ በኋላ እንኳ ሞት የመጨረሻው እንዳልሆነ የሚያምኑበትን ዕድል እንኳ አይኖራቸውም፡፡ ሕይወትህ የሚፈረድበት ከኢየሱስ ጋር ባለው ኅብረት ነው፡፡ ያ ደግሞ ዘላለምህን የት እንደምታሳልፍ ይወስናል ማለት ነው፡፡ በፖላንድ ጉብኝት በነበርኩበት ስፍራ ከዚህ ቀደም አውሽዊትዝ ኮንሴንትሬሽን ካምፕ የተባለውን ቦታ ስመለከት በዚህም ቦታ (እ.ኤ.አ1942-1944 በ3ኛው ጀርመን አገዛዝ ስር በሁለተኛው ዓለም ጦርነት) ከ1.6 ሚሊዮን አይሁድ ህዝብ በላይ እጅግ አሰቃቂ ግድያ የተፈጸመ ሲሆን ሰውነታቸውም እንዲቃጠል ተደርጓል፡፡ ይህን በተመለከተ ብዙ ስነፅሑፎች ገሃነም አውሽዊትዝ ነው በማለት ይገልፁታል፡፡ ታዲያ ይህ አባባል 600 ሰዎችን በአንድ ጊዜ ሊያጠፋ የተዘጋጀውን የጋዝ ቻምበር ስመለከት ወደ ሃሳቤ መጣ፡፡ ስቃዩ እንዴት እንደ ነበር ለመገመት እንችላለን ብዬ አላስብም ነገር ግን በእርግጥ ይህ ገሃነም ነበርን? በ1945 እ.ኤ.አ ጀምሮ በዚያ ቻምበር የሆነው ሁሉ ስቃይ ስላበቃ አስፈሪው ቅዥት አልፏል፡፡ አሁን ያን ስፍራ መጎብኘት ይቻላል፡፡ በዚህ ጊዜ በአውሽዊትዝ የሚሰቃይና የሚሞት የለም፡፡ ነገር ግን ገሃነም ለዘላለም ስቃይ እንደሆነ መፅሐፍ ቅዱስ ይነግረናል፡፡ የኢየሱስ አካል እንደ ተሰቀለ ሆኖ የሚያሳይ ምስል በካምፑ መግቢያ ላይ ተመለከትኩ፡፡ ይህንም ምስል የሰራው በዚያ እስር ቤት ከነበሩት አንዱ እስረኛ በግድግዳው ላይ በመፋቅ ነበር፡፡ ይህ እስረኛ ምንም እንኳ በዚያ ስፍራ ቢሞትም ነገር ግን አዳኙን ኢየሱስን ያውቅ ነበር፡፡ በአሰቃቂ ስፍራ ቢሞትም በመንግሥተ ሰማያት ግን ተቀባይነትን አግኝቷል፡፡ በአዲስ ኪዳን ኢየሱስ ከገለጸው ገሃነም ማንም ሰው ሊያመልጥ አይችልም (ለምሳሌ ማቴ 5፡29-30 ማቴ 7፡13 ማቴ 18፡8) አሰቃቂነቱ በሚቀጥልበት ስፍራ ገሃነምን መጎብኘት አትችልም፡፡ መንግሥተ ሰማያትም እንዲሁ ዘላለማዊ ናት ወደ እዚህ ስፍራ እግዚአብሔር ሊወስደህ ይፈልጋል፡፡ ለዚህም ግብዣ ራስህን ፈቃደኛ አድርግ፡፡ መንግሥቱን በመፈለግ የጌታን ስም ጥራ፡፡ አንዲት ሴት ከእኔ ጋር ከተወያየን በኋላ መፅሐፍ ቅዱስ ሰጠኋት እርሷ ግን እጅግ ተበሳጭታ ነበር፡፡ እንዴት አንድ መፅሐፍ መንግሥተ ሰማያት? ስትል አነጋገሯ የጉዞ ወኪል ይዘት ያለው ይመስል ነበር፡፡ ነገሩን በመስማማት የበረራ መፅሐፍ ከሌለሽ የምትደርሽበት ቦታ ለመድረስ አትችይም፡፡ ለምሳሌ ወደ ሃዋይ ደሴት ለመሄድ ትክክለኛውን ትኬት እንደምትፈልጊ ወደ ህይወት ለመሄድም ትክክለኛውን ትኬት ያስፈልግሻል ማለት ነው፡፡ ‹‹ነገር ግን ትኬቱን መግዛት ያስፈልጋል›› በማለት ስትመልስልኝ አዎ በእርግጠኝነት ወደ መንግሥተ ሰማያት ለመሄድ ዋጋ መከፈል አለበት፡፡ ነገር ግን ይህንን ለመክፈል ማንም ሰው አይችልም እጅግ ውድ ነውና፡፡ እግዚአብሔር በመንግሥተ ሰማያት ኃጢአትን ማየትና ማለፍ ስለማይችል የእኛ ኃጢአት ወደዚያ እንዳንገባ ከልክሎናል፡፡ ስለሆነም አንቺ ለዘላለም ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር መኖር ከፈለግሽ ከኃጢአት መዳን አለብሽ፡፡ ይህ ደግሞ የሚከናወነው ኃጢአት ባለወቀውና ሰው በሆነልን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ አማካኝነት ነው፡፡ እርሱ በደሙ በመስቀል ላይ ዋጋ በመክፈል ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንድንገባ ብቸኛ መንገድ ሆኗል፡፡ ስለዚህ ወደዚህ መንግሥት ለመግባት ምን ማድረግ አለብን? እግዚአብሔር ሁላችንንም በመፅሐፍ ቅዱስ ጥሪ እንድንታደም ይጋብዘናል፡፡  በጠበበው በር ለመግባት ተጋደሉ፤ እላችኋለሁና፥ ብዙዎች ሊገቡ ይፈልጋሉ አይችሉምም። (ሉቃ 13፡24)  መንግሥተ ሰማያት ቀርባለችና ንስሐ ግቡ እያለ ይሰብክ ጀመር። (ማቴ 4፡17)  በጠበበው ደጅ ግቡ፤ ወደ ጥፋት የሚወስደው ደጅ ሰፊ፥ መንገዱም ትልቅ ነውና፥ ወደ እርሱም የሚገቡ ብዙዎች ናቸው፤ ወደ ሕይወት የሚወስደው ደጅ የጠበበ፥ መንገዱም የቀጠነ ነውና፥ የሚያገኙትም ጥቂቶች ናቸው። (ማቴ 7፡13-14)  መልካሙን የእምነት ገድል ተጋደል፥ የተጠራህለትንም በብዙም ምስክሮች ፊት በመልካም መታመን የታመንህለትን የዘላለምን ሕይወት ያዝ። (1ጢሞ 6፡12)  በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እመን አንተና ቤተሰዎችህም ትድናላችሁ አሉት። (ሐዋ 16፡31) በዚህ መልዕክት ውስጥ ስሜትን የሚያነቃቃና የቶሎ በል ጥሪ አለ፡፡ ይህን ሁሉ ስትመለከት ከውስጥ የሆነ መልካምነት የተሞላበትና አስቸኳይ ጥሪ አንተን አብረህ ከዚህ በታች ካለው ፀሎት ጋር በመፀለይ ጥሪውን እንድትቀበል ለማድረግ ነው፡፡ ጌታ ኢየሱስ ሆይ ሕይወቴ ከአንተ መገኘት ውጪ ነበረች፡፡ ዛሬ አንተን ስለ ተረዳሁ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ በፀሎት ወደ አንተ እመጣለሁ፡፡ አሁን ግን መንግሥተ ሰማይና ገሃነም እንዳሉ ተረድቻለሁ፡፡ ገሃነም ከሚገባው ኃጢአቴና አለማመኔ እንድታድነኝ እለምንሃለሁ፡፡ ከአንተ ጋር በመንግሥትህ ለዘላለም መኖርን እፈልጋለሁ፡፡ አንተን በማመን እንጂ በራሴ በጎ ነገር መንግሥትህን መውርስ እንደማልችል ተረድቻለሁ፡፡ በእኔ ፈንታ በመስቀል ላይ በደሌን በመቀበል ተሸክመህ ዋጋዬንም ከፈልህ፡፡ አንተ ፍቅር ስለሆንህ ሞትክልኝ አመሰግንሃለሁ፡፡ ከልጅነት ጀምሮ ያለውን በደልና መተላለፍ እኔ የማውቀውን ብቻ ሳይሆን የማላስታውሰውን ኃጢአቶቼን፤ እኔ በፊትህ እንደሚነበብ መፅሐፍ ነኝ፡፡ በነዚህ ሁሉ ኃጢአት የኖርኩ ስለሆነ ወደ አንተ ህያው አምላክ መምጣት አልችልም መንግሥትህንም መውረስ አልችልም፡፡ ነገር ግን በኃጢአቴ ስለ ተፀፀትሁ ይቅር እንድትለኝ እማፀናለሁ፡፡ በፊትህ መልካም ያልሆነውን ሁሉ እንድተው እርዳኝ፡፡ መልካም የሆነውን ልማድ እንዲኖረኝና ቃልህን እንድረዳ እርዳኝ፡፡ የምትለኝን ለማስተዋል፤ ጥንካሬንም፤ ለማግኘትና ሃሴት በቃልህ እንዳገኝ እርዳኝ፡፡ የምሄድበትን ጎዳና አሳየኝ፡፡ የሚታዘዝህ ልብን ስጠኝ፡፡ ስለሰማኸኝ አመሰግናለሁ፡፡ አሁንም በአንተ ተስፋ በማመን ወደ አንተ መጥቻለሁ፡፡ አሁን የአንተ ልጅ ሆኛለሁ አንድ ቀን ደግሞ በመንግሥተ ሰማያት ከአንተ ጋር ለዘላለም እሆናለሁ፡፡ አሁን እንኳ አንተ በሁሉ ሁኔታ ከጎኔ ስለሆንህ ደስታዬም ተስፋዬም ሙሉ ነው፡፡ እባክህ አንተን ያመኑና የአንተን የእውነት ቃል የሚያስተምሩትን ሰዎችና ቤተ ክርስቲያንን እንዳገኝ እለምንሃለሁ አሜን›› Director and Professor EmeritusDr.-Ing. Werner Gitt

Billy Graham geht auf die elementarste Frage der Menschen ein: Die Frage nach dem Sinn des Lebens. Im Prinzip sucht jeder Mensch nach Erfüllung und Sinn, doch jeder sucht ihn woanders. Obwohl die westliche Welt als zivilisiert, hoch entwickelt und modern gilt, bleiben die Menschen doch leer und sind keineswegs glücklich. Doch kann ein Mensch nicht von sich aus seinem Leben einen Sinn geben, denn das Wesen des Menschen ist verdorben - in diesem Punkt gab es über all die Jahrtausende keinen Fortschritt. Aber es gibt eine Antwort auf unser Suchen. "Wenn Du in den Himmel kommen und ein sinnerfülltes Leben führen möchtest, musst du dich bekehren." Wie das geht, erklärt Billy Graham in drei Schritten. من أين…وإلى أين؟ أتعلم أنك بدأت مسيرة بحثك عن معنى الحياة بمجرد أن أبصرت عيناك نور العالم؟ ربما قضيت سنوات طوال قبل أن يتضح لك بأنك في بحث مستمر عن شيء ماتشعر بأنك في حاجة إليه، وأن حياتك لا معنى لها بدونه. وفي بعض الأحيان تحاول أن تنسى الفراغ في نفسك، وأن تلهي نفسك بأشياء أخرى، وربما أفلحت أحياناً في كبت هذا البحث المطرد عن ذلك الشيء الغامض غير المسمى، غير أنك رأيت نفسك مراراً وتكراراً  عائداً  لمواصلة بحثك عنه من جديد. لست وحيداً في ذلك في أوقات الضيق والوحشة راقبت الناس وتساءلت عما إذا كانوا هم أيضا يبحثون عن شيء ما يتعذر عليهم وصفه وتحديده. البعض منهم تراءى لك بأنه أكثر سعادة وأقل هموماً منك. والبعض منهم تراءى لك بأنه قد وجد في زواجه وعائلته مغزى لحياته، والبعض الآخر  هاجر إلى الخارج وحقق نجاحاً في حياته العملية. وثمة آخرون  بقوا في بلادهم وحققوا النجاح في حياتهم. عند تفكيرك بهم فقد خطرت لك الأفكار التالية: "هؤلاء لا يبحثون عن مغزى الحياة فهم قد وجدوا طريقهم الصحيح. كانوا يعلمون ما يريدونه وحققوا أهدافهم في الحياة، وأنا الوحيد الذي ما يزال سائراً على غير هدى وسالكاً درباً لا يؤدي إلى أية غاية، ويبدو أني أنا الشخص الوحيد الذي يبحث عن مغزى الحياة." ثق أنك لست الإنسان الوحيد في ذلك، فالبشرية جمعاء تسير معك في نفس الدرب، والجميع يبحث عن مغزى الحياة. الجنس البشري يبحث عن جواب موضح للبلبلة والاضطراب وتدهور الأخلاق والفراغ النفسي، التي باتت جميعها مصدر كرب واكتئاب للعالم. البشرية جمعاء تتوق إلى تحول…إلى تجديد..إنها تستغيث ملتمسة الإرشاد والسكينة والتعزية والأمان والسلام. عصر الاضطراب يقال إننا نعيش في عصر القلق، ويؤكد المؤرخون أنه لم يحدث خلال التاريخ سوى مرات قلائل أن كان  الإنسان يرزح تحت وطأة الخوف والحيرة والاضطراب كما هو عليه في يومنا الحاضر، فكافة الركائز المعهودة تبدو بأنها قد قُوِّضت وزالت. نحن نتحدث عن خطط  ذكية للسلام ونعلم علم اليقين بأنه لن يتحقق لنا. لا نكل عن سلك طرق جديدة نثق في كل مرة بأنها الطريق الصحيح المودي إلى الهدف، غير أنه سرعان ما يتضح لنا بأننا على خطأ في ما نعتقده وأننا قد ضللنا الطريق ثانية. الثقافة العالية والقلوب الفارغة الكثير من البشر حاول  إشباع الشوق الباطني بالحرية والتعليم، وهم عقدوا كل آمالهم عليها موقنين  بأن الحرية السياسية سوية مع التعليم كفيلة بإيصالهم إلى الهدف المنشود.  لقد اندفعوا  بجنون لسلك  هذا السبيل وفي وقت ما بدا أمامهم مشرقاً لامعاً معقولاً…ولكن… إلى أين أودى بهم؟ أنت على علم بالجواب! إننا من أكثر الشعوب تعلماً في تاريخ الحضارات، فطلاب المدارس العليا يُلمون بالقوانين الفيزيائية للكون أكثر من  أكبر علماء الطبيعية في عصر ارسطو. غير أنه بالرغم من أن رؤوسنا محشوة بالعلم إلى حد التخمة فإن قلوبنا ونفوسنا تضور جوعاً. أجوبة خاطئة على أسئلة صائبة تطلع إلى ما حولك وسترى أمامك دولة تتمتع بحريتها السياسية بصورة لم يسبق لها مثيل في التاريخ. سترى أرقى نظام تعليم حكومي أوجدته البشرية. بعض البلدان تنظر بعين الحسد إلى مستوى الحياة الراقي الذي ننعم به. "نمط الحياة الغربية"، هكذا نسمي  اقتصادنا  الإلكتروني المدعوم بالحاسوب والمؤتمت كلياً، ولكن هل أن نمط الحياة هذا قد جعلنا سعداء؟ هل أن نمط الحياة  هذا قد أدخل البهجة والفرح الحقيقي إلى نفوسنا وكشف لنا النقاب عن معنى الحياة الذي طالما تقنا إليه؟ الحقيقة هي أننا نعيش في عصر الأزمات ولابد لنا من أن ندرك بأن كافة الجهود التي نبذلها لن تخرجنا من الطريق المسدود الذي دخلناه. رجال ونساء ينفقون المليارات على منجمين لا يعرفون حلاً إلا إعطاء ردود كاذبة وحلول خطيرة في الكثير من الأحيان. ما سبب الفراغ الذي نعيشه؟ أسمع يوميا  أولياء الأمور يتحدثون عن أولادهم مستغربين وضعهم. إنهم قد باتوا لا يريدون أن يبذلوا أي جهد، بل يريدون أن يقدم لهم كل شيء جاهزاً بلا تعب وعناء. أولئك الآباء والأمهات يبدو أنهم لا ينتبهون  إلى أن نفوس أولادهم قد أصبحت خالية من الروح. وإن بحثنا عن سبب  الفراغ في نفوسهم فسنرى أنهم لا يعرفون ماهيتهم ولا وجهة سيرهم. إنهم يشبهون سيارة جميلة تتميز بكمالها ولا يعوزها سوى الوقود، ولذلك فإن حالهم كحالها، يجثمون في مكانهم  ليأكلهم الصدأ، صدأ الضجر والملل. حسب أرقام الباحثين فإن الإنسان في الدول الغربية أكثر الناس معاناة من الضجر والملل وهذا ما يتجلى لنا في التنوع الهائل في مؤسسات الترفيه ومدن الملاهي. الكثير من الناس يعانون من الفراغ الحاد إلى درجة أنهم قد أصبحوا عاجزين حتى عن التحدث إلى الآخرين والتواصل معهم. إنهم بحاجة إلى أناس آخرين يدفعون لهم أجراً  لكي يقدرون على الضحك. يعتبر الملل أفضل وأأمن  مقياس لقياس الفراغ الداخلي للإنسان. وهذا المقياس هو كالمحرار (ميزان الحرارة) الذي يريك مدى الفراغ الروحي الذي تعاني منه. ما سبب استمرار معاناتنا  من الفراغ؟ لابد لكل واحد منا من أن يختار ما يملأ به فراغه النفسي. لقد حاولنا أن نملأ ذلك الفراغ بالعلوم، والتعليم وبنمط حياتي أفضل والترفيه والكثير من الأشياء الأخرى. لما لا ننجح في التخلص من هذا الفراغ بالرغم من كافة الجهود التي نبذلها؟ الكتاب المقدس يعطينا جواباً واضحاً بائناً على هذه السؤال: خالقنا قد خلقنا مقابلاً له. ودون هذه العلاقة مع الله فإننا لن نجد قط الإشباع والرضى. منذ عهد بعيد قال لنا يسوع المسيح (لوقا 4:4) :  " ليس بالخبز وحده يحيا الإنسان!"  هذا مالم نراعيه ومضينا نأكل بنهم  كافة أنواع الخبز إلى أن أصبنا بالتخمة. الاضطراب المدبر إننا نعيش في عالم قلبته الاضطرابات  والبلبلة والفوضى رأسا على عقب، وهي مدبرة وفق خطة صممها الشيطان. ويصف الكتاب المقدس الشيطان بأنه المضلل العظيم الذي يقوم بنفسه على التضليل وخداع الذات. لقد خدعنا وأقنعنا بأن الأمور ستتحسن، في حين أنها في واقع الحال تسير من سيء إلى أسوأ. وبالرغم من التقدم فإننا لم نستطع حل المشكلة الجوهرية التي تعاني منها البشرية. بمقدرتنا  شطر الذرة واستكشاف المجرات والكواكب غير أننا نعجز عن التعايش في سلام  ووئام. إننا نطور أدوية جديدة  ناجعة غير أننا لا نطور أدوية تشفي الفراغ الذي نعاني منه. مشاكلنا مازالت ذات المشاكل  التي طالما عانت البشرية منها طيلة تاريخها. ثمة فرق ألا وهو أنها قد أصبحت  أكبر وأكثر تنوعا. الحقيقة حول الإنسان قصة الإنسان الحقيقية تتمثل في حقائق ثلاث: ماض مليء بالخطيئة وحاضر مليء بالحزن، ومستقبل يحمل في ثناياه الموت الذي لا مفر منه. الإنسان بطبيعته ملئ بالحقد والطمع والحسد. ولعنة الخطيئة قد حلت على جسده، فجعلته فريسة الخوف من الموت. لقد مكنته عبقريته من تغيير كل شيء إلا ذاته. وبالرغم من  "التقدم" الهائل الذي تحقق في عصرنا فإن الإنسان قد بقي على حاله  كما كان منذ البدء، خاطئاً ومعزولاً عن الله (راجع رسالة أهل رومية3: 23). الخطيئة قد بقيت كما كانت عليه. لقد سعينا جاهدين أن نطلق عليها أسماء أخرى، ولكن كل ما فعلناه لم يكن سوى وضع ملصقات جديدة على قارورة السم ذاتها. لقد أسمينا الخطيئة "غلطة"، أو "خطأ"، أو "قدرة تقييم ضعيفة" غير أن الخطيئة تبقى خطيئة. نحاول أن نسكت ضمائرنا، مع أننا نعلم تماماً بأننا خطاة وماتزال تبعات الخطيئة هي المرض وخيبة الأمل واليأس والموت. طريق العودة الكتاب المقدس يعلمنا بأن الله قدوس وعادل ولا يقبل الخطيئة، فالخطيئة تفصلنا عن الله وهي تثير غضبه علينا. وإن أردنا أن نتصالح مع الله فإننا بحاجة إلى أكثر مما هو مجرد تحسين لأخلاقنا. ليس بإمكاننا الرجوع إلى الله من خلال الالتزام بسلوك أخلاقي أفضل حيث أن طبيعة الإنسان قد أفسدتها الخطيئة.  ومن المستحيل بالنسبة لنا أن نعيش الحياة التي ينتظرها الله منا دونما مساعدة. وهنا يطرح السؤال نفسه: ما الذي علي أن أفعله؟ ومن أين علي أن أنطلق؟ كيف لي أن أعود إلى الله ؟ هناك طريق واحد فقط يوصلنا إليه وهذا الطريق هو يسوع المسيح (قارن إنجيل يوحنا 14: 6). الحل لقد أتى يسوع المسيح إلى عالمنا ليقدم لنا الحل الناجع لمشاكلنا المتعلقة بالخطيئة والمعاناة والموت، لأن المسيح يسوع  أبدي سرمدي لا يتغير، وهو هو أمس واليوم وإلى الأبد (الرسالة إلى العبرانيين 13: 8). كل شيء عرضة للتغيير، وأما يسوع المسيح فلايتغير ولايتبدل. أتذكر في إحدى الأمسيات التي تحدثت فيها كيف أن مدمناً على الكحول أتى إلى وقال لي: " سيد جراهام: أنا واثق من أن ما تقوله يتضمن شيئا ما من الحقيقة وأنا مستعد أن أعطي المسيح فرصة في حياتي. ولو أنه سايرني نوعاً ما، فإني سأسلمه حياتي كلها." وبعد مرور أسابيع أتى ليعلمني بأنه ثمة شيء لا يفهمه، فكلما اعتزم شرب الكحول بدا له وكأن  أحداً ما يمنعه من ذلك. يسوع المسيح منحه الانتصار على الإدمان، فعاد إلى عائلته ويعيش حياته في المسيح، أي أن المسيح غيَّر فكره ، فعاد وتاب. الخطوات الصحيحة في الاتجاه الصحيح  إن أردت أن يكون لك نصيب في السماء… أن تكون السماء مآلك وأن تحيا حياة ذات معنى فلابد لك من أن تغير وجهتك وترجع، ولستُ أنا الذي يقول لك هذا بل يسوع المسيح، وهذا ليس رأي إنسان بل أنه رأي الله. يقول يسوع في (انجيل متى 18: 3): إن لم ترجعوا وتصيروا مثل الأولاد فلن تدخلوا ملكوت السموات." وبذلك فإن يسوع يطالب برجوع تام وشامل وتغيير الفكر، أي "التحول". "التحول" في مفهوم الكتاب المقدس يتكون من ثلاث مراحل: المرحلتان الأولى والثانية تكون أنت المسئول عنها وأما الثالثة فتقع على عاتق الله. المرحلة الأولى تسمى "التوبة"، أو الإقلاع عن… وهنا يتعين عليك الإقلاع عن الخطيئة ونبذها والاعتراف  بأنك قد أخطأت أمام الله. وفي صلاتك تعترف للرب يسوع المسيح بأنك خاطئ وتطلب منه مغفرة ذنوبك كلها. وفي هذه الصلاة تنبذ حياتك في الخطيئة دون الله (راجع رسالة يوحنا الأولى 1: 9) لكي تعيش حياة جديدة مع المسيح. وأما الخطوة الثانية فهي "الإيمان" . الإيمان هو تسليم الذات تسليماً تاماً لله وإنك بذلك تضع ثقتك كلها في الرب يسوع المسيح الذي مات نيابة عنك على الصليب تكفيراً عن خطاياك وتقبله سيداً على حياتك. وفي هذه اللحظة يصنع الروح القدس معجزة الولادة الروحية الجديدة… لتصبح أنت إنساناً جديداً تماماً (راجع رسالة  كورنثوس الثانية 5: 17). ومن خلال روح الله فإن المسيح يسوع يدخل حياتك ويجعلك ابناً لله ويعطي حياتك معنىً جديداً. في الإنجيل حسب البشير يوحنا (1: 12) نقرأ: "وأما كل الذين قبلوه فأعطاهم سلطاناً أن يصيروا أولاد الله أي المؤمنين باسمه." ألا تريد أن تفعل ذلك الآن؟  اطلب من يسوع المسيح في صلاة صادقة مغفرة ذنوبك وخطاياك واسمح له أن يصبح سيد حياتك ومن ثم ستجد بأنك قد وجدت في المسيح يسوع  منالك، ذلك الشيء الذي طالما بحثت عنه. في يسوع فقط سيتحقق ما تتوق إليه وتشتهيه نفسك. تعال إليه! إنه بانتظارك! بلي جراهام  

Weihnachten, das bekannteste und größte christliche Fest, ist für viele ein Feiertag ohne wirklichen Sinn. Manfred Röseler weist darauf hin, dass die Bedeutung von Weihnachten in Jesus Christus liegt. Die vielen Geschenke, die an Weihnachten gemacht werden, sind nichts im Vergleich zu dem Geschenk, das Gott uns gegeben hat. Die Menschheit war hoffnungslos mit Sünde verschuldet, aber Gott hat den Menschen ein Geschenk gemacht: Die absolute Sündenvergebung in Jesus Christus. "Bei aller Weihnachtsfeierlichkeit übersehen wir oft, dass es nicht in erster Linie um ein nettes Miteinander geht, sondern um die Erlösung von Sünde und um eine neue Beziehung zu Gott. Darum möchte ich fragen: "Haben Sie das große Geschenk Gottes schon angenommen?" Wenn ja, dann haben Sie allen Grund, mit Freuden Weihnachten zu feiern." أروع هدية يُعتبر عيد الميلاد المجيد بالنسبة للكثيرين مناسبة اجتماعية وفرصة للقاء الأهل والأحبة  وزرع الفرحة في قلوب الآخرين. وثمة آخرون من الناس الذين يشكل عيد الميلاد بالنسبة لهم عيد الوحدة والإنزواء، لابل حتى عيد اليأس. وكما هو الحال عليه في كل عام، يشهد المجتمع قفزةً عاليةً في معدلات الانتحار وماشابه ذلك من سلوكيات اليائسين بحلول عيد الميلاد المجيد. وتُرينا هذه الأرقام المُحزنة كيف أن الكثيرين لم يدركوا بعد المغزى الحقيقي لعيد الميلاد. عيد الميلاد المجيد يُشير إلى الهدية العظمى التي يقدمها الله لنا. إن كل مانقدمه لبعضنا البعض من هدايا ليس في الحقيقة سوى شيئاً بسيطاً للغاية مقارنة بالهدية العظيمة التي جهزها الله لنا والتي لاتُقدّر قيمتها بأي ثمن والتي تجدد حياتنا وتجعلها غنية ومستحقة للعيش. الله يعرف أمانينا واشواقنا واحتياجاتنا وتطلعاتنا، كما أنه يعرف نقاط قوتنا وضعفنا وهو على دراية بحالة علاقتنا معه.  كيف هي في نظرك علاقتك بالله؟ هل هي على خير مايرام، أم أن هناك خطايا في حياتك تفصلك عنه؟ الله عارف حق المعرفة بكل خطيئة من خطايانا، والخطية يمكن أن تكون على سبيل المثال عدم إيماننا، وتمردنا على  الله، والتعدي على وصاياه. وبسبب خطايانا فقد أثقلنا كواهلنا بدين كبير تجاه الله. إن كانت علينا ديون مالية لدى أحد البنوك فبوسعنا عادة أن نسددها في وقت منظور. البعض من الناس  يسعى جاهداً وبإخلاص لعمل الصالح وحفظ وصايا الله، إلا أن ديننا تجاه الله لانستطيع سداده على هذا المنوال.  وحتى لو استطاع إنسان ما وبدءاً من اليوم التوقف عن اقتراف أية خطية فستبقى خطاياه الماضية تفصله عن الله. نقرأ في سفر اشعياء من الكتاب المقدس في العدد 2,59: «...بل آثامكم صارت فاصلة بينكم وبين إلهكم»  وفي 1 كورنثوس 6، 9 «أم لستم تعلمون أن الظالمين لايرثون ملكوت الله؟» لانستطيع دخول السماء دون تنقية خطايانا، إذ ينتظرنا بعد الموت مكان العقوبة الذي هو الدينونة الأبدية. إن أعظم وأجود هدية يقدمها الله لنا هي غفران خطايانا، فهو يريد تحريرنا من حكم الدينونة الأبدية (قارن رؤيا 20، 15). الله يريد أن يجعلنا أبناءً وورثةً لملكوته، ولكن كيف يمكن أن يحدث هذا؟ لايستطيع الله ببساطة أن يغض الطرف عن خطايانا وكأنها لم تحصل، فهو بذلك غير عادل. يتمثل الطريق الوحيد لخلاصنا في غفران خطايانا بنعمة الله، ولهذا عينه أرسل الله الحي ابنه يسوع المسيح إلى هذه الأرض. يذكرنا عيد الميلاد المجيد بولادة الرب يسوع المسيح في بيت لحم قبل 2000 عام تقريباً. صار يسوع المسيح بشراً كما نحن، ولكن حياته كانت مختلفة عن حياة الإنسان العادية، إذ كانت حياته خالية تماماً من الذنوب، فيسوع لم يرتكب أية خطيئة، بل جال يكرز بالإنجيل، شافياً المرضى وصانعاً أعمالاً جليلة بكثرة. وأكدت عجائبه بأنه المخلص الموعود به في العهد القديم (التوراة والمزامير والأنبياء). أدين يسوع بحكم الموت رغم أنه لم يستحق عقوبة الموت ولكن بموته النيابي على الصليب وُضعت كل ذنوبنا وآثامنا عليه وسدّدَ كل ديوننا التي نحن مدينون بها لله. والله قَبِل هذه الذبيحة إذ أقامه بعد ثلاثة أيام من الأموات وصعد المسيح إلى السماء بعد أربعين يوماً. يسوع المسيح حيٌ اليوم. ويوضح الإنجيلي متى سبب مجيء الرب يسوع إلى الأرض (متى 1، 21) «وستلد (مريم) ابناً وتدعو اسمه يسوع لأنه يخلص شعبه من خطاياهم.» لقد جاء يسوع إلى هذه الأرض وصار بشراً ليصالحنا مع الله بذبيحة نفسه. لايكمن مغزى عيد الميلاد المجيد بالدرجة الأولى في الاحتفال بعيد اجتماعي تلتقي فيه الأسرة والأقارب والأصدقاء، وإنما في علاقتنا بالله، فمن خلال يسوع المسيح  نستطيع نيل التحرير من كافة خطايانا وكذلك الغفران وبالتالي أن نصبح أبناء الله. والله يملأ قلوبنا باليقين الراسخ بأننا يوماً ما سنكون في السماء عنده. أليس هذا أروع وأعظم هدية يمكن أن تُقدم لإنسان؟ أود أن اسألك: «هل قبلت هذه الهدية؟» إن كان ردك نعم، فلك كل الحق في أن تحتفل بعيد الميلاد المجيد وهذا بكل فرحة وسرور. وإن لم تكن أروع هدية في العالم  قد صارت في متناولك بعد، فاقبلها اليوم من الله. نقرأ عن هذا في سفر الأعمال 3، 19: «فتوبوا وارجعوا لتمحى خطاياكم لكي تأتي أوقات الفرج من وجه الرب.» من خلال الصلاة تستطيع أن تتحدث مع الرب يسوع المسيح وتعترف له بكل إخفاقاتك وبخطاياك الماثلة أمامك، كما اطلب منه أيضاً غفران جميع خطاياك وآثامك التي لم تعد تتذكرها فيسوع يُسرِّه أن يغفر لك. ولكن لاتتوقف عند هذا القدر، بل قل ليسوع بأنك الآن تريد أن تأتمنه كلياً على حياتك وأنك تريد أن تسلمه القيادة لكي يكون سيداً على حياتك. ادعوه لكي يدخل حياتك وليتولى زمام الأمور من الآن فصاعداً. وإن سلمت حياتك ليسوع المسيح فسيجعلك ابناً لله (راجع انجيل يوحنا 1، 12). وبعد أن تكون قد صليت بالشكل المذكور أعلاه فتشكّر يسوع لأنه قد مات لأجل ذنوبك وآثامك ولأنه سامحك عن خطاياك ووهبك حياة جديدة أبدية. وبهذا لك أن تختبر بأن هدية الله هي بلا منازع أروع هدية يمكن أن يحصل عليها الإنسان. مانفريد روسلر وَأَمَّا كُلُّ الَّذِينَ قَبِلُوهُ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ سُلْطَانًا أَنْ يَصِيرُوا أَوْلاَدَ اللهِ، أَيِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِاسْمِهِ.   يوحنا  1، 12

Der Aufbau des menschlichen Körpers liefert uns erstaunliche Informationen. Einige Details wie das Blut, die Zellen, das Gehirn und einiges mehr werden näher betrachtet. Wir erkennen daran, dass der Mensch zweifellos eine geniale Konstruktion ist. Es ist darum unvernünftig, anzunehmen, dass wir das Ergebnis eines planlosen Prozesses sich selbst überlassener Materie sind. Ohne die Annahme einer Schöpfung verrennen wir uns im Dickicht evolutionärer Gedankensysteme und werden der Wirklichkeit nicht gerecht. Die ausführliche wissenschaftliche Argumentation steht in dem Buch »Faszination Mensch« von Werner Gitt, CLV-Verlag, Bielefeld, 3. Auflage 2015, 155 S., ISBN: 9-89397-649-3.  

"Wenn jemand weiß, wofür er lebt und ein klar definiertes Lebensziel hat, wird sein Leben sinnvoll und reich. Viele Menschen lassen sich allerdings durchs Leben treiben, ohne darüber nachzudenken, worin ihr Lebensziel eigentlich besteht. Was möchten Sie erreichen? Ist Ihr Lebensziel wertvoll, konkret, realistisch, messbar? Haben Sie kurzfristige, mittelfristige und langfristige Ziele?" Manfred Röseler stellt den Leser offen und ehrlich vor die Problematik, dass viele ohne ein klares Ziel im Leben umherirren, bzw. ihre Ziele zu niedrig stecken. Das einzig lohnende Lebensziel kann ein Leben mit Jesus sein, ein Leben, in dem die eigenen Ziele genau Gottes Zielen entsprechen. "Wenden Sie sich im Gebet an Jesus [...] Er gibt Ihrem Leben ein neues Ziel von höchster Qualität!" هل من هدف يستحق أن نعيش من أجله؟ قال أحد الموسيقيين والرياضيين الناشطين عن حياته: احترت كيف أستطيع أن أتدبر وأنجز كل هذه المواعيد والفعاليات إذ وجدت نفسي في ضياع رهيب حتى في أوقات النجاح وشعرت بنفسي وحيداً وفارغاً وكنت دوماً مطارداً وقلقاً. ما الذي ترمي إلى تحقيقه؟ وأين يكمن الهدف الحقيقي لحياتك؟ هل أن المطلوب من هذا الهدف هو أن يجعل لحياتك معنى ويمنحك رضاً داخلياً عميقاً؟ ميزانية صادقة لكل إنسان أهداف في الحياة حتى وإن لم يحددها عن وعي، فالكثيرون يريدون تلقي تدريباً مهنياً جيداً وتأسيس عائلة وامتلاك بيتاً مع حديقة، وأما البعض الآخر فهو يضع رغباته المالية في مقدمة أولوياته. ومن جانب ثانٍ نرى آخرين يعملون لتحقيق السلام والازدهار والعدالة الاجتماعية. كل هذه الأماني والأهداف بالتأكيد جيدة ونبيلة، ولكن هل هي يا ترى كل أهداف الحياة برمتها؟ لنفترض أن أحدهم صمم أن يتسلقَ جبل معين، فهو قد وضع بذلك هدفاً ولكن ليس هدفاً للحياة. هدف الحياة لابد من أن يكون أكبر ويشمل الحياة كلها. في نهاية العمر يترك البعض من الناس حياتهم تمر أمام أعينهم كشريط سينمائي وهناك من يعترف في قرارة نفسه: «أضعت حياتي هباءً» وهناك من يستدرك بأن الكثير كان لابد من أن يوضع على سكة أخرى، وفجأة يستيقن بأن الحياة ليست مجرد مشوار أو تسلية. جرّب الملك سليمان الكثير وكان عظيماً في أعين شعبه وامتلك كل مما كان يحلم به. عاش الشعب الإسرائيلي في رخاء وازدهار في عهد حكمه، ولكن الملك سليمان اعترف ببقاء قلبه فارغاً تماماً بالرغم من كل ذلك. أسئلة مساعدة يتسائل كل إنسان يوماً ما عما سيبقى من عمل حياته. سن الشيخوخة هي تلك المرحلة من العمر التي نغدو فيها عاجزين عن تحقيق الكثير من أمانينا، وهنا تفقد الأملاك المادية قيمتها، وفيها يمسي قسم من معرفتنا بالياً، وفجأة تغدو الكثير من الأشياء التي عاش المرء من أجلها بلا أية قيمة. من أجل ماذا تعيش أنت؟ هل أن هدف حياتك قيم وسامٍ ومن شأنه أن يكون قاعدة راسخة لحياتك بكافة مراحلها؟  إن كان هدف حياتك كائناً في النجاح المهني فسيزول بانتهاء حياتك المهنية،  وإن كان هدف عمرك مادياً بحتاً فسيتحقق باقتنائك لما رغبت فيه،  وأما إن كان هدف عمرك مرتبطاً بإنسان ما فسوف تفقده مع فقدان هذا الإنسان! نستخلص من ذلك أن الكثير من أهداف الحياة صغيرة جداً أو غير مأمونة لكي تضمن لنا حياة لها مغزى. إذاً أين يكمن هدف الحياة الذي يستحق أن نعيش لأجله؟ هدف للحياة لن نجد الجواب الصحيح إلا إذا رجعنا إلى الله خالق الحياة. يعلمنا الكتاب المقدس بوجود مخطط صالح أعده الله لحياتنا: «لأني عرفت الأفكار التي أنا مفتكر بها عنكم، يقول الرب، أفكار سلام  لاشر لأعطيكم آخرة ورجاء.» ارمياء 29: 11 لله مخططات بديعة منذ البدء لحياتنا، إذ أنه خلق العالم كيما نبنيه ونطوره ونديمه ونحفظه. وهو قد شاء قبل كل شيء أن نحيا معه حياة مُرضية في انسجام ووئام وأن نعيش لأجله. يقول الرب يسوع في إحدى صلواته: «وهذه هي الحياة الأبدية: أن يعرفوك أنت الإله الحقيقي وحدك ويسوع المسيح الذي أرسلته.» يوحنا 17: 3 لن نفهم الهدف الحقيقي لحياتنا إلا حينما نعرف الله الحي وحياة العشرة مع الله هي التي تهب حياتناً مغزاً عميقاً لأننا نعلم لمن نحن نحيا... لأجله..لأجل الله الحي. إن قررت اليوم أن يكون الله مرشد حياتك فستكسب هدفاً لحياتك لايتزعزع رغم المرض وضربات القدر، ولذا فإن أسمى أهداف الحياة وأفضلها هو الهدف الراسخ والمتأصل في الله الحي. بداية جديدة هل تريد أن تضع الله الحي في قائمة أولويات حياتك وتنال سلاماً معه؟ لك أن تعرف بأن الله الحي بدافع من محبته العظيمة للإنسان قام بإنجاز كل شيء ليجعل ذلك ممكناً، فالله أرسل ابنه الوحيد - كلمته- يسوع المسيح إلى عالمنا لكي يحررنا من كل ضيقنا. الخطيئة هي أكبر معضلة في حياتنا. في يوم ما أردنا أن نحصل على استقلالنا من الله وتجاهلنا إرادته مما يؤدي ذلك إلى سقطات مختلفة في حياتنا كالكذب والغيرة والحقد والحسد والخيانة الزوجية لدى البعض وكذلك الانحلال الأخلاقي الخ... وتكون النتيجة تحطم علاقتنا مع الله. إن أردت معرفة الله والحصول على سلامه فأنت بحاجة إلى غفران جميع خطاياك وهذا الغفران مقدم لك في يسوع المسيح، فهو جاء إلى عالمنا لتكون لنا علاقة سليمة مع الله قائمة على الثقة. حينما مات المسيح على الصليب فإنه لم يمت بسبب ذنب ارتكبه هو، بل مات بدلاً عنا وعن ذنوبنا. وقَبِل الله هذه الذبيحة البديلة وأقامه في اليوم الثالث من بين الأموات. يسوع حي ويقدم لنا غفران الذنوب والمصالحة مع الله. الخطوة الأولى هل تريد الرجوع والتوبة إلى الله؟ إن كان جوابك بنعم فاطلب من يسوع غفران خطاياك وادعوه لدخول حياتك واستلام  قيادة حياتك. يسمي يسوع هذا الاختبار «التوبة» أو «الرجوع» إلى الله الحي فهو يقول: «لم آت لأدعو أبراراً بل خطاة إلى التوبة.» لوقا 5: 32 «وأما كل الذين قبلوه (يسوع) فأعطاهم سلطاناً أن يصيروا أولاد الله أي المؤمنين باسمه.» يوحنا 1: 12 «قال له يسوع: أنا هو الطريق والحق والحياة، ليس أحد يأتي إلى الآب إلا بي.» يوحنا 14: 6 اشجعك على اتخاذ هذا القرار للعيش مع يسوع اليوم. إن أردت ذلك فصلي هذه الصلاة بصدق وعن وعي: أيها الرب يسوع! أشكرك لأنك تحبني ولأنك مت لأجلي على الصليب فوق الجلجثة. اشكرك لأنك حملت خطيئتي ودفعت قصاص ديني. اعترف لك بأنني خاطئ وبأنني أخطأت أمامك. خطيئتي تؤسفني جداً. أطلب إليك ضارعاً أن تغفر لي جميع خطاياي. اقبلك الآن في حياتي وأريدك أن تصبح رباً على حياتي. أتوب إليك الآن وأريد أن أكون ملكاً لك وأتبعك طوال أيام حياتي. أشكرك لأنك استجبتني راحماً ووهبتني البنوة لله. آمين. إن كنت قد صليت من القلب فأنت قد تبت إلى الرب وقبلت يسوع في حياتك. هدف جديد كان قراري بقبول يسوع أهم قرار اتخذته في حياتي على الإطلاق، فيسوع وهب حياتي هدفاً جديداً وأنا أحيا الآن لأجله ولايوجد ماهو أجمل وأكثر إثارة وتشوقاً منه في العالم، والأفضل من كل شيء فهو يقيني التام بأني سأكون عنده في السماء بعد مماتي. وأما الموسيقار الذي أتينا على ذكره في مطلع هذه النبذة فقد وصف حياته بعد اتخاذه  قراراً لصالح يسوع المسيح: «في هذه الليلة المصيرية أدركت ولأول مرة بأن يسوع يأخذني على محمل الجد وأدركت بأن الله أعد مخططاً لحياتي. والآن لا أشعر بضياع ولست تائهاً وبدون هدف، فأنا قد وجدت مغزى حياتي.» لقد بدأتَ مسيرة جديدة من خلال قرارك الذي اتخذته لصالح يسوع،  فلتكن راغباً الآن في التعرف على إرادة الله بصورة أفضل وأعمق وهذا يقتضي منك قراءة الكتاب المقدس، فالله يكلمك من خلال كلمته في الكتاب المقدس. ولصلاتك  نفس هذه الأهمية، فمن خلالها تتحدث مع الله، وفوق ذلك تحتاج إلى الشركة الروحية مع المؤمنين بالمسيح. انضم إلى كنيسة حية متمسكة بتعاليم الكتاب المقدس ككلمة الله الحية.  إن كنت قد اتخذت هذا القرار الجوهري للعيش مع يسوع وصليت الصلاة المدونة أعلاه شخصياً، فسيسرنا لو أعلمتنا بذلك وسوف نقدم لك وبسرور دورةً دراسيةً للكتاب المقدس بالمراسلة وكذلك جميع ماسوف يساعدك على السير قدماً مع المسيح في حياتك الجديدة. 

Obwohl wir heute äußerst einfach und auf viele Art und Weisen miteinander kommunizieren können, werden die Menschen immer einsamer, wie Manfred Röseler erklärt. Jedoch sind es nicht die Informationen, die Beziehungen bauen, sondern Liebe und Wertschätzung. Das Problem ist, dass jeder Mensch von Grund auf egoistisch und selbstsüchtig ist. Solch ein Mensch kann keine soliden Beziehungen aufbauen. Die Sünde hat nicht nur die Beziehung zu Gott gestört, sondern auch die zu den anderen Menschen. Aber Gott gibt sich nicht damit zufrieden, dass er zum Menschen keine Gemeinschaft mehr hat. Er fand einen Ausweg, Jesus Christus, der uns unsere Schuld vergeben kann und uns helfen will, auch in enger Gemeinschaft mit anderen Menschen zu leben. Wer Jesus aufnimmt stellt nicht nur die Beziehung zu Gott wieder her, sondern wird auch Kraft bekommen, andere Menschen zu lieben.    

Viele Menschen fragen sich: Gibt es Gott wirklich? Und wenn ja – wie kann man ihm begegnen? Dieses ansprechend gestaltete Traktat lädt ein, über die wichtigste Frage des Lebens nachzudenken: Bin ich bereit, Gott zu begegnen? Mit klaren Worten zeigt Dietmar Langmann, wie jeder Mensch durch Jesus Christus Vergebung, Frieden und ein neues Leben finden kann. Die Verteilschrift erklärt: Warum Schuld uns von Gott trennt Was Jesus am Kreuz für uns getan hat Wie man Vergebung empfangen und ein neues Leben beginnen kann Wie ein Gebet der Hinwendung zu Jesus aussehen kann Am Ende enthält das Traktat eine Einladung, Jesus persönlich aufzunehmen, sowie einen Gutschein für eine kostenlose Bibel und ein Taschenbuch. Zielgruppe: Suchende, Zweifler, Namenschristen und Menschen, die über Glauben und Ewigkeit nachdenken. Ideal zum Weitergeben: In Gemeinden, bei Evangelisationen und Straßeneinsätzen Für Verteilaktionen, Büchertische oder persönliche Gespräche

Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt erklärt in dieser Schrift den Heilsplan Gottes - angefangen bei der Geburt Jesu (Krippe), über seinen Tod (Kreuz), bis hin zur Entrückung und ewigen Herrlichkeit (Krone). Gott schuf Abhilfe für die "Urkatastrophe" der Menschheit, den Sündenfall. Wie in der Bibel vorhergesagt, sandte er seinen Sohn auf die Erde. "Nie aber hat die Welt einen Gott gesehen - bis es Weihnachten wurde." Das Kreuz wurde für Kritiker zum Anstoß. Sie verstehen nicht, wie ein "Hinrichtungsinstrument" zum Zentrum eines Glaubens werden kann. Prof. Dr. Gitt sieht diese Kritik als Indiz, dass die Menschen ihr Sündenbewusstsein verloren haben: Es gab keinen anderen Weg für die Rettung des Menschen, weil die Trennung zwischen Gott und uns durch die Sünde so groß ist. Wenn Jesus einmal wieder kommt, wird man ihn als König erkennen. Dann wird die Menschheit zweigeteilt sein in Angenommene und Verworfene. Für diejenigen, die Jesus in ihr Leben aufnehmen wollen, gibt es ein vorformuliertes Gebet, das ihnen dabei hilft. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!  

Die Verteilschrift „Reise ohne Rückkehr“ von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt zur enthält die Botschaft von zwei Zügen, die unterwegs sind Richtung Ewigkeit. Der „Lebenszug“, hat den Himmel als Ziel, der „Todeszug“ dagegen fährt in die ewige Verdammnis. Jeder wird eingeladen, vom Todeszug in den Lebenszug umzusteigen. Dies ist möglich für den, der Vergebung seiner Sünden durch Jesus Christus bekommt und ihn als Retter seines Lebens im Glauben annimmt. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!   رحلة بلا رجوع وُضعت على جدار منخفض لإحدى الكنائس في شمال ايطاليا أربعة جماجم علقت عليها يافطة بالنص التالي: "من كان منهم الجاهل؟ ومن الحكيم؟ ومن الشحاد؟ ومن كان القيصر؟" وبالفعل لم يعد من الممكن للمرء أن يرى أي أثر لسلطة القيصر وثرائه. وصحيح أن جمجمة الشحاد مجاورة لجمجمة القيصر، ولكن لا شيء يشهد على فقره المدقع وثيابه الرثة ومعدته الخاوية. ولربما نميل لوضع يافطة ثانية بعنوان: "الموت يوحدهم جميعاً!" لنرى فيما يأتي إن كان ذلك صائباًً. عندما يتعلق الأمر بالترويج لسلعة معينة فإن وكالات الإعلانات والدعاية تركز على فئات معينة من المشترين، أي أن عملها يستهدف شرائح معينة من الناس. وعلى عكس ذلك نرى الموت لايستهدف فئة معينة إذ أنه لانجاة منه. ولهذا انشغل الكثير من الناس بالموت ومنهم الفلاسفة والشعراء والسياسيين والرياضيين والممثلين والأميين وكذلك الفائزين بجوائز نوبل. إهرامات الجيزة التي تعد أكبر الضرائح المعدة للموت في العالم تشهد عن كون المصريين القدماء أكثر من انشغل بالموت. وقد أصاب الشاعر الألماني عمانوئيل غايبل حينما لخص المجهودات البشرية في هذا الصدد بهذا البيت: "الحياة لغز أبدي ويبقى الموت لغزاً أبدياً." ومن فيض المحاولات المفسرة للموت نقدم إجابات فرضية النشوء والارتقاء: الموت في الفكر العام لفرضية النشوء والارتقاء يُعد الموت من الرواسخ في الصرح الفكري لفرضية النشوء والارتقاء، إذ لايمكن بدونه وجود حياة على الأرض. ويتضح ذلك من الأصول التعليمية الأربعة عن الموت:            الموت – ضرورة أساسية لفرضية النشوء: يؤكد الفيلسوف وعالم الفيزياء الألماني كارل فريدريخ فون فايتس ايكر: "إن لم يمت الأحياء لما كان هناك نشوء وارتقاء، ولما وجد أحياء ذوو خصائص فردية أخرى. موت الأحياء هو واحد من شروط النشوء والارتقاء."             الموت – اختراع من النشوء والارتقاء: يطرح عالم الأحياء البروفيسور فيدمار تانر من مدينة ريغنسبورج الألمانية سؤالاً مصيرياً عن الموت: "كيف ولماذا يدخل الموت إلى عالمنا إن لم يكن له أي مسوغ في أن ينوجد؟" ويجيب: "عملية التقدم في السن ومدة الحياة هي ظواهر التكيف التي نشأت خلال مرحلة النشوء والارتقاء. وقد سرَّع اختراع الموت مجرى النشوء والارتقاء بشكل جوهري." ومن وجهة نظره تتأتى من خلال الموت المبرمج فرص دائمة لاختبار الجديد في النشوء والارتقاء.             الموت – خالق الحياة: يتجلى الاختلاف الجوهري بين مفهوم نظرية النشوء والارتقاء لماهية العالم من جهة،  وتعاليم الكتاب المقدس من جهة أخرى من حيث أن نظرية النشوء والارتقاء ترقى بالموت لتجعله بمثابة خالق الحياة. ومن هذا المنطلق يرى عالم الأحياء الدقيقة الألماني راينهارد ف. كابلان: "صحيح أنه لامفر من الشيخوخة والموت كونهما مؤلمين للكائنات الحية وخاصة البشرية منها، ولكنهما الثمن الذي استطاع النشوء والارتقاء بواسطته تكوين جنسنا البشري."             الموت – نهاية مطلقة للحياة: تُعتبر الحياة حسب تعليم النشوء والارتقاء وضعاً معيناً للمادة قائماً فقط بين حدود الفيزياء والكيمياء. (مانفريد ايغن الكيميائي وعالم الفيزياء الحيوية  الألماني الحاصل على جائزة نوبل). نلمس مما تقدم عجز النشوء والارتقاء عن تقديم أية ايضاحات مقنعة لنا عن مغزى الموت. ولسبب هذا التحجيم للوجود وحصره في ظواهر مادية فقط لايبقى مكان لوجود حياة بعد الموت، وهذا يحط من شأن الإنسان ويجعله آلة عضوية لاغير ويماثل نهايته المطلقة بموت الأعضاء. في دوامة آلية النشوء والارتقاء يخدم الموت الارتقاء إلى الحياة التالية. وبهذا تُعتبر  قيمة حياة الإنسان مساهمة قدمها في سبيل النشوء والارتقاء. من يقدم لنا الجواب الصحيح؟ من يستطيع أن يقدم لنا الإجابة الملزمة على السؤال الذي يشغلنا جميعاً حول جوهر الموت ومابعده؟ لابد من أن يكون كفوءاً ومقتدراً وهذا يقتضي تحقق الشروط الأربعة الفائقة التالية فيه:            أن يكون قد ذاق الموت بنفسه! (إننا نحتاج معلومات موثوقة من المصدر).             أن يكون قد عاد من الموت! (لابد من أن يكون شخصاً قادراً على اسماعنا مااختبره هو بالذات).            أن يكون لديه سلطان على الموت! (لابد من أن تكون له السلطة على مايتحدث عنه).             أن يكون موضع ثقة مطلقة! (لابد من أن نصدق مايقوله). لو قمنا بجولة في التاريخ العالمي بحثاً عن الشخص الذي تتوفر فيه هذه الشروط الصارمة فلن يبقى سوى شخص فريد واحد، ألا وهو يسوع المسيح.             صُلب المسيح ومات أمام أبواب أورشليم. سال الدم الكريم من جنبه الجريح إذ طعنه أعداءه بحربة ليتأكدوا من موته (يوحنا 19: 34). آنذاك تأكدوا من موته؛ لقد مات حقاً.            تحدث المسيح عن قيامته في اليوم الثالث. وقام المسيح فعلاً من بين الأموات وكانت النسوة صباح الفصح أول شاهدات عند القبر الفارغ وهن يسمعن قول الملاك لهن: "ليس هو ههنا: قد قام!" (لوقا 24: 6)             يتحدث العهد الجديد عن ثلاث قيامات من بين الأموات بسلطان يسوع : لعازر في بيت عنيا ( يوحنا 11: 14-54)، والشاب في نايين (لوقا 7: 17-11) وابنة يايروس الصغيرة (مرقس 5: 43-35). ليس لأحد سلطان نافذ وآمرعلى الموت سوى يسوع المسيح وحده.            الوحيد الذي سار على الأرض واستطاع أن يقول: "أنا هو الحق" (يوحنا 14: 6) هو يسوع. وقدر أن يحافظ على مصداقية أقواله وهو في مواجهة أعدائه المترصدين له على الدوام لتكون لهم مآخذ عليه ولو في أصغر الأمور. والآن قد آل بنا المطاف إلى بيت القصيد ووصلنا إلى نبع الحقيقة، كون الحقيقة ضرورية لحياتنا، إذ من يرغب في أن تكون حياته مبنية على وهم؟ نستدل من ذلك إذاً أن يسوع المسيح هو الفريد الوحيد صاحب السلطان القادر على أن يمنحنا الجواب الشافي الغليل، إذ منه نعلم ما يحصل مع كل إنسان بعد الموت مباشرة. يقدم لنا يسوع الجواب في سياق حديثه عن موت شخصين توفيا للتو (لوقا 16: 31-19). أولهما يؤمن بالله والثاني عاش بدونه، إذ حملت الملائكة لعازر إلى محضر ابراهيم حيث الراحة، إلى المكان الذي وصفه يسوع بالفردوس (لوقا 23: 43). وأما الثاني الذي هو رجل غني فوجد نفسه عقب موته مباشرة في الجحيم، وعبر عن وضعه المرعب بالكلمات التالية: "لأني معذب في هذا اللهيب." (لوقا 16: 24). إذاً الموت ليس من يجعل الناس سواسية، بل نستطيع أن نقول إن كانت الفروق البالغة موجودة في عالمنا الحالي فما بالك بالفروق الهائلة الموجودة وراء جدار الموت والتي يعجز اللسان عن وصفها. ماالسبب في ذلك؟ سيتم التطرق إلى ذلك بالتفصيل فيما يلي. الموث الثلاثي حسب شهادة الكتاب المقدس الصريحة فإن العالم والحياة بشتى أشكالها صنعها الله مباشرة. وكانت الخليقة كاملة ومنتهية إذ قال الله بعد أن رأى كل ماعمله: "حسن جداً".  ذات الله محبة ورحمة وهكذا خلق الله كل الأشياء بكلمته ربنا يسوع  (يوحنا 1: 10؛ كولوسي 1: 16). وحتى في الخليقة بقي الله ملتزماً بصفاته الإلهية كالوداعة والرحمة والمحبة، وهي على نقيض تام إذ قورنت باستراتيجية النشوء والارتقاء المتسمة بالألم والدموع والرعب والموت ويعكس ذات الله من يدعي كونه مسبب النشوء والارتقاء. لذا لاسند البتة للفكرة القائلة في تحكم الله بالنشوء والارتقاء والمسماة "النشوء والارتقاء الإلهي." إذاً من أين جاء الموت إن لم يكن لاعاملاً من عوامل النشوء والارتقاء ولامتماشياً مع طبيعة الله؟ نستدرك بأن الموت شامل وعام إذ يموت جميع الناس ابتداءً من صغار الأطفال وانتهاءً بالمسنين، وإن كانوا من علية القوم أواللصوص والسارقين، أمؤمنين كانوا أوغير مؤمنين. ولابد من أن يكون لهذا الأثر العام والنافذ سبب عام أيضاً. يسمي الكتاب المقدس الموت كعاقبة لسقوط الإنسان في الخطية. أساء الإنسان استخدام الحرية الموهوبة له على الرغم من تحذير الله له (تكوين 2: 17) ليحصل بذلك السقوط الأول في الخطية. ومن هنا بدأ ناموس الخطية تأثيره النافذ "أجرة الخطيئة هي موت" (رومية 6: 23). وانجرف الإنسان إلى تيار الموت الممثل بخط أسود عريض في الرسم الذي نشبهه بقطار الموت. ومنذ أن صار آدم مسئولاً عن دخول الموت إلى الخليقة (1 كورنثوس 15: 22) صارت الخليقة جمعاء في قطار الموت الرهيب هذا: "من أجل ذلك كأنما بإنسان دخلت الخطيئة إلى العالم وبالخطيئة الموت وهكذا اجتاز الموت إلى جميع الناس إذ أخطأ الجميع." (رومية 5: 12). إذاً لم يكن الموت معروفاً في الخليقة قبل السقوط في الخطيئة. حينما يتحدث الكتاب المقدس عن الموت فهو لايعني بذلك بتاتاً انتهاء الوجود. فالتعريف الكتابي للموت هو "الانفصال عن الله". ولما أن السقوط الأول في الخطيئة يشكل الموت المثلوث (أنظر الرسم) فهناك أيضاً انفصال ثلاثي عن الله:             الموت الروحي: "مات الإنسان روحياً" لحظة سقوطه في الخطية الأولى، أي صار منفصلاً عن حياة العشرة مع الله. وكذلك في يومنا الحاضر يعيش جميع الناس الذين لايؤمنون بخالقهم في مثل هذا الوضع إذ يعيشون بأنانية منغمسين ومستسلمين للخطيئة وإغراءاتها ويحيون حياتهم بأسلوب وكأن الله غير موجود البتة، إذ لاعلاقة شخصية لهم مع يسوع المسيح ويرفضون رسالة الكتاب المقدس، وهم أموات روحياً في نظر الله رغم كونهم أحياء جداً حسب الجسد.            الموت الجسدي: وفي سياق الآثار الأخرى لذلك يأتي الموت الجسدي: "...حتى تعود إلى الأرض التي أخذت منها. لإنك تراب وإلى التراب تعود." (تكوين 3: 19). فالخليقة برمتها خاضعة للفناء بسبب السقوط في الخطيئة.             الموت الأبدي: وأما آخر محطة من محطات قطار الموت فهي الموت الأبدي. ولن يمحى الوجود الإنساني هناك (لوقا 16: 31-19). إنها محطة الانفصال النهائي عن الله. وسيمكث غضب الله لأنه: " كما بخطية واحدة- خطية آدم- صار الحكم إلى جميع الناس للدينونة..." (رومية 5: 18) ويصف المسيح مكان الهلاك هذا بالجحيم، وهو أرعب وأرهب مكان في الوجود قاطبة: حيث النار هناك "لاتطفأ" (مرقس 9: 43 و45) و"أبدية" (متى 25: 41)، وهناك "البكاء وصرير الأسنان" (لوقا 13: 28). وهو مكان مرعب "حيث دودهم لايموت ونارهم لاتطفأ" (مرقس 9: 48). وهو مكان "الهلاك الأبدي" (2 تسالونيكي 1: 9). كيف يرى الله اندفاعنا نحو الهلاك الذي نتسبب فيه بمحض إرادتنا؟ من فيض رحمته وسعة محبته لنا قدم ابنه الوحيد على الصليب معداً بذلك هذا الخلاص الفريد. وقول يسوع على الصليب: "قد ُأكمل" يعلن بشكل مجازي اكتمال صنع قطار الحياة. إنها إرادة الله المعلنة (مثلاً تيموثاوس الأولى 2: 4) في أن نخلص من الجحيم الأبدي – أو بشكل مجازي – أن نخرج من قطار الموت الجامح. نحن مدعوون للدخول من الباب الضيق المؤدي إلى السماء (متى 7: 13 و 14) وبحسب شهادة الكتاب المقدس فيسوع المسيح هو الباب الوحيد وبذلك طريق الخلاص الأوحد. وحينما نستقل قطار الحياة ننال الحياة الأبدية. إننا نستبدل قطار الموت بقطار الحياة عندما نلتفت إلى يسوع المسيح ونعترف أمامه بحياتنا القديمة الخاطئة ونطلب الغفران منه ونقبله مخلصاً على حياتنا، وبهذا نصبح خليقة جديدة في أعين الله. هبة الغفران ينالها شخصياً كل من يريد. وماوهب لنا بواسطة نعمة الله كلفه ثمناً باهظاً لايمكن حصره عداً، ألا وهو ذبيحة ابنه على الصليب، ومن يتجاوب مع عرض الله فقد انتقل من الموت إلى الحياة الأبدية (يوحنا 5: 24). هذه الفرصة تمنح للإنسان فقط أثناء فترة حياته على الأرض. الطريق إلى الحياة قصدني شاب ليتحدث إلي بعد إحدى المحاضرات فسألته: "أين أنت؟" فأجابني باقتضاب: "أنا واقف في محطة القطار!" أدرك بأنه ينبغي عليه مغادرة قطار الموت في أقصى سرعة ممكنة. وكان سؤاله: "كيف استقل قطار الحياة؟" وأتاح لي الفرصة لأريه كيف، وهو الآن فرحان في طريقه إلى خير الأهداف.  الله ليس إلهاً غاضباً على الخطية فحسب، بل إلهاً محباً للخاطئ وبمجرد أن نستقل قطار الحياة نكون قد حجزنا أجمل مكان وهو السماء التي يتحدث عنها الرسول بولس في  1 كونثوس 2: 9: "مالم تر عين ولم تسمع اذن ولم يخطر على بال إنسان ماأعده الله للذين  يحبونه." فأيا نختار إذاً، الحياة أم الموت، السماء أم جهنم؟ ولقد وضع الله أمامنا حرية اتخاذ القرار، أي طريق نريد أن نسلكه: "قد جعلت قدامك الحياة والموت، البركة واللعنة، فاختر الحياة لكي تحيا أنت ونسلك." (تثنية 30: 19). ويتضح مرة أخرى بأن إرادة الله هي في صالح الحياة. ونستطيع أن نشتق العبارة البسيطة التالية من الرسم: "إن ولدت مرة واحدة فقط (الولادة الطبيعية)، فستموت مرتين (الموت الجسدي أولا، ثم الموت الأبدي)؛ ولكن إن ولدت مرتين (الولادة الطبيعية والولادة من جديد من خلال المسيح) فسوف تموت مرة واحدة (الموت الجسدي)!" التعليم الكتابي عن الخلاص مرتبط ارتباطاً وثيقاً مع مايعلمه عن الموت والإيمان بابن الله يحرر من لعنة الدينونة ويهب الإنسان اليقين بأنه قد اكتسب الحياة الأبدية: "من يسمع كلامي ويؤمن بالذي أرسلني فله حياة أبدية ولايأتي إلى دينونة، بل قد انتقل من الموت (الروحي) إلى الحياة (الأبدية)" (يوحنا 5: 24). إن أخذنا بعين الاعتبار أبعاد قرار الإيمان بيسوع المسيح وبذلك بالحياة الأبدية، أو بنظرية النشوء والارتقاء لاتضحت لنا العواقب المحزنة المترتبة على هذه النظرية وماتجلبه تعاليمها من موت وهلاك لمؤيديها، إذ أنها تغوي الإنسان لعدم الإيمان بالمسيح وتتكتم على خطر الموت الأبدي وتدع فرصة الخلاص الأبدي تفلت منه. ولكن يسوع جاء ليخلصنا من الهاوية ومن الجحيم. توجه إلى الرب يسوع مصلياً وبهذا ستغادر قطار الموت اليوم وتستقل قطار الحياة. وبإمكانك أن تبدأ بهذا التغيير الجذري لحياتك بهذه الصلاة: "أيها الرب يسوع! إني قد أدركت وضعي الوخيم وأن نمط حياتي لايتفق إطلاقاً مع تعاليم كتابك ومشيئتك، والآن أرى نفسي جالساً في قطار الموت وهذا مايفزعني، وأتوسل إليك لكي تعينني. اغفر لي جميع ذنوبي التي أشعر بالندم الشديد إزاءها، وجدد حياتي من خلال قراءة كلمتك الحية والسير بموجبها. أريد بعونك أن استقل قطار الحياة وأن أبقى معك دوماً. اقبلك الآن في حياتي. كن رباً لي وهبني الإرادة والقوة لكي اتبعك. اشكرك من كل القلب لأنك حررتني من جميع خطاياي وقبلتني ابناً لك. آمين." البروفيسور الدكتور فيرنر جيت

Mit großem Forschungsaufwand suchen Astronomen heute nach Planeten in anderen Sternensystemen. Unter allen bisher registrierten Planeten und Exoplaneten wurde bisher kein auch nur annähernd erdähnlicher Planet gefunden. Die physikalischen, chemischen und astronomischen Be­din­gungen auf unserem Heimatplaneten Erde bieten uns geradezu einmalig günstige Wohnbedingungen. Dies tritt im Angesicht moderner naturwissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse mit immer größerer Deutlichkeit hervor. Anhand nur einiger ausgewählter Punkte soll die einmalige Beschaffenheit unserer Erde herausgestellt werden.

Heutzutage bringt man die beiden Begriffe "Evolution" und "Theorie" nicht mehr zusammen - die Entwicklung des Lebens über Milliarden von Jahren gilt als erwiesen. Dass sie es nicht ist, möchte Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt in diesem Traktat beweisen. Anhand einiger konkreter Beispiele zeigt er die Schwächen der Theorie auf und führt auch ein allgemeines Argument an, das der unerklärlichen Herkunft der Information, um letztlich das "wissenschaftliche AUS" für die Evolutionstheorie zu erklären. "Rechtzeitig zu Beginn des Darwinjahres 2009 erschien am 31. Dezember 2008 in der Zeitung ,DIE ZEIT' ein doppelseitiger Artikel mit der Überschrift ,Danke, Darwin!' [...] Der eigentliche Denknotstand unserer Welt ist, dass dem wirklichen Urheber aller Dinge nicht mit Leitartikeln ,Danke, Jesus!' gehuldigt wird." Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!   جهالات داروين بمناسبة  حلول عام داروين 2009 فقد نشرت الجريدة الأسبوعية الألمانية  المرموقة «دي تسايت» مقالاً على امتداد صفحتين بعنوان «شكراً يادروين!». وإلى جانب ذلك فقد تناولت الجريدة على مدى 4 صفحات كاملة موضوع نظرية النشوء والارتقاء (Evolution). الجريدة توجهت بشكرها لهذا الرجل الذي كان قد ولد قبل 200 عام والذي أحدث كتابه « نشوء الأجناس»  الصادر قبل 150 عاماً ثورة آنذاك. الفيلسوف الألماني ايمانويل كانط (1724-1804) كان أيضا قد ادعى بفخر واعتزاز « أعطوني مادة،  وسأبني منها عالماً.»  وأما عالم الرياضيات والفلك الفرنسي لابلاس (1749-1827) فقد تباهى أمام نابليون  بعد 50 عاماً من  ذلك «نظرياتي لا تحتاج إلى فرضية  (الله).» هذان وغيرهما من آباء الإلحاد العلمي لطالما بحثوا عن تفسير لمنشأ الحياة ليس لله يد فيه فجاء داروين ووجد الجواب المنقذ الذي سمح بإيجاد تفسير لنشوء الحياة «بطريقة طبيعية» وفي الوقت الذي كان فيه داروين يفكر في تبعات هذه النظرية بتريث وحذر فإن عالمنا الذي استشرى الإلحاد في عروقه بصورة مطردة يحتفي ببطله من خلال مقالات افتتاحية تكاد لا تنقطع. ولغاية رحلة داروين إلى جزر الجالاباجوس (1835) فقد كان معتقد الفيلسوف الإغريقي ارسطو بأن الأجناس لا تتغير حاظياً بثقة الجميع. من خلال الأشكال المختلفة لمناقير طيور البِرقِش التي تقطن تلك المنطقة فقد استنتج داروين بصورة صحيحة أن الأجناس بوسعها أن تتأقلم وتتغير مع البيئة التي تعيش فيها، غير أن استنتاجاته الأخرى بأن الحياة برمتها تعود إلى شجرة نشوء واحدة لاتقوم على أساس علمي، فداروين نفسه أقر بأن نقطة الضعف الكبير لنظريته تكمن في عدم وجود الوصلات البينية الحجرية. ومع ذلك فإن نظرية داروين أدت إلى تجريد الإنسان من مكانته الخاصة التي حددها الله  له، وجعله كائناً من عالم الحيوان ترقى إلى أن أصبح إنساناً. مقومات نظرية النشوء والارتقاء مقومات نظرية النشوء والارتقاء هي في المفهوم العصري التحول والانتقاء  والعزلة والزمن الطويل والصدفة والضرورة والموت. كافة هذه العوامل موجودة، غير أنه  ليس هناك أي عامل من بينها يعتبر مصدراً مانحاً لمعلومات خلاقة. التحول: التحول أو الطفرة لا تستطيع إلا أن تحول معلومات موجودة، وبدون معلومات د.ن.س. متوفرة فليس من الممكن أن تبدأ عملية النشوء والارتقاء. والتحول أو الطفرة من حيث المفهوم هي آلية صدفة دون أية بيانات محددة لهدف، ومن ثم  فإنها من حيث المبدأ عاجزة عن خلق أية منظومات جديدة (اختراع أعضاء على سبيل المثال). الانتقاء: الانتقاء يحبذ الكائنات الحية الأفضل قدرة على البقاء والتي تعمل على تعقيب مورثاتها الجينية باحتمالية أكبر. غير أنه من خلال الانتقاء لا يتم سوى فرز أو إفناء ما هو موجود، ولا تمكن ترقية أي شيء أو خلق أي شيء جديد. وحتى أن عوامل نظرية النشوء والارتقاء الأخرى المذكورة أعلاه  لا يمكن اعتبارها  عوامل خلاقة. لنتمعن ببعض الأمثلة القليلة من عالم الكائنات الحية للتحقق مما إذا كانت عوامل النشوء والارتقاء الفاعلة بمحض الصدفة قد أحدثت العمليات التشكيلية التالية: التكاثر الجنسي حسب مفهوم نظرية النشوء والارتقاء فإن  «اختراع» التكاثر الجنسي يعتبر شرطاً حاسماً للنمو الارتقائي للكائنات الحية. ومن خلال الدمج المتجدد باستمرار للجينات تنشأ العديد من الأشكال المتغايرة  التي  تبقى تلك منها على قيد الحياة خلال عملية الانتقاء التي تتكيف على أفضل وجه مع بيئتها، غير أن هذه العملية غير واردة لإحداث التوجه النشوئي الارتقائي في تطور الأصول لسببين:          التكاثر  الجنسي لا يمكن أن يبدأ إطلاقاً من خلال عملية النشوء والارتقاء، فهو غير ممكن إلا إذا كان الجنسان (الذكر والأنثى) في حيازة أعضاء جاهزة وفاعلة، ولكن كما يتبين من مفهوم  نظرية النشوء والارتقاء فإنها لاتعرف أية استراتيجيات موجهة هادفة ومخططة. وبناء عليه فكيف يمكن أن يتم تطور هذه الأعضاء الضرورية للتكاثر عبر الآلاف من الأجيال إن كانت الكائنات غير قادرة على التكاثر دون هذه الأعضاء؟ ولكن إذ يتعين استبعاد هذا التطور البطيء فكيف يمكن أن تكون هذه الأعضاء المختلفة والمعقدة فوق ذلك والتي هي من حيث دقائقها متوالفة مع بعضها البعض إلى أبعد الحدود قد ظهرت فجأة؟ إلى جانب ذلك لابد من أن تتوفر في نفس المكان.         وحتى في حالة أننا انطلقنا من أن إمكانية التكاثر الجنسي قد انوجدت فجأة فإن مزج الصبغيات الوراثية لن يؤدي إلى نشوء معلومات جديدة وهذا بصورة أساسية. لقد أظهر مزارعو النباتات ومربو الحيوانات من خلال تجاربهم التي لا تعد ولا تحصى بأن الأبقار  التي تمت ترقيتها قد بقيت أبقارا دوماً وأن القمح لم يتحول قط إلى عباد الشمس. إن ما يعرف بنظرية النشوء والارتقاء الدقيق (تغيرات تطرأ على الجنس الواحد) يمكن إثباتها، غير أن البراهين على حصول عملية النشوء والارتقاء الكبير عبر أجناس الكائنات الحية المختلفة غير متوفرة إطلاقاً. التقنية العبقرية في كريات الدم الحمراء في كل  قطرة من الدم توجد 250000 مليون كرية حمراء تقريباً. وكريات الدم الحمراء هي غواصات فائقة التخصص لا تحمل على متنها أية طوربيدات قاتلة للحياة وإنما تؤدي ما هو في غاية الأهمية الحيوية للجسم. خلال عمرها الذي يدوم 120 يوماً تتم تغذيتها 175000 مرة بالأكسجين، كما أنها تقوم في الوقت ذاته بتفريغ العوادم الناتجة عن عملية الأكسدة وهو غاز ثاني أكسيد الكربون. هذه الناقلات الصغيرة دقيقة إلى درجة تسمح لها بالنفاذ حتى عبر أضيق الأوعية الشعرية وذلك للوصول إلى كافة أجزاء الجسم. تتولد في كل ثانية مليونا كرية حمراء جديدة تحتوي على لون الدم الأحمر المعروف بالهيموغلوبين والذي يعتبر تركيبة كيماوية معقدة جداً وملفتةً للنظر. الهيموغلوبين: يحتاج الجسم إلى الهيموغلوبين لغرض نقل الأكسجين بدءا من مرحلة تطور الجنين. ولغاية الشهر الثالث من الحمل فإن  حاجة الجسم للأكسجين تختلف بوضوح عن مرحلة الجنين (التي تبدأ بالشهر الثالث) ولذلك فإن الجسم يحتاج لنوع هيموغلوبين مختلف  وبتركيبة كيماوية مختلفة في كل مرحلة. وقبيل الولادة فإن كافة مصانع الجسم تعمل بأقصى طاقاتها لإتمام عملية الانتقال إلى هيموغلوبين الكبار. أنواع الهيموغلوبين الثلاثة لا يمكن الوصول إليها في إطار النشوء والارتقاء ومن خلال التجربة لما أن غالبية المثيلات الأخرى لا تنقل الكمية الكافية من الأكسجين وعليه فإن ذلك سيكون مميتاً للإنسان. وحتى لو كان  إنتاج الجزيء صحيحاً في مرحلتين فإن الموت سيكون المصير لامحال إن كان الجزيء الثالث غير صحيح. الجسم يحتاج لإنتاج ثلاثة أنواع  من آليات الإنتاج العضوي المختلفة جذرياً عن بعضها البعض والضرورية لإنتاج الهيموغلوبين والتي يتعين عليها فوق ذلك كله إحداث التحول إلى مرحلة الإنتاج الأخرى في الوقت الصحيح. ما هو منشأ هذه الآلية المعقدة يا ترى؟  كل فكر من أفكار النشوء والارتقاء  يبوء بالفشل الذريع عند محاولة التفسير إذ أن الأحياء في مراحلها البينية نصف الجاهزة  والتي قد أدت إلى هذه الآلية المعقدة حسب تصور نظرية النشوء والارتقاء لما أمكنها  من البقاء على قيد الحياة إطلاقاً. إن هذه الفكرة ذات التعقيد  الذي لا يقبل تبسيطه يسري على جهاز المناعة لجسم الإنسان أيضا  أو السوطيات التي تتحرك بواسطتها البكتريا.  وحتى هنا فإن الأحياء لما كانت قد استطاعت البقاء على قيد الحياة  خلال «مسيرة تطورها» إلى المرحلة التي هي عليها الآن. الأمر الأكثر  بداهة ومنطقاً هو الانطلاق من أن الكل كان جاهزاً منذ البدء وهذا ماهو ممكن فقط في حالة وجود خالق حكيم قام بتخطيط كل شيء وخلقه بصورة تتسم بالكمال والفعالية التامة. رحيل طائر الزقزاق الذهبي يتسم طائر الزقزاق الذهبي بجماله الباهر. وكل مخلوق من هذه الطيور يفقس من البيضة في آلاسكا. وفي فصل الشتاء حيث يسود البرد القارس فإن الطيور ترحل إلى جزيرة هاواي الواقعة على بعد 4500 كيلومتر وبذلك إلى هدف بعيد جداً،  ولقطع هذه المسافة الشاسعة فلا خيار للطيور سوى الطيران دون توقف لسبب أنه لا توجد أية جزر في طريقها إليها،  ولكون هذه الطيور لا تجيد السباحة. يحتاج طائر الزقزاق الذهبي لخزان وقود كامل على شكل 70 غراماً من الشحم ومنها 6,8 غم من الاحتياطي الذي تم تخصيصه لحالة وجود رياح معاكسة. ولما أن هذه الطيور مجبرة على الطيران 3 أيام ونصف دون انقطاع  والالتزام الصارم بمسار دقيق،  فإنها بحاجة إلى جهاز ملاحة ذاتي يعمل بدقة فائقة. وإن أخفقت الطيور في وصول الجزيرة فهذا يعني موتها المحتم إزاء انعدام أية إمكانية لها للهبوط. وإن لم تكن لهذه الطيور  كمية الشحم هذه التي تم حسابها بهذه الدقة المتناهية فإنها لن تبقى على قيد الحياة. التحول والانتقاء التي هي من العناصر المكونة لنظرية النشوء والانتقاء بعيدة كل البعد عن أن تكون عوامل تصميم ناجحة. والأكثر بداهة ومنطقاً هنا هو الافتراض أن طائر الزقزاق الذهبي قد خلق  منذ البدء بهذه الصورة وزود بكل ما يحتاجه. هل يمكن الأخذ بنظرية  النشوء والارتقاء كنموذج فكري؟ كما تبين لنا بصورة نموذجية من خلال اللمحة الخاطفة التي ألقيناها على بعض الأحياء فإننا نجد تصاميم أحياء رفيعة جداً ومتميزة في كونها قد صممت بصورة هادفة: حوت العنبر الذي هو من فصيلة الثدييات قادر على الصعود من عمق 3000 متر دون أن يتعرض لخطر الموت من جراء مرض الغوص الرهيب. عدد هائل من البكتريا المجهرية في أمعائنا لها محركات كهربائية تمكنها من التحرك صوب الأمام والخلف. في غالبية الأحيان فإن بقاء الإنسان على قيد الأحياء مرهون بكون وظائف الأعضاء (مثل القلب والكبد والكلى) فاعلة تماماً. إن أعضاء الجسم غير الجاهزة والتي ما تزال قيد النمو ليست لها أية قيمة للأحياء. وكل من يتبنى الفكر الدارويني في هذا السياق فلابد له من أن يدرك بأن نظرية النشوء ليست لها أية أهداف رامية إلى الوصول لأعضاء يؤمل منها في يوم ما بأن تكون مؤدية لوظيفة حيوية. وإن عالم الأحياء الألماني المختص بنظرية النشوء والارتقاء ج. أوشه قد أصاب بقوله « الكائنات الحية لا يمكن لها خلال مراحل معينة من النشوء والارتقاء بأن تغلق مصنعها بصورة عابرة لغرض إجراء تعديلات عليه.» في المخلوقات المتأتية من عملية الخلق يتجسد الذكاء والحكمة بصورة آخذة للألباب،  وإن صنائع الخلق تكاد تفرض علينا الاستنتاج بأن خالقا مبدعاً لابد من أن يقف وراء عملية الخلق. وبناء عليه فإن ما يعبر عنه الكتاب المقدس في أول عدد له «في البدء خلق الله» يتطابق مع مانلاحظ وجوده في الطبيعة. لاهوت النقد للكتاب المقدس الذي جاء متأثراً بالفكر الدارويني يرفض ما جاء من معلومات عن عملية الخلق بكونها رسالة سماوية ملهمة من الله. ونحن نفعل حسناً «أن نؤمن بكل ما هو مكتوب» (أعمال الرسل 14,24)، لأن «الله ليس إنساناً فيكذب.» (عدد 23، 19). ما هو مصدر المعلومة؟ الحجج الدامغة في العلوم هي دوماً تلك التي تسمح بتطبيق قوانين الطبيعة على نحو يستبعد فيه حدوث مسار أو عملية. قوانين الطبيعة لاتعرف أية حالات استثنائية. ولهذا السبب فإن آلة الحركة الدائمة آلة تعمل على مدار الساعة وبدون الحاجة إلى تزويدها بالطاقة هي آلة خيالية غير ممكنة. اليوم نعلم مالم يكن ممكناً لداروين معرفته، ألا وهو أن كافة خلايا الكائنات الحية تحتوي على كميات من المعلومات تكاد تفوق  كل تصوراتنا، وفوق ذلك بأعلى كثافة معروفة لنا. يتم تكوين كافة الأعضاء بصورة تتحكم بها المعلومات وكافة العمليات الجارية في الكائنات الحية تديرها المعلومات وإنتاج كافة المواد الخاصة بالجسم (مثل 50000 بروتين في الجسم البشري) يتم محكوماً ومداراً بالمعلومات. منظومة فكر نظرية النشوء والارتقاء لا يمكن أن  تعمل إلا إذا كانت هناك إمكانية في المادة تسمح بنشوء المعلومات بمحض الصدفة. المعلومات لابد منها إذ أن كافة خطط تكوين الكائنات الحية وكافة العمليات المعقدة في الخلايا تقوم على المعلومات. المعلومة  ليست بوحدة مادية، وهي بذلك ليست صفة تتسم المادة بها. قوانين الطبيعة بخصوص الوحدات غير المادية وخاصة تلك منها المتعلقة بالمعلومات تقول بأن المادة لا يمكن لها أن تصنع وحدة غير مادية. وثمة حقيقة أخرى مسلم بها وهي أن المعلومة يستحيل أن تنشأ إلا من صانع يتوفر فيه الذكاء والإرادة. وبذلك يتجلى لنا بأن من يأخذ بنظرية النشوء والارتقاء فإنه يؤمن  «بآلة الحركة الدائمة المولدة للمعلومات» التي تعمل على مدار الساعة بدون طاقة، أي أنه يؤمن بما تحظره قوانين الطبيعة المسلم بها بصورة عامة حظراً باتاً. وهنا أصيب كعب آخيل نظرية النشوء والارتقاء لتلقى حتفها العلمي. في كتابي الصادر بعنوان «في البدء كانت المعلومة» الصادر عن دار النشر هينسلر (النسخة الثالثة المعدلة والمتممة 2002) فقد تطرقت إلى هذا الطريق بالتفصيل. ما هو مصدر الحياة؟ إزاء الصخب الذي نشهده حالياً من جراء نظرية النشوء والارتقاء فإن السؤال الذي يطرح نفسه هو «ما هو مصدر الحياة فعلاً؟». نظرية النشوء والارتقاء عاجزة كلياً عن توفير أي إيضاح لكيفية نشوء الحياة من الميت. ستانلي ميللر (1930-2007)  الذي ورد ذكر «تجربته حول محاكاة تكون الحياة على الأرض»  عام 1953 في كل كتاب بيولوجيا اعترف بعد أربعين عاماً بأن كافة الفرضيات الحالية حول مصدر الحياة بعيدة كل البعد عن أن تكون مقنعة، ووصفها جميعها «بالهراء» أو بالأحرى « بعمليات ولادة كيماوية في الرأس». وأما عالم الميكروبيولوجيا لويس باستور (1822-1895)  فقد أدرك شيئاً في غاية الأهمية وهو أن «الحياة لا يمكن أن تنشأ إلا من الحياة.» يسوع المسيح هو الوحيد من له أن يقول «أنا هو الحياة» (انجيل يوحنا 6,14). وفي الرسالة إلى أهل كولوسي من الكتاب المقدس 16,1 نقرأ عنه « فإنه فيه خُلق الكل مافي السماوات وماعلى الأرض مايُرى وما لايُرى…» وكذلك في الإنجيل حسب يوحنا 3,1: « كل شيء به (يسوع الكلمة) كان وبغيره لم يكن شيء مما كان.» وكل نظرية حول نشوء العالم والحياة تتجاهل  المسيح يسوع بكونه مصدر الحياة ومنشأها فهي نظرية ميتة ستتحطم لا محال بارتطامها بالصخرة التي هي يسوع المسيح. وبذلك فإن نظرية النشوء والارتقاء هي واحدة من أكبر الضلالات في تاريخ العالم وأودت بملايين من الناس إلى هاوية عدم الإيمان. وللأسف أن العديد من  شهود هذا العصر يغفلون عن أن هاوية عدم الإيمان يتبعها باجتياز عتبة الموت هاوية الهلاك الأبدي (جهنم). حالة الطوارئ الفكرية الفعلية التي يواجهها عالمنا الحالي هي أن الخالق الفعلي لكافة الأشياء لا يلقى تمجيداً له بمقالة افتتاحية في الصحف بعنوان «شكراً، يايسوع!» الكثير لا يعلم بأن يسوع المسيح قد قدم لنا عرضاً رائعاً، إذ قد قال « أنا هو الباب» (يوحنا 9,10) أي قصده  المدخل إلى السماء. كل من يأتي إليه فله الحياة الأبدية. البروفيسور الدكتور فيرنر جيت  

An verschiedenen Beispielen wird die Genialität der Schöpfung dargestellt. Als Wissenschaftler erklärt Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt, dass die unglaubliche Information, die in der ganzen Schöpfung steckt, einer intelligenten Quelle bedarf. Diese Quelle ist Gott selbst. Die Wissenschaft kann nur das "Was" analysieren, nicht aber das "Woher". Das "Am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde" der Bibel gibt uns eine Antwort auf die Frage nach der Herkunft des Lebens. Der Gedanke, Gott hätte durch Evolution geschaffen (die so genannte "Theistische Evolution"), untergräbt die Autorität der Bibel und ist mit dem christlichen Glauben unvereinbar. Die Bibel zeigt deutlich, dass Jesus der Schöpfer ist. Jesus hat die Menschen geschaffen und liebt sie hingebungsvoll. Darum lädt Jesus dazu ein, diese Liebe anzunehmen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! من هو الخالق؟ العالم الذي نراه ما أن نلقي نظرة على عالم الأحياء حتى تتراءى لنا مخططات تصميمية  هادفة في غاية الذكاء والدقة والتعقيد، فحوت العنبر الذي هو من فصيلة الثدييات مجهز بصورة تسمح له بالغوص لغاية عمق يصل 3000 متر دون أن يموت حال صعوده من الماء  بسبب ما يُعرف بمرض الغوص، وأما  نقار الخشب المنقط فإنه ينقر جذع الأشجار بقوة عنيفة دون أن يصاب بأي ارتجاج دماغي. في غالب الأحيان نجد أن البقاء على قيد الحياة رهن بالأداء الفعّال للأعضاء ( مثل القلب والكبد والكلى). وليست للأعضاء التي ما تزال قيد التطور أو الأعضاء نصف الجاهزة أية قيمة. وإن من تبنى النمط الفكري لمؤسس نظرية النشوء والارتقاء داروين لابد له من أن يدرك بأن المبدأ الذي تقوم عليه هذه النظرية هو أن الكون قد نشأ بمحض الصدفة ولذلك فإن نظرية داروين هذه  ليست لها أهداف ترمي إلى تحقيقها في عضو من أعضاء الجسم يؤمل منه أن يكون أداؤه على افضل وجه في يوم ما. للعديد من الطيور المهاجرة جهاز آلي للقيادة يُمكِّنها من وصول هدفها بدقة مهما كانت الحالة الجوية وسواء كان ذلك ليلاً أم نهاراً.  طائر الزقزاق الذهبي  يهاجر من آلاسكا إلى هاواي لقضاء فترة موسم الشتاء. بالنسبة للطاقة المطلوبة لرحلته  (وقوده للطيران)  أي مخزونه من الدهن البالغ 70 غراما لمسافة رحلة الطيران البالغة 4500 كم  محسوبة بدقة متناهية وحتى أن الاحتياطي البالغ 6,8 غرام في حالة الرياح المعاكسة قد تم تأمينه أيضا. حيوان الناوتيلوس الرخوي يعيش في أقصى طرف محارة كلسية مبرومة تم تقسيم داخلها إلى حجرات وتتم تعبئتها بالغاز تباعا لعمق الغوص بحيث أن حالة العوم محققة دوما. وبالمقارنة مع غواصاتنا الحديثة فإن تقنيتها تكاد تبدو بدائية وغير فاعلة.  تمكث الرخويات هذه عادة في عمق يبلغ 400 متر تقريباً غير أنها تطفو ليلا إلى مستوى 100 متر. هناك بعض أنواع البكتريا الدقيقة  ذات محركات كهربائية تتحرك بالبروتونات نحو الأمام والخلف في حيز  لا يزيد حجمه عن 6 من مليار المليمتر المكعب. تحوز بكتريا الكولي (القولونية) على ستة من هذه المحركات، ومحطة توليد طاقة كهربائية ومنظومة كمبيوتر ومصانع كيماوية بعدد ليس بضئيل. الخلية الحية أكثر تعقيدا وعبقرية من حيث تشكيلها بمقدار عشرات الاسات المضاعفة  من أية آلة صنعتها يد الإنسان، وفي هذه الخلية تجري آلاف من العمليات الكيماوية المؤقتة بتسلسل زمني تتبعي. وفي جزيئات الحمض النووي الريبي DNA للخلايا الحية نجد أكبر كثافة معلوماتية على الإطلاق. وكم هو يا ترى عدد كتب الجيب التي يمكن تخزينها بواسطة تقنية التخزين هذه في رأس دبوس لو كان هذا مكونا من مادة الحمض النووي الريبي؟  صدق أم لا، انه 15 ألف مليار نسخة! ولو تم تكديسها فوق بعضها البعض لكانت كومة يبلغ ارتفاعها 200 مليون كيلو متر أي  ما يفوق  500 مضاعف المسافة الفاصلة ما بين القمر والأرض والبالغة 384000 كم. في كوننا هذا توجد ما قدره تقريبا 25 10 نجمة ولا يكفي عمر أي إنسان مهما طال لتعدادها. ولو تم استخدام كمبيوتر سريع قادر على القيام بعشرة مليارات عملية حسابية في الثانية لاحتاج هذا 30 مليون سنة لتعدادها. عند التمعن في بعض هذه الأمثلة فإن ما يخطر على بال كل إنسان يتمتع بالعقل السليم هو السؤال عن منشأ كل هذه الخطط التصميمية العبقرية. إن نظرية النشوء والارتقاء التي يتبناها الكثير من البشر المعاصر لا تعتبر جواباً مقنعاً لما أن مرد كل شيء بلا استثناء يكون إلى المادة وحتى المعلومات الهائلة في الخلايا والنفس والوعي. حسب القوانين الطبيعية للمعلومات فإن المعلومة ليست ذات طبيعة مادية وهي دوما بحاجة إلى مصدر ذكي أي خالق أو مؤلف يتمتع بالإرادة. الذكاء والحكمة التي نجدها متجسدة في الخلق  مذهلة إلى أبعد الحدود، ولذا فإن استنتاج وجود خالق من  أعمال الخلق لهو أمر لامناص منه، والسؤال الذي يطرح نفسه هو: أين نجد الجواب اليقين؟ في إطار العلوم الطبيعية لا يمكن لنا القيام بالبحث في واقع الزمان والمكان المحيط بنا إلا من خلال أساليب مختلفة للقياس والتقويم وما هو ممكن من خلال ذلك يقتصر على تقصي ماهية المخلوق، وأما مسألة تقصي مصدره فتبقى مستحيلة. الرد على السؤال الثاني خارج عن نطاق  كافة الجهود البشرية وقدرتها، وليس من شأن أحد الرد عليه سوى الخالق نفسه.  ولكن أين تجلى الخالق؟ أفي الكتاب المقدس، في القرآن  أو في أحد كتب تاريخ العالم؟ لا يمكن أن تكون كل هذه الأديان التي نعرفها في العالم تمثل الطريق الصحيح لما أن الحقائق التي  تبشر بها متباينة للغاية ومتناقضة. فإما أن جميعها خاطئ، أو أن أحد هذه الأديان فقط هو الدين الصحيح. ثمة سبيل لمحص الحقيقة ألا وهي التنبؤات التي تحققت. الكتاب المقدس هو الكتاب الوحيد الذي يحتوي على 3268 نبوءة  ثبت أنها تحققت بعد وقت طويل جداً من إعلانها. وليس من كتاب آخر في العالم يتوفر على مثل ميزة الجودة هذه. للكتاب المقدس مكانة رفيعة ومتميزة وفريدة مقارنةً بكل ما كتب. ولذا فإني أعتبر الكتاب المقدس  كلمة الله الموجهة لنا نحن معشر البشر. وفي أول عدد منه يعطينا  الكتاب المقدس الجواب على ماهية الخالق "في البدء خلق الله."  وهذه الحقيقة تتماشى بصورة جيدة مع المطلب المذكور آنفا بخصوص مصدر ذكي. من هو الخالق؟ كان الله موجوداً قبل كل شيء. كان هو المتصرف قبل المكان والزمان والمادة. عند التمعن بالعدد الأول من الكتاب المقدس بمعزل عن باقي فحوى الكتاب فإن العدد هذا يولد الانطباع وكأن الله الآب هو الخالق لوحده، غير أنه ثمة إشارة حاسمة في قصة الخلق تدل على أن الله الآب لم يقم بالخلق لوحده: " وقَالَ الله نَعْمَلُ الإنْسَانَ..." ( سفر التكوين، 26:1). وحتى أن الروح القدس شارك في عملية الخلق ونستقي المعلومة هذه من العدد الثاني لقصة الخلق: "... ورُوحُ اللهِ يَرفُّ عَلَى وَجْهِ المِياهِ." الكتاب المقدس لا يزودنا بالمعلومات دفعة واحدة وإنما غالباً ما نتلقى المعلومات تدريجياً. في العهد الجديد نجد أن السؤال عن هوية الخالق معالج على نحو دقيق. حسب الرسالة الأولى إلى المؤمنين في مدينة كورنثوس 6:8 فإن المسيح يسوع قد ساهم بصورة واضحة في الخلق " وَلَكِنْ لَنَا إِلهٌ واحِدٌ الآبُ الَّذي مِنْهُ جَميعُ الأشيَاءِ ونَحْنُ لَهُ. وَرَبٌ واحِدٌ يَسُوعُ المَسيحُ الَّذي بِهِ جَميعُ الأشياءِ ونَحْنُ بِهِ." الكلمة العبرية "إلوهيم" الواردة في سفر التكوين 1:1 هي مفردة بصيغة الجمع للإله الخالق. وهناك حدث يومي من شأنه أن يوضح لنا عملية الخلق بصورة مجازة: كل عائلتنا تسافر على متن السيارة لزيارة أصدقاء وعندما يحين وقت العودة  أقول بصفتي رب العائلة: "علينا السفر إلى البيت". وحتى عند اختياري صيغة الجمع فإن هذا لا يعني أن الكل سيقود السيارة وإنما شخص واحد فقط وأما باقي أفراد العائلة فانهم يسافرون بالرغم من أن السائق فقط يدير عجلة القيادة ويدهس دواسات الوقود والمكابح. هذه الصورة البسيطة توضح لنا رؤية الكتاب المقدس للقائم بالخلق. الله خلق العالم من خلال يسوع المسيح. نجد هذه الحقيقة مصاغة بصورة جلية في الرسالة إلى العبرانيين 2:1. وأما الفصل الأول من إنجيل يوحنا فإنه  يشهد أيضا على أن  أصل كل ما في الخليقة يعود إلى المسيح يسوع: "كُلُّ شَيْءٍ بِهِ كَانَ وبِغَيْرِهِ لمْ يَكُنْ شَئٌ مِمَّا كَانَ." (يوحنا 1:3) يسوع المسيح هو الخالق وفي الرسالة إلى مؤمني كولوسي (1: 16 و 17) نقرأ المزيد عن عمل الخلق الذي قام به المسيح  "فإنَّهُ فِيِهِ خُلِقَ الكُلُّ مَافي السَّمَواتِ ومَاعَلى الأرْضِ مَا يُرَى وَمَا لا يُرَى سَواءٌ كَانَ عُروشاً  أمْ سِياداتٍ أمْ رِياساتٍ أمْ سَلاطينَ. الكُلُّ بِه ولَهُ قَدْ خُلِقَ. الَّذِي هُوَ قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَفِيهِ يَقُومُ الكُلُّ." في العالم المادي المرئي فإنه ليس من شيء  لم يخلقه المسيح. وسواء كان الأمر يتعلق بالكون الهائل والملايين من مجراته، أم أدق التفاصيل في الخلية الحية أو البنية الهيكلية للذرة فإن الخلق شملها كلها. إن المسيح ليس صانع الكون الدقيق والظاهر فحسب، بل أنه سيد الكون القدير. علاوة على ذلك فإن العالم غير المنظور بالنسبة لنا قد خُلق أيضا بالمسيح يسوع. وهو ملأ السماء بمخلوقات لا تعد ولا تحصى، أي المخلوقات التي يسميها الكتاب المقدس بالملائكة. وكما هو الحال بالنسبة لكل المخلوقات التي وجدت بأعداد هائلة في نظام يرتبها فإن هذا ينطبق أيضا على العالم غير المنظور كما تشير إليها المصطلحات مثل العروش، والسيادات، والرئاسات والسلاطين. يسوع المسيح ليس الخالق فحسب وإنما أيضا مثبت  الجميع والماسك بزمام العالم. بعد عملية الخلق لم يُترك العالم لشأنه بل أن كلمة الله  ذات السلطان  تحمله وتحفظه ولذا فإنه ليس من داع  لأن نقلق ونخاف من أية كوارث كونية بسبب ارتطام نجوم ببعضها البعض، أو برود الشمس أو خمودها. يسوع هو حافظ  العالم إلى يوم مجيئه الثاني إلى العالم. الإنسان لم يُخلق من محض الصدفة حسب ادعاء الفائز بجائزة نوبل جاك مونو.  خلقنا الله من أجل هدف معين ولنا هدف ومآل ثابت ألا وهو يسوع المسيح! وهباء تكون حياتنا إن انتفى فيها هذا الهدف. يسوع الخالق في العهد القديم في سفر الأمثال 8، 24-22 + 30 نقرأ  مايلي: "الربُّ قَنَاني أوَّلَ طَريقِهِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أعْمَالهِ مُنْذُ القِدَمِ. مُنْذُ الأزَلِ مُسِحْتُ مُنْذُ البَدْءِ مُنْذُ أوائلِ الأَرْضِِ. إذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ غَمْرٌ أُبْدِئتُ إذْ لَمْ تَكُنْ يَنَابيعُ كَثيرَةُ المِياهِ.... كُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ صانِعاً وكُنتُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ لَذَّتَهُ فَرْحَةٌ دائِماً قُدَّامَهُ."  تشير كلمة „صانع" أيضا إلى العمل التنفيذي للمسيح خلال عملية الخلق. وأما العدد 25 من المزمور 102  فإنه يقتبس في العهد الجديد في الرسالة إلى العبرانيين10:1 في سياق الإشارة إلى المسيح: " وَأنْتَ يَارَبُّ فِي البَدْءِ أسَّسْتَ الأرْضَ والسَّمَواتُ هِيَ عَمَلُ يَدَيْكَ." كيف صنع الخالق أعماله؟ إن أردنا أن نعرف  كيفية الخلق فإن الكتاب المقدس يكشف لنا الوسائل التالية: من خلال كلمة الله: المزمور 6:33؛ يوحنا 1: 4-1 بدون مادة أولية: الرسالة إلى العبرانيين 11: 3 بقوة الله: ارميا 12:10 من خلال حكمة الله: المزمور 104، 24؛ كولوسي 3:2 من خلال إرادة الله: سفر التكوين 1: 26؛ رؤيا 11:4 من خلال ابن الله: يوحنا 1:  17-15 من خلال صفات المسيح: إنجيل متى 29:11؛ إنجيل يوحنا 11:10 كانت العوامل هذه فاعلة خلال أيام الخلق الستة. ولسبب كونها غير خاضعة لأحداث الطبيعة فلا يمكن إدراكها إلا بالإيمان. تقوم قوانين الطبيعة في هذا الزمان بتسيير مجرى الأحداث الطبيعية في العالم وهي ليست سبب الخلق وانما نتيجته. ماذا وهب لنا في المسيح يسوع؟ إنه الأساس الذي بوسعنا أن نبني عليه حياتنا. هناك بنك عقاري ألماني يروج لذاته بالإعلان "بإمكانكم البناء على هذه الصخرة." وعن المسيح يسوع يصحّ  حقاً أن نقول: "على هذه الصخرة بوسعكم أن تبنوا حياتكم." في المسيح يجد كل شيء الأساس له: الخلق، والكتاب المقدس، والإيمان، والخلاص، والسلام، والرجاء، والطريق إلى الله الآب ومعنى الحياة. المسيح  هو الصخرة التي لاتتزحزح ( الرسالة الأولى للمؤمنين في مدينة كورنثوس 4:10)  وهو الصخرة التي تتهشم عليها كل ما أوجدته العقول البشرية. وعندما يقول الله: "لأنَّهُ مَكْتوبٌ سَأُبيدُ حِكْمةَ الحُكَماءِ وَأَرْفُضُ فَهْمَ الفُهَماءِ" فإن هذا يحصل فوق الصخرة التي هي المسيح، وفوق الصخرة هذه تتحطم كل الأيدلوجيات والإلحاد ونظريات النشوء والارتقاء. وحتى أن  أنصارها سيركعون في يوم معين أمام الرب هذا (الرسالة إلى مؤمني فيلبي 10:2) ولو أنهم يرفضون الآن  "المخطط" و"المصمم" و "الخالق" و "المخلص". ما سبب كون نظرية النشوء والارتقاء بهذه الخطورة؟ إنها لا تصور لنا الرؤية الخاطئة للعالم فحسب، وإنما تقودنا إلى حالة فراغ ...إلى خواء ينعدم فيه الرجاء والأمل كما قال الكاتب الألماني جان باول بصورة صائبة" ليس هناك من اله... فناء جامد صامت! ضرورة باردة إلى الأبد! صدفة جنونية...كما هو حال كل واحد في القبر اللامتناهي الأطراف في الكون!" تدعي نظرية النشوء والارتقاء بأنه من شأنها أن تفسر العالم هذا دون خالق وبالتالي فإنها تضلل الإنسان وتجذبه إلى الإلحاد وبالإلحاد فإن مآلنا إلى جهنم حسب قول المسيح  "...وَمَنْ لَمْ يُؤْمِن يُدان" (إنجيل مرقس 16:16). هناك من يحاول نسب النشوء والارتقاء إلى الله  كأداة استخدمها في عملية الخلق، غير أن الله إن كان قد خلق العالم من خلال النشوء والارتقاء فإنه لما كان هناك أول زوجان في العالم، أي آدم وحواء ولا أية خطيئة، بسبب كون "النزعة العدوانية هي العجلة الدافعة للنشوء والارتقاء" على حد قول يوآخيم ايليس، عالم البيولوجيا واللاهوت الألماني ولكان الله قد استخدم الموت كأداة للخلق ولكان بذلك قد تم تقويض مبرر الخلاص من خلال المسيح الذي سمي  بآدم الأخير (رسالة كورنثوس الأولى، 15: 45). إن هذه التصريحات  برهان على أن نظرية النشوء والارتقاء الإلهية تقوِّض الكتاب المقدس وترفضه رفضاً قاطعاً، ولذلك ليس لنا سوى أن  نرفض هذه الفكرة الخاطئة رفضاً قاطعاً. فكرة تسلب الألباب لقد تعرفنا على أن المسيح يسوع هو خالق كل شيء وأنه هو الذي كان منذ الأزل وأنه ملك السماوات وأنه  قد أُعطي  كل سلطان  في السماء وعلى الأرض (إنجيل متى 18:28). أليس بالحري بنا أن نتبنى الفكرة التالية التي تسلب الألباب؟ ذلك الرجل على صليب الجلجثة وخالق العالم هذا وكل ما تدب فيه حياة هو نفس الشخص! وبدافع حبه العجيب لنا نحن البشر الذي يعجز الإنسان عن سبر أغواره، فقد ارتضى أن يُصلب نيابة عنا دون أية مقاومة لكي يفتح لنا بذلك باب السماء على مصراعيه وإن من يرفض هذه الحقيقة يخسر كل شئ:  "فَكَيْفَ نَنْجو نَحْنُ إنْ أَهْمَلْنا خَلاصَاَ هَذا مِقْدارُهُ..."  (عبرانيين 3:2)، ومن يقبل المسيح فإنه يكسب كل شيء: "الْحَقَّ الحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إنَّ مَنْ يَسْمَعْ كَلامي وَيُؤمِنْ بِالَّذي أَرْسَلَني فَلَهُ حَيْوةٌ أَبَدِيَّةٌ وَلايَأتِي إلَى دَيْنونَةٍ، بَلْ قَدْ انْتَقَلَ مِنَ المَوْتِ إِلى الحَيْوةِ." (يوحنا 24:5). اطلب مغفرة كل خطاياك من المسيح يسوع لكي تخلص يوم الدين واقبله بأنه خالقك وربك ومخلصك الشخصي، واتبعه. البروفيسور الدكتور فيرنر جيت

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!  Мен Жаннетге къалай тюшерге боллукъма?  Кёп адам – ёлюмню юсюнден ойлагъанла окъуна, ёлгенден сора ол дуниялары къайда ётеригини юсюнден сагъыш этмейдиле. Бу дуниядан ёлюп кетгенден сора, ала ёмюрлюк жашаугъа ётериклерини юсюнден ойламайдыла – ол жашау а, не Раббийни биргесине – жаннетде, не Рабийсиз жаханимде боллукъду. Бир белгили киноартист жети жылы толгъанда «Инопланетянин» деген фантастика кинода баш ролюн ойнагъанды. Эмда андан сора бек белгили адам болгъанды. Кёп болмай, жыйырма сегиз жылы толгъанда, ол былай айтханды: «Мен киштигимден алгъа ёлсем, анга,мени кюйдюргенден сора мени кюлюмю ашаргъа беригиз; алай бла мени жашауум киштикде окъуна андан ары барсын». Кесини ёмюрлюк жашаууну юсюнден аллай бир ойлаусузлукъ къалай осалды! Исса жерге келип адамланы арасында жашагъан заманда Анга бек кёп адам келе эди. Аланы асламысы бу дунияны жашаууна керекли затланы излей эдиле: Келепен ауруулары болгъан он адам Исса аланы сау этерлерин излей эдиле (Лука 17:13); Сокъур адамла кёзлери кёрюрлерин излей эдиле (Маттай 9:27); Халкъны ичинден биреу Иссагъа: «Устаз, мени къарындашыма айт, ол бизге къалгъан мюлкден юлешип, мени юлюшюмю берсин» – деди. (Лука 12:13-14); Фарисейле Иссагъа келип: «Кесарьгъа жасакъ берирге тийишлимиди огъесе тюйюлмюдю» – деп хыйлачы соруула бере эдиле (Мaттай 22:17). Эмда бек аз адам жаннетге къалай тюшерге боллукъну юсюнден сорургъа Иссагъа келе эдиле. Бир жаш адам Иссаны соруу берир ючюн излей эди. Ол: «Ахшы устаз! Ёмюрлюк жашаудан юлюшлю болур ючюн, мен не этейим?» – деп сорду. (Лука 18:18) Исса анга:  «Битеу болгъан затынгы сат», – деди. Жюрегинде биринчи жерни алгъан затны юсюнден айтхан эди. Эмда андан сора: «Кел да Мени ызымдан жюрю», – деди. Ол жаш адам бек бай болгъаны себепли, Иссаны айтханына къулакъ салмады эмда кеси Жаннетни къабыл этмеди. Жаннетни излемегенле да бар эдиле, алай а Иссагъа тюбеп жаннетни юсюнден эшитгенден сора, олсагъат окъуна жаннетге тюшер хар амалны хайырланнгъан кёп адам да бар эди. Сёз ючюн, Закай деген  бир адам Иссаны жаланда кёрюрге излей эди. Алай а, жаланда кёрюп къалмай, Закай жаннетге жолну тапхан эди. Закайны юйюнде къонакъда болгъан кезиуде, Исса анга: «Энди бу юйге къутхарылыу келди», – деди. (Лука 19:9). Жаннет деген неди? Эмда биз аны бу дунияда къалай табаргъа боллукъбуз?  Жаннет – ол бош зат тюйюлдю. Ол кертиси бла да болгъан, Раббий бизге хазырлагъан жерди.  Жаннетге тюшер ючюн кёп тюрлю хазырланыула керек- мейдиле.  Жаннетге тюшер ючюн кёп тюрлю къыйын борчланы толтуруу керекмейди.  Багъалы окъуучула, сиз эм биринчи билирге керекли зат: бюгюн окъуна сизни Раббий Аллахдан ёмюрлюк жашауну саугъагъа алыргъа амалыгъыз барды. Ол амалны юсюнден Раббий не айтады? Биз, жаннетни излеуде Раббий бизге аны саугъагъа берирге айтханын эсге алмасакъ – жаннетге тюшерге башха амалла излегенибиз бошду. Бир жырчы бир масхарачыны юсюнден былай жырлай эди: «Ол жаннетге тийишлиди, нек дегенде – кёп адамланы къууандыра эди». Бир бай тиширыу а, жарлылагъа болушлукъ этген фонд къурагъан эди эмда жыйырма жарлы тышырыу хакъ тёлемей жашарча, юйню ишленнгенине тёлеген эди. Ол юйде жашаргъа излегенле, хар кюн сайын, бир сагъатны ичинде алагъа бу ахшылыкъны этген тышырыуну жаны къутхарылыр ючюн тилек этип турургъа керек эдиле. Биз кертиси бла жаннетге къалай тюшерге болаллыкъбыз? Аны бизге ангылатыр ючюн Исса оюм берген таурухну айтды (Лука 14:16). Бу оюм берген таурух Иссаны сыфатын ачыкълайды. Бир адам уллу ушхууур этерге оноу этди (мында ушхуур – жаннетни кергюзтеди) эм кёп адамлагъа чакъырыу къагъыт жиберди. Алай а чакъырылгъан адамланы жууаплары бек сейирсиндиредиле. Ала бары да чакъырыугъа «угъай» дедиле эмда «бары да бир тилли болгъанча кечгинлик тилеп башлагъандыла. Биринчиси: мен жер сатып алгъанма… Экинчиси: мен беш къош ёгюз сатып алгъанма… Ючюнчюсю: мен къатын алгъанма, ол себепден келаллыкъ тюйюлме». Исса оюм берген таурухун ушхууур этген адамны сёзлери бла бошады: «Ол себепден сизге айтама – ол алгъа чакъырылгъанладан бири да мени ушхуууруму татарыкъ тюйюлдю». (Лука 14:24). Жаннетни табаргъа болгъаныча, тас этерге да бола кёреме? Биз чакъырылыуугъа хау неда угъаймы дейбиз – ол бек магъаналыды. Андан магъаналы зат болалырмы? Бек кёп адам ахырзаманда жаннетге тийишли болмай къаллыкъдыла. Ол иш а адамла жаннетге жолну билмегенлеринден тюйюл, алай а ол жолну къабыл этмегенлери ючюн боллукъду. Биз ол оюм берген таурухда айтылгъан юч адамдан юлгю алыргъа керек тюйюлбюз – аладан бири да уллу ушхууургъа келмеди! Алай болгъанлыкъгъа уллу ушхууур болмай къалмады. Чакъырылгъанла угъай дегенден сора, юйню иеси кесини къулларына: «Хар бир адамны да чакъырыгъыз», – деп буйрукъ берди. Ол энди алтын накъышлары бла жасалгъан чакъырыу къагъытла жибермейди. Энди жаланда: «Келигиз», – деген сёз тамамды. Ол чакъырыугъа  келген адам уллу ушхууурда  кесине жер табады. Сора уа не? Адамла ушхууургъа барадыла; кёп адам окъуна барады. Юйню иеси тёгерекге къарап, дагъыда бош жерле болгъанын кёрюп эмда кесини къулларына: «Барыгъыз да, адамланы келирге атландырыгъыз», – деди. Бу оюм берген таурух бюгюннгю болумну бек ачыкъ кёргюзтеди. Жаннетге эшик хар адамгъа да ачыкъды. Раббий санга буйрукъ этеди: «Акъылман бол! Бюгюн кел, жаннетде санга хазырланнган жерни ал. Ёмюрлюк жашаудан юлюшлю бол!» Жаннет биз аны ачыкъларгъа болалмазча ариуду. Коринфлилеге жазылгъан биринчи къагъытда (2:9) жаннетни юсюнден былай жазылады: «Аллах, Аны сюйгенлеге не хазырлагъанын кёз да кёрмегенди, къулакъ да эшитмегенди эм ол адамны жюрегине да келмегенди». Бу дунияда жаннет бла тенглешдирир бир зат да жокъду. Анда алай аламатды! Жаннет алай багъалыды, биз ары тюшерге бир амалыбызны да тас этерге керек тюйюлбюз. Раббий Исса бизге жаннетге жол ачханды. Иссаны юсю бла жаннетге кирирге амал барды. Энди бары да бизни къолубуздады. Чакъырыу къагъыт келген заманда «Угъай» дегенле ол юч оюмсуз чакъырылгъаннга  ушарыкъдыла. Къутхарылыу Исса Масихни юсю бла бериледи «Абустолланы ишлери» деген китапда (2:21) биз бек магъаналы сёзлени окъуйбуз: «Раббийни атын айтып тилек этген хар адам къутхарыллыкъды». Бу сёзле – Жангы Кесаматны баш магъанасын тутхан сёзледиле. Абустол Паул Филиппы деген шахарда тутмакъда болгъан заманда сакълауул бла ушагъын бу сёзле бла бошагъан эди: «Раббий Масих Иссагъа ийнан, кесинг да къутхарылырса эм битеу юйюрюнг да къутхарылыр» (Аб. Ишл. 16:31). Бу сёзле адамны жашауун тюрлендирирге болаллыкъ сёзледиле. Ол ингирде окъуна сакълауул тобагъа къайтды да жаннетге тийишли болду. Исса неден къутхаргъанын билирге керекди: ёмюрлюк ёлюмге элтген жолдан – жаханимден. Инжилде жазылгъаннга кёре адамла жаннетде кибик жаханимде да ёмюрлерин ётдюрлюкдюле. Бир жер – аламатды, экинчи жер а - ахырлыкъды. Ючюнчюсю – жокъду. Ёлгенден сора хар неда бошалады деп бир адам да айталлыкъ тюйюлдю. Оноу Иссаны къолундады. Биз Иссаны къабыл этсек ёмюрлюк жашауубуз жаннетде боллугъун билебиз. Бир жол мен лекцияларым бла Польшада болгъан эдим. Анда биз Освенцим концлагерге баргъан эдик. Немисли фашистлени заманында анда бек къоркъунчлу эм кюйсюз затла бола эдиле. 1942-1944 жыллада Освенцимде газ бла буулуп эм кюйдюрюлюп бир миллион бла беш жюз минг адамгъа жууукъ ёлтюрюлген эдиле. Аланы асламысы чюйютлюле эдиле. Литературада «Освенцимни жаханими» деген сёз къуралгъанды. Ол сёзню юсюнден, мен газ жиберилген камерада, бир кереге алты жюзге жууукъ адам ёлген жерде ойлай эдим. Ол сёз бла айталмазча ахырлыкъ эди. Ол жер кертиси бла жаханимми болур эди? Биз – экскурсиягъа баргъан къауум адам - ол жерлени къоркъуусуз башдан аякъгъа дери къараргъа онгубуз бар эди, нек десегиз ол жерде энди бир адамны да ёлтюрмей эдиле. Ол адамсызлыкъ ишлени ахыры 1945 жылда келген эди. Освенцимде болгъан жаханим бир талай заманны ичинде болгъан эди, Инжилде жазылгъан жаханим а - ёмюрлегеди. Освенцим музейде мени кёз къарамым къабыргъаланы биринде орналгъан жоргъа тюшдю. Ол тутмакъгъа тутулгъанланы бири кесини ышанууун чюй бла къабыргъада тырнагъан эди. Ол жазыкъ адам кёп башха адамла бла бирге газ жиберилген камерада ёлгенди, алай а ол кесини къутхарыучусун – Масих Иссаны биле эди. Ол адам – ол кюйсюз, ахырлыкъ жерде ёлгенликге – жаннет эшик анга ачыкъ эди. Жаханимден а (Исса бизге Жангы Кесаматны бетлеринде кёп кере айтады; сёз ючюн Маттай 7:13; 5:29–30; 18:8) адамгъа не къутхарылыу, не азатланыу жокъду. Освенцим бла тенглешдиргенде жаханим «тохтаусуз» ишлейди – ёмюрлегеди. Аны себепли, жаханимге къысха экскурсия этерге амал жокъду. Жаннет да ёмюргеди. Ол – Раббий Аллах бизни элтирге сюйген жерди. Аны себепли, сизни Раббийге чакъырыргъа, мени эркин этигиз. Раббий Иссаны къабыл этигиз да, кесигизге жаннетде жер хазырлагъыз! Бир жол, лекциямдан сора бир тиширыу менден былай сорду: «Адамгъа жаннетде кесине жер хазырларгъа амал бармыды? Солуу жерлеге барыргъа болушлукъ этген бюрогъа ушайды сизни айтханыгъыз!» Мен ол тиширыуну айтханы бла келишдим: «Адам алгъадан кесине билетни алыргъа онг этмесе – муратына жетал-лыкъ тюйюлдю. Сиз Гаваялы айрыкамгъа барыргъа сюе эсегиз, сизге билет алыргъа керекди». Ол менден дагъыда былай сорду: «Билет алыр ючюн багъасын тёлерге керек болур да?!» – «Хау, жаннетге элтген билет-ни да багъасын тёлерге керекди! Алай а, жаннетге элтген билетни багъасы алай багъады, бир адам да аны багъасын тёлеялмайды. Гюнях – бизни жаннетге жолубузда чырмауду. Раббий Аллах а кесини кёклеринде гюняхха тёзмейди. Бу дунияда жашаудан сора Жаннетде ёмюрюн бардырама деген адам алгъа кесини гюняхларындан азат болургъа керекди. Ол азатланыуну кеси гюняхсыз болгъан эталлыкъ эди – эмда ол Адам Исса Масих болду. Жаланда Ол тёлеялгъанды бизни гюняхларыбызны! Эмда тёлегенди – Кесини къаны бла, Кесини къачда ёлгени бла». Мен Жаннетге тюшер ючюн не этерге керекме? Раббий Аллах барыбызны да Аны къутхарылыуун къабыл этерге буюрады. Инжилде кёп аятла Раббийни чакъырыуун къабыл этерге бизни кёллендиредиле: «Тар къбакъдан кирирге кюрешигиз» (Лука 13:24). «Тобагъа къайтышыгъыз, Кёклени Патчах­лыгъы жууукълашханды» (Маттай 4:17). «Тар къабакъдан киригиз ; нек десегиз кенг къабакъ бла эркин жол жоюлуугъа элтгенледиле, кёпле да ол къабакъ бла киредиле. Тар къабакъ бла такъыр жол – жашаугъа элтгенледиле, ол жолну уа азла табадыла» (Маттай 7:1314). «Ёмюрлюк жашауну тут, сен анга чакъырылгъанса» (1 Тимотейге жазылгъан къагъыт 6:12). «Раббий Масих Иссагъа ийнан эм къутхарылырса» (Абустолланы ишлери 16:31). Бу башында жазылгъан чакъырыула бары да хакъ кертидиле эм бизни ёмюрлюк жашауубузгъа оноу этерге чакъырадыла. Бу сёзледе аланы керти магъаналарын эм ол ишни артха салыуугъа жарамагъанын кёресиз. Бу чакъырыугъа сизни тюз жууабыгъыз быллай тилекде кёрюнюрге боллукъду: «Раббий Исса, мен бюгюн окъугъаныма кёре Сени жаннетинге мен жаланда Сени юсюнг бла кирирге болаллыкъма. Мен Сени биргенге жаннетде болургъа сюеме. Ол себепден мени жаханимни тузагъындан къутхар. Мен гюняхлы болгъаным себепли мени барлыкъ жерим жаханимди. Сен а мени гюняхларым ючюн къачда ёлюп, аланы тёлегенсе. Сен мени гюняхлы табийгъатымы туугъан кюнюмден бюгюннге дери кёресе. Сен мени хар болгъан гюняхымы да, унутулгъан гюняхымы да билесе. Мени жюрегими талпыгъаны санга ачыкъды. Болгъан халим бла мен Сени жаннетинге кираллыкъ тюйюлме. Мен Сенден тилейме, мени бар этген гюняхларымы кеч, мен бек сокъуранама. Мени жюрегиме кел да, Сени бла жаннетде болургъа чырмагъан затланы тазала деп тилейме. Сен манга жангы жашау бер. Сени Сёзюнгю – Инжилни ангыларгъа болуш. Сен манга сени Сёзюнгю юсю бла айтыргъа сюйгенинги ангылат эмда бойсуннган жюрек бер, Сени оноуунгу толтурурча. Мени Оноучум бол. Мен Сени ызынгдан барыргъа сюеме. Сен мени жашауумда барыр жолуму кёргюзт. Сен мени эшитгенинг ючюн эмда Сени баланг болургъа эркинлигим болгъаны ючюн Санга махтау салама. Ол дунияда мен Сени бла бирге жаннетде боллугъума ийнанама. Амин». Профессордоктор технических наукВернер Гитт

Wer freut sich nicht über einen persönlichen Brief mit einer liebevollen Einladung? Wussten Sie, dass die Bibel als Brief Gottes an uns bezeichnet werden kann? In ihr spricht uns Gott eine Einladung ganz besonderer Art aus. Über die Wahrheit der Bibel gibt es zuweilen heftige Diskussionen. Jede Debatte über die Herkunft und das Wesen der Bibel bleibt letztlich wertlos, wenn das Wort Gottes uns nicht zur persönlichen Anrede wird. Selbst dem flüchtigen Leser der Bibel fällt sofort auf, dass das gesamte Neue Testament Briefcharakter trägt. Gott, der Urheber dieses Briefes, sendet ihn uns aus einem einzigen Grund: Er möchte die Menschen, die sich im Sündenfall von ihm entfernt haben, zurückgewinnen. Er möchte, dass keiner verlorengeht und startete mit dem Kreuz von Golgatha die größte Rettungsaktion der Weltgeschichte. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! O melhor convite do mundo Deus nos manda uma carta de amor Quem não gosta de ganhar um convite bem carinhoso? Uma carta cheia de palavras amorosas? Uma mensagem sincera? Você sabia que a Bíblia é uma carta de amor que Deus envia a nós, um convite muito especial e bem particular para você e para mim? Muito se tem discutido se a Bíblia é verdadeira ou não. Mas todo e qualquer debate sobre a origem e o caráter da Bíblia acabará sendo inútil se a Palavra de Deus deixar de ser um convite pessoal a cada um de nós. Com a Bíblia Deus, se dirige aos homens. Até o leitor mais superficial logo perceberá que todo o Novo Testamento tem muita relação com cartas. De seus 27 livros, 21 são claramente uma correspondência com cristãos romanos, coríntios ou gálatas. E como vemos nos primeiros versículos do evangelho de Lucas e de Atos dos Apóstolos, esses livros da Escritura também foram redigidos em formato de carta. O último livro da Bíblia também contém diversas cartas breves, conhecidas como as cartas às igrejas do Apocalipse (Apocalipse 2 e 3). Não por acaso, os evangelhos de Jesus Cristo foram transmitidos a nós em formato de carta. Uma carta não é um amontoado de fórmulas nem rígido um código de leis. Cartas não são livros-texto enfileirando fatos como uma enciclopédia. Uma carta é a comunicação escrita mais pessoal e mais individual do seu remetente. Quem se corresponde geralmente se conhece e compartilha seus sentimentos, suas alegrias e tristezas. Um participa da vida do outro, e a troca de confidências demonstra interesse e amor recíproco. O Novo Testamento, a Bíblia toda é uma carta de amor escrita por Deus para nós. Deus nos ama e nos conhece profundamente, e por isso fala conosco por meio das páginas das Escrituras Sagradas: Deus sabe quando estamos desesperançados, Ele sempre percebe quando precisamos de palavras de ânimo, consolo e encorajamento. Ele conhece os perigos à nossa frente, e por isso nos alerta, guia e orienta. Ele sabe quando a culpa e o pecado deixam nosso coração pesado, e por isso fala do Seu perdão. Ele sabe muito bem que nós, homens e mulheres, andamos errantes e sem rumo pela vida, e por isso nos mostra um alvo eterno a ser alcançado. Ele conhece toda a nossa perdição, e por isso nos oferece a vida eterna. Suas palavras são sempre claras, diretas e solucionam nossas questões existenciais. Por isso a Palavra de Deus, a Bíblia, deveria ser lida com muito amor, sempre em atitude de oração. Quem se aproximar da Bíblia em humilde oração será ricamente abençoado. Quem a ler com espírito crítico sairá de mãos abanando. O propósito de Deus Deus é o autor dessa carta de amor e a envia a nós com um único propósito: quer ganhar de volta para si os homens que se afastaram dEle porque caíram em pecado. Ele não quer que ninguém se perca, e com a cruz de Gólgota desencadeou a maior ação de busca e salvamento da história. A ponte até a casa do Pai foi construída por Jesus. E agora Ele procura, entre nós, pessoas que sirvam como placas de sinalização, apontando o caminho certo e mostrando aos outros onde encontrar a salvação. Deus precisa de cooperadores, pessoas que orem e aconselhem e cooperem no propósito de levar muitos outros à alegria que só Deus pode dar. Ele precisa de pessoas que semeiem esperança em um mundo cheio de medo, desânimo e desespero. Ele busca pessoas que levem Seu amor a um mundo cheio de ódio, conflitos e tensões. Ele procura por missionários que anunciem o Evangelho no lugar onde vivem e missionários que vão até os confins da terra. Ele busca por mestres, pastores e evangelistas. Ele procura por homens que preguem Sua Palavra e escrevam sobre Seu amor. Resumindo, para Deus ninguém está sobrando. Com Deus ninguém fica desempregado. O remetente da carta espera por nossa resposta Quando colocamos uma carta no correio ficamos ansiosos pela resposta. Deus espera muito mais por uma resposta nossa! Ele mostrou seu amor por nós não apenas escrevendo uma carta. Ele provou todo o seu amor através de um ato, pois deu seu Filho amado por nós. O preço do resgate de nossos pecados era extremamente alto: Jesus Cristo “entregou a si mesmo pelos nossos pecados, para nos desarraigar deste mundo perverso, segundo a vontade de nosso Deus e Pai” (Gálatas 1.4). Fomos resgatados por um preço altíssimo, que foi o sangue de Cristo (1 Pedro 1.19). A carta aos Hebreus nos faz pensar, pois pergunta: “Como escaparemos nós, se negligenciarmos tão grande salvação?” (Hebreus 2.3). Portanto, Deus espera por nossa resposta pessoal. Como reagimos diante de sua oferta de salvação? Podemos responder orando, falando com Deus, confirmando que recebemos sua carta e dizendo que entendemos sua mensagem. Podemos declarar que agarramos a mão estendida de Jesus, que clamamos por seu Nome e que Ele será nossa salvação (Romanos 10.13). Sinalizamos o recebimento da carta de amor de Deus agradecendo e louvando a Ele. Se continuarmos lendo a carta de Deus, a Sua Palavra registrada na Bíblia (Josué 1.8), se nossa vida for dirigida pelo que ela ensina, nós mesmos nos tornaremos cartas abertas, lidas por todos: “Vós sois a nossa carta, escrita em nosso coração, conhecida e lida por todos os homens, estando já manifesta como carta de Cristo, produzida pelo nosso ministério, escrita não com tinta, mas pelo Espírito do Deus vivente, não em tábuas de pedra, mas em tábuas de carne, isto é, nos corações” (2 Coríntios 3.2-3). Que os outros, ao leram a carta que é a nossa vida, sintam-se convidados para se achegar a Deus. Só quando lemos a Bíblia como carta de amor de Deus escrita para nós é que estamos em profunda ligação com Ele. Saber é bom, amar é melhor. Jesus fala desse relacionamento de amor em João 10.27-28: “As minhas ovelhas conhecem a minha voz; eu as conheço, e elas me seguem. Eu lhes dou a vida eterna, jamais perecerão, e ninguém as arrebatará da minha mão”. Quem já ouviu a voz do Bom Pastor sabe que ela é inimitável. Quem segue esse Pastor passou da morte para a vida e a eternidade será sua possessão. Somos esperados! Durante nossa vida recebemos muitos convites. Tudo começa na infância, com as festinhas de aniversário. Depois vêm as festas de formatura, convites para casamentos e jantares. Existem convites muito disputados como para uma recepção de Estado, para a cerimônia do prêmio Nobel, para a coroação de um rei. De todas essas festas podemos dizer que Duram pouco, às vezes só um dia ou algumas horas. Quanto mais exclusiva a festa, mas valorizamos o convite. O número de convidados geralmente é limitado. A Bíblia nos conta de um convite para uma festa especial. Diferente das festas que conhecemos, essa é uma festa eterna, pois durará para sempre. O anfitrião é o mais elevado e mais nobre que se posse imaginar: o próprio Deus nos convida para Sua festa! Ele celebra uma grande festa de casamento, uma festa de alegria. Isso é o céu: alegria sem fim, comunhão eterna com Deus, para sempre na presença de Jesus. O céu não é, portanto, alguma situação ideal do mundo, algum povo especial ou uma forma de governo muito boa e justa, muito menos uma vida de eremita em um mosteiro isolado. O céu não é isso. Todas essas coisas são produtos da mente humana. Deus quer nos dar vida, e vida em abundância aqui na terra, como uma antecipação da perfeição que teremos no céu. Na eternidade a alegria será tão perfeita, tão plena e tão inimaginável que Paulo só conseguiu expressá-la assim: “Nem olhos viram, nem ouvidos ouviram, nem jamais penetrou em coração humano o que Deus tem preparado para aqueles que o amam” (1 Coríntios 2.9). Em Lucas 14.16-24 encontramos uma descrição ilustrativa desse convite ao céu: “Certo homem dava uma grande ceia, e convidou a muitos. E à hora da ceia mandou o seu servo dizer aos convidados: vinde, porque tudo já está preparado. Mas todos à uma começaram a escusar-se. Disse-lhe o primeiro: Comprei um campo, e preciso ir vê-lo; rogo-te que me dês por escusado. Outro disse: Comprei cinco juntas de bois, e vou experimentá-los; rogo-te que me dês por escusado. Ainda outro disse: Casei-me e portanto não posso ir. Voltou o servo e contou tudo isto a seu senhor. Então o dono da casa, indignado, disse a seu servo: Sai depressa para as ruas e becos da cidade e traze aqui os pobres, os aleijados, os cegos e os coxos. Depois disse o servo: Senhor, feito está como o ordenaste, e ainda há lugar. Respondeu o senhor ao servo: Sai pelos caminhos e valados, e obriga-os a entrar, para que a minha casa se encha. Pois eu vos digo que nenhum daqueles homens que foram convidados provará a minha ceia.” 1. Quem é convidado? O convite de Deus é para todos. Ninguém fica de fora. Essa é a parte incrível da história: ninguém é excluído. Deus valoriza cada um e considera todos dignos de receber seu convite. Deus não olha para origem ou profissão, nacionalidade ou cor da pele, idade ou educação. Não existe coração maior do que o coração de Deus! 2. Quantas vezes é feito o convite? Ele não é entregue uma vez só a cada pessoa. Deus tenta chamar as pessoas diversas vezes. Na nossa história, o convite foi feito três vezes. E o chamado a vir a Jesus Cristo sempre se refere ao tempo presente: “Hoje, se ouvirdes a sua voz, não endureçais o vosso coração” (Hebreus 3.7-8). 3. Como é o convite? Os três convites de Lucas 14 vão aumentando de intensidade e vão ficando mais e mais insistentes. Na primeira vez o convite é assim: “vinde, porque tudo já está preparado” (verso 17). Na segunda rodada de convites, o tom é mais insistente: “sai depressa... traze aqui” (v. 21). O último convite é mais forte ainda: “... obriga-os a entrar” (v. 23). No Novo Testamento, a palavra anagkazo aparece diversas vezes com esse sentido de uma ordem ou ordenança. Percebemos que se trata de bem mais do que um simples convite. O servo que sai para chamar as pessoas para o banquete empenha toda a sua personalidade, usa todos os meios de convencimento, fala em verdade e em amor, usa de bondade e boa educação. É persistente e perseverante. Muitas vezes os mensageiros do Evangelho precisam usar de toda a sinceridade e franqueza para salvar alguém do inferno. 4. Quantos participam da festa? No início, todos os que foram convidados para a grande ceia recusaram o convite. Não agiram assim porque estavam contra o dono da casa. Apenas tinham escolhido as prioridades erradas. Por mais triste que seja, o verso 24 descreve a amarga verdade acerca dos que rejeitaram o convite: “nenhum daqueles homens que foram convidados provará a minha ceia”. Eles foram chamados mas não vieram. E então a festa aconteceu sem eles. Por terem recusado o convite, ficarão de fora para sempre. A Bíblia chama essa perdição eterna de inferno. O convite de Deus continua valendo até hoje, para cada um de nós. Qual é a sua decisão? De qualquer forma, a mesa do banquete ficará cheia. A Palavra de Deus fala que esse número total de pessoas salvas é a plenitude, um número que só Deus conhece. E então, quando o último lugar estiver ocupado, não haverá mais convites. Jeremias 8.20 relata o que dirão os que não quiseram entrar: “Passou a sega, findou o verão, e nós não estamos salvos”. 5. Por que somos convidados? A razão para o convite divino é encontrada facilmente em 1 João 4.16: “Deus é amor”. Seu ser é amor, e seu amor é a fonte de todo o amor que existe entre os homens. Em Jeremias 31.3 Deus nos fala diretamente: “Pois que com amor eterno te amei, também com benignidade te atraí”. Deus declara, Deus proclama: “não tenho prazer na morte do perverso, mas em que o perverso se converta do seu caminho e viva.” (Ezequiel 33.11). 6. Como posso receber esse convite? Jesus Cristo é responsável pelo cartão de entrada no céu, pois foi Ele quem Deus propôs como propiciação, pela fé (Romanos 3.25), e sem Jesus ninguém vem ao Pai (João 14.6). Ele perdoa nossos pecados e nos purifica de toda injustiça se confessarmos tudo a Ele de coração sincero (1 João 1.9). Quando oramos entregando nossa vida a Jesus, quando lançamos a Ele todos os nossos pecados e erros estamos aceitando o convite porque “a todos quantos o receberam, deu-lhes o poder de serem feitos filhos de Deus, a saber, os que crêem no seu nome” (João 1.12). Somente com as vestes nupciais puras (Mateus 22,11; Apocalipse 3.4; 7.9; 7.14 e 19.8) que recebemos quando nos entregamos ao Senhor é que recebemos a licença de entrar no céu. O amor de Deus é sempre universal. Diante dele não existe partidarismo, nada de preconceito nem simpatia ou antipatia. Seu amor gostaria de receber a todos. O mundo é incrivelmente grande, mas também tem uma limitação sobre a qual a Bíblia não se cala: quem rejeita o convite, quem não se entrega ao Senhor Jesus permanecerá perdido por toda a eternidade. Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983), a conhecida autora holandesa que escreveu livros cristãos memoráveis, declarou: “Todos nós podemos ir ao céu sem saúde, sem riqueza, sem fama, sem estudo, sem educação, sem beleza, sem amigos e sem dez mil outras coisas, porém jamais chegaremos ao céu sem Jesus Cristo”. Ao ler estas linhas, se você reconheceu que Jesus Cristo é o único caminho para sua salvação e decidiu segui-lO de todo o coração a partir de agora, você pode orar as palavras a seguir ou usar suas próprias palavras para dizer a Ele: “Senhor Jesus, acabei de ler que só posso ir ao céu por meio de ti. Um dia quero muito estar no céu contigo. Por favor, salva-me do inferno. Mereço ir para lá com toda a minha culpa. Tu me amas tanto que morreste na cruz por mim, pagando o preço pelos meus pecados. Tu vês toda a minha culpa, desde a minha infância. Tu conheces cada pecado meu, tu sabes tudo da minha vida, até aquilo que nem lembro mais. Tu conheces cada cantinho do meu coração. Estou diante de ti como um livro aberto. Sei que não posso ir ao céu assim como estou porque até hoje vivi sem ti. Eu te peço que perdoes os meus pecados. Entra na minha vida e faze tudo novo. Ajuda-me a largar tudo o que não é certo e a adquirir novos hábitos que estejam debaixo da tua bênção. Dá-me entendimento para compreender a Bíblia, a tua Palavra. Ajuda-me a compreender o que tu queres me dizer. Dá-me um coração obediente para que eu faça o que te agrada. Quero que, a partir de agora, tu sejas o meu Senhor. Quero te seguir. Mostra-me o caminho em que devo andar, mostra-me a direção que devo seguir em todas as áreas da minha vida. Te agradeço porque me salvaste, te agradeço porque agora sou filho teu e te agradeço porque estarei no céu contigo. Amém.” Dr. Werner Gitt

Jesus – an ihm scheiden sich die Geister, und an ihm scheiden sich auch Lebenswege. War er nur ein Religionsgründer unter vielen anderen, ein Sozialreformer oder ein vorbildlicher Mensch, der bereit war, für seine Idee zu sterben? Ja, dann können wir ihn getrost beiseitelassen. Ist er aber Gottes Sohn, der vom Himmel kam, um uns durch Kreuz und Auferstehung das ewige Leben zu geben, dann hat er für uns die allergrößte Bedeutung. Würden wir ihn ablehnen, dann wäre das am Ende unserer Tage die größte Katastrophe, nämlich der Verlust des ewigen Lebens.

Es gibt wohl kaum eine Frage, die Menschen so sehr beschäftigt, wie gerade diese. Insbesondere taucht sie dann auf, wenn es um Gott geht. Für viele gilt: Wenn es einen liebenden und allmächtigen Gott gibt, dann dürfte es in dieser Welt kein Leid und keinen Tod geben! Ist diese Behauptung zutreffend? Logisch betrachtet kann es vier verschiedene Antworten auf die Frage geben, warum Gott Leid und Tod in dieser Welt zulässt: 1)    Entweder will Gott das Leid beseitigen, aber er kann es nicht,2)    oder er kann es und will es nicht,3)    oder er kann es nicht und will es nicht,4)    oder er kann es und will es. Doch welche Antwort ist die richtige? Genau das werden wir jetzt klären! Por que existe tanto sofrimento no mundo? Provavelmente não há outra dúvida que preocupe mais as pessoas do que saber a razão de seus sofrimentos. Por que todos devem morrer? Eis a questão. Sempre que se fala em Deus, essa pergunta aparece. Para muitos, o assunto é bem simples: se existe um Deus bondoso e todo-poderoso, então não deveria haver nem dor nem sofrimento e muito menos a morte neste mundo! Será que essa afirmação está correta? Siga o raciocínio: Quatro possibilidades lógicas Primeira possibilidade: Deus quer acabar com o sofrimento mas não pode fazer isso. Segunda possibilidade: Deus pode mas não quer. Terceira possibilidade: Deus não pode e não quer. Quarta possibilidade: Ele pode e quer. Então, qual a opção certa? É a resposta a essa pergunta que tentaremos encontrar agora! Morte e sofrimento estão em todos os lugares O sofrimento e a morte são companheiros constantes na jornada humana sobre a terra. Ouvimos falar de catástrofes naturais, terremotos e furacões, enchentes e desastres, naufrágios e acidentes aéreos. Alguns desses males são causados de propósito, outros são involuntários, e muitos escapam de qualquer interferência humana. Mas conhecemos casos concretos em que pessoas causaram grandes males por vontade própria. Basta pensar no ataque terrorista ao World Trade Center em 11 de setembro de 2001 com quase 3.000 vítimas. Também lembramos os ataques suicidas de terroristas islâmicos que custam a vida de tanta gente. O massacre de Paris, em novembro de 2015, acabou brutalmente com a vida de 130 homens e mulheres. Além das manchetes anunciando eventos apavorantes, cedo ou tarde cada um de nós experimenta particularmente o sofrimento que vem da rejeição, de perdas, doenças, acidentes ou morte. Muitos recém-nascidos têm má-formação ou morrem depois de poucos dias de vida. E quando os fardos se tornam pesados demais, as pessoas culpam a Deus. Para solucionar a questão do sofrimento, eu gostaria de começar contrapondo duas concepções históricas diferentes: Duas interpretações antagônicas Interpretação 1: A concepção evolucionista: Segundo esta concepção, a terra tem milhões de anos e a morte é companheira constante em nossa jornada pela história. Sofrimento e morte passam a ser aliados na “criação” de nova vida, já que a vida só evoluiria pela morte dos menos aptos. O microbiólogo alemão Reinhard Kaplan escreveu neste contexto: “Morrer e envelhecer estão “embutidos” e representam sofrimento para o indivíduo, especialmente para os humanos, mas esse foi o preço a pagar para que a evolução pudesse de fato criar nossa espécie”. Interpretação 2. A fé em um Criador: A Bíblia diz que Deus é o Criador. E esse Criador afirmou que tudo o que fora criado era “muito bom”, expressão usada uma única vez (veja Gênesis 1.31). Essa avaliação abrange toda a criação, incluindo os primeiros homens, Adão e Eva. Eles caíram em pecado porque desobedeceram a Deus e, com isso, trouxeram a morte, o sofrimento e a enfermidade para suas vidas. Entrava em ação a lei que diz que “o salário do pecado é a morte” (Romanos 6.23). Pecado e morte estão intrinsecamente ligados. O pecado trouxe um intruso para um mundo que até então era perfeito e bom, e esse intruso foi a morte. Desde então, toda a criação está entregue ao declínio e à transitoriedade. Tudo se tornou perecível e passageiro, tudo se corrompe e se acaba. Pergunta: Qual das duas concepções é a certa, a evolucionista ou a bíblica? Pela lógica, uma delas tem que estar errada! Nas células dos seres vivos encontramos uma quantidade quase inimaginável de informação. Ela é necessária para a formação de todos os órgãos e a condução de todos os processos vitais. Mas a informação não pode surgir sozinha a partir da matéria morta. Todo o edifício da concepção evolucionista pode ser derrubado se tão somente aplicarmos nele as leis básicas da informação. Toda e qualquer informação pressupõe e exige um emissor, uma fonte inteligente. Isso nos leva a excluir a primeira interpretação, aquela que diz que a vida surgiu por acaso, por meio de processos evolutivos lentos. Resta-nos a segunda perspectiva, que diz que toda a vida tem um Criador. Voltamos ao relato bíblico. Já vimos que a causa do sofrimento e da morte é o pecado dos homens, desde os tempos de Adão. Isso explica todo o sofrimento que existe no mundo. Toda doutrina que pretende explicar o mundo sem partir da queda do homem está edificada sobre fundamentos falsos. Precisamos admitir: é por culpa nossa que o mundo está como está! Deus age nas catástrofes Concluímos que a morte e o sofrimento são consequências do pecado. Mas como ficam as catástrofes naturais onde o homem não está envolvido? Penso nas grandes enchentes dos últimos anos e lembro de Jó 12.15: “Se Deus retém as águas, elas secam; se as larga, devastam a terra”. A declaração de Amós 3.6 é ainda mais drástica: “Sucederá algum mal à cidade sem que o Senhor o tenha feito?”. Encontramos palavras semelhantes em Isaías 45.5a e 7: “Eu sou o Senhor... Eu formo a luz e crio as trevas; faço a paz e crio o mal; eu, o Senhor, faço todas estas coisas”. Ficamos admirados quando percebemos que Deus é o causador de desastres e calamidades. Num primeiro momento, essa afirmação nos espanta. Segundo o texto bíblico, Deus não apenas permite o mal, Ele é seu causador. Isso não combina muito bem com nossa idéia de um Deus meigo e bonzinho. Mas raciocinemos com clareza: o próprio Deus mandou vir o Dilúvio, afogando cruelmente milhões de pessoas. Esse mesmo Deus aplicou Seu juízo sobre os amalequitas, mandando aniquilar o povo todo (1 Samuel 15.2-3). Esse mesmo Deus declara sua sentença de condenação sobre os ímpios (Apocalipse 21.8). Mesmo assim, Ele é o amor em Pessoa (1 João 4.16). Ele também é o mesmo Deus que “enviou seu Filho Unigênito ao mundo, para vivermos (eternamente!) por meio dele” (1 João 4.9). O sofrimento de cada um A Bíblia ensina que o sofrimento, inclusive o pecado, faz parte do panorama mundial. O sofrimento individual, por outro lado, nem sempre está relacionado com pecado pessoal. Cuidemo-nos, para não dizer aos doentes e aos que sofrem que sua situação é culpa de seu próprio pecado. Deus permitiu o sofrimento de Jó mesmo ele sendo um homem justo. Jó, o homem mais justo de sua época, experimentou sofrimento incrível: perdeu todos os seus filhos, seus servos e todos os seus bens em um único dia. Também enfrentou uma doença muito dolorosa. Deus não explicou a Jó a razão específica de seu sofrimento, mas até hoje permite que os leitores do livro de Jó se tornem “testemunhas oculares” de cenas extraordinárias que aconteciam nos bastidores celestiais. Jó nem fazia idéia de tudo o que estava acontecendo sem ele saber. Mas Deus não revelou a Jó, nem revela a nós as razões que O levaram a permitir que Jó sofresse tanto. São bem raros os casos em que Deus nos diz porque alguém está sofrendo. Quando Jesus e Seus discípulos passavam por um cego de nascença, os discípulos perguntaram se a cegueira desse homem era culpa do pecado dele ou do pecado dos seus pais. Jesus explicou que o homem havia nascido cego porque através da sua cura Deus queria manifestar nele a Sua glória (João 9.1-7). Mas o Novo Testamento conta um episódio marcante em que Deus castigou imediatamente o pecado de seguidores de Jesus: Ananias e Safira caíram mortos depois de mentirem abertamente à Igreja (Atos 5.1-11). O sofrimento e a eternidade O sofrimento nunca deve ser visto dissociado da eternidade! O apóstolo Paulo encontrou razões para se gloriar de sua fragilidade, de suas enfermidades, suas dores e suas perdas. O relato de seus sofrimentos inclui tortura, açoites, prisão, apedrejamento, naufrágio, assalto, doença, fadiga, fome, sede e frio (2 Coríntios 11.16-33). Suas cartas mostram que, para nós, a vida eterna só se torna possível pela ressurreição de Jesus Cristo. Diante da grandiosidade da vida eterna, todo sofrimento encolhe e perde sua força: “Porque para mim tenho por certo que os sofrimentos do tempo presente não podem ser comparados com a glória que há de ser revelada em nós” (Romanos 8.18). Tenho um amigo que está sentindo muitas dores por causa de diversas doenças. Ele me escreveu: “Meu consolo é a eternidade. Pensar nela me faz suportar o presente!” O que Deus faz diante do sofrimento e da morte? Pessoas que acusam Deus de ficar passivo diante do sofrimento desconsideram uma verdade vital: na realidade Ele já fez tudo o que poderíamos desejar de um Deus amoroso. O Filho de Deus, Jesus Cristo, tornou-se Homem e suportou um sofrimento terrível e uma morte inconcebível – em nosso lugar! O pecado de Adão havia deixado a humanidade em um catastrófico beco sem saída, e Jesus veio para nos tirar dali, para dar um rumo e um destino às nossas vidas. Mesmo que nosso corpo morra, temos uma alma imortal porque na Criação Deus soprou Seu espírito (eterno!) em nós. Aquilo que define nosso ser existirá para todo o sempre. Se Deus não tivesse tomado nenhuma iniciativa contra o pecado, ficaríamos eternamente separados dEle e numa situação de sofrimento sem fim. Foi plano de Deus mandar Seu Filho para nós, para que Ele fosse nosso mediador. Na cruz do Gólgota Jesus tomou sobre si todos os pecados imagináveis e inimagináveis, de todos os homens de todas as épocas. Como único sem pecado, Ele tinha condições de carregar todos os pecados de todos, transpondo assim o enorme abismo que havia surgido entre os homens e Deus. Por causa dessa atitude salvadora de Jesus, Ele agora pode dar a vida eterna a cada um que crê nEle (João 1.12; Efésios 2.8-9). Todos os que crêem no Senhor Jesus Cristo, todos os que acreditam que Deus O levantou de entre os mortos e O aceitam como Senhor e Salvador passarão toda a eternidade com Deus (1 Coríntios 15.1-4). Também existe um lugar de eterna separação de Deus A Bíblia nos alerta que aqueles que não crêem em Jesus Cristo experimentarão a “segunda morte”, que é o inferno, a eterna e absoluta separação de Deus, uma existência de sofrimentos terríveis (Apocalipse 21.8). Em Mateus 25.46, em um só versículo, Jesus menciona o destino final de dois caminhos diferentes: “E irão estes para o castigo eterno, porém os justos, para a vida eterna”. Não existe contradição entre “Deus é todo-poderoso, Deus é amor” e “o mundo está cheio de mal e sofrimento”. O que Deus precisaria fazer se quisesse remover o sofrimento e a morte do mundo? Ele teria que remover a causa. E a causa é o pecado. Com isso, Ele teria que remover deste mundo a todos nós, pecadores. Se permitisse que morrêssemos com pecados não perdoados, nosso único destino possível seria o inferno. Mas Deus não quer que alguém vá para o inferno. Por isso, o plano surgido de Seu amor por nós é: Eu permito que, durante seu breve tempo de vida, os homens passem por sofrimentos e sejam confrontados com a morte, mas ouvirão a mensagem salvadora do Evangelho. Assim, eles terão a possibilidade de fugir do sofrimento eterno e poderão aceitar o convite para ir ao céu. Daí advêm duas opções, duas chances de decidir: “Quem nele crê não é julgado; o que não crê já está julgado, porquanto não crê no nome do unigênito Filho de Deus” (João 3.18). Consequências para nós Depois de todas essas considerações, volto à única possibilidade lógica em relação ao comportamento de Deus diante do sofrimento humano. Será que cogitamos a segunda opção de nossa lista inicial como a resposta certa? Correto! Deus pode mas não quer remover o mal porque o sofrimento serve para nosso bem. Peça que o Senhor Jesus perdoe todos os seus pecados. Aceite-O como seu Criador e Salvador pessoal e siga-O para ter uma vida eterna, sem dor e sem sofrimento! Dr. Werner Gitt

Heutzutage bringt man die beiden Begriffe "Evolution" und "Theorie" nicht mehr zusammen - die Entwicklung des Lebens über Milliarden von Jahren gilt als erwiesen. Dass sie es nicht ist, möchte Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt in diesem Traktat beweisen. Anhand einiger konkreter Beispiele zeigt er die Schwächen der Theorie auf und führt auch ein allgemeines Argument an, das der unerklärlichen Herkunft der Information, um letztlich das "wissenschaftliche AUS" für die Evolutionstheorie zu erklären. "Rechtzeitig zu Beginn des Darwinjahres 2009 erschien am 31. Dezember 2008 in der Zeitung ,DIE ZEIT' ein doppelseitiger Artikel mit der Überschrift ,Danke, Darwin!' [...] Der eigentliche Denknotstand unserer Welt ist, dass dem wirklichen Urheber aller Dinge nicht mit Leitartikeln ,Danke, Jesus!' gehuldigt wird." Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! O Que Darwin Não Podia Saber Para celebrar o “ano de Darwin” em 2009, a revista alemã Die Zeit publicou um artigo de duas páginas com a manchete “Muito obrigado, Darwin!”, acompanhado de quatro páginas falando sobre a evolução. Esse agradecimento foi para um homem que nasceu há 200 anos. Seu “revolucionário” livro A Origem das Espécies foi publicado há 150 anos. [Naquela época, nada se sabia sobre o DNA, o armazenamento de informações genéticas e sua transmissão]. O filósofo Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) já afirmava, cheio de orgulho: “Dêem-me matéria, e dela farei um mundo”. Cinqüenta anos mais tarde, o matemático e astrônomo francês Laplace (1749-1827) vangloriava-se diante de Napoleão: “Minhas teorias não precisam da hipótese chamada ‘Deus’.” Esses e outros pais do ateísmo científico buscavam uma explicação para a origem da vida em que Deus pudesse ser descartado. A resposta aparentemente salvadora veio de Darwin, que tornou viável explicar a origem da vida “de forma natural”. Enquanto ele próprio ainda era reticente em relação às implicações de sua teoria, hoje o mundo, cada vez mais ímpio, aclama seu patrono em manchetes sem fim. Até a viagem de Darwin às ilhas Galápagos em 1835, acreditava-se no filósofo grego Aristóteles, que dizia que as espécies são imutáveis. A partir das diferentes formas de bicos de tentilhões que viviam na ilha, Darwin concluiu com acerto: espécies podem se adaptar e se modificar. Mas sua conclusão seguinte, de que toda a vida viria de uma árvore genealógica comum, não é cientificamente defensável. O próprio Darwin percebeu que uma grande fraqueza de sua teoria era a inexistência, na natureza, de fósseis de formas intermediárias. Mesmo assim, seguindo a doutrina darwinista, o homem perdeu sua posição especial atribuída pelo Criador e passou a ser apenas um ser mais evoluído no reino animal. As molas-mestras da evolução Como molas-mestras da evolução são mencionadas hoje: mutações, seleção, isolamento, longas eras, acaso, necessidade e morte. Todos esses fatores existem; porém, nenhum deles é fonte de novas informações criadoras. Mutações apenas podem modificar informações herdadas pré-existentes. Entretanto, sem as informações do DNA já disponíveis, a evolução nem pode dar a largada inicial. Mutação é, por definição, um mecanismo aleatório sem qualquer objetivo definido, de tal forma que, por princípio, não pode fazer surgir novos conceitos (por exemplo, criar órgãos). A seleção favorece os seres vivos mais aptos e faz com que sua predisposição hereditária seja passada adiante. Mas, através da seleção ocorre apenas uma escolha ou um aniquilamento de algo que já existe; nada pode ser melhorado por ela, nem ela faz surgir algo novo. Os outros fatores evolutivos citados também não podem ser considerados fontes criadoras. Vejamos alguns poucos exemplos de seres vivos e examinemos se os fatores evolutivos em ação aleatória poderiam tê-los trazido à existência. A reprodução sexuada Conforme a teoria da evolução, a “descoberta” da reprodução sexuada seria uma condição decisiva para o desenvolvimento progressivo dos seres vivos. Através de combinações genéticas sempre novas, surgem muitas variedades, das quais as mais adaptadas ao seu ambiente sobrevivem ao processo de seleção. Duas razões, porém, eliminam esse processo na almejada tendência ascendente no desenvolvimento de uma linhagem: 1. A reprodução sexuada nem pode começar por um processo evolutivo. Ela apenas seria possível se ambos os sexos dispusessem simultaneamente de órgãos prontos e plenamente funcionais. Entretanto, na evolução, por definição, não existem estratégias planejadas ou direcionadas. Como o desenvolvimento dos órgãos necessários à reprodução poderia estender-se por milhares de gerações se os seres vivos nem conseguem se reproduzir sem esses órgãos? Mas, se um desenvolvimento lento precisa ser excluído por ser inviável, como seria possível que órgãos tão diferentes e tão complexos, que precisam combinar entre si até nos mínimos detalhes, surgissem repentinamente? Além disso, eles precisariam estar presentes juntos no mesmo lugar no momento da reprodução. 2. Ainda que admitíssemos a possibilidade da reprodução sexuada ter “caído do céu”, mesmo assim não surgiria nova informação na mistura da carga genética. Em suas muitas experiências, criadores de plantas e animais demonstraram que vacas altamente aperfeiçoadas geneticamente continuaram sendo vacas, e que o trigo jamais produziu girassóis. A chamada microevolução (mutação dentro de uma espécie) é verificável cientificamente; de uma macroevolução (mutação que ultrapasse as fronteiras das espécies) falta toda e qualquer prova. Técnica genial nos glóbulos vermelhos Em cada milímetro cúbico (1mm3 = 1μl = 1 microlitro) de sangue temos 5 milhões de glóbulos vermelhos, isto é, em uma gota de sangue eles são 150 milhões. Eles são como mini-submarinos altamente especializados que, ao invés de levarem a bordo torpedos mortais, realizam algo extremamente vital. 175.000 vezes durante seus 120 dias de vida eles são abastecidos com oxigênio, enquanto descarregam no pulmão o gás carbônico (CO2), resíduo que se forma pelo processo de oxidação. Esses minúsculos navios cargueiros são tão pequenos que conseguem ultrapassar os mais finos vasos capilares, chegando a todas as partes do corpo. A cada segundo são gerados dois milhões de novos glóbulos vermelhos, que contêm a hemoglobina (que dá a cor vermelha ao sangue), uma composição química muito notável e complexa. A hemoglobina é necessária para o transporte de oxigênio já na fase de desenvolvimento embrional. Evidentemente, até o terceiro mês as necessidades de oxigênio são diferentes do que no estágio fetal (a partir do terceiro mês), e por isso faz-se necessário um tipo distinto de hemoglobina, de composição química diferente. Pouco antes do parto, as fábricas celulares voltam a funcionar a todo vapor para realizar a alteração para hemoglobina adulta. Os três tipos de hemoglobina não poderiam ser descobertos pelo caminho evolutivo, através da experimentação, porque as outras variantes não transportariam oxigênio suficiente, o que seria fatal para o ser vivo supostamente em evolução. Mesmo que em dois estágios fosse produzida a molécula correta, isso significaria a morte certa se a molécula da terceira fase não estivesse disponível. Por três vezes a produção de hemoglobina necessita de um biomecanismo completamente diferente, que também precisa modificar completamente sua produção no momento exato. De onde vem um mecanismo tão complicado? Aqui toda e qualquer idéia de evolução falha completamente, pois em seus estágios semi-prontos, que segundo a evolução teriam conduzido a esse mecanismo tão complexo, esses seres vivos nem poderiam ter sobrevivido. Esse conceito de complexidade não-redutível também é válido para o sistema imunológico do organismo humano ou para o flagelo com que as bactérias se locomovem. Mais uma vez, vemos que os seres vivos não teriam sobrevivido em sua “jornada” até seu estágio atual se este fosse atingido por processos evolutivos. É mais razoável admitir que tudo esteve pronto desde o princípio, o que somente é possível se um Criador planejou e criou tudo funcionando plenamente desde seu começo. O vôo da tarambola-dourada A Tarambola-Dourada é um pássaro maravilhoso que nasce no Alasca. Como ali o inverno é extremamente frio, ele migra para o Havaí. Sua viagem é muito longa, pois o destino fica a 4.500 quilômetros de distância. O vôo tem de ser direto, sem escalas, uma vez que no caminho não existem ilhas para descanso, e essa ave não sabe nadar. Para seu vôo, a Tarambola-Dourada precisa de um tanque cheio de combustível na forma de 70 gramas de gordura armazenada em seu corpo. Desse total, 6,8 gramas são uma reserva para enfrentar ventos contrários. Como o pássaro tem de voar ininterruptamente por três dias e meio, noite e dia, sem parar, e precisa manter a rota com exatidão dentro das coordenadas geográficas, ele necessita de um piloto automático trabalhando com extrema exatidão. Se não encontrar as ilhas do Havaí, sua morte é certa, pois não existe qualquer outra alternativa de pouso. Se não possuísse essa porção de gordura precisamente calculada, não sobreviveria. A mutação e a seleção, nesse caso, mais uma vez são construtores incapazes. Mais plausível é admitir que a Tarambola-Dourada foi criada assim desde o começo – pronta e equipada com tudo o que precisa. O raciocínio evolucionista é útil? Como vimos nos exemplos desses seres vivos, em outras áreas também encontramos projetos altamente especializados: A baleia cachalote é um mamífero que está equipado de tal forma que pode emergir de 3.000 metros de profundidade sem morrer pela temida descompressão. Uma quantidade imensa de bactérias microscópicas em nosso trato intestinal tem motores elétricos embutidos, que podem funcionar para a frente e de marcha a ré. A sobrevivência dos seres vivos depende do funcionamento perfeito de cada um de seus órgãos (por exemplo, coração, fígado, rins). Órgãos semi-prontos, em desenvolvimento, não têm valor algum. Nesse assunto, quem pensa segundo o darwinismo deveria saber que a evolução desconhece a perspectiva de um órgão que passará a funcionar perfeitamente no futuro. O biólogo evolucionista alemão G. Osche observou acertadamente: “Seres vivos não podem, durante certas fases evolutivas, parar tudo como um empresário que fecha a firma temporariamente por causa de reformas”. A inteligência e a sabedoria expressas nas obras da Criação são simplesmente imponentes. O caminho que conduz das obras criadas até um autor criativo é mais que evidente – das obras deduz-se a existência de um Criador. Combina muito bem com nossa observação o que a Bíblia já diz em seu primeiro versículo: “No princípio, criou Deus!” Influenciada pelo darwinismo, estabeleceu-se a teologia histórico-crítica, que rejeitou o relato literal da Criação, até então considerado mensagem de Deus. Mas fazemos bem “acreditando em todas as coisas que estejam escritas” (Atos 24.14), pois “Deus não é homem, para que minta” (Números 23.19). De onde vem a informação? Na discussão científica, o argumento sempre é mais forte quando se pode aplicar as leis naturais a algum processo ou fenômeno. As leis naturais não admitem exceção. Conforme essas leis, por exemplo, o moto-contínuo, uma máquina que funciona continuamente sem receber energia, é uma máquina impossível. Hoje sabemos o que Darwin ainda não podia saber: nas células de todos os seres vivos existe uma quantidade praticamente inimaginável de informação, aglutinada na forma mais compacta que se conhece. A formação de todos os órgãos é conduzida pela informação, todos os processos nos seres vivos funcionam dirigidos por informação e a produção de todas as substâncias do corpo (por exemplo, 50.000 proteínas no corpo humano) é controlada pela informação. O sistema da evolução somente poderia funcionar se houvesse na matéria a possibilidade da informação surgir por acaso. A informação é absolutamente imprescindível, pois os projetos de todos os indivíduos e todos os processos complexos nas células ocorrem baseados na informação. Informação é uma grandeza imaterial; portanto, não é uma qualidade da matéria. As leis da natureza acerca de grandezas não-materiais, especialmente da informação, dizem que a matéria jamais pode gerar uma grandeza não-material. É evidente: informação somente pode surgir a partir de um emissor dotado de inteligência e vontade. Assim está claro: quem considera a evolução possível, acredita no “moto-contínuo” da informação, ou seja, em algo que as leis gerais da natureza mostram ser completamente impossível. Assim, acertamos o calcanhar de Aquiles da evolução, que cientificamente chega a seu FIM. [Expliquei a questão com mais detalhes em meu DVD A Origem da Vida à Luz da Informação]. De onde vem a vida? Diante de todo o barulho que se faz atualmente em torno da evolução, perguntamos: “De onde vem a vida realmente?” A evolução não tem a menor explicação para o surgimento da vida a partir da matéria morta. Stanley Miller (1930-2007), cuja experiência com a “sopa pré-biótica” (1953) é mencionada em todo livro de Biologia, admitiu depois de 40 anos que nenhuma das atuais hipóteses sobre a origem da vida consegue ser convincente. Ele classificou todas elas de “bobagens”, de “gestações mentais químicas”. O microbiologista Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) reconheceu algo fundamental: “Vida só pode vir de vida”. Apenas um pôde dizer: “Eu sou a vida” (João 14.6), e esse alguém foi Jesus Cristo. A Seu respeito está escrito em Colossenses 1.16: “Pois nele foram criadas todas as coisas, nos céus e sobre a terra, as visíveis e as invisíveis”. Em João 1.3 lemos: “Todas as coisas foram feitas por intermédio dele, e, sem ele, nada do que foi feito se fez”. Qualquer teoria sobre o início da vida e o surgimento do mundo que não mencione Jesus como a origem e a fonte da vida é uma concepção morta, que inevitavelmente se esfacela na Rocha que é Jesus. Assim, a teoria da evolução passa a ser um dos maiores enganos da história mundial e lança milhões de pessoas no abismo da incredulidade. Infelizmente, o que muitos dos nossos contemporâneos não levam em consideração é que ao abismo da descrença segue o abismo da perdição eterna depois da morte (inferno). O dilema real na maneira de pensar de nosso mundo é que o verdadeiro Criador de todas as coisas não é honrado com manchetes, dizendo: Muito obrigado, Jesus! Muitos não sabem que Jesus Cristo nos fez uma oferta grandiosa. Ele disse: “Eu sou a Porta” (João 10.9). Ele estava se referindo à porta do céu. Quem se volta para Jesus tem a vida eterna. Dr. Werner Gitt

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! Quicklink zu diesem Artikel: https://wernergitt.de/ceu  Como Che­gar ao Céu? Muitas pes­soas evi­tam pen­sar so­bre a eter­ni­dade. Isso ocorre até com as que re­fle­tem a res­peito da morte. A eterni­dade é um as­sunto que cos­tuma ser colo­cado de lado. Quando cri­ança, a atriz ameri­cana Drew Barry­more re­pre­sen­tou um dos pa­péis prin­ci­pais no filme “E.T. – O Ex­tra-Ter­res­tre”. Com 28 anos (Drew nas­ceu em 1975) ela de­cla­rou: “Se eu mor­rer an­tes do meu gato, dêem-lhe mi­nhas cin­zas para co­mer. As­sim, pelo me­nos vou conti­nuar vi­vendo atra­vés dele”. A in­ge­nui­dade e ig­no­rân­cia a res­peito da morte re­al­mente são as­susta­do­ras! No tempo de Je­sus muitas pes­soas vi­nham a EIe, e quase sem­pre suas pre­o­cu­pa­ções eram de ca­rá­ter ter­reno: Dez le­pro­sos que­riam ser cu­ra­dos (Lc 17.13). Ce­gos que­riam vol­tar a en­xer­gar (Mt 9.27). Al­guém pre­ci­sava de ajuda numa ques­tão de he­rança (Lc 12.13-14). Os fa­ri­seus vi­e­ram per­gun­tar se de­viam ou não pa­gar im­pos­tos ao im­pe­ra­dor (Mt 22.17). Pou­cas pes­soas fo­ram fa­lar com Je­sus para sa­ber como ir para o céu. Um jo­vem rico pro­cu­rou-O per­gun­tando: “Bom Mes­tre, que fa­rei para her­dar a vida eterna?” (Lc 18.18). Je­sus disse o que eIe de­ve­ria fa­zer: ven­der tudo o que ti­nha e se­gui-Lo. Como o jo­vem era muito rico, não aten­deu ao con­se­lho de Je­sus e per­deu a chance de en­trar no céu. Tam­bém ha­via pes­soas que nem esta­vam à pro­cura do céu mas, ao te­rem um encon­tro com Je­sus, apren­de­ram acerca da vida eterna e ime­di­a­ta­mente apro­veita­ram a oportu­ni­dade. Za­queu an­si­ava ape­nas ver Je­sus, mas ob­teve mu­ito mais do que es­pe­rava. No fi­nal da vi­sita do Se­n­hor à sua casa, Za­queu en­con­trou o ca­mi­nho para o céu. Je­sus afir­mou: “Hoje, houve sal­va­ção nesta casa, pois que tam­bém este é fi­lho de Abraão” (Lc 19.9). Como al­can­ça­mos o céu? De­pois do que vi­mos, po­de­mos afir­mar:  Al­cança-se o reino do céu num dia de­ter­mi­nado. É bom sa­ber disso, pois você, pre­zado lei­tor, tam­bém pode re­ce­ber hoje a vida eterna junto a Deus.  Ga­nhar o céu não tem rela­ção al­guma com qual­quer mé­rito pes­soal.  O reino dos céus pode ser al­can­çado sem pre­paro pré­vio. Quando não es­tão ba­sea­das no que Deus diz, nos­sas pró­prias idéias so­bre como che­gar ao céu são ab­so­lu­ta­mente fal­sas. Veja es­tes exem­plos de con­ceitos er­ra­dos: em uma de suas can­ções, uma in­tér­prete da mú­sica po­pu­lar alemã fez re­fe­rên­cia à histó­ria de um pa­lhaço que ti­nha dei­xado o circo após muitos anos de tra­ba­lho: “Com cer­teza ele vai en­trar no céu por­que trouxe ale­gria para muitas pes­soas”, di­zia a le­tra. Uma se­nhora no­bre e muito rica man­dou cons­truir um abrigo onde vinte mulhe­res po­bres po­diam vi­ver gratui­ta­mente. Mas ela im­pôs uma con­di­ção: que es­sas mu­lhe­res re­zas­sem pela sal­va­ção da sua alma uma hora por dia. O que re­al­mente nos leva para o céu? Para res­pon­der essa per­gunta de ma­neira clara e pre­cisa, Je­sus nos contou uma pa­rá­bola. No Evan­ge­lho de Lu­cas (14.16), EIe fala de um ho­mem [sim­boli­zando Deus] que pre­pa­rou uma grande festa [sim­bo­li­zando o céu] e man­dou con­vi­dar muitas pes­soas. As des­cul­pas fo­ram frus­tran­tes: “to­dos... co­me­ça­ram a es­cu­sar-se. Disse o pri­meiro: Com­prei um campo e pre­ciso ir vê-Io... Ou­tro disse: Com­prei cinco juntas de bois... E ou­tro disse: Ca­sei-me e, por isso, não posso ir.” Je­sus en­cer­rou a pa­rá­bola com a sen­tença do an­fi­trião: “Por­que vos de­claro que ne­nhum da­que­les ho­mens que fo­ram con­vi­da­dos pro­vará a mi­nha ceia” (Lc 14.24). Esse exem­plo mostra que é pos­si­vel ga­nhar o céu ou perdê-Io. O que de­cide a ques­tão é aceitar ou re­jei­tar o con­vite. Po­de­ria existir uma ma­neira mais fá­cil? Certamente não! Muitas pes­soas fi­ca­rão fora do céu não por não te­rem co­nhe­cido o ca­mi­nho que leva até lá, mas por te­rem re­jei­tado o con­vite que Deus lhes fez. Não de­ve­mos se­guir o exemplo dos três con­vi­da­dos da pa­rá­bola, que de­ram des­cul­pas para não com­pa­re­cer à festa! Ela dei­xou de ser re­ali­zada por causa disso? É claro que não! De­pois de ou­vir as re­cu­sas de seus con­vi­da­dos de honra, o dono da casa man­dou con­vi­tes para to­dos. Dessa vez os con­vi­tes não fo­ram so­fis­ti­ca­dos. Os no­vos con­vi­da­dos ou­vi­ram uma con­vo­ca­ção sin­gela: “Ve­nham!” To­dos que aceita­ram o con­vite ti­ve­ram lu­gar ga­ran­tido na festa. E o que aconte­ceu? Os con­vi­da­dos apa­re­ce­ram? Sim, as pes­soas vie­ram em massa! Após al­gum tempo, o dono da casa fi­cou sa­bendo que ainda ha­via lu­ga­res va­zios. En­tão ele disse a seu servo: “Saia no­va­mente! Conti­nue a con­vi­dar!” Va­mos com­pa­rar essa pa­rá­bola à nossa vida, pois ela tem muitos pa­rale­los com a si­tua­ção em que vi­ve­mos. Ainda há lu­ga­res va­zios no céu, e Deus diz a você: “Ve­nha, e tome o seu lu­gar no céu! Seja sá­bio. Faça sua re­serva para a eter­ni­dade. Faça-a ainda hoje!” O céu é de uma be­leza inimaginável. Por isso, o Se­nhor Je­sus com­para-o com uma festa. A Pri­meira Carta aos Co­rín­tios (2.9) diz: “Nem olhos vi­ram, nem ou­vi­dos ouvi­ram, nem ja­mais pe­ne­trou em co­ra­ção hu­mano o que Deus tem pre­pa­rado para aque­les que o amam.” Não há nada, ab­so­luta­mente nada nesta terra, que possa ser com­pa­rado ao céu, ta­ma­nha é sua be­leza! De ma­neira al­guma de­ve­mos per­der a chance de ir para o céu, pois eIe é pre­cioso de­mais! Al­guém nos abriu a porta: foi Je­sus, o Fi­lho de Deus! É gra­ças a EIe que te­mos acesso à eter­ni­dade. Agora a de­ci­são é nossa. Só quem for ig­no­rante como os ho­mens da pa­rá­bola dei­xará de acei­tar o con­vite. A sal­va­ção acontece  atra­vés do Senhor Jesus Em Atos 2.21 le­mos algo muito im­por­tante: “E aconte­cerá que todo aquele que in­vo­car o nome do Se­nhor será salvo.” Essa é a ver­dade su­prema do Novo Testamento. Quando es­tava na pri­são em Fi­li­pos, Paulo re­su­miu o es­sen­cial nas pou­cas pa­la­vras que fa­lou ao car­ce­reiro: “Crê no Se­nhor Je­sus Cristo e se­rás salvo, tu e tua casa” (At 16.31). Essa mensa­gem é curta mas tem po­der de­ci­sivo e trans­for­ma­dor para quem a aceita. Na­quela mesma noite o car­ce­reiro se con­ver­teu. Do que Je­sus nos salva? Pre­ci­sa­mos sa­ber que Je­sus nos salva do ca­mi­nho que acaba na per­di­ção eterna, no in­ferno. A Bí­blia diz que os ho­mens vi­ve­rão eter­na­mente – ou no céu, ou no in­ferno. Um des­ses lu­ga­res é ma­ra­vi­lhoso, o ou­tro é hor­rí­vel. Não existe um ter­ceiro lu­gar. Após a morte, nin­guém mais dirá que tudo aca­bou quando fe­chou seus olhos aqui na terra. Nosso des­tino eterno é de­ci­dido pela nossa ati­tude di­ante de Je­sus. A nossa eter­ni­dade de­pende de uma só pes­soa, Je­sus Cristo – e do nosso rela­cio­na­mento com EIe! Inferno de verdade Por oca­sião de uma vi­a­gem de con­fe­rên­cias pela Polô­nia vi­si­ta­mos o campo de con­cen­tra­ção de Au­­s­ch­witz. Astrocidades terríveis ocor, reram du­rante o Ter­ceiro Império da Alemanha Nazista naquela local. En­tre 1942 e 1944 mais de 1,6 mi­lhões de pes­soas, na maio­ria ju­deus, fo­ram as­sas­si­na­das e in­ci­ne­ra­das nas suas câ­ma­ras de gás. A lite­ra­tura fala do “In­ferno de Ausch­witz”. Fi­quei pen­sando so­bre essa ex­pres­são quando os guias nos mostra­ram uma das câ­ma­ras de gás onde mor­riam 600 pes­soas a cada vez. Aus­ch­witz foi um hor­ror in­con­ce­bí­vel. Mas será que ali já era o in­ferno? Nosso grupo de vi­si­tantes viu so­mente a câ­mara de gás va­zia, agora fora de uso, pois fe­liz­mente o ter­ror de Ausch­witz aca­bou em 1945. Hoje o lo­cal é aberto à vi­sita­ção pú­blica. As câ­ma­ras de gás de Aus­ch­witz ti­nham ca­rá­ter tem­po­rá­rio. O in­ferno da Bí­blia é eterno. No hall de en­trada do mu­seu de Ausch­witz um de­se­nho mos­trando uma cruz com o corpo de Cristo cha­mou mi­nha aten­ção. Com um prego, um dos pri­sio­nei­ros ha­via riscado na pa­rede sua mensa­gem de es­pe­rança no Je­sus cru­ci­fi­cado. Esse ar­tista anônimo tam­bém mor­reu na câ­mara de gás. EIe co­nhe­cia o Sal­va­dor Je­sus. O lu­gar onde ele mor­reu era hor­rí­vel, mas o céu es­tava aberto es­pe­rando-o. Quando al­guém ti­ver che­gado ao in­ferno, a res­peito do qual o Se­nhor Je­sus ad­verte tão in­sis­tente­mente no Novo Testa­mento (Mt 7.13; Mt 5.29-30; Mt 18.8), não ha­verá chance de es­ca­par. Como o in­ferno é eterno – ao con­trá­rio de Ausch­witz – nunca te­re­mos a pos­si­bi­li­dade de vi­sitá-Io como se vi­sita um lu­gar tu­rís­tico, en­trando e sa­indo quando qui­ser­mos. O in­ferno é para sem­pre. Mas o céu tam­bém é eterno. É para esse lu­gar que Deus quer nos le­var. Por isso, aceite o con­vite. In­vo­que o nome do Se­nhor e faça ainda hoje sua re­serva no céu! De­pois de uma pa­les­tra, uma agi­tada se­nhora me questi­o­nou: “Será que é mesmo pos­sí­vel fa­zer re­serva no céu? Isso pa­rece uma agên­cia de tu­rismo!” Eu con­cor­dei: “Quem não faz re­serva não chega lá. Se a se­nhora qui­ser ir ao Ha­vaí, tam­bém vai preci­sar de uma pas­sa­gem.” Ela re­tru­cou: “Mas é pre­ciso pa­gar a pas­sa­gem, não é?” – “Sim, é claro! A pas­sa­gem para o céu tam­bém é paga, com a di­fe­rença de que ne­nhum de nós tem con­di­ções de ar­car com seu preço. EIe é alto de­mais. Nosso pe­cado im­pede que che­gue­mos ao céu. Deus não ad­mite pe­cado no céu. Quem qui­ser pas­sar a eterni­dade com Deus pre­cisa ser li­berto do seu pe­cado en­quanto vive aqui na terra. Essa li­berta­ção só pode acon­te­cer atra­vés de al­guém sem pe­cado – e essa pes­soa é Je­sus Cristo. EIe é o único que pode pa­gar o preço. E EIe o pa­gou com Seu san­gue, atra­vés da Sua morte na cruz.” Agora, você deve es­tar se per­gun­tando: O que devo fazer para entrar no céu? Deus es­tende o con­vite de sal­va­ção a to­dos. Muitas pas­sa­gens da Bí­blia nos convidam com in­sis­tên­cia a obe­de­cer ao cha­mado de Deus: “Es­for­çai-vos por en­trar pela porta es­treita” (Lc 13.24). “Arre­pen­dei-vos, por­que está pró­ximo o reino dos céus” (Mt 4.17). “En­trai pela porta es­treita (larga é a porta, e es­pa­çoso, o ca­mi­nho que con­duz para a per­di­ção, e são muitos os que en­tram por ela), por­que es­treita é a porta, e aper­tado, o ca­mi­nho que con­duz para a vida, e são pou­cos os que acer­tam com ela” (Mt 7.13-14). “Toma posse da vida eterna, para a qual tam­bém foste cha­mado” (1 Tm 6.12). “Crê no Se­nhor Je­sus e se­rás salvo, tu e a tua casa” (At 16.31). Es­ses são con­vi­tes in­sis­tentes. Os textos bí­bli­cos são sé­rios e de­termi­na­dos. Agi­mos com coe­rên­cia quando res­pon­de­mos ao con­vite de ir para o céu com uma ora­ção mais ou me­nos como esta: “Se­nhor Je­sus, aca­bei de ler que só posso che­gar ao céu atra­vés de Ti. Quero es­tar con­tigo no céu. Por isso, salva-me do in­ferno, que eu me­reço por causa de to­dos os pe­ca­dos que co­meti. Sei que me amas, que mor­reste na cruz por mim e pa­gaste pe­los meus pe­ca­dos. Tu co­nhe­ces to­dos os meus pe­ca­dos – desde a mi­nha in­fân­cia. Co­nhe­ces to­dos os que lem­bro e os que já es­queci. Sa­bes o que move o meu co­ra­ção. Sou como um li­vro aberto di­ante de Ti. As­sim como sou, não posso en­trar no céu. Peço-te: per­doa meus pe­ca­dos. Do fundo do meu co­ra­ção, la­mento por tudo de er­rado que fiz na vida. En­tra em meu co­ra­ção, res­t­aura mi­nha vida e re­nova-me com­ple­ta­mente. Dá-me for­ças para dei­xar tudo o que não é certo e trans­forma meu modo de vi­ver. Ajuda-me a en­ten­der a Tua Pa­la­vra, a Bí­blia. Faze-me com­pre­en­der o que que­res me fa­lar e dá-me um co­ra­ção obe­di­ente para que eu faça o que Te agrada. De agora em di­ante, se­rás o meu SENHOR. Quero Te se­guir. Mostra-me o que devo fa­zer em to­das as áreas da mi­nha vida. Agra­deço por ou­vi­res e aten­de­res mi­nha ora­ção. Agra­deço por ser Teu e pela cer­teza de um dia es­tar con­tigo no céu. Amém.” Dir. e Prof.Dr.-Eng. Werner Gitt

Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt erklärt in dieser Schrift den Heilsplan Gottes - angefangen bei der Geburt Jesu (Krippe), über seinen Tod (Kreuz), bis hin zur Entrückung und ewigen Herrlichkeit (Krone). Gott schuf Abhilfe für die "Urkatastrophe" der Menschheit, den Sündenfall. Wie in der Bibel vorhergesagt, sandte er seinen Sohn auf die Erde. "Nie aber hat die Welt einen Gott gesehen - bis es Weihnachten wurde." Das Kreuz wurde für Kritiker zum Anstoß. Sie verstehen nicht, wie ein "Hinrichtungsinstrument" zum Zentrum eines Glaubens werden kann. Prof. Dr. Gitt sieht diese Kritik als Indiz, dass die Menschen ihr Sündenbewusstsein verloren haben: Es gab keinen anderen Weg für die Rettung des Menschen, weil die Trennung zwischen Gott und uns durch die Sünde so groß ist. Wenn Jesus einmal wieder kommt, wird man ihn als König erkennen. Dann wird die Menschheit zweigeteilt sein in Angenommene und Verworfene. Für diejenigen, die Jesus in ihr Leben aufnehmen wollen, gibt es ein vorformuliertes Gebet, das ihnen dabei hilft. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! Ясла, Кръст и Корона Първоначалната катастрофа В нашия свят постоянно вилнеят катастрофи. От цунамито през декември 2004 г. загинаха около 160 хиляди души. Потъването на Титаник отне 1522 живота. А Втората световна война взе 50 милиона жертви. И все пак първата катастрофа в света е било грехопадението в Едемската градина. Тя е първопричината за всички останали катастрофи, които оттогава насам сполитат земята. Грехът е довел до отделянето на човека от Бога. Без Бога обаче човекът е изгубен завинаги, безвъзвратно. Ако Бог би допуснал в Неговия свят да влезе дори само един-единствен грях, тогава страданието и смъртта биха нахлули в самия рай. А това Бог няма да допусне. Божието сърце е съкрушено – хората, които той е създал и обича, са се отвърнали от Него и с това са се предали на смъртта. Това е ужасно! Според една поговорка „за смъртта няма цяр“. Дори в Едемската градина няма билка, която да спасява от смъртта! Но може би Бог има някакво средство? Божието средство – Той е изпратил своя Син Още в Едемската градина Бог е имал план за спасение. Макар и доста завоалирано, той го обявява още веднага след грехопадението, когато казва на змията: „Ще поставя вражда между тебе и жената и между твоето потомство и нейното потомство; то ще ти нарани главата, а ти ще му нараниш петата“ (Битие 3:15). Оттогава дълга поредица пророчества постоянно напомнят за идещия Спасител. Ето няколко примери: „Ще излезе звезда от Яков и ще се въздигне скиптър (символ на царска власт) от Израил“ (Числа 24:17). „А ти, Витлеем Ефратов, макар и да си твърде малък, за да бъдеш между юдовите хиляди, от теб ще излезе за мен Един, който ще бъде владетел в Израил, и произходът му е от началото, от вечността“ (Михей 5:2). Последното известие за Спасителя идва от един ангел, който оповестява на Йосиф раждането и името на небесното дете: „Мария … ще роди син, когото ще наречеш Иисус, защото той е, който ще спаси народа си от греховете му“ (Матей 1:20-21). Мнозина са минали през историческата сцена и са били именити сред хората – императори и царе, поети и философи, учители и магьосници, добри и зли. Но светът не е виждал истински Бог – до Коледа. Детето, родено в яслата, не е било такъв бог, каквито са си ги представяли гърците на Олимп. Той е eдинственият, който е могъл да каже: „Аз съм Творецът, чрез когото е създадено всичко“ (Йоан 1:1,3); „Аз съм истината“ (Йоан 14:6), „Аз съм добрият пастир“ (Йоан 10:11), „Аз съм вратата“ (към небето) (Йоан 10:7). Какъв път е поел Той в света? Дали е дошъл с барабани и фанфари, с блясък и шум, ескортиран от небесните войски? Не! Бог е избрал една неомъжена жена от Израел, Мария, която да роди Божия син. С това Той е изненадал дори юдеите, които знаели например тези пророчества за идещия Месия: „Ето, твоят цар идва при теб“ (Захария 9:9); „… а то (царството на идещия Месия) ще разбие и довърши всички тези царства, а самото то ще пребъде до века“ (Данаил 2:44). Затова юдеите не са очаквали бебе, което да се роди в ясли, а цар! Те очаквали той да се възцари, да прогони римляните от Израел, да установи столицата си в Ерусалим и да определи главните свещеници и книжниците за министри. Иисус обаче не е дошъл по този начин и затова юдеите са го отхвърлили. Те не били обърнали внимание на местата от Писанието, където се казвало, че Месията първо ще дойде като дете: „Защото ни се роди дете, Син ни се даде“ (Исая 9:5). От него зависи дали ще прекараме вечността в рая или в ада. Три неща са характерни за този Месия: Яслата (тя символизира идването на Иисус в този свят) Кръстът (той символизира спасението, което Иисус е направил възможно за нас) Короната (тя символизира царската власт на Иисус при Неговото повторно идване) Без ясла няма кръст! Без кръст няма корона! Без ясла и без кръст няма рай за нас! Затова първо трябваше да дойде Коледа. Какво ни препъва в кръстта? Критиците на християнската вяра отново и отново поставят въпроса: Защо е тази брутална смърт на кръста? При вашата вяра всичко се върти около един инструмент за екзекуция. Не е ли могъл Бог да избере по-кротък начин, за да уреди отношенията си с нас, хората? Защо пътят на помирението е трябвало да бъде покрит със смърт, болки, сълзи и мъка? Не е ли могло да се мине по-безболезнено, по-естетично, по-стилно? Не е ли могъл Бог просто да си затвори очите за нашите недостатъци? Всички тези въпроси всъщност омаловажават проблема с греха. Изглежда това е масовата болест на нашето време. Само в кръста можем да видим това, което не откриваме в никое писание на никой мислител или философ: Кръстът ни показва каква дълбока пропаст е отворил грехът между човека и Бога. Пропастта е така бездънна, че следствието от греха е пъкълът (Матея 5:29). Кръстът ни дава реална представа за това, докъде стига Бог в своята любов към нас – той буквално е откъснал от сърцето си най-скъпото – своя Син Иисус. Кръстът на Иисус показва до каква степен се е привел Бог. Създателят на Вселената и на всичко живо се е оставил да бъде осъден като престъпник, без да се защити. Колко висока цена за греха! Но тъкмо затова Иисус може да покани всеки грешник да дойде при него: „Който дойде при Мен, никак няма да го изпъдя“ (Йоан 6:37). Но също така, който не дойде, е изгубен завинаги! Кръстът слага край на всички човешки пътища за спасение. Затова Иисус така настоятелно е заявил: „Никой не идва при Отца освен чрез Мен“ (Йоан 14:6). Пред кръста всички религии са само лъскави миражи в пустинята на едно изгубено човечество. Вестта на рождество, заедно с вестта на кръста, е уникална вест за спасение: „Защото Човешкият Син дойде да спаси погиналото“ (Матей 18:11). Той идва отново Иисус ще дойде втори път на този свят. Но вече не като бебе в ясла, а като Цар, Съдия и Владетел на света. В Евангелието от Матей 24:30 Той ясно предсказва това събитие: „Тогава ще се яви на небето знамението на Човешкия Син; и тогава ще заплачат всички земни племена, като видят Човешкия Син, идещ на небесните облаци със сила и голяма слава.“ Каква радост! Създателят на света се явява! Спасителят на света идва! Защо тогава в Откровение 1:7 пише: „и всички земни племена ще заридаят заради Него“? Защо ще казват на планините и на скалите: „Паднете върху нас и ни скрийте от лицето на Седящия на престола и от гнева на Агнето“ (Откровение 6:16)? Много хора са чули за този Иисус, чули са, че трябва, докато са живи, да вземат решение за него, но са казали „Не!» Сега те са изгубени и не могат да поправят грешката си. Вече е твърде късно. Затова те плачат и ридаят. Повечето хора преминават житейския си път без Иисус. Те са изключително изобретателни, за да го избягват. Например известната американска актриса Шърли Маклейн, която живее в едно ранчо със своето куче, казва: „В лицето на Тери, моето куче, аз дори си имам собствен бог – то е превъплъщение на египетския бог Анубис, който има образ на куче. Може да звучи странно, но ние с Тери вече сме имали поне един съвместен живот в древен Египет. Той е бил бог, а аз – принцеса. Сега животът отново ни събра.“ Иисус ще се завърне видимо: „Ето, идва с облаците; и ще го види всяко око, и онези, които го прободоха; и всички земни племена ще заридаят за него“, пише Йоан в Откровение 1:7. Когато на 20 юли 1969 г. Нийл А. Армстронг за първи път стъпи на Луната, около 500 милиона души станаха свидетели на това събитие по телевизията. Принцеса Даяна загина при катастрофа. Нейното погребение на 6 септември 1997 г. беше най-голямото погребение което беше устройвано дотогава. То се състоя в Лондон, но около около 2,5 милиарда души гледаха церемонията по телевизията – това са 40% от населението на земята! Затова то влезе в историята като първото „глобално погребение“. При завръщането на Иисус обаче няма да са необходими камери. Всички хора по света ще гледат „на живо“ това най-велико събитие в световната история. Абсолютно всеки ще види Иисус лично. И това важи не само за хората, които ще живеят тогава, но и за всички поколения от човешката история. Сред тях ще бъдат и всички читатели на тази брошура. И тогава само един въпрос ще има значение: към коя група принадлежа аз? Към спасените или към изгубените? Иисус ще се завърне внезапно: „Защото, както светкавицата излиза от изток и се вижда чак до запад, така ще бъде пришествието на Човешкия Син“ (Матей 24:27). Всички хора по земята ще могат да Го видят едновременно. По какво време на деня ще бъде това? В Лука 17:34 пише: „…в онази нощ двама ще бъдат на едно легло; единият ще се вземе, а другият ще се остави.“ Значи през нощта? Но непосредствено след това се казва: „Двама ще бъдат на нива (т. е. през деня); единият ще се вземе, а другият ще се остави.“ Не знам дали Христофор Колумб, откривателят на Америка, е познавал този текст – от него може да се извади един ясен извод: Щом Христос ще се завърне в един определен момент и за някои хора този момент ще бъде през деня, а за други – през нощта, то това е възможно само ако земята е кълбо. Следователно човек може да се отправи на запад и да пристигне на изток. Независимо дали Колумб е чел това, забележително е, че евангелист Лука е написал тези думи, когато хората все още не са имали никаква представа, че земята е кръгла! Но тези думи показват още нещо, и то много по-важно. При завръщането на Иисус човечеството ще бъде разделено на две групи – „взети“ и „оставени“. Това е същинският проблем на всеки човек – аз към „взетите“ или към „оставените“ принадлежа? Решил ли си вече? Бог е създал всички хора като личности със свободна воля. Това е същественото, което ни отличава от животните. Тъй като имаме свободна воля, ние можем сами да решим дали да се стремим към Бога, или да се отвърнем от него. Чрез Христос Бог е извършил всичко необходимо, за да бъде пътят към небесното царство отворен за нас. И въпреки това Библията много настойчиво ни предупредждва, че не всички хора поемат по пътя на спасението. И какво би могъл тогава да направи Бог? Ако ни отнеме свободната воля, тогава ние вече няма да бъдем личности. Ще бъдем машини, марионетки, роботи, които единствено изпълняват предписаната им програма. Но и в този, и в отвъдния живот, волята е една от най-съществените съставни части на личността. От нашето волево решение зависи къде ще бъдем през цялата вечност. Готови ли сме се за този идещ ден? В една притча (Матей 25:1–13) Господ Иисус ни предупреждава да се подготвим за неговото идване. Той дава като пример десет девици, които чакали младоженеца: всички били „вярващи“ – те нямали съмнения, че сватба ще има! И въпреки това не всички действали съгласно това свое убеждение. И само пет от тях стигнали до целта. А на тези, които се оказали неподготвени, Иисус казва: „Не ви познавам“ (Матей 25:12). Така те пропуснали цялата вечност! Както е казал Хайнрих Кемнер, „човек може така да се успи, че да се събуди в пъкъла!“ „Вярващи“, които само се съгласяват с определени факти или спазват традиции, без обаче да съобразяват живота си със своята вяра, рискуват вечния си живот. Или всички три, или никое Всяка година много хора празнуват Рождество Христово – раждането на детето Иисус в яслата. Но често нещата свършват дотам. Яслата обаче не може да се отдели от кръста и короната. В яслата Иисус е дошъл на този свят като човек. Неизбежни следствия от яслата са кръстът – мястото на неговото страдание с последващия триумф на неговото възкресение – и короната – Неговата царска власт, която ще стане видна за всички при неговото второ идване на тази земя. От самото начало това е бил Божият план за спасение от първоначалната катастрофа на този свят. Окончателната катастрофа, която ще сполети хората, които не приемат Иисус, е пъкълът. За съжаление тя ще вземе повече жертви отколкото която и да било друга катастрофа в цялата човешка история. И тази смърт е вечна! Но на Рождество (а и не само тогава) Бог съвсем лично ни предлага подаръка на „яслата, кръста и короната“. Приемете го! Приемете прошката за греховете си и потвърдете това чрез молитва. Тя би могла да звучи приблизително така: „Господи Иисусе Христе, аз до сега съм живял така, като че ли не Те е имало. Сега аз разбрах Ти кой си и се обръщам за първи път с молитва към Теб. Аз зная, че има небе и ад. Спаси ме от ада, в който аз в същност би трябвало да отида поради моята вина и особено поради моето неверие. Моето желание е да бъда във вечността заедно с Теб. Напълно съзнавам, че аз мога да отида на небето не поради собствени заслуги, но единствено поради вярата ми в Тебе. Поради любовта Ти към мен, Ти умря на кръста за мен, взе моите грехове върху Себе Си и заплати за тях. Аз ти благодаря за това. Ти виждаш цялата моя вина още от детството ми. Всеки един грях в живота ми Ти е познат – всичко, което ми е известно, но и всичко онова, което отдавна съм забравил. Ти знаеш всичко за мен, защото ме познаваш напълно. Ти познаваш всеки порив на сърцето ми, било радост или тъга, било успех или неудача. Пред Теб съм като отворена книга. Такъв, какъвто съм и така, както досега съм живял, няма да устоя пред Теб и пред живия Бог и няма да достигна небето. Затова Те моля, прости ми всичката вина. Съжалявам от сърце за всичките си грехове. Аз Те приемам сега като мой Господ. Поеми ръководството в моя живот. Искам да живея така, както Ти желаеш. Моля Те, помогни ми да се освободя от всичко, което не Ти е угодно и ми дари нов начин на живот, който да бъде под Твоето благословение. Отвори ми вратата към Твоето слово, Библията. Помогни ми да разбирам, това което искаш да ми кажеш и да намирам в Твоето Слово нова сила и животворяща радост. Бъди от сега Господ в живота ми, Комуто да принадлежа и Когото да следвам. Покажи ми, моля Те, пътя по който да вървя. Благодаря Ти, че ти чу молитвата ми. Вярвам в обещанието Ти, че след като Те приех в себе си, аз станах Божие дете, което на небето ще бъде вечно с Тебе. Радвам се за тази голяма привилегия Ти да бъдеш във всяка една ситуация в живота ми. Моля Те, помогни ми да намеря хора, които вярват в Тебе и да намеря една истинска, библейски ориентирана църква, където да мога да слушам редовно Твоето слово. Амин.“ Проф. д-р инж. Вернер Гит

Die Verteilschrift „Reise ohne Rückkehr“ von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt zur enthält die Botschaft von zwei Zügen, die unterwegs sind Richtung Ewigkeit. Der „Lebenszug“, hat den Himmel als Ziel, der „Todeszug“ dagegen fährt in die ewige Verdammnis. Jeder wird eingeladen, vom Todeszug in den Lebenszug umzusteigen. Dies ist möglich für den, der Vergebung seiner Sünden durch Jesus Christus bekommt und ihn als Retter seines Lebens im Glauben annimmt. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! Пътуване без завръщане В една църква в Южен Тирол (Северна Италия) се намират три черепа и окачена над тях табела с надпис: „Кой беше глупакът? Кой мъдрецът? Кой просякът? Кой царят?“. Истина е, че и помен вече няма от властта и богатството на царя. Черепът на просякa се намира до този на царя, но по нищо не личат неговата бедност, дрипи и празен стомах. Може би ни се иска да поставим втора табела с надпис: „Смъртта ги е направила всички еднакви“. С настоящето изложение ще покажем дали такъв един надпис би могъл да бъде верен. Хората от рекламната индустрия се стремят чрез рекламите си да достигнат определена социална група, с цел да спечелят клиентела. Това значи, че тези хора работят целенасочено. За разлика от тях смъртта не подбира специална група от хора, тъй като тя засяга всички. Поради това от край време хората са фокусирали своето внимание към идеята за смъртта: философи, поети, политици, спортисти, артисти, неграмотни и нобeлови лауреати. Най-голямо значение са й придавали старите египтяни, тъй като те са построили на смъртта най-големите паметници в света – пирамидите. Немският поет Емануел Гайбел е обобщил сполучливо тези вечни усилия на човечеството с думите: „Вечна загадка е животът; вечна загадка е смъртта“. От многото възгледи относно смъртта, ще се спрем само на възгледа на еволюционната теория: Мястото на смъртта в еволюционната теория Еволюционната теория учи, че без смърт не би съществувал и животът на Земята. Това става ясно от четирите основни твърдения на еволюцията относно смъртта: 1. Смъртта – задължителна предпоставка на еволюцията: Немският физик Карл Фридрих фон Вайцсекер казва: „Защото ако отделните индивиди не биха умирали, то не би имало еволюция, не би имало нови индивиди с други свойства. Смъртта на отделният индивид е условие за еволюцията“. 2. Смъртта – откритие на еволюцията: Регенбургският професор Видмар Танер като биолог поставя основателния и съществен въпрос относно смъртта: „Как и защо се е появила смъртта в света, ако изобщо не е трябвало да я има?“, и отговаря на този въпрос: „Процесът на остаряване и продължителността на живота са приспособителни явления, които са се развили в процеса на еволюцията. Появата на смъртта е ускорило значително процеса на еволюцията“. Програмираната смърт гарантира шанса да се появи нещо ново в хода на еволюцията. 3. Смъртта – творец на живота: До каква степен еволюционната теория се различава от библейското учение, става ясно от твърдението, че еволюцията е творец на живота. В този смисъл са думите на микробиологът-еволюционист Райнхард Каплан: „Задължителното остаряване и смърт е болезнено за отделният индивид, особено при хората, но това е цената, благодарение на която е могъл да се създаде човешкия вид“. 4. Смъртта – абсолютен край на живота: Според еволюционната теория животът е просто една физико-химична форма на изява на материята (Манфред Айген – немски физикохимик и Нобелов лауреат). От всичко това се вижда, че еволюционната теория не може да ни даде задоволително обяснение какво става след смъртта. След като тази теория разглежда живота като чисто физико-химично явление, естествено не остава никакво място за съществуване на живот след смъртта. Човекът се отъждествява като една биологична машина, която със смъртта престава да съществува. В хода на еволюционния процес смъртта осъществява следваща еволюционна стъпка на живота. По този начин смисълът на човешкия живот трябва да се измерва единствено с приноса му, който той дава в еволюционния процес. Кой може да ни даде истинския отговор за смъртта? Кой може да ни даде отговор на най-важния въпрос относно същността на смъртта и какво става след нея? Такъв отговор може да даде само някой, който е компетентен по този въпрос и е изпълнил следните четири задължителни условия: 1) Той сам трябва да е бил мъртъв (необходима ни е информация от първа ръка). 2) Той трябва след смъртта си отново да се е върнал към живот (информацията да бъде плод на лична опитност). 3) Той трябва да има власт над смъртта (той трябва да притежава авторитет). 4) Това, което казва, да е истина и да му се гласува пълно доверие (Ние трябва да му вярваме за това, за което говори) Ако потърсим в човешката история личността, която би могла да изпълни тези четири уникални условия, то трябва се спрем единствено на Исус Христос, Който е изпълнил всичките: 1) Той беше разпънат и умря на Голгота. Неговите врагове искаха да се убедят, че Той наистина е мъртъв и прободоха гърдите Му с копие, откъдето изтече съсирена кръв (Евангелие на Йоан 19, 24). И така те се убедиха, че Той е наистина мъртъв! 2) Той предсказа, че на третия ден след смъртта Си ще възкръсне от мъртвите. И това стана точно така. Жените мироносци станаха първите свидетели в ранното утро в деня на Възкресението. Небесният Ангел им каза: „Той не е тук, Той възкръсна!“ (Лука 24, 6). 3) В Новия Завет се говори за трима души, които Христос е възкресил от мъртвите: Лазар от Витания (Йоан 11, 41-45), сина на наинската вдовица (Лука 7, 11-17) и дъщерята на Иайр (Марк, 5, 35-43). Никой човек не е имал такава власт над смъртта, както Исус. 4) Един единствен е казал някога: „Аз съм истината“ (Йоан 14, 6). И това беше Исус. Неговите врагове винаги търсеха повод да Го хванат в лъжа, но това никога не можаха да постигнат. И така ние имаме пред себе си единствената личност, Която може да ни каже истината за смъртта. А за всеки човек истината е най важното нещо. Та кой би градил живота си върху лъжа и заблуда? И тъй има Един, Който притежава необходимата компетентност и може да ни даде точната информация относно смъртта. От Него научаваме какво става с човека непосредствено след смъртта му. В евангелието на Лука (16, 19-31) Исус ни дава отговора посредством примера на двама души, които току-що са починали. Единият е познавал Бога, а другият е живял без Бога. Лазар е занесен от ангелите в лоното на Авраам, което място Исус назовава рай (Лука 23, 43). Другият, богаташът, непосредствено след смъртта отива в ада и той описва ужасното си състояние с думите: „Защото зле се мъча в този пламък“ (Лука 16, 24). И така смъртта не ни прави всички равни; напротив - трябва да кажем: ако в този свят между хората има големи различия, то отвъд вратата на смъртта тези различия ще са неописуемо големи. Защо това е така и кое определя тези различия? С отговора на този въпрос ще се занимаем сега по-подробно. Трите вида смърт Библията учи, че Бог е Създател на света и на всичко живо. Бог създаде едно завършено творение, което според Божията преценка беше „твърде добро“. Божията същност е любов, милост и справедливост. И чрез тази Своя същност Творецът – Господ Исус Христос (Притчи 8, 30) е създал всичко видимо и невидимо (Йоан 1, 10; Колосяни 1, 16). В Творението Той остава верен на тази Своя същност. Всичко това е съвсем различно от страданието и сълзите, жестокостта и смъртта, присъщи в стратегията на еволюцията. Който разглежда Бога като Създател на еволюцията, т.е., че Той е използвал еволюцията като творчески метод, такъв напълно игнорира същността на Бога. Ето защо възгледът на т.нар. теистична еволюция е напълно несъстоятелен. Но откъде се е появила смъртта, след като тя не е нито продукт на еволюцията, нито пък отговаря на същността на Бога? Всички знаем, че смъртта е универсална, т.е. всички хора умират – млади и стари, високо морални хора, както и крадци и разбойници, вярващи и невярващи – всички умират. За такова едно всеобщо и радикално действие, трябва да има задължително една универсална причина. Библията учи, че смъртта е последствие от греха на човека. Въпреки че Бог беше предупредил човека за тази опасност (Битие 2, 17), човекът злоупотреби с дарената му свобода и извърши грях. От тогава и досега действа законът на греха, който гласи: „Заплатата за греха е смърт“ (Римляни 6, 23). Така човекът попадна в пътя на смъртта, която в графиката е представена като черна линия. Тази линия ние бихме могли да обозначиме като линия на смъртта. От Адам, чрез който смъртта влезе в Творението (1 Коринтяни 15,22а), цялото човечество е подвластно на смъртта. „Затова, както чрез един човек грехът влезе в света и чрез греха – смъртта, и по този начин смъртта мина във всички човеци, понеже всички съгрешиха“ (Римляни 5, 12). Преди грехопадението смъртта не беше позната в цялото Творение. Когато в Библията се говори за смърт, то в никакъв случай не се има предвид преставане на съществуването. Библейското определение на смъртта означава „разделен от...“ Тъй като грехопадението означава три вида смърт (виж графиката), то има и три вида разделение: 1. Духовна смърт: В момента на грехопадението човекът изпадна в духовна смърт, което означава, че той е отделен от общението с Бога. В това състояние днес живеят всички хора, които не вярват в своя Творец. Такива хора водят един себичен живот и следват страстите и съблазните на греха. Те водят живот, като че ли Бог изобщо не съществува. Те не приемат Исус Христос за Бог, нямат общение с Него и отхвърлят посланието на Библията. В Божиите очи тези хора са духовни мъртъвци, макар че физически те могат да бъдат много жизнени. 2. Физическа смърт: Другото последствие на грехопадението е физическата смърт. „...докато се върнеш в земята, от която си взет“ (Битие 3, 19). Вследствие на грехопадението цялото Творение е подложено на тление и преходност. 3. Вечна смърт: Крайната точка на пътя на смъртта е вечната смърт. По този начин не се прекратява съществуването на човека (Лука 16, 19-31). Това е едно състояние на окончателно разделение от Бога. Божият гняв остава върху такъв, тъй като „чрез престъплението на един човек – Адам – всички човеци попаднаха под осъждението на смърт и гибел“ (Римляни 5, 18). Исус нарича това място на гибел ад. Това е едно място на ужасно съществувание: огънят там е неугасим (Марко 9, 43 & 45) и вечен (Матей 25, 41), там ще бъде плач и скърцане със зъби (Лука 13, 28). Това ще бъде едно ужасно място, „дето червеят им не умира и огънят не угасва“ (Марк 9, 48). Това е едно място на вечна погибел (2 Солуняни 1, 9). Как Бог вижда пътя на човека към вечна погибел? Поради безграничната си милост и любов към нас, човеците, Той изпрати Своя Син – Господ Исус Христос, за да извърши едно велико спасение за нас, човеците. Думите на Христа на кръста: „Свърши се!“, показаха, че това спасение е извършено и пътят към вечния живот е открит. Така се изяви волята Божия (напр. 1 Тимотей 2, 4) да бъдем спасени от вечния ад или, фигуративно казано, да се отклоним от пътя ни към вечната смърт. Ние сме поканени да влезем през вратата, която води към небето (Матей 7, 13а-14). Според учението на Библията Исус Христос е единствената врата и чрез това единственият път към спасението. И ако поемем пътя на живота, ще достигнем вечния живот. Преминаването от единия към другия път е възможен ако се обърнем към Исус като Му предадем нашия досегашен грешен живот, помолим Го за опрощение и Го приемем като наш Спасител. Тогава в божиите очи ние ставаме ново създание. Всеки може да получи лично подаръка на опрощението, разбира се, ако желае. Това, което ни се дарява по милост, има за Бога изключително висока цена – жертвата на Неговия Син. Който се възползува от това предложение на Бога, прави най-важната крачка в живота си, като получава вечния живот (Йоан 5, 24). Този уникален шанс се дава на човека само по време на земния му живот. Пътят към вечния живот След един мой доклад дойде млад човек при мен и аз го попитах: „Къде се намираш сега?“. Той ми отговори: „Аз стоя на гарата!“. Този човек беше разбрал нещо много важно - колкото се може по-бързо да напусне пътя на смъртта! След това той ме попита: „Как да поема сега пътя на живота?“. Показах му пътя и той сега пътува щастлив към най-великата цел в живота. Бог мрази греха, но обича грешника. Ако ние днес поемем пътя към вечния живот, то ние сме се отправили към най-хубавото място, към небето, за което се казва в 1 Коринтяни 2, 9: „Каквото око не е виждало, ухо не е чувало и на човек на ум не е идвало това, което Бог е приготвил за ония, които Го обичат“. Като човеци със свободна воля, Бог ни е предоставил правото да изберем по кой път да вървим: „Аз положих пред вас живота и смъртта, благословенията и проклятията; затова изберете живота, за да живееш ти и потомството ти“ (Второзаконие, 30, 19). Още един път тук става ясно, че Божията воля за нас е да имаме вечен живот. От приложената графика можем да направим следния важен извод: „Ако си роден само един път (това е естественото раждане), то тогава ще умреш два пъти (първо физическата, и след това вечната смърт). Ако обаче си роден два пъти (т.е. естественото раждане и новорождението чрез Христос), тогава ти ще умреш само един път (физическата смърт)!“ Вярата в Божия Син ни освобождава от ужасния съд и ни дава увереността във вечния живот: „Който слуша Словото Ми и вярва в Оногова, Който Ме е пратил, има вечен живот, и на съд не дохожда, а е минал от смърт към живот“ (Йоан 5, 24). Като се има предвид голямото значение на личното решение, става ясно трагичното въздействие на еволюционната теория относно смъртта на тези, които поддържат тази теория. Тя прикрива опасността от вечната смърт и кара хората да пропуснат поканата за спасение, което Бог им предлага. Но Исус дойде, за да ни спаси от ада. Обърнете се с молитва към Бога. Така в същия миг още днес ще напуснете пътя на смъртта и ще преминете в пътя на живота. Тази основна промяна в живота ви можете да започнете със следната молитва: „Господи Исусе Христе, аз видях и осъзнах фаталната ситуация, в която се намирам. Моят начин на живот в никакъв случай не е по Твоята воля. Ясно ми е, че съм на погрешен път. Ужасèн от това си състояние, Те моля за помощ. Прости ми всички мои грехове, за които аз съжалявам и промени моя живот. Аз искам да чета Твоето Слово и да живея според него. С Твоята помощ искам да поема пътя на живота и да остана винаги с Теб. Аз Те приемам сега в моя живот. Бъди мой Господ и ми дай волята и силата да Те следвам. Благодаря Ти от цялото си сърце, че Ти ми прости греховете и аз мога да бъда сега Твое дете. Амин“. Проф. д-р инж. Вернер Гитт

An verschiedenen Beispielen wird die Genialität der Schöpfung dargestellt. Als Wissenschaftler erklärt Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt, dass die unglaubliche Information, die in der ganzen Schöpfung steckt, einer intelligenten Quelle bedarf. Diese Quelle ist Gott selbst. Die Wissenschaft kann nur das "Was" analysieren, nicht aber das "Woher". Das "Am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde" der Bibel gibt uns eine Antwort auf die Frage nach der Herkunft des Lebens. Der Gedanke, Gott hätte durch Evolution geschaffen (die so genannte "Theistische Evolution"), untergräbt die Autorität der Bibel und ist mit dem christlichen Glauben unvereinbar. Die Bibel zeigt deutlich, dass Jesus der Schöpfer ist. Jesus hat die Menschen geschaffen und liebt sie hingebungsvoll. Darum lädt Jesus dazu ein, diese Liebe anzunehmen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! Кой е Творецът? Светът, който наблюдаваме Ако надникнем в света на живите същества, ще забележим една изключителна сложност и целенасочен замисъл в тяхния живот и поведение: Кашалотът е морски бозайник, който е в състояние да прониква до 3000 м. дълбочина в океана без каквато и да е опасност за живота му; пъстрият кълвач удря с клюна си по дървото много силно, без да получава сътресение в мозъка. От напълно развитата функционална способност на органите (сърце, черен дроб, бъбреци) зависи до голяма степен преживяемостта на организма. Недобре развити или полуразвити органи нямат стойност. Привържениците на еволюционизма трябва да знаят, че за еволюционната теория понятието “цел” е непознато и чуждо. Прелетните птици разполагат с “автопилот”, който е в състояние, независимо от природните условия, да ги доведе с точност до желаната цел. Напр. птицата “златиста булка” за презимуване прелита от Аляска на Хавайте. Необходимата за това разстояние от 4,500 км. енергия се намира в 70 гр. телесна мазнина, с която птицата разполага. Освен това тя има и 6,8 гр. резервна мазнина, в случай на насрещен вятър или евентуални други препятствия. Вътрешността на охлювната черупка на наутилуса е разделена на множество камерки, които в зависимост от дълбочината, на която той се намира, се изпълват с толкова количество газ, за да може да се достигне желаната дълбочина. Съвременните подводници изглеждат недодялани и несъвършени в сравнение с това морско животинче, което живее нормално на дълбочина 400 метра, но нощем излиза на 100 м. дълбочина да си търси храна. Някои бактерии притежават протонни “електромотори”, благодарение на които могат да се придвижват напред-назад. На едно невъобразимо малко пространство от шест милиардни части от кубическия милиметър коли-бактерията притежава шест такива биологични “мотори”, собствена “електроцентрала” за производство на енергия, компютърна система и голямо количество “химически фабрики”. Живата клетка в човешкия организъм е многократно по-сложно и гениално устроена в сравнение с която и да било създадена от човека машина. В тази клетка протичат едновременно хиляди химични процеси, чудесно хармонизирани както във времето, така и по отношение на тяхните функции. В ДНК-молекулите на живите клетки се намира най-високата информационна плътност, известна до сега в природата. Ако ДНК материал с големина на главичката на топлийка би се дешифрирал, то с него ще се изпълнят 15 милиарда дневници, които подредени един върху друг, ще образуват кула висока 200 милиона километра. Това разстояние е 500 пъти по-голямо от разстоянието от Земята до Луната, което е само 384,000 км. Във Вселената има приблизително 1025 броя звезди (това е единица с 25 нули). Човешкият живот няма да стигне, за да се изброят само. Ако разполагаме с най-мощният компютър, който може да извършва 10 милиарда изчислителни операции в секунда, то на този компютър са му необходими 30 милиона години, за да преброи звездите във Вселената. От тези няколко примери всеки мислещ човек трябва да си постави въпроса за произхода на тази гениална мъдрост в строежа на Вселената. Приеманата от мнозина днес еволюционна теория не може да даде отговор на този въпрос, тъй като за нея всичко е материя – дори гигантската информация в клетките, душата и съзнанието. Законите на информатиката учат, че информацията е нещо нематериално и тя трябва да има интелигентен източник, т.е. един Създател, Който притежава воля. Изразената интелигентност и мъдрост в творението са поразителни. Това ни задължава да направим извода, че творението трябва да има свой Творец. Поставя се въпроса: Къде да намерим задължителния отговор? Чрез методите на природните науки е възможно да се изследват само количествените и качествени показатели на обикалящата ни среда в рамките на пространството и времето. Науката може да отговори само на въпроса “какво е”, но не и на въпроса “от къде е”. Отговорът на втория въпрос е извън възможностите на човешките усилия и този отговор може да бъде даден само от Твореца. Но къде Творецът дава този отговор, къде се открива Творецът ? В Библията, в Корана или в други някои книги ? Не е възможно всички религии да са вярни, по простата причина, че те се различават една от друга и че дават противоречиви отговори на този въпрос. Логичният извод е, че или всички религии са погрешни или че само една единствена е вярна. Важен критерий, за да се покаже коя е истината, са изпълнените пророчества. Библията е единствената книга, в която по неоспорим начин може да се докаже, че дадените 3,268 пророчества са се изпълнили точно и в определеното време. Библията е най-изтъкнатата и уникална книга в сравнение с всичко, което е написано. Ето защо за мен Библията е Божието Слово към нас човеците. Още в първите си думи Библията ни дава отговор на въпроса кой е Творецът: “В началото Бог сътвори.” Това напълно съвпада с поставеното по-горе изискване за съществуването на интелигентен Творец. Кой е Творецът? Бог е вечно съществуващият. Той е бил преди още да се появи пространството, времето и материята. От първия стих на Библията се добива впечатлението, че единствено Бог Отец е Творец. Но малко по-нататък четем: “Да създадем човека...” (Битие 1, 26). Святият Дух също участвува, което личи от втория стих в Библията: “И Божият Дух се носеше над водата”. В Библията не се казва всичко наведнъж. Често тя ни информира постепенно, стъпка по стъпка. В Новия Завет въпросът относно кой е Творецът се развива по-подробно. Така в Първото послание до Коринтяните 8, 6 се казва ясно, че Исус Христос участва в творческия акт: “За нас има само един Бог – Отец, от Когото е всичко, и ние предназначени за Него, и един Господ – Исус Христос, чрез Когото е всичко, и ние чрез Него”. Еврейската дума “Елохим” в Битие 1, 1 за Бога като Творец е в множествено число. Това нещо можем по-добре да разберем чрез един пример от обикновения живот: Пътуваме със семейството си на гости при приятели. Наближава време да се прибираме. Тогава аз като баща и шофьор казвам на моите хора. “Нека да си тръгваме”. Въпреки че говоря в множествено число, означава все пак, че само аз ще седна зад кормилото и ще карам колата. Останалите от семейството ми са също в колата – те пътуват също, но активният, който кара колата, съм аз. Чрез тази обикновена картина може да се добие представата кой е Творецът. Чрез Исус Христос Бог е създал света. За това се говори ясно и в посланието до евреите 1, 1. В първата глава на евангелието на Иоан също се казва, че всичко, което съществува, чрез Него е станало: “Всичко това стана чрез Него (т.е. чрез Словото, Което е Исус), и без Него не е станало нищо от това, което е станало” (И. 1, 3). Исус Христос е Творецът За творческата дейност на Исус четем и в Колосяни 1, 16-17: “Понеже чрез Него бе създадено всичко, което е на небесата и на земята, видимото и невидимото, било престоли или господства, било началства или власти, всичко чрез Него бе създадено; и Той е пред всичко и всичко чрез Него се сплотява”. Във видимият материален свят няма нищо, което да не е създадено от Исуса. Гигантската Вселена с безбройните галактики, както микроскопският строеж и процесите в една жива клетка или строежът на атома – всичко това е сътворил Христос. Той е не само Творецът на микро- и макрокосмоса, но Той притежава и върховна власт над всичко. Освен това чрез Исуса е сътворено и всичко онова, което е невидимо за нас. Той е създал безбройните небесни същества, които Библията нарича Ангели. Както цялото Творение е многообразно и в него владее порядък и хармония, така и в невидимият свят владее ред и хармония, говорейки се за престоли, господства, власти и сили. Исус е не само Творецът, но Той се грижи и за запазването на този свят. В Него всичко се държи. След сътворението светът не е оставен сам на себе си, но чрез мощното Си слово Христос държи този свят. Ето защо ние не трябва да се плашиме от космически катастрофи или изстиване на Слънцето. Исус ще поддържа света до Неговото Второ идване. Човекът не е дошъл на този свят случайно чрез игра на лотария, както нобеловият лауреат Жак Моно мислеше, но ние сме създадени с определена цел и смисъл – отново да отидем при Исуса ! Ако не постигнем тази цел, то ние пропиляваме живота си. Старият Завет говори за Христос като Творец В Притчи 8, 22-24+30 се казва: “Господ Ме имаше в началото на пътя Си, като първо от древните си дела; от вечността бях поставена, от начало, преди създаването на Земята. Родих се, когато не съществуваха бездните...тогава аз бях при Него като майстор.” Думата “майстор” насочва за творческия акт на Христос при Творението. Стих 26 от 102 псалом се повтаря отново в посланието до евреите 1, 10 и се отнася също за Христос: “В началото, Ти, Господи си основал земята и небесата са дело на Твоите ръце”. Как Творецът е създал света ? Библията ни открива как е станало сътворението на Вселената и какви методи е използувал Творецът. Той е творил чрез: Своето Слово (Пс. 33, 6; И. 1, 1-4) Своята сила (Иеремия, 10, 12) Своята мъдрост (Пс. 104, 24; Кол. 2, 3) Своята воля (Битие 1, 26; Откр. 4, 11) Сина Божий (И. 1, 1-4 и 1, 10; Кол. 1, 15-17) Творил е без изходен, наличен материал (Евр. 11, 3) Творил е според мъдростта на Исуса (Мат. 11, 29; И, 10, 11) Тези фактори са действували в продължение на шест творчески дни. Това не може да се обясни със съществуващите природни закони, а единствено чрез вяра. Природните закони регулират процесите в света, но те не са причината за появата на света, а резултат от творението. Какво е Христос за нас? Той е основата, върху която ние можем да градим живота си. Една спестовна каса имала следната реклама за себе си: “На тази каменна основа можете да строите”. За Христос можем действително да кажем: “На този фундамент вие можете да градите живота си”. Върху Христос се основава всичко: Творението, Библията, вярата, спасението, мирът, надеждата, пътят към Отец, целта на живота. Христос е непоклатимата твърда скала (1 Кор. 10, 4), върху която се разбиват всички създадени човешки мъдрости и системи. Когато Бог казва: “Ще унищожа мъдростта на мъдрите” (1 Кор. 1, 19), то това става върху скалата Христос. Тук се разбиват всякакви идеологии, безбожия и еволюционни учения. Също и представителите на тези идеологии и системи ще трябва да прегънат един ден колената си пред Този Господ (Фил. 2, 10), макар те днес така упорито да отхвърлят Твореца и Спасителя на човека. Защо еволюционната теория е толкова опасна? Еволюционната теория не само ни предлага една погрешна представа за света, но тя не ни дава и никаква надежда. Това е изразил много сполучливо немският писател Жан Паул (1763-1825) в своя роман “Зибенкез”: “ Няма Бог...съществува само безмълвното нищо ! Студена вечна необходимост ! Безумна случайност...Как всеки е така самотен в необятната гробница от мъртъвци на Вселената!” Еволюционната теория твърди, че може да обясни произхода и съществуването на света без Бога. По този начин тя кара човека да бъде безбожник, а с такова едно атеистично мислене и поведение, човек според Христос, ще отиде в ада: “А който не повярва, ще бъде осъден” (Мк. 16, 16). Някои твърдят, че Бог е творил чрез еволюцията като метод. Ако Бог би творил чрез еволюцията, то тогава: нямаше да има първата човешка двойка нямаше да има грях, тъй като “агресията е двигателят на еволюцията” (И. Айлс) тогава Бог щеше да използува смъртта като творчески метод тогава и спасението чрез Исуса нямаше да има никакъв смисъл. Тези факти показват, че т.н. “теистична еволюция” обезсмисля Библията в нейното основно съдържание и по този начин я отхвърля. Ето защо такава една погрешна идея трябва да бъде категорично отхвърлена. Великата мисъл! Ние видяхме, че Исус Христос е Творецът на всичко. Той е Вечносъществуващият и е Властелин на Небесното царство. Нему е дадена всяка власт на небето и на земята (Мат. 28, 18). Можем ли да проумеем такова велико нещо ? Човекът от кръста на Голгота и Творецът на света и на живота, е една и съща личност ! Поради неизмеримата си любов към нас, без да се съпротивява, Той бе разпънат на кръста, за да бъдат отворени за нас вратите на небето. Който не вярва в това и го отхвърля, такъв губи всичко. “То как ще избегнем въздаянието ние, ако пренебрегнем едно такова велико спасение” (Евр. 2, 3). Който приема Него, печели всичко. “Който слуша Моето Слово, и вярва в Този, Който Ме е пратил, има вечен живот... и е преминал от смърт към живот” (И 5, 24). Помолете Господ Исус за прощение на всички ваши грехове, за да можете да устоите на съда. Приемете Го като ваш личен Творец и Спасител и Го следвайте. Проф. д-р инженер Вернер Гитт

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!  Как да отида в небето? Много хора пре­неб­рег­ват въп­роса за веч­ността. Това се наб­лю­дава и при тези, ко­ито се за­мис­лят за своя край. Аме­ри­канс­ката акт­риса Дрю Бе­ри­мор иг­ра­еше главна роля като дет­ска звезда във фан­тас­тич­ния филм „Из­вън­зем­ния“. Ко­гато тя бе на 28 го­дини (ро­дена е през 1975 г.), каза: „Ако се на­ложи да умра преди кот­ката ми, то­гава моля дайте й да изяде праха ми.“ Не е ли страшно това къ­сог­ледо и пре­неб­ре­жи­телно от­но­ше­ние към смъртта? По вре­мето на Исус много хора ид­ваха при Него. Тех­ните нужди почти ви­наги имаха жи­тейски ха-рак­тер: Де­сет про­ка­жени ис­каха да бъ­дат из­це­рени (Лука 17:13). Слепи ис­каха да прог­лед­нат (Ма­тея 9:27). Друг чо­век очак­ваше от Исус по­мощ при разпре­де­ле­ние на нас­лед­ст­вото (Лука 12:13-14). Фа­ри­сеи дой­доха с въп­роса, дали трябва да пла­щат де­ся­тък на им­пе­ра­тора (Ма­тея 22:17). Само мал­цина дой­доха при Исус, за да раз­бе­рат как се отива в не­бето. Един бо­гат мла­деж го по­търси с въп­роса: „Учи­телю, какво трябва да нап­равя, за да нас­ледя ве­чен жи­вот?“ (Лука 18:18). Исус му каза да про­даде всичко, ко­ето е свър­зано със сър­цето му и да Го пос­ледва. Но мла­де­жът беше твърде бо­гат, не пос­луша съ­вета Му и се от­каза от не­бето и веч­ния жи­вот. Имаше и хора, ко­ито изобщо не тър­сеха не­бето, но в сре­щата си с Исус вни­ма­ни­ето им беше на­со­чено към не­бето. И те по­сег­наха вед­нага към него. Зак­хей же­ла­еше да види Исус само от лю­бо­питс­тво. Но той на­мери много по­вече от това, ко­ето очак­ваше. След по­се­ще­ни­ето на Исус в къ­щата му, така да се каже само на кафе, Зак­хей на­мери не­бето. Исус го пот­върди: „Днес стана спа­се­ние на този дом“ (Лука 19:9). Как да на­ме­рим не­бето? От ка­за­ното до тук мо­жем да зак­лю­чим:  Не­бес­ното Царс­тво мо­жем да на­ме­рим точно в един оп­ре­де­лен ден. Това е добре да се знае, за­щото за­сяга и теб, скъпи чи­та­телю! Днес като че­теш тези ре­дове е въз­можно да полу­чиш ве­чен жи­вот от Бога.  За да по­лу­чиш Не­бес­ното Царс­тво не трябва да нап­ра­виш ня­какво пос­ти­же­ние.  Чо­век може да на­мери Не­бес­ното Царс­тво на­пълно не­под­гот­вен. На­шите коп­нежи как да вле­зем в не­бето са на­пълно пог­решни, ако не про­из­ли­зат от Бо­жи­ите прин­ципи. Една на­родна пе­вица в своя пе­сен за кло­уна, който след дъл­го­го­дишна ра­бота в цирка, го на­пуска, казва: „Той със си­гур­ност ще отиде в не­бето, за­щото пра­веше хо­рата щаст­ливи“. Една бо­гата да­ри­телка пост­ро­ява къща за бед­ните, в ко­ято мо­гат да жи­веят 20 жени. Тя прави това, но при едно ус­ло­вие: Же­ните са за­дъл­жени всеки ден да се мо­лят по един час за спа­се­ни­ето на ду­шата й. Да нап­ра­виш хо­рата щаст­ливи е добро, но това ли е на­чи­нът да вле­зем в не­бето? За да ни от­го­вори на този въп­рос, Исус ни е раз­ка­зал една притча. В Еван­ге­ли­ето на Лука 14:16 Той го­вори за един чо­век (сим­во­ли­зи­ращ Бог), който прави го­лямо тър­жес­тво (сим­во­ли­зи­ращо не­бето) и из­п­раща по­кани само на изб­рани хора. Всички от­го­вори на по­ка­не­ните са от­чай­ващи: „А те всички за­поч­наха еди­но­душно да се из­ви­ня­ват. Пър­вият му рече: Ку­пих си нива, вто­рият: Ку­пих си пет чифта во­лове, тре­тият: Оже­них се и за­това не мога да дойда!“ Исус за­вър­шва прит­чата с при­съ­дата на сто­па­нина: „За­щото ви каз­вам, че ни­кой от онези хора, ко­ито бяха по­ка­нени, няма да вкуси от ве­че­рята ми“ (Лука 14:24). От това става ясно, че чо­век може да спе­чели или да за­губи не­бето. Ос­нов­ният въп­рос е дали ще прие­мем или ще от­х­вър­лим по­ка­ната. Може ли да вле­зем в не­бето по още по-лесeн на­чин? Не! Ако един ден много хора бъ­дат отх­вър­лени от Не­бес­ното царс­тво, то няма да бъде за това, че не са зна­ели пътя към него, а за­щото са от­х­вър­лили по­ка­ната. Три­мата чо­века в прит­чата не са при­мер за нас, тъй като ни­кой от тях не прие по­ка­ната и не отиде на тър­жест­вото. То­гава от­пада ли тър­жес­т­вото? Нап­ро­тив! След от­ка­зите сто­па­ни­нът изп­раща по­кани нав­ся­къде. Но те вече не са по­ка­ните със златни букви. Сега важи само прос­тият по­вик: „Елате!“ И всеки, който при­еме по­ка­ната, по­лу­чава си­гурно място на тър­жес­т­вото. Какво става? Да, хо­рата ид­ват, на тълпи, на тълпи. След из­вес­тно време сто­па­ни­нът прави рав­нос­метка: има още сво­бодни места! И казва на слу­гите си: „Из­лезте от­ново! По­ка­нете още!“ На това място ис­кам да на­соча прит­чата към нас, за­щото тя за­сяга точно на­шия жи­вот днес. Има още сво­бодни места в не­бето и Бог днес ти казва: „Ела, за­еми тво­ето място в не­бето! Бъди умен и си за­пази място за веч­ността! Нап­рави го днес!“ Не­бето е не­ве­ро­ятно кра­сиво и за­това Гос­под Исус го срав­нява с тър­жес­тво. В Първо Пос­ла­ние към Корин­тя­ните 2:9 се казва: „Как­вото око не е ви­дяло и ухо не е чуло, и на чо­вешко сърце не е до­хож­дало, всичко това е при­гот­вил Бог за тия, ко­ито го лю­бят.“ Нищо, ама на­ис­тина нищо на тази земя не може дори приб­ли­зи­телно да се сравни с не­бето. Тол­кова не­ве­ро­ятно кра­сиво е там! В ни­ка­къв слу­чай не трябва да про­пус­каме не­бето, за­щото то е скъ­по­ценно. Един ни от­вори вра­тата към не­бето. Това е Исус Христoc, Божият Син! Пак на Него трябва да бла­го­да­рим, че е тол­кова лесно да се отиде в не­бето. Сега това за­виси единс­т­вено от на­шето же­ла­ние. Само този, който е на­ис­тина глу­пав като три­мата мъже от прит­чата, не приема поканата. Спа­се­ни­ето става само чрез Гос­пода Исуса Христа В Дея­ния на Апос­то­лите 2:21 че­тем един много ва­жен стих: „Всеки, който при­зове името Гос­подно ще се спаси.“ Това е клю­чово из­ре­че­ние в Но­вия За­вет. Ко­гато Па­вел беше в зат­вора във Фи­липи, той до­веде раз­го­вора с над­зи­ра­теля до най­съ­щест­ве­ното, най-важ­ното нещо за чо­века - в?????? ??????: еч­ния жи­вот: „По­вяр­вай в Гос­пода Исуса Христа и ще се спа­сиш ти и до­мът ти!“ (Дея­ния на Апос­то­лите 16:31). Това пос­ла­ние е кратко, но ре­ша­ващо. И проме­нящо жи­вота. Още в съ­щата нощ па­за­чът на зат­вора по­вярва в Исус и се по­кая. От какво спа­сява Исус? Всеки би за­дал този въп­рос: oт пътя, който води към веч­ното осъж­де­ние, от ада. От­носно не­бето и ада Биб­ли­ята казва, че хо­рата ще бъ­дат вечно там. Ед­ното е ужасно, а дру­гото - прек­расно! Трето място няма. Пет ми­нути след смъртта ни­кой няма да каже, че със смъртта всичко свър­шва. С лич­ността Исус се ре­шава всичко. На­шето вечно пре­би­ва­ване за­виси само от една лич­ност: от Исус и от връз­ката ни с Него! Ко­гато бях в Полша на път да из­на­сям про­по­вед, по­се­тихме ня­ко­гаш­ния кон­ц­ла­гер Ауш­виц. Ужасни неща са се случ­вали там по време на Вто­рата све-товна война. От 1942 до 1944 г. тaм са били за­ду­шени, а след това из­го­рени по­вече от 1,6 ми­ли­она души, пре­димно ев­реи. В ли­те­ра­ту­рата за този канц­ла­гер се казва: „Адът на Ауш­виц“. Аз мис­лих върху това наименованиe, ко­гато една ра­бот­ничка ни пре­кара през една га­зова ка­мера, в ко­ято на­вед­нъж са уми­рали по 600 чо­века. Беше не­въ­об­ра­зимо ужасно. Но това ли бе адът? Като група по­се­ти­тели ние же­ла­ехме да ви­дим га­зо­вата ка­мера, за­щото през 1945 г. ужа­сът е прик­лю­чил. Ла­ге­рът е от­во­рен сега за по­се­ти­тели и ни­кой по­вече там няма да бъде из­мъч­ван и за­ду­шен. Га­зо­вите ка­мери на Ауш­виц свър­шиха сво­ите пък­лени мъ­че­ния, но адът опи­сан в Биб­ли­ята, е ве­чен. Във вход­ната зала на днеш­ния му­зей пог­ле­дът ми се на­сочи към една кар­тина, ко­ято по­каз­ваше кръста с тя­лото Хрис­тово. Един зат­вор­ник е из­дъл­бал сво­ята на­дежда в Разп­на­тия с един пи­рон в сте­ната. И този ху­дож­ник е ум­рял в га­зо­вата ка­мера. Но той е поз­на­вал Спа­си­теля Исус. Той е ум­рял на едно ужасно място, но за него е било от­во­рено не­бето. Адът, за който Гос­под Исус пре­дуп­реж­дава нас­тоя­телно в Но­вия за­вет (напр. Ма­тея 7:13; Мат. 5:29-30; Мат.18:8), няма свър­шек. Чо­век, по­пад­нал вед­нъж в него, ос­тава там за­ви­наги. Адът, за раз­лика от Ауш­виц е ве­чен. Не­бето също е вечно. Това е мяс­тото, къ­дето Бог иска да ни до­веде. За­това не от­каз­вайте по­ка­ната да вле­зете в него. Из­ви­кайте името на Гос­пода Исус и си за­па­зете място в не­бето! След една про­по­вед една жена съв­сем въ­о­ду­ше­вено ме по­пита: „Може ли чо­век изобщо да си за­пази място в не­бето? Това звучи малко като ту­рис­ти­ческо бюро“. Аз съм съг­ла­сен с нея. Но който не peзepвиpa не идва на целта. Ако ис­кате да ле­тите за Xaвaйcкитe ocтpoви, вие се нуж­да­ете от ва­ли­ден би­лет. Тя по­пита пак: „Да, но би­ле­тът трябва да се плати?“ О, да, би­ле­тът за не­бето също! Но той е тол­кова скъп, че ни­кой от нас не може да го плати. На­шият грях е пречка. Бог не търпи в сво­ето небе ни­ка­къв грях. Който след този жи­вот иска да пре­кара веч­ността в не­бето при Бога, трябва първо да бъде ос­во­бо­ден от сво­ята вина и от греха. Това ос­во­бож­де­ние мо­жеше да бъде из­вър­шено само чрез една безг­решна лич­ност и тази лич­ност е Исус Хрис­тос. Единс­т­вено Той е пла­те­жос­по­со­бен! И той е пла­тил със сво­ята кръв, чрез смъртта си на кръста. И какво трябва сега да нап­равя, за да отида в не­бето? Бог отп­равя по­ка­ната си за спа­се­ние към нас по съ­щия на­чин както сто­па­ни­нът на тър­жес­т­вото. С нас­той­чи­вост, много сти­хове в Биб­ли­ята ни по­кан­ват да отк­лик­нем на Бо­жия при­зив: „Под­ви­за­вайте се да вле­зете през тяс­ната порта!“ (Лука 13:24). „По­кайте се, за­щото наб­лижи Не­бес­ното царс­тво!“ (Ма­тея 4:17). „Влезте през тяс­ната порта; за­щото ши­рока е пор­тата и прост­ра­нен е пъ­тят, който води в по­ги­бел, и мно­зина са онези, ко­ито ми­на­ват през тях. По­неже тясна е пор­тата и стес­нен е пъ­тят, който води в жи­вот, и мал­цина са онези, ко­ито ги на­ми­рат“ (Ма­тея 7:13-14). „Хвани се за веч­ния жи­вот, за който си бил приз­ван“ (І Ти­мо­тей 6:12). „По­вяр­вай в Гос­пода Исуса Христа и ще се спа­сиш“ (Деян. на ап.16:31). Това са много раз­търс­ващи и упо­рити по­кани. Чувс­тва се се­ри­оз­ността, ре­ши­тел­ността и нас­тоя­тел­ността им. Само така ние ще по­лу­чим ве­чен жи­вот, ко­гато от­го­во­рим на по­ка­ната за не­бето с мо­литва, ко­ято с прости думи би могла да звучи така: „Гос­поди Исусе, аз про­че­тох днес, че само чрез Тебе мога да вляза в не­бето. Аз ис­кам един ден да бъда с Тебе в не­бето. За­това ме спаси от ада, в който бих оти­шъл за­ради мо­ите гре­хове. За­щото Ти тол­кова много ме оби­чаш, че умря на кръста за мене и плати там на­ка­за­ни­ето за мо­ите гре­хове. Ти виж­даш всич­ката ми вина от мо­ето детс­тво до днес. Ти знаеш всеки грях, всичко, за ко­ето сега се се­щам, но и всичко, ко­ето вече съм заб­ра­вил. Ти знаеш всяко въл­не­ние в сърцето  ми. Пред Тебе съм като от­во­рена книга. Та­къв, ка­къвто съм не мога да дойда в не­бето. Моля Те, прости ми гре­хо­вете, за ко­ито aз от сърце съ­жа­ля­вам. Ела сега, Боже, в моя жи­вот и го об­нови. По­могни ми да отх­върля всичко, ко­ето не е право пред Теб и ми по­дари нови на­вици, ко­ито са под Тво­ята бла­гос­ло­вия. От­вори ми дос­тъпа до Тво­ето Слово, Биб­ли­ята. По­могни ми да раз­би­рам какво ис­каш да ми ка­жеш и ми дай пос­лушно сърце, за да върша това, ко­ето е угодно на Тебе. От­сега на­та­тък бъди Ти мой Гос­под. Ис­кам да те след­вам, по­кажи ми пътя, по който трябва да вървя във всички об­ласти на моя жи­вот. Бла­го­даря Ти, че чу мол­бата ми, че сега мога да съм Бо­жие дете, ко­ето един ден ще бъде с Тебе в не­бето. Амин.“ Проф., д-р на т. н. Вер­нер Гит

Wer freut sich nicht über einen persönlichen Brief mit einer liebevollen Einladung? Wussten Sie, dass die Bibel als Brief Gottes an uns bezeichnet werden kann? In ihr spricht uns Gott eine Einladung ganz besonderer Art aus. Über die Wahrheit der Bibel gibt es zuweilen heftige Diskussionen. Jede Debatte über die Herkunft und das Wesen der Bibel bleibt letztlich wertlos, wenn das Wort Gottes uns nicht zur persönlichen Anrede wird. Selbst dem flüchtigen Leser der Bibel fällt sofort auf, dass das gesamte Neue Testament Briefcharakter trägt. Gott, der Urheber dieses Briefes, sendet ihn uns aus einem einzigen Grund: Er möchte die Menschen, die sich im Sündenfall von ihm entfernt haben, zurückgewinnen. Er möchte, dass keiner verlorengeht und startete mit dem Kreuz von Golgatha die größte Rettungsaktion der Weltgeschichte. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!

Aus dem Inhalt: „Klar ist, dass niemand beweisen kann, dass es keinen Gott gibt, aber ist andererseits seine Existenz beweisbar? Wenn das Letztere möglich ist, dann sind die atheistischen Verbände einem Irrtum aufgesessen. Kann man darüber hin­aus zeigen, dass es den biblischen Gott gibt, dann gehen die Atheisten auf die Hölle zu, denn die Bibel sagt: „Deren Los ist die dunkelste Finsternis“ (Judas 13b).“ Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!

Gottesbeweise gewinnen in unserer Zeit eine ganz neue Bedeutung. Einige Gottesbeweise sind vom naturwissenschaftlichen Denken geprägt. So stellt sich die Frage: Gibt es vielleicht einen Gottesbeweis, der das Herz eines jeden Menschen erreichen kann? Die Liebe ist das Phänomen, wofür jedes menschliche Herz empfänglich ist – sei es ein Urwaldbewohner, der nie etwas von Wissenschaft gehört hat, oder ein Physik-Nobelpreisträger, der versucht, die Urgründe der Materie zu erforschen. Kann es sein, dass Gott sich in seiner Liebe offenbart hat und damit allen Menschen den Universalbeweis seiner Existenz und seines Wesens geliefert hat? In der Tat hat Gott das getan, und das soll in dieser Schrift gezeigt werden. Kurzlink zu diesem Artikel: https://wernergitt.de/love-proof-cn

Wer freut sich nicht über einen persönlichen Brief mit einer liebevollen Einladung? Wussten Sie, dass die Bibel als Brief Gottes an uns bezeichnet werden kann? In ihr spricht uns Gott eine Einladung ganz besonderer Art aus. Über die Wahrheit der Bibel gibt es zuweilen heftige Diskussionen. Jede Debatte über die Herkunft und das Wesen der Bibel bleibt letztlich wertlos, wenn das Wort Gottes uns nicht zur persönlichen Anrede wird. Selbst dem flüchtigen Leser der Bibel fällt sofort auf, dass das gesamte Neue Testament Briefcharakter trägt. Gott, der Urheber dieses Briefes, sendet ihn uns aus einem einzigen Grund: Er möchte die Menschen, die sich im Sündenfall von ihm entfernt haben, zurückgewinnen. Er möchte, dass keiner verlorengeht und startete mit dem Kreuz von Golgatha die größte Rettungsaktion der Weltgeschichte. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!

Jesus – an ihm scheiden sich die Geister, und an ihm scheiden sich auch Lebenswege. War er nur ein Religionsgründer unter vielen anderen, ein Sozialreformer oder ein vorbildlicher Mensch, der bereit war, für seine Idee zu sterben? Ja, dann können wir ihn getrost beiseitelassen. Ist er aber Gottes Sohn, der vom Himmel kam, um uns durch Kreuz und Auferstehung das ewige Leben zu geben, dann hat er für uns die allergrößte Bedeutung. Würden wir ihn ablehnen, dann wäre das am Ende unserer Tage die größte Katastrophe, nämlich der Verlust des ewigen Lebens. 耶稣真的是唯一救主吗？ 耶稣——人们对祂的认识有着极大的分歧。因着对祂的不同认识，不同的人选择了完全不同的人生道路。 这世上有着众多不同的信仰。难道耶稣只是某一个宗教的创始人、或是一个社会改革家、或是甘愿为理想而殉道的精神楷模吗？果真如此的话，祂必将会被历史所淹没。然而，如果祂真的是上帝之子降世为人，且只有藉着祂上十字架为我们而死、下葬、并在三天后死里复活的救恩，我们才能得享永生；那么，古往今来，祂对于人类世界的重要意义则无人能及。因此，拒绝耶稣可能会带给我们最具毁灭性的后果：当我们离世之时，便再也没有机会得享永生。 穆斯林全然敬奉真主阿拉，并坚决反对耶稣是上帝的儿子。因此，他们从不向耶稣祷告。 耶和华见证人也从不向耶稣祷告，他们祷告的对象只是（父）上帝耶和华。 在历史上，加拿大议会在开会前会向耶稣祷告。然而，因着多次的抗议活动，他们祷告的对象只有（父）上帝，而不再有耶稣。 在耶稣生活的世代，教导《圣经》律法的法利赛人和文士也不认可祂。他们因耶稣自称是（父）上帝的儿子而定祂的罪。更有甚者，他们因祂“将自己和上帝当作平等”而控告祂亵渎上帝，并越发想要杀祂（参约翰福音五章18节）。 世人常常有以下疑惑：“我们当向谁祷告？”幸运地是，上帝的话语——《圣经》——为我们提供了非常明确的答案。 巴拉那河上的大桥 巴拉那河是巴拉圭境内的一条河流，波澜壮阔。它起源于巴西，长约四千公里。在阿根廷和乌拉圭之间，巴拉那河与乌拉圭河汇集，形成了一个极为宽阔的河口湾：拉普拉塔河。巴拉那河的最大流速为一万八千立方米/秒，即每秒流过一万八千吨水。曾有一次，我有幸站在巴拉那河边。当时感觉自己面前的不是河，而是一个极大的湖泊。 现在请想象以下场景：上帝站在巴拉那河的对岸，然而我们想要去到祂那里却无计可施。如此湍急的水流和广阔的河面，哪怕是最好的游泳运动员都束手无策。不仅如此，河中随处可见的鳄鱼也会随时让我们的跨河之旅化为泡影。 同样地，我们无法靠自己来到上帝面前。那么，为了我们能够过河，上帝做了什么呢？祂建了一座桥，并且告诉我们：“为使你们能够来到我面前，我已经建好了一座桥。这是唯一一座能过河的桥！如果你希望来到我面前，你必须从这座桥上走过来。除此以外，别无选择！” 耶稣是上帝派来的唯一救主！ 耶稣是父上帝派来的救主——这一说法在新约中多处得到证实： “她（马利亚）将要生一个儿子，你要给他起名叫耶稣，因他要将自己的百姓从罪恶里救出来”（马太福音一章21节）。 “因为上帝差他的儿子降世，不是要定世人的罪，乃是要叫世人因他（耶稣）得救”（约翰福音三章17节）。 “我就是门，凡从我进来的，必然得救”（约翰福音十章9节）。 “那听我话，又信差我来者的，就有永生，不至于定罪，是已经出死入生了”（约翰福音五章24节）。 耶稣说：“我就是道路、真理、生命；若不藉着我，没有人能到父那里去”（约翰福音十四章6节）。耶稣所说的这句话，向今天崇尚信仰自由的我们提出了严峻的挑战。然而，这样掷地有声地表达，正是在本质上对耶稣最好的诠释。 耶稣就是上帝！ 耶稣是否真的是上帝的儿子？这是人类历史上最为重要的问题，它直接影响到我们将在哪里度过永生。若非上帝通过祂自己的话语——《圣经》——给出启示，哪怕是世上最为杰出的学者，也无法为我们提供答案。《圣经》从以下五个方面证明了耶稣就是上帝： 一．耶稣的能力：祂有赦罪之能。马可福音二章1–12节记载：有四个人听见耶稣在一个房子里，就抬他们一个瘫痪的朋友来见耶稣。因为人多，不得近前，他们就把耶稣所在房子的房顶给拆了，把瘫痪之人连同他所躺卧的褥子都缒了下来。耶稣见他们的信心，就对瘫痪之人说：“小子，你的罪赦了”（参马可福音二章5节）。有几个文士坐在那里，就心里议论：“除了上帝以外，谁能赦罪呢？”（参马可福音二章7节）。依《圣经》来看，文士心里所议论的是正确的。然而，他们应当自然而然地得出结论：站在我们面前的这个人一定是上帝！ 二．耶稣的权柄：约翰福音五章19节记载，耶稣对他们说：“我实实在在地告诉你们，子（耶稣）凭着自己不能作什么，惟有看见父（上帝）所作的，子才能作；父所作的事，子也照样作。”除了上帝自己以外，谁能做上帝所做的事情呢？因此，这节经文的后半句“父所作的事，子也照样作”准确无误地表明了耶稣就是上帝。 三．敬拜耶稣：依照《圣经》，敬拜的对象只可以是上帝；不能是天使，不能是人，也不能是圣母马利亚或众圣徒（启示录二十二章8–9节）。同样，《圣经》也多次多方地记载了人和天使对耶稣的敬拜。毫无疑问，这又再次证明了耶稣就是上帝： 东方三博士敬拜耶稣：“‘我们在东方看见他的星，特来拜他。’……进了房子，看见小孩子和他母亲马利亚，就俯伏拜那小孩子（出生不久的耶稣）”（马太福音二章2和11节）。 当历史上第一位殉道者司提反被一群愤怒的暴徒用石头砸死时，他的祷告被记录了下来：“求主耶稣接收我的灵魂”（使徒行传七章59节）。此前，他“定睛望天，看见上帝的荣耀，又看见耶稣站在上帝的右边”（使徒行传七章55节）。 当使徒多马第一次见到死里复活的主耶稣时，他心中有疑惑，不知道站在面前的是不是主耶稣。然而，当多马看见耶稣钉痕的双手和肋旁的疤痕时，他确信这是主耶稣。于是他就下拜，说：“我的主！我的上帝！”（约翰福音二十章28节）。 路加福音二十四章52节记载道：“他们（门徒）就拜他，大大地欢喜，回耶路撒冷去”。 希伯来书一章6节（新普及译本）记载道：“上帝所有的天使都要敬拜他（耶稣）”。甚至天地间一切受造之物都要赞美敬拜耶稣：“我又听见在天上、地上、地底下、沧海里，和天地间一切所有被造之物，都说：‘但愿颂赞、尊贵、荣耀、权势都归给坐宝座的和羔羊（耶稣），直到永永远远！’”（启示录五章13节）。 四．耶稣的永恒性及其创造之工：约翰福音开篇写道：“太初有道，道与上帝同在，道就是上帝。这道太初与上帝同在。万物是藉着他造的；凡被造的，没有一样不是藉着他造的”（约翰福音一章1–3节）。且约翰福音一章14节记载：“道成了肉身”。结合以上两处经文，我们可以得出结论：“道”就是耶稣，耶稣就是上帝。因此，我们可以将约翰福音这三节经文中的“道”替换为“耶稣”： 太初有耶稣，耶稣与上帝同在，耶稣就是上帝。耶稣太初与上帝同在。万物是藉着他造的；凡被造的，没有一样不是藉着他造的。 五．印证耶稣神性的其他经文： 罗马书九章5节：“基督（耶稣）……是在万有之上，永远可称颂的上帝。阿们！”此处的“阿们”进一步强调了这一说法。 约翰壹书五章20节：“这（耶稣）是真上帝，也是永生”。因此，耶稣“道成了肉身”，且使信祂之人也能得享永生！ 希伯来书一章8节：“论到子却说：‘上帝啊，你的宝座是永永远远的，你的国权是正直的’”（本节经文全文引自诗篇四十五篇6节，直指耶稣就是上帝)。 启示录一章8节记载道：“主上帝说：‘我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛（阿拉法，俄梅戛：是希腊字母首末二字），是昔在、今在、以后永在的全能者’”。说这话的正是将要再来的主。毋庸置疑，祂就是耶稣基督！这就表明耶稣是“主上帝”，是“全能者”！耶稣是阿拉法、俄梅戛，祂是始、祂是终！启示录十五章3节记载了一篇赞美敬拜荣耀上帝的诗歌，同样表明耶稣就是全能的上帝：“唱上帝仆人摩西的歌和羔羊的歌：‘主上帝，全能者啊，你的作为大哉！奇哉！万世之王啊（‘世’或作‘国’），你的道途义哉！诚哉！’” 若非耶稣，我们无法认识父上帝！ 有些人认为只要相信（父）上帝，并向（父）上帝祷告就足够了。然而，《圣经》真的是这样教导的吗？一些经文很好地阐明了这个问题。 “叫人都尊敬子如同尊敬父一样。不尊敬子的，就是不尊敬差子来的父”（约翰福音五章23节）。 “凡不认子的，就没有父；认子的，连父也有了”（约翰壹书二章23节）。 “信他的人，不被定罪；不信的人，罪已经定了，因为他不信上帝独生子的名”（约翰福音三章18节）。 若非耶稣，我们无法得享永生！ 上帝亲自证明：只有藉着主耶稣基督，我们才能回到天家与天父上帝同在。因此，罗马书三章25节写道：“上帝设立耶稣作挽回祭，是凭着耶稣的血，藉着人的信，要显明上帝的义”。 新约中更多的经文指出： 耶稣是我们回到天父面前的唯一道路：“我就是道路、真理、生命；若不藉着我，没有人能到父那里去”（约翰福音十四章6节）。 耶稣是天父上帝和我们之间的唯一中保：“因为只有一位上帝，在上帝和人中间，只有一位中保，乃是降世为人的基督耶稣”（提摩太前书二章5节）。 耶稣是唯一救主：“除他以外，别无拯救；因为在天下人间，没有赐下别的名，我们可以靠着得救”（使徒行传四章12节）。 请允许我再次重申：我们只有靠着耶稣才能进入天国！除此之外，别无他法。当面对本宣传页的标题“耶稣真的是唯一救主吗？”时，我们需要坚定地给出答案：是的，祂是这个世界唯一的救主！除耶稣以外，世上所宣称的任何“救主”都不符合救主的必要条件。 如何才能渡过巴拉那河？ 请想象有一位徒步客，穿过熙熙攘攘的人群，来到了前文提到的能够跨过巴拉那河的大桥前，桥头挂着一个条幅，其上写着它的名字——“耶稣”。然而，徒步客听说还有其他的桥。他往河的下游走去，发现了其他几个桥头，分别挂有不同的条幅，写着伊斯兰教、印度教、佛教、耶和华见证人等名字。这些桥看似都能带人跨过这条茫茫大河。然而，走了几米之后就到了尽头，河的对岸依旧遥不可及。最终，这位徒步客决定踏上那唯一一座能够带人渡河的桥。 在约翰福音十六章9节中，耶稣指出很多人最大的原罪是对祂的冷漠：“人不相信我”。这也正是横亘在人与天国之间的，人所不能跨越的鸿沟。然而，如果你回转向耶稣，并成为祂的追随者，这个鸿沟就可以被“耶稣”这座桥梁所跨越。就在今天，请藉着祷告，成为依靠耶稣基督的人。请用你自己的言语，向你的个人救主耶稣基督祷告： “主耶稣基督，直至今日，我的生活方式一直都是错误的。我按自己的方式去生活，我的生活中没有你的参与。我承认我是迷失的。对此我深感无力，并恳求你帮助我。从现在开始，我要跟随你。请原谅我所做的所有错事。我邀请你进入我的生活。请帮助我渴望阅读你的话语，以求更多地认识你，并帮助我将我的所学应用到日常生活当中。我全心全意地感谢你，你已将我从罪中解脱出来；并且因为你，我得以成为上帝的儿女，直到永永远远。阿们！” 维尔纳·吉特 （Werner Gitt）博士、教授、主任www.wernergitt.de

In unserer vom philosophischen Materialismus geprägten Zeit sind wir weithin in eine Denkfalle geraten, wonach es nur noch das geben darf, was aus der Materie abgeleitet werden kann. Wer aber die Bibel aufmerksam liest, stößt immer wieder auf Aussagen, die für uns im 21. Jahrhundert bei aller modernen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnis schwer verständlich sind. So heißt es z.B. in Psalm 139,5: „Von allen Seiten umgibst du mich und hältst deine Hand über mir.“ Werner Gitt erklärt in diesem Artikel, dass wir aus uns heraus den uns gegebenen Ereignishorizont nicht überwinden können, aber mit Gott gelingt es. Gott ist nicht an unsere dreidimensionale Welt gebunden. Die Bibel weist uns auf höhere Dimensionen hin. Dies erklärt, dass Gott auf übernatürliche Weise in unser Leben eingreifen kann. Sie zeigt uns aber auch, dass Gott uns einlädt zu ihm zu kommen und dass derjenige, der an Jesus glaubt, das ewige Leben hat.  

Die Verteilschrift „Reise ohne Rückkehr“ von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt zur enthält die Botschaft von zwei Zügen, die unterwegs sind Richtung Ewigkeit. Der „Lebenszug“, hat den Himmel als Ziel, der „Todeszug“ dagegen fährt in die ewige Verdammnis. Jeder wird eingeladen, vom Todeszug in den Lebenszug umzusteigen. Dies ist möglich für den, der Vergebung seiner Sünden durch Jesus Christus bekommt und ihn als Retter seines Lebens im Glauben annimmt. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! 不归路 死后五分钟会如何？ 南蒂罗尔（意大利北部）一所教堂的矮墙上放着四块死人的头盖骨。头盖骨上方挂着一块牌子，上面写着：“谁是愚人？谁是智者？谁是乞丐？谁是国王？”诚然，人们再也看不见国王昔日的权势与富贵。乞丐的头盖骨也许就放在国王的旁边，可是也没有什么能表明他曾经一贫如洗、衣裳褴褛和饥肠辘辘。我们也许会想另竖一块牌子，写上“死亡让他们殊途同归！”是否真是如此？且让我们做番考究。 在广告业，经销商会试图迎合特定的消费群体，也就是说，满足目标群体的需要。与此相反，死亡并没有特定的目标群体，因为没有人可以避开他。因此，以死亡作为研究对象的不乏其人：哲学家、诗人、政治家、运动员、演员、文盲以至诺贝尔获奖者。古埃及人的做法可谓登峰造极了：他们为死亡建了世界最大的纪念碑——吉萨（Giza）金字塔。德国诗人盖贝尔（Emanuel Geibel）将人类所有的努力准确地一言以蔽之：“生命是一个永恒的谜，死亡也还是一个永恒的谜。”在对死亡进行诠释的诸多尝试之中，我们且来看看进化论的解答。 进化论世界观对死亡的看法 死亡在进化论的思想体系里的地位根深蒂固：没有死亡地球上就没有生命。这一点在进化论关于死亡的四条基本原理中得到明确阐述： 1．死亡是进化的必要前提条件：德国物理学家、哲学家卡尔-弗里德里希•冯•魏赛克（Carl Friedrich v. Weizsäcker ）强调说：“因为如果没有个体的死亡，就不可能有进化，也就不可能有其他物种的新个体。个体的死亡是进化的条件。” 2．死亡是进化的发明：德国生物学家、雷根斯堡大学教授谭纳尔（Widmar Tanner）提出一个关于死亡的合理的存在性问题：“如果人类世界根本不需要死亡，那么死亡如何以及为何存在？”他的解答是：“老化和寿命是在进化过程中演变过的适应现象。死亡的产生大大加快了进化的进程。”对他而言，死亡程序为进化提供了不断的新的尝试机会。 3．死亡是生命的创造者：根据进化论原理，死亡甚至被提升为生命的创造者，这一点明确表明进化论世界观与圣经教导的截然不同。对此德国微生物学家雷哈德.卡普兰（Reinhard W. Kaplan）提出：“虽然对于个体，尤其对于人类来说，老化和死亡是痛苦的，但这是人类进化所需要付出的代价。” 4．死亡是生命的完全终结：根据进化论原理，生命是一种只在物理和化学范围内存在的物质状态（艾根Manfred Eigen，德国生物物理学家及化学家，诺贝尔奖获得者）。 我们看到，进化论对于死亡并没有给出满意的解释。根据该理论，现实被简化为纯粹的物质现象，那么死后就没有生命的延续。人被简化为生理意义上的人，生命器官的的死亡也就意味着的人的完全终结。在进化论机械学的齿轮系统中，死亡为新的生命铺桥搭路。这样，个体的生命价值仅仅在于为人类进化做出了贡献。 谁给了我们正确解答？ 谁能对这个引人深思的死亡和死后的实质问题给予一个负责任的解答？解答者只有具备下列四大前提条件方能胜任： 1）他必须亲自经历过死亡！（我们需要第一手信息） 2）他必须从死里复活！（他要能讲述亲身体验） 3）他必须有胜过死亡的权柄！（他必须对他所讲的具有权威） 4）他必须完全值得信任！ （我们要能相信他的话） 纵观世界历史，能满足这四个独特条件的只有一人，那就是基督耶稣： 1）他曾被钉十字架并死在耶路撒冷城门前。他的仇敌为了确认他已死亡，还拿枪扎他的肋旁，随即有血流出（约翰福音19: 34）。这样，他们才确定他是真的死了！ 2）他事先曾预言，他会在死后第三天复活。这也是事实，有妇人在复活那日的清早在坟墓旁亲眼见证。天使对他们说：“他不在这里，已经复活了！”（路家福音24: 6）。 3）新约圣经记载了耶稣让人从死里复活的三次神迹：伯大尼的拉撒路（约翰福音 11: 41-45），拿因的少年人（路加福音7: 11-17），睚鲁的女儿（马可福音5: 35-43）。没有人能像耶稣那样有权柄对死亡明确地发号施令。 4）只有一人能在世上宣称：“我就是真理”（约翰福音14:6），这人就是耶稣。即使在那些一心想要在他身上找茬的敌人面前，他仍不改口。 现在我们找对了门路，由此得以深入真理的源头。真理对于我们的生存是必不可少的。谁想把自己的生命建立在一种谬论上呢？我们可以肯定：有一个人具备足够的能力给我们明确的答复。在路加福音16章19到31 节中，耶稣用两个刚死的人举例作为解答。一个认识神，另一个过着没有神的日子。拉撒路被天使接走放在亚伯拉罕的怀里。他享福的地方也被耶稣称作乐园（路加福音23: 43）。另一个人是个财主，死后马上到了地狱。他这样形容他的艰难处境：“我在这火焰里，极其痛苦”（路加福音16: 24）。可见死亡决不是一个平均主义者；我们甚至可以说：如果人与人现世的生活已经大相径庭，那么在死亡之墙的另一边，差异之大就更难形容了。原因何在？对此必须详加说明。 圣经关于死亡的教导 圣经明确证明了这个世界以及所有的生命直接出自神的创造。这是一件已经完成并且完美无缺的创造，神在完工时称之为“很好”。因为神的本性是爱和怜悯，所以他通过他的工师（箴言8: 30），也就是主耶稣（约翰福音1: 10; 歌罗西1: 16）创造了万物。神的创造也保持了神温柔、怜悯和慈爱的本质特征。这是与以痛苦、眼泪、残酷和死亡为标志的进化策略截然不同的。如果把神视为进化的主导，便是把那种造物法强加于神，这是与神的本质相悖的。这样说来，由神主导的进化观点（所谓“有神进化论”）也是完全没有根据的。 死亡既不是进化的因素，又不符合神的本性，那么死亡从何而来呢？我们可以确定的是，死亡是普遍存在的。所有人都会死亡：不管是年幼孩童还是白发老人，不管是正人君子还是盗贼土匪，不管是信徒还是非信徒。死亡既然具有这样普遍而又强烈的影响，必然具备同样普遍的起因。 圣经将死亡判为人的罪带来的结果。尽管神事先警告过人（创世纪2: 17），人还是滥用了神给他的自由，以致堕落。从此罪的律法开始生效：“罪的工价乃是死”（罗马书6: 23）。人滑向了死亡线。如图所示，这条死亡线是一条又黑又粗的线。我们可以将其比喻为死亡列车。亚当是对死亡的产生负有责任的（哥林多前书15: 22）；从他开始，全人类都在这辆可怕的列车上：“这就如罪是从一人入了世界，死又是从罪来的，于是死就临到众人，因为众人都犯了罪”（罗马书5: 12）。人堕落之前，死亡是不在神的创造里的。 圣经提到的死亡，决不意味着存在的终止。圣经将死亡定义为“与……隔绝”。人的堕落表明了三重意义的死亡（参见图示），也就意味着三重的隔绝： 1．灵魂的死亡：在堕落的那一刻，人的灵魂就死亡了，意即人不再与神同在。今天所有不信神的人也都是处于这种光景。他们偏行己路，受罪的激情和引诱摆布。他们过着仿佛没有神的生活。他们没有与耶稣基督建立个人的关系，拒绝圣经的福音。在神的眼中，这些人的灵魂已经死亡，尽管他们的肉身还充满活力。 2．身体的死亡：堕落进一步的影响导致肉身的死亡：“……直到你归了土，因为你是土而出的”（创世纪3: 19）。因为人的堕落，所有受造物只有短暂的生命。 3．永远的死亡：死亡列车的终点站是永远的死亡。人的存在却并不就此消失（路加福音16: 19-31），而是与神永远地隔绝。神的忿怒仍然没有免除，因为“因一人（亚当）的过犯，众人都死了乃至沉沦”（罗马书5: 18）。耶稣将那沉沦的地方比作地狱。在那里极其可怕：那里有“永远”（马太福音25: 41） 不灭” 的火（马可福音 9: 43及45），在那里“必要哀哭切齿”（路加福音）。那是一个恐怖的地方，在那里“虫是不死的，火是不灭的”（马可福音9: 48）。他们要在那里“永远沉沦”（帖撒罗尼迦后书1: 9）。 神如何看待我们自取其咎的沉沦？因他对我们怀有无限恩典和慈爱，故将他的独生子耶稣钉死在十字架上而成就了独特的拯救。耶稣临终前所说的“成了！”形象地标志着生命列车的完工。救我们逃离永恒的地狱，或者形象地说，救我们从奔驰的死亡列车上下来，这是神公然的意愿（如提摩太前书2: 4）。我们被邀请进通往天国的窄门（马太福音7: 13a+14）。圣经证明，耶稣是救赎的唯一的门及唯一的道路。当我们登上了生命列车，我们就获得了永生。 从死亡列车转到生命列车，我们需要信靠耶稣，向他承认老我的罪，为我们的罪行悔改并请求他的赦免。这样，我们在神的眼中成为新造的人。只要人愿意，每个人都可以得到赦免。我们从神得到的恩典让神付出了无比高昂的代价——他的儿子。谁接受神的恩典，谁就做了决定性的突破而获得永恒的生命（约翰福音5: 24）。只有当我们还活在世上的时候，才有这个机会作出决定。 通向生命的路 一次报告结束之后，有个年轻人来找我谈话。我问他：“你现在在哪儿？”他的回答很干脆：“我在火车站！”他已经意识到必须尽快离开死亡列车。他的问题是：“现在我该怎样登上生命列车呢？”他让人给他指了路，现在他正高兴地驶向那最佳终点。 神不仅是一位恼怒罪的神，还是一位对罪人充满爱的神。若我们今天登上生命列车，我们就预订了一处胜地，那便是天国，哥林多前书2章9节称：“神为爱他的人所预备的，是眼睛未曾看见，耳朵未曾听见，人心也未曾想到的”。生命或死亡，天堂还是地狱，我们何去何从？神让我们有自由意志决定我们想走的路；“我今日呼天唤地向你作见证，我将生死祸福陈明在你面前，所以你要拣选生命”（申命记30: 19）。这里再一次明确指出，神的旨意是让我们得生命。从该图示我们可以推出以下警句： “如果你只出生过一次（自然出生），那么你会死两次（先是身体死亡，然后是灵魂的永远死亡）； 如果你经过重生（自然出生以及在基督里的新生），那么你只死一次（身体死亡）！” 圣经关于救赎的教导与死亡的教义密切相关。信靠神的儿子让我们免受死刑审判而得到永生的确据：“那听我话、又信差我来者的，就有永生，不至于定罪，是已经出（灵）死入（永）生了。”（约翰福音5: 24） 如果考虑一个人的信仰对他的影响，不难看到进化论及其死亡理论为其追随者带来何等的悲剧效应。该理论掩盖了死亡的永恒实质，让人错过得救的机会。耶稣来了，为了救我们脱离深渊和脱离地狱。您可以借着祷告来到神的面前。这样您今天还可以离开死亡列车而转乘生命列车。通过下面的祷告，您可以开始彻底地改变您的生命： “主耶稣，我认识到我的不幸处境。我没有照着你的话生活。现在我知道：我上错了列车。对此我很害怕，想要寻求你的帮助。请赦免我所有的过犯，改变我的生命。我愿了解并遵循你的话语。请帮我登上生命列车并永远与你同在。做我生命的主，给我意志和力量来跟随你。衷心的感谢你救我脱离我的罪，让我成为神的孩子。 阿门。” 德国联邦物理技术研究院信息技术学院院长及教授工程博士 Werner Gitt

Es gibt wohl kaum eine Frage, die Menschen so sehr beschäftigt, wie gerade diese. Insbesondere taucht sie dann auf, wenn es um Gott geht. Für viele gilt: Wenn es einen liebenden und allmächtigen Gott gibt, dann dürfte es in dieser Welt kein Leid und keinen Tod geben! Ist diese Behauptung zutreffend? Logisch betrachtet kann es vier verschiedene Antworten auf die Frage geben, warum Gott Leid und Tod in dieser Welt zulässt: 1)    Entweder will Gott das Leid beseitigen, aber er kann es nicht,2)    oder er kann es und will es nicht,3)    oder er kann es nicht und will es nicht,4)    oder er kann es und will es. Doch welche Antwort ist die richtige? Genau das werden wir jetzt klären!

Niemand möchte im Irrtum leben und am Ende seines Lebens feststellen: „Ich habe falsch gelebt“ oder „Ich bin nur unnützen Dingen nachgegangen.“ Werner Gitt beschäftigte sich jahrelang mit Fragestellungen der Mathematik und der Informatik. Beweise haben in seinem Denken immer eine besondere Rolle gespielt. Geht es um Fragen der Bibel, stellt sich sofort die Frage der Glaubwürdigkeit. Ist die Existenz des Gottes, von dem in diesem Buch so viel die Rede ist, beweisbar? Von der Antwort auf diese Fragen ist der Ort unseres ewigen Verbleibs abhängig. Darum müssen wir hierüber zu größtmöglicher Gewissheit gelangen. Wenn die Bibel wahr ist, dann haben wir automatisch die Antwort auf viele Fragen gefunden, die uns alle bewegen. Anhand von drei unterschiedlichen Beweisformen, zeigt Werner Gitt in dieser Schrift, dass Gott existiert und die Bibel wahr ist. Quicklink to this page: wernergitt.de/scientist-believes-cn

Heutzutage bringt man die beiden Begriffe "Evolution" und "Theorie" nicht mehr zusammen - die Entwicklung des Lebens über Milliarden von Jahren gilt als erwiesen. Dass sie es nicht ist, möchte Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt in diesem Traktat beweisen. Anhand einiger konkreter Beispiele zeigt er die Schwächen der Theorie auf und führt auch ein allgemeines Argument an, das der unerklärlichen Herkunft der Information, um letztlich das "wissenschaftliche AUS" für die Evolutionstheorie zu erklären. "Rechtzeitig zu Beginn des Darwinjahres 2009 erschien am 31. Dezember 2008 in der Zeitung ,DIE ZEIT' ein doppelseitiger Artikel mit der Überschrift ,Danke, Darwin!' [...] Der eigentliche Denknotstand unserer Welt ist, dass dem wirklichen Urheber aller Dinge nicht mit Leitartikeln ,Danke, Jesus!' gehuldigt wird." Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! 达尔文尚所不知的 在被誉为“达尔文年”的2009年到来之际，德国《时代周报》于2008年12月31日及时刊登出一篇题为“谢谢你，达尔文!”的两页文章，此外还有四幅整版关于进化论的报道。2009年，正值这位让人感恩戴德的人物诞生200周年，也适逢其革命性巨著《物种起源》问世150周年。 德国哲学家依曼努尔·康德（Immanuel Kant，1724-1804）曾经豪气十足地宣称：“给我物质，我便可以创造世界”。50年后法国数学家和天文学家拉普拉斯（Laplace ，1749-1827）对拿破仑夸口说：“我的理论不需要‘上帝’这个假设”。这些科学无神论之父都想在上帝之外寻找生命的本源。达尔文得以从“自然演化”的角度来解释生命起源，让无神论者似乎找到了救星。尽管达尔文本人对于他提出的结论尚存疑虑，当下离神越来越远的世界却把他奉作庇护神，在社论中对之赞不绝口。 在达尔文的加拉巴戈斯群岛之行（1835）之前，人们对希腊哲学家亚里士多德提出的物种不变论深信不疑。达尔文在考察中注意到当地梧桐鸟具有不同形状的喙，从而合理地推断：物种可以适应和变化。他的进一步推论，即所有生物具有共同祖先，却没有科学依据。达尔文已经认识到他的理论存在一个很大的漏洞，因为自然界中几乎找不到物种进化的中间化石形态。不论如何，按照达尔文的进化论，人类失去了造物主所赐的特殊地位，从此不过沦为动物界中的新贵。 进化驱动力 进化驱动力在今天包括变异、自然选择、隔离、长期性、偶然性和必然性以及死亡。所有这些因素固然存在，但是没有一个因素可以提供具有创造力的新信息。 变异只能改变现有的遗传信息。如果没有脱氧核糖核酸（DNS）信息的存在，进化根本不可能开始。根据定义，变异是一种无任何目的的随机性机制，所以变异之说原则上并不能提出新的概念（如器官的创造）。 自然选择优先选择生存能力较强的物种并决定其遗传因素传递的更大可能性。但是，自然选择只是对现有的物种进行筛选或淘汰，而不能改良或产生新的物种。 上述其他进化因素作为创造者的可能性也被排除。 让我们从生物领域的几个例子来考证一下，下列生命现象是否是上述无目的性进化因素的产物： 有性繁殖 根据进化论学说，有性繁殖的“发明”是生物向高级进化的决定性条件。基因不断的重新组合产生很多变种，其中最适应环境的变种在自然选择的过程中得以生存。但是，生物种系发生所需的向高级进化的趋势并不能通过这个过程实现，原因如下： 1. 有性繁殖根本不能通过进化的方式开始。只有当两性生物同时具备功能成熟的器官，有性繁殖才可发生。但是根据进化的定义，进化并不具有导向性、目标性、规划性策略。既然生物没有成熟的器官根本就不可能繁殖，该器官怎么会历经几千代的进化？既然缓慢进化的可能性被排除，那么两种截然不同而且结构复杂的器官，彼此必须完全匹配，怎么会突然出现？而且，他们还必须在同一个地方出现。 2. 对于大量有性繁殖的不同生物（如成千上万种昆虫和哺乳动物）而言，他们还必须具备相应的不同结构的生殖器，而这需要非常具体的遗传信息。即使我们假设，有性繁殖的发生纯属一次巧合，那么遗传基因的组合也不会产生根本性的可用于其它物种的新信息。此外，物种限制也不容跨越。植物和动物养殖专家经过无数次尝试后对此加以证实，因为优生优育的奶牛仍然还是奶牛，麦子也永远不会变成向日葵。按照假设，性行为相应地应该总是新的偶然“发明”，但这是不可能的！所谓的微进化（同物种内的变化）有待考证，而宏进化（跨物种的变化）则毫无根据。 红血球的杰作 在我们体内，每立方毫米（1立方毫米= 1 μl = 1微升）的血液含有500万红血球，亦即每滴血含有1.5亿红血球。他们如同高度专业化潜艇，虽然没有装高杀伤力鱼雷，但却执行与生命攸息相关的任务。 3. 在120天的生命周期中，红血球吸氧17.5万次，同时将肺部里氧化产生的二氧化碳排出体外。 4. 这些运输船如此之小，以至于能通过最细的毛细血管到达身体的各个部位。 5. 我们的身体每秒产生200万新的红血球，所含的红色血红蛋白是一种惊人的错综复杂的化学合成。 胚胎发育时，已经需要血红蛋白输送氧气。到第三个月，需氧量已经明显有异于胎儿阶段（从第三个月开始），故而需要不同种类的血红蛋白化学合成。分娩之前，体内所有工厂全速运行，使血红蛋白再次转变为成人血红蛋白。 这三种血红蛋白合成不能通过试验进化而来，因为其他合成大部分输氧不足，将会导致胎儿死亡。即使血红蛋白分子在胚胎发育前两阶段得以正常合成，而在第三阶段合成异常，仍然足以致命。血红蛋白的合成需要使用三种截然不同的有机设备，而且还要求这些设备能够适时转换生产。 如此复杂的设备从何而来？所有关于进化的理论在此彻底崩溃，因为按照进化论，这样复杂的设备完成进化要经过半成品的中间阶段，而在此阶段生物早已不能存活。 这种难以简化的复杂的生命现象，也适用于人体器官的免疫系统或细菌的运动器官鞭毛。同样，生物在进化到现阶段的过程中也早已不能存活。比较让人接受的观点是，这一切从起初就已完成，而且这样功能全备的设计和创造只可能出自一位充满智慧的造物主之手。 金鸻的飞行 金鸻是一种美丽的鸟。这种鸟产于阿拉斯加，为了逃避那里的严冬，金鸻会迁往夏威夷。 4500公里的路程很远，需要不间断的飞行，因为途中没有岛屿可以落脚，而且金鸻也不会游泳。金鸻需要在体内储存70克脂肪作为飞行的动力能源，其中6.8克脂肪储备用于逆风飞行。为了维持三天半不间断的昼夜飞行以及精确到角分的航向，金鸻需要一台操作精准的自动驾驶仪。如果不能飞到夏威夷岛，金鸻必死无疑，因为海上前后左右无处着落。如果没有分毫不差的脂肪储备，金鸻也不能存活。 金鸻这样的设计是变异和自然选择又无法胜任的。比较合理的是假设金鸻一开始就被这样创造并配备了它所需要的一切。 进化论是一种可用的思考模式？ 如上述生物界的几则简例所示，我们还发现生命现象具有稳定的高度的目标性： 抹香鲸，哺乳动物科，凭借与生俱来的潜水能力，可以潜到3000米海底，而不会死于可怕的潜水病 。 我们肠道内的庞大细菌群通过内置的电动马达可以前进和后退。 生命大部分时候取决于器官（如心脏、肝脏、肾脏）的功能是否健全。 没有进化完的或刚开始进化的器官是无用的。达尔文主义者必须清楚进化不会将器官的未来功能作为目标。德国进化生物学家奥谢（G.Osche）言之有理：“生物在特定的进化阶段不能像企业家一样因为企业转型而暂时停业。” 受造物的创作所展现的才智与智慧让人叹为观止。这样，从受造物的创作来推断谁是那位开山鼻祖便再明显不过了。圣经开篇第一句经文与我们的观察正好相符：“起初神创造天地！” 在达尔文主义的影响下兴起的圣经批判神学不认为受造物传达的信息是神的启示。但是，我们应当 “信……一切所记载的”（使徒行传24：14），因为 “神非人，必不致说谎”（民数记23：19）。 信息从何而来？ 最有力的科学论据总是掌握在能够运用自然法则排除某种程序或过程的人手中。自然法则是没有例外的。正因为如此，我们可以判断比如永动机，也就是没有能源供给却能持续运转的机器，是不存在的。 今天我们已经知道达尔文尚未能知的：生物细胞所含的信息量大得无法想象，其存储密度之高无有所及。所有器官的形成均受信息控制，所有生理功能的发挥也受信息控制，所有内源性物质的产生（比如人体内5万蛋白质）也受信息控制。进化论思想系统成立的前提是物质通过偶然程序可以产生信息。这是必要条件，因为个体的全部构成方案和细胞的整体复杂程序的运作均以信息为基础。 信息是一个非物质性值，所以信息不具备物质属性。根据自然法则对于非物质值，特别是信息值的定义，物质根本不可能产生非物质性值。进一步说，信息只能出自于一个具有智能和意志的始创者。不言而喻，任何认为进化论合理的人如同相信“永动机”的存在，也就是相信一种严重违背自然普遍规律的现象。这样，进化论被击中致命弱点，结束了在科学界的统治地位。我在拙著《太初的信息》（„Am Anfang war die Information“，Hänssler 出版社2002 年出版，第三修订及扩充版）一书中，对此作了详细说明。 生命从何而来？ 在当下沸沸扬扬的进化论调中，有人会问“生命究竟从何而来？”。对于生命如何从死里复活，进化论未作任何解释。 每一本生物书都会提到美国生物学家和化学家斯坦利·米勒（Stanley Miller，1930-2007）1953年做的“原生汤实验”。40年后，米勒坦言，当代没有一种关于生命起源的假说令人信服。他将其统统称为“胡说八道”，甚至“化学性的头脑产物”。法国微生物学家巴斯德（Louis Pasteur 1822-1895）深刻地认识到：“生命只能来自生命。”只有一个人可以说“我就是生命”（约翰福音14：6），这个人就是耶稣。歌罗西书（1：16）如此描述他：“因 为 万 有 都 是 靠 他 造 的 ， 无 论 是 天 上 的 ， 地 上 的 ， 能 看 见 的 ， 不 能 看 见 的”，约翰福音一章三节进一步写到：“万 物 是 借 着 他 （耶稣）造 的 。凡 被 造 的 ， 没 有 一 样 不 是 借 着 他 造 的 。” 所有关于世界或者生命起源的理论，如果不是将耶稣作为生命的来源和根本，只不过是一副空架子，必然被耶稣所立的磐石击碎。 可见，进化论是世界历史上最大的谬论之一。该理论使成千上万的人失去信仰，堕入深渊。可惜很多人没有想到，不信的深渊将人引向的是彼岸永死的深渊（地狱）。其实，我们当代的思想危机在于我们没有以社论标题“谢谢你，耶稣”来尊荣那位真正的造物主。 很多人并不知道，耶稣基督为我们安排了一条美好的路。在约翰福音 （10：9）中，他说“我就是门”（约翰福音10：9），也就是说通过他可以进入天堂。信他的人，可以获得永生。 德国联邦物理技术研究院信息技术学院院长及教授工程博士 Werner Gitt

An verschiedenen Beispielen wird die Genialität der Schöpfung dargestellt. Als Wissenschaftler erklärt Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt, dass die unglaubliche Information, die in der ganzen Schöpfung steckt, einer intelligenten Quelle bedarf. Diese Quelle ist Gott selbst. Die Wissenschaft kann nur das "Was" analysieren, nicht aber das "Woher". Das "Am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde" der Bibel gibt uns eine Antwort auf die Frage nach der Herkunft des Lebens. Der Gedanke, Gott hätte durch Evolution geschaffen (die so genannte "Theistische Evolution"), untergräbt die Autorität der Bibel und ist mit dem christlichen Glauben unvereinbar. Die Bibel zeigt deutlich, dass Jesus der Schöpfer ist. Jesus hat die Menschen geschaffen und liebt sie hingebungsvoll. Darum lädt Jesus dazu ein, diese Liebe anzunehmen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! 谁是造物主？ 我们可以观察到的世界 生物世界处处向我们彰显着某种高度有序的设置：抹香鲸，哺乳动物，可以轻而易举地潜至水下3000米，对上浮时压力差所构成的致命威胁有着天生的免疫，啄木鸟的啄树动作不会对其大脑产生任何影响。 在大多数情况下，生命的维持依赖于各器官功能的正常运行（如心，肝，肾）。发育不全的器官或正在演化或未完成演化的器官是毫无价值的。那些支持达尔文主义的人清楚知道：进化乃无目的事件，而绝非以拥有特定功能的器官为最终蓝图。 许多候鸟拥有一个自动导航仪，不受天气和时间的影响，都能带领它到达指定的目标。例如金鸻，从阿拉斯加飞往夏威夷过冬。这需要对4’500公里的飞行进行精确的能量计算: 70克的脂肪和6.8克的预留储备以防逆风飞行的状况。 鹦鹉螺（头足类）生活在一个软骨螺内，软骨螺内部被划分出不同的隔间。这些隔间内的气体含量会随着潜水的深度的变化而变化，从而维持在不同深度的下潜状态。这些动物通常生活在水下400米，但是在夜间回升到100米。其结构之精巧令现代化潜艇相形见绌。 有些微小的细菌拥有小型质子电动机，帮助他们进退。（有些微小的细菌的空间位移是通过他们拥有的小型质子电动机实现的）在令人难以置信的60亿分之一个立方毫米的体积中，大肠杆菌已拥有6个这样的发动机，1个发电机用来生产自己所需用的电能，一个计算中心和大量的化工厂。 一个活细胞的形成方式，比任何一台人类制造的机器都要复杂近10亿倍。在细胞内，数以千计的化学反应在同一时间内有序协调地发生。 在我们的认知范围内，活细胞的DNA链的信息密度是最高的。假设有一个饱含DNA链的大头针针头大小的物质，用这种技术，我们可以把多少本书储存在这个物质中呢？150000亿。一本挨着一本，其高度为2亿公里，这是地球到月球距离（38.4万公里）的500倍。 我们的宇宙中大约有1025 颗星球（1后面25个零）。用一个人的生命是无法数算过来的。如果用一台计算机来数算，即使按每秒一百亿次的速度，它需要至少三千万年的时间。 光看这几个例子，我们只要稍做思考就会要问: 所有这些奇妙系统的起源在哪里? 进化，虽然被许多现代人接受，但不是一个有效的答案，因为它错误地将物质归结为万有的本原 – 从而忽视大量在细胞中的信息内容，灵魂和意识这些事物的超物质性。信息的自然规律证明它是非物质的，因此需要一个源智能，即一个拥有至高意志的始创者。万物自身的存在所彰显出来的高绝的设计智慧领本已拥有高等智慧的人类望尘莫及。一个明显的结论是: 在创造的背后, 造物主是必然存在的。 哪里可以找到可信的答案来回答这个问题？ 在自然科学领域，不同的研究方法仅适用于研究我们所处的有限时间和空间的范畴。这些方法只能给事物定性，揭示它们“是什么”，但却不能给事物溯源，不能发现他们“从何而来”。“为什么创造”这个问题已经完全超出了人的智能范围，只有创造的作者才能回答。而造物主又是如何给予启示呢？是用圣经，可兰经或是世界历史上其他的书呢？世界上的宗教不可能全都是正确的：它们给予的答案太多元化又彼此矛盾。或者它们全是假的，或者其中之一是真的。预言的真实性(预言得到实现)是用来验证真相的一个重要标准。有证据表明，圣经是唯一的一本其中3’268个预言都实现了的书。圣经是至高无上的，世界上没有一本书能和它相媲美。因此我个人认为圣经是造物主的话语。从第一节圣经起，它已经回答了有关造物主的问题：“起初神创造天地”。这恰恰是呼应了我们上面讨论得出的一切必须来自于一个智慧的源头这个结论。 谁是造物主？ 神上帝在空间，时间和任何事物存在以先就早已存在了，并且做工。圣经中的第一节经文，如单独拿出来看的话，可以被解释为圣父是唯一的创造者。但是，如果我们仔细看的话，就能知道他不是在单独行动，在描述创造的经文里 “造人”（创1:26）的动词所用的时态是第一人称复数，即“我们造人”。圣灵也参与其中，其工作在第二节中被体现出来：“ 神的灵运行在水面上。”圣经没有一下子对所有的事情给出解释，它常常是循序渐进，一步步地告诉我们。关于谁是造物主这个问题的解释在新约中讲得更清楚。因此，根据哥林多前书8:6，我们明白原来耶稣基督也参与了创造的工作。“然而我们只有一位神，就是父，万物都本于他，我们也归于他。并有一位主，就是耶稣基督，万物都是借着他有的，我们也是借着他有的。” 希伯来文单词“Elohim”在创世纪1 :1是一个复数，指的是造物主上帝。我们可以借用一个现实生活中的例子来想象创造的过程：我们开车去看朋友，在离开朋友家时，我以一个父亲的身份说：“我们现在回家。”即使我们是复数，但是很明显只是一个人在开车。其余的家人只是随车同行，只有司机在操作方向盘，加速器和刹车装置。 这个不完美的例子可以帮助解释这位圣经中所说的造物主。上帝借着耶稣基督创造了世界。这是在希伯来书1 :2章中清楚写着的。约翰福音起初部分也具体指出一切的创造源于耶稣：“物是借着他（=道，=耶稣）造的。凡被造的，没有一样不是借着他造的。”（约翰福音1:3）。 耶稣基督是造物主 我们再来读一些在歌罗西书1:16-17中关于耶稣创造工作的经文：“因为万有都是靠他（=在基督耶稣里）造的，无论是天上的，地上的，能看见的，不能看见的，或是有位的，主治的，执政的，掌权的，一概都是借着他造的，又是为他造的。他在万有之先，万有也靠他而立。”在可见的物质世界里，没有什么不是借着耶稣创造的：大到拥有数百万星系的浩瀚宇宙，小到细胞的活动，还有原子的结构等等都是耶稣创造里的一个部分。耶稣不仅是微观和宏观世界的创造者，他也是一切的至高主宰。 再进一层，我们的眼睛看不见的一切也都是借着耶稣基督创造的。他使空中遍布众多生灵，就是在圣经里被称作天使的。正如被造的有形世界，虽然各有不同但是一切都是那么有序，无形的世界也是有序的，例如：宝座，主权，灵界的力量和权力。 耶稣不仅是万有的创造者，亦是所有这一切的维系者。所有这一切都因他而活着。世界在被创完成后并不是依靠自己来运作的，而是通过耶稣大能的话语来保持它的运作。我们并不需要因为宇宙的灾难而感到害怕，不论是行星的碰撞，或是太阳的燃烧至尽最终冷却，耶稣会继续维持着这个世界的运作，直到他再来。 人不是象诺贝尔奖获得者Jacques Monod所认为的那样，是一个彩票产品; 我们的被造是有目的并有终极归宿的，那归宿就是耶稣! 没有他，我们的生命没有意义。 在旧约中耶稣创造的工作 在箴言8 :22-24中，说：“在耶和华造化的起头，在太初创造万物之先，就有了我。从亘古，从太初，未有世界以前，我已被立。没有深渊，没有大水的泉源，我已生出...”在这段圣经中，是智慧在说话，但是基督不是智慧的化身吗？箴言8:30补充说：“那时，我在他那里为工师，日日为他所喜爱，常常在他面前踊跃”。“工师” 在这里指明了耶稣在创造过程中的工作。诗篇102 :26被引用在新约希伯来书1 :10，指的就是耶稣：“又说，主阿，你起初立了地的根基，天也是你手所造的。” 造物主如何完成他的工作? 如果我们询问世界的创造是如何实现的，仍然是圣经为我们揭示出创造主所使用的方法： 用上帝的话语：诗篇33:6，约翰福音1:1-4 无需物质原材料：希伯来书11 :3 用上帝的力量：耶利米书10 :12 用上帝的智慧：诗篇104 :24, 歌罗西书2 :3 用上帝的意志：创世纪1:26, 启示录4 :11 借着神的儿子：约翰福音1:1-4，约翰福音1:10, 歌罗西书1:15-17 根据耶稣的特点：马太福音11 :29，约翰福音10 :11。 所有这些因素也参与了6天的创世。它们不遵循自然的法则，若不是靠着信心是无法理解的。现行的自然法则协调着我们世界的运作，但它们不是世界被造的起因，而只是结果。 在耶稣基督里我们得到了什么？ 他是我们生命建造的基础。某家银行打出这样的广告标语：“此乃基石。”而我们则可以肯定地说：“耶稣基督乃人类的基石。” 一切事情都以他为本：创造，信仰，救恩，和平，盼望，天堂的道路，生命的目的。 基督是不可动摇的磐石（哥林多前书10:4）在其之上所有人类想象的体系都会被打破。当上帝说：“我要灭绝智慧人的智慧”（哥林多前书1:19）。他就是在耶稣这块磐石上做成了这个工作。在这里，所有的思想，无神论和进化论体系都被打破。他们的追随者们有一天都会在他们所弃绝的主面前屈膝（腓立比书2:10）尊他为造物主和救主。 为什么进化论这么危险？ 它不仅传播了一个错误的世界观，而且还剥夺了我们所有的盼望。例如德国作家约翰保罗（1763年至1825年）在他的小说“Siebenkäs”中的描述就很有说服力：“没有神...一切都是虚无，无声息！永远都不满足，永恒的冷漠！无序的疯狂...在宇宙大坟墓中，每个人都是孤独的尸体！” 进化论自以为可以解释这个世界没有创造主。结果就是把人带向无神论。这个无神的态度把人带去地狱。耶稣说：“不信的必被定罪”（马可福音16:16）。有些人试图将进化说成是上帝的工作方法。但是，如果上帝借着进化来创造的话，那么 那就不会有人类第一对夫妻 就不会有罪，因为“为生存而斗争是驱动进化的车轮”（约阿希姆伊利斯） 上帝就可以将死亡用作创造的手段 对应与人类社会的第一个罪人，那位被称作“末后的亚当”（哥林多前书15:45）的耶稣基督就没有必要为我们带来这份救恩。 这些宣告证明，被称为“有神进化论”的思想动摇了圣经的基础，并且完全弃绝了圣经。这就是为什么我们在最高程度上谴责这个错误的思想。 一个非凡的思想 我们现在认定，耶稣是万有的创造者。他是永恒的，他拥有天国的主权。天上和地下所有的权柄都已赐给了他（马太福音28:18）。我们是否可以接受这个思想：各各它十字架上的那个人和创造这个世界的造物主是同一位！因着对我们不可阻断的爱，他毫无反抗地上了十字架，为的是让天国的大门向我们敞开。那些弃绝这个事实的人将失去一切：“我们若忽略这么大的救恩，怎能逃罪呢？这救恩起先是主亲自讲的，后来是听见的人给我们证实了。”（希伯来书2:3）接受这个事实的人将赢得一切：“我实实在在地告诉你们，那听我话，又信差我来者的，就有永生，不至于定罪，是已经出死入生了。”（约翰福音5:24）祈求主耶稣宽恕你一切的罪，使你可以逃脱上帝的审判，接受他是你的创造主和你个人的救主，并且来跟随他。 退休教授，工程博士 Dr. Ing.Werner Gitt德国联邦物理技术研究院信息技术学院院长

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! Die Kurzform der chinesischen Schrift wird in Rotchina und Singapur verwendet. Zur Kurzform gibt es 1,4 Milliarden Menschen. Die Langform lesen etwa 100 Millionen Menschen (Hongkong und Taiwan). In diesem Traktat wird die Kurzform benutzt. 我怎样才能去天堂? 许多人都拒绝面对永生这个问题。哪怕是在那些已经开始思想自己生命终了的人们身上，我们也可以看到这一现象。美国著名的儿童电影演员 Drew Barrymore (1975年出生) 曾主演过科幻电影 « 外星人 E.T. »。在她28岁时，她说: « 如果我比我的猫早去世的话，我希望我的猫吃我的骨灰。这样，我至少还能借着我的猫继续活下去。» 面对死亡，人们竟然会有如此荒谬的想法，这难道不是一种悲哀吗。 耶稣生活在世上的年代里，他的身边总是围满了人。人们希望从他那里得到的，几乎都是一些属世的东西:  10个长大麻风的人渴望得到医治 (路加福音 17,13)  瞎眼的希望能看见 (马太福音 9,27)  还有一个人请耶稣来帮助解决遗产纠纷 (路加福音 12,13-14)  几个法利赛人设圈套问耶稣一个的问题: 纳税给凯撒可不可以 (马太福音 22,17) 但是很少有人来找耶稣询问如何去天堂。有一个富足的年轻人来找耶稣说: « 良善的夫子，我该做什么事才可以承受永生? » (路加福音 18,18) 耶稣让他先去变卖一切他心里所看重的东西，然后来跟随耶稣。但是由于他是一个很富有的人，他不愿听从耶稣的建议，并且也放弃了去天堂的愿望。同时也有另外一些人，他们起初并没有寻求这条永生之路。可是后来，他们遇见了耶稣基督，愿意回应耶稣基督的邀请，来走这条永生之路。撒该期盼着要见耶稣，最后他得到的比以前所期望的要多得多。当耶稣在他家做客时，几乎就是在喝茶的那一刻，他找到了去天堂的路。所以后来耶稣说: « 今天救恩到了这家. » (路加福音19,9) 如何才能找到去天堂的路? 根据我们刚才所提到的信息，可以看出:  天国只有在十分特殊的那一天才会被找到。对于你们这些正在读这篇文章的人，知道是哪一天十分重要。而今天，你们就有机会拥有永远的生命，并且与上帝同享永生。  是否能找到天国，不取决于你的好行为。  进天国也不需要你先来遵守一系列的清规戒律。 我们自己认为的某些去天堂的方法往往是不正确的。特别是那些与上帝所说的并不相符的方法。有一位知名的歌手，在纪念一位去世的马戏团小丑时唱到: « 他必定会去天堂，因为他曾经给那么多的人带来了欢乐。 » 一位很有钱的好心人投资为穷人们建了一栋房子。20位穷苦的妇人可以免费住在里面。但有一个唯一的要求就是: 这些妇人必须保证每天至少为这位好心人的得救去天堂祷告1个小时。 到底什么才能真正地引领我们去到天堂呢? 为了让大家能清楚地知道这个问题的答案，耶稣打了一个比喻。在路加福音，第14章，第16节中提到，有一个人 [在这个比喻里，象征着上帝] 摆设大筵席[在这个比喻里，象征着天堂]。开始的时候，他只邀请了特别的一些人。但是众人却一口同音地推辞: « 众人一口同音地推辞。头一个说: 我买了一块地... 又有一个说: 我买了五对牛... 又有一个说: 我才娶了妻，所以不能去 » 在比喻的最后，耶稣以家主的身份说: « 我告诉你们先前所请的人，没有一个得尝我的筵席。 » (路加福音14,24) 这里非常清楚地表明，我们不可能赢得或失去天堂的门票。关键在于我是否接受或拒绝上帝的邀请。其实事情本身就是这么简单。如果有一天，许多人都去不了天堂的话，那不是因为他们都找不到路，而是因为他们都拒绝了上帝的邀请。 这个比喻中所提到的3个人都不是好榜样，因为他们都拒绝去赴宴! 是不是真的有大筵席呢? 当然有! 由于这些人不愿来赴宴，家主就去邀请了其他马路上的人。但是，这次就不发漂亮的请柬了。从今以后，只呼召说: « 来! » 每一位愿意接受邀请的都可以在筵席中有一席之地。然后发生了什么事呢? 人们就成群结队的来了! 后来，家主看到仍旧有空座，就对仆人说: « 再出去继续邀请! » 现在，我想让大家结合自己的实际情况来看这个比喻。因为这个比喻如今对我们同样适用。在天堂还有空座。上帝邀请我们说: « 来，你们在天堂里可以拥有一席之地。今天，你们就可以预订在天堂里的位子，拥有永生 » 天堂是一个很美好的地方。这就是为什么耶稣基督把它比作一个大筵席。在保罗给哥林多教会写的第一本书的第2章，第9节中说: « 神为爱他的人所预备的，是眼睛未曾看见，耳朵未曾听见，人心也未曾想到的。 » 在世上，没有任何一样东西可以与天堂相比较。因为天堂的美好实在是超出人们的所思所想。这么宝贝的东西，我们若是错过了，那就太可惜了。上帝已经为我们打开了天堂的大门。这扇门就是耶稣基督，上帝的独生子。现在，因着相信耶稣基督我们就可以进到天堂。是的，就是如此简单。所有这一切，都取决于我们的心。只有像比喻里的那三个无知的人，才会拒绝这样的邀请。 只有通过相信耶稣基督才能得到这个救恩 在使徒行传这卷书里（第2章21节）有一句非常重要的经文：« 凡求告主 [耶稣基督 ]名的，就必得救。» 这是整本新约圣经中很关键的一句话。当使徒保罗被关在腓立比监狱里时，他对监狱的看守说得最重要的一点就是：« 当信主耶稣，你和你一家都必得救。» （使徒行传 16章31节）这个信息简单明了，并且带有能力，可以触及心灵的深处，改变人的生命。就在当夜，腓立比监狱的看守愿意相信耶稣基督并把自己的生命交托给他。 但是，耶稣到底救我们脱离了什么呢？每个人都必须知道，耶稣救我们脱离了那条通往地狱的路。那条路会带我们走向永远的沉沦。圣经告诉我们，无论我们今后是去天堂还是去地狱，我们将永远留在那里。一个是很可怕的地方，另一个则是那么美好的地方。除此之外，没有任何其他的目的地。当我们经历死亡后，不过5分钟，每一个人都会承认死亡不是最后的终了。一切都取决于耶稣基督。我们最终永远居住在哪个地方，是完完全全只取决于耶稣基督--- 和我们与他的关系。 有一次，我去波兰开会。会议期间，我们参观了奥斯威辛集中营的旧址。在纳粹掌权时期，那里发生了许多很可怕的事件。从1942到1944年，大约有以犹太人为主的160万人在那里被送进毒气室，然后被扔进焚尸炉。在许多文章里，那个地方常常被描述成« 奥斯威辛地狱»。当导游领我们参观一间大的可以一次杀死600人的毒气室时，我一直在思想« 奥斯威辛地狱»这个称号。对我来说在世界上没有比这更可怕的事了。但是，这难道就是真正的地狱吗？ 我们之所以现在可以参观这间毒气室，是因为从1945年起，这些可怕的事情就停止了。现在大家去那里，都是去参观，而不再会被关起来，被毒死了。奥斯威辛集中营的毒气室已成为历史。但是圣经中所说的地狱却是永远存在的。 在这间博物馆入口的大厅里，我注意到有一幅画， 描述的是耶稣基督钉死在十字架上的情形。当年集中营里的一个囚犯，完全地把信心交托在耶稣基督身上，他用一个钉子把这幅画刻在了墙上。是的，这位艺术家也死在了其中的一间毒气室里。 但是，因着他相信救主耶稣基督，尽管是死在了一个很可怕的地方， 但是他一定是去了天堂。新约圣经里，主耶稣针对地狱给了我们很多重要的警告 (例如: 马太福音7,13，马太福音5,29-30，马太福音 18,8)，一旦人进到地狱去以后，就不可能逃离那个地方了， 也不在有可能接受救恩了。地狱，完全不同于奥斯威辛集中营， 将永远存在，而且也不可能让人参观! 同样，天堂也是永远存在的。这也是上帝希望我们去的地方。让我们接受他的邀请，去天堂度过我们的永生。我们现在应当做的是，求告上帝的名，预订我们在天堂里的位子! 有一天，讲座结束后，一位妇人很困惑地问我: « 我们难道真的可以预订天堂里的位子吗? 这不是有点像去旅行社预订位子一样! » 我对她说: « 你说得不错。你要是不预订的话，你永远也到不了目的地。如果你要去夏威夷，你必须持有一张有效机票 。 » 她反驳我说: « 那一定得有人为我支付那张机票的钱才行啊?! » « 那当然了 »，我说， « 去天堂的机票也是一样! 这张机票实在是太贵了，贵得没有一个人付得起。是我们的罪使得我们付不起这张机票。因为，在天堂里，上帝不能允许有任何的罪。所有渴望过完世上的日子以后，可以去到天堂与上帝共度余下的时光的人，必须先脱离罪的捆绑。而只有无罪的人才能帮助我们真正脱离罪的捆绑。这个人就是耶稣基督。他是唯一的那一位付得起我们机票的。而且他已经死在十字架上，用自己的血亲自为我们付上了代价。» 那么，现在我该怎么做才能去天堂呢? 上帝今天也向我们发出了拯救的邀请。圣经中有许多经文再三的邀请我们回应上帝的呼召:  « 你们要努力进窄门。» (路加福音13,24)  « 天国近了，你们应当悔改。» (马太福音4,17)  « 你们要进窄门。因为引到灭亡，那门是宽的，路是大的，进去的人也多，引到永生，那门是窄的，路是小的，找着的人也少。» (马太福音7,13-14)  « 持定永生，你为此被召 » (提摩太前书6,12)  « 当信主耶稣，你和你一家都必得救。» (使徒行传16,31) 这些都是震撼人心的邀请。在这些经文里，我们可以体会到上帝邀请我们做出的是一个严肃认真的，意义深远的，而且又是刻不容缓的决定。既然如此，就让我们顺理成章地来做出这个决定，认认真真地通过做以下的祷告来接受这份邀请: « 主耶稣基督，今天我明白了只有借着你我才能去天堂。我真的很希望，有一天我可以和你一起在天堂。所以我祈求你救我出地狱，那个我本配得去的地方，因为我犯了很多的罪。而你却是如此地爱我，为我死在十字架上，替我的罪付上了代价。你知道我从出生到现在所犯的所有的罪。你知道所有我自己还记得的，或是早已忘记了的罪。你也知道我的每一个心思意念，因为在你面前，我就像是一本完全敞开的书。按着我的本相，我是不可能与你同在天堂的。所以我祈求你宽恕我的罪，并且现在就进到我的生命里来，来改变我的生命。帮助我弃绝掉所有我生命中你所不喜悦的事。给我一个全新的生命，蒙你祝福的新生命。请你打开我的眼睛，让我明白你的话语--- 圣经。帮助我理解你要向我传达的信息。也赐给我一颗顺服的心，愿意来行你所喜悦的事。从今天起，我要让你来做我生命的主人，一心跟随你。祈求你在我生命的每一个领域里都为我指路。感谢你，因为你已垂听我的祷告，你现在就已接纳我成为上帝的孩子。有一天，我必将与你同在天堂。阿门。 » Werner Gitt 教授 (工程博士)

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! Hvordan kommer jeg i himlen? Hvordan kommer jeg i himlen? Spørgsmålet om evigheden bliver fortrængt af mange mennesker, som tænker over livets afslutning. Den amerikanske skuespillerinde, Drew Barrymore, spillede som barnestjerne en hovedrolle i fantasy-filmen „E.T. Rumvæsenet“. Hun er nu 28 år og sagde for nylig; „Hvis jeg dør før min kat, så skal min kat æde min aske. Så lever jeg i hvert fald videre i min kat“. Er denne uvidenhed og kortsynethed ikke rædselsfuld, når det angår døden? På Jesu tid kom mange mennesker til ham. Deres ønsker var næsten altid af jordisk art.  Ti spedalske ville gerne blive raske (Lukas 17,13)  Blinde vil gerne blive seende igen (Mattæus 9,27)  En anden ventede hjælp i en arvestrid (Lukas 12,13-14)  Farisæerne kom med faldgrube-spørgsmålet om de skulle betale skat til kejseren (Mattæus 22,17). Kun få mennesker kom til Jesus for at få at vide, hvordan man kommer i himlen. En rig mand opsøgte Jesus med spørgsmålet: „Gode mester, hvad skal jeg gøre for at arve det evige liv?“ (Lukas 18,18). Han fik at vide, hvad han skulle gøre, nemlig at sælge alt hvad hans hjerte hang ved og følge Jesus. Fordi han var meget rig, fulgte han ikke dette råd og gav dermed afkald på himlen. Der var også mennesker, der slet ikke søgte himlen; men da de mødte Jesus, viste han dem himlen. Og så greb de øjeblikkelig fat. Zakæus ville gerne se Jesus, men han fandt mere, end han havde ventet. Efter besøget i Zakæus’ hjem - måske ved en kop kaffe - fandt han himlen. Jesus sagde til ham: „I dag er frelsen kommet til dette hus“ (Lukas 19,9). Hvordan finder man himlen? På baggrund af ovennævnte kan vi slå følgende fast:  Himmeriget finder man på en ganske bestemt dag. Det er godt at vide, for så vil det også være muligt for dig, kære læser, at gribe det evige liv hos Gud i dag.  At opnå frelsen forudsætter ikke gode gerninger.  Himmeriget kan man finde uden at være forberedt på det. Vores egne tanker om at komme i himlen er helt igennem forkerte, hvis ikke vi går ud fra det, Gud siger: En popsangerinde sang om en klovn, der holdt op efter at have arbejdet i et cirkus i årevis: „Han kommer sikkert i himlen, for han har gjort mange mennesker glade.“ En rig adelsdame oprettede et hus til de fattige, hvor tyve kvinder kunne leve gratis. Hun havde dog stillet en betingelse: Kvinderne skulle forpligte sig til hver dag at bede en time for hendes frelse. Men hvad bringer os virkelig i himlen? For at besvare dette spørgsmål klart og tydeligt, fortalte Jesus en lignelse: I Lukas-evangeliet 14,16, taler han om et menneske (i denne lignelse er det Gud selv) som ville indbyde til et stort festmåltid (dette betyder i denne lignelse: himlen) og som i første omgang sendte indbydelser ud til bestemte mennesker. Alle de svar, han fik, var nedslående: „de begyndte alle med at undskylde sig.“ Den første erklærede: „Jeg har købt en mark...“, den anden: „Jeg har købt fem par okser...“, den tredje: „Jeg har taget mig en hustru til ægte og derfor kan jeg ikke komme.“ Jesus slutter denne lignelse med en dom over gæsterne: „Thi jeg siger jer, at ingen af de mænd, som var indbudt, skal smage mit måltid“ (Lukas 14,24). Dermed bliver det tydeligt, at man kan vinde eller tabe himlen. Det væsentlige er, om man tager imod eller afslår indbydelsen. Kan det siges mere klart? Det tror jeg ikke. Hvis mange mennesker bliver udelukket fra himlen, så er det ikke fordi de ikke kendte vejen, men fordi de har afslået indbydelsen. De tre mennesker som nævnes i lignelsen er ikke noget forbillede for os, for ingen af dem modtog indbydelsen og kom til festen! Fandt festen så ikke sted? Jo! Efter mange afbud sender husherren indbydelserne vidt omkring. Nu bliver der ikke mere trykt kort med guldsnit. Nu gælder blot råbet: „Kom!“ Og enhver som lader sig indbyde får en sikker plads ved festen. Hvad sker der så? Ja, folk strømmer til i store skarer. Efter nogen tid gør gæstgiveren status; der er endnu ledige pladser! Han siger til sine tjenere: „Gå ud og indbyd flere!“ Her vil jeg gerne mønte denne lignelse på os, for den møder netop vores situation idag. Der er stadigvæk rigelig plads i himlen, og Gud siger til dig: „Kom, reserver din plads i evigheden! Gør det i dag!“ Himlen er ubeskrivelig skøn og derfor sammenligner Jesus den med et stort gæstebud. I 1. Korinterbrev 2,9 står der skrevet: „Hvad intet øje har set og intet øre hørt, og hvad der ikke er opkommet i noget menneskes hjerte, hvad Gud har beredt for dem der elsker ham.“ Intet, slet intet på denne jord kan blot tilnærmelsesvis sammenlignes med himlen. Man kan ikke forestille sig, hvor skønt der er. Vi må på ingen måde gå glip af himlen, for den er meget kostbar. Der er en, som har åbnet himlen for os. Det er Jesus, Guds søn! Takket være ham, er det så enkelt at nå derhen. Nu beror dette kun på vores vilje. Kun den, der er så kortsynet som de tre mænd i lignelsen, efterkommer ikke indbydelsen. Frelsen kommer med Herren Jesus I Apostlenes Gerninger 2,2 læser vi et meget vigtigt vers: „Enhver, som påkalder herrens navn, skal frelses.“ Det er et nøgleord i det Nye Testamente. Da Paulus sad i fængsel i Filippi, førte han samtalen med fangevogteren hen på det punkt: „Tro på herren Jesus, så skal du blive frelst, du og dit hus.“ (Apostlenes Gerninger 16,31) Dette budskab er vel kort og klart, men gennemgribende og det forandrer livet. Og i den samme nat kom fangevogteren til at tro på Gud. Hvad er det, Jesus frelser fra? Det må vi absolut vide besked om: Om den vej som fører til evig fortabelse, til helvede. Bibelen siger om himlen og helvede, at mennesker vil være der til evig tid. Det ene sted er herligt, det andet forfærdeligt. Der findes ikke noget tredje sted. Fem minutter efter dødens indtræden er der ingen der vil påstå, at med døden er alt forbi. Jesu person er det altafgørende. Vort evige opholdssted er ene og alene afhængigt af en eneste person: Jesus - og vort forhold til ham. Da jeg var undervejs på en foredragsrejse i Polen, besøgte vi den forhenværende koncentrationslejr i Auschwitz. Her skete der frygtelige ting under anden verdenskrig. Fra 1942 til 1944 blev mere end 1,6 millioner mennesker, især jøder, gasset og derefter brændt. I litteraturen taler man om „Auschwitz-helvede“. Jeg tænkte over denne betegnelse, da vi af en funktionær fik vist et gaskammer, i hvilket 600 mennesker omkom på en gang. Det var ufattelig rædselsfuldt. Men var det virkelig helvede? Vi kunne som besøgende gruppe kun se gaskammeret, fordi det efter 1944 var slut med denne grusomhed. Nu er anlæggene frigivet til besigtigelse og ingen bliver pint eller gasset længere. Gaskamrene i Auschwitz var tidsbegrænsede. Men helvede er ifølge Bibelen evigt. I indgangshallen til det nuværende museum faldt mit blik på et billede, som viser et kors med Kristi legeme. En fange havde ridset sit håb til den korsfæstede med et søm på væggen. Også denne kunstner døde i et gaskammer. Men han kendte Jesus, frelseren. Han døde ganske vist på et forfærdeligt sted, men for ham stod himlen åben. Men for det helvede, som vor herre Jesus i det Nye Testamente advarer så tydeligt imod (f.eks. Mattæus 7,13; Mattæus 5,29-30; Mattæus 18,8), findes der ingen udvej eller frelse mere, når først mennesket er ankommet dertil. Da helvede i modsætning til Auschwitz er evigt, kan heller ingen nogensinde tage det i øjesyn. Også himlen er evig. Og det er til dette sted Gud vil føre os. Lad dig derfor indbyde til at komme i himlen. Påkald Herrens navn og reserver dermed en plads i himlen! Efter et foredrag spurgte en dame mig helt ophidset: „Kan man da overhovedet reservere plads i himlen? Det lyder som et rejsebureau!“ Jeg sagde bekræftende til hende: „Den, som ikke har reserveret, når ikke målet. Hvis du vil til Hawaii, må du da også have en gyldig flybillet.“ Hun spurgte så: „Jamen flybilletten skal da betales?“ - „Ja, men det må billetten til himlen også! Men den er så dyr, at ingen af os kan betale den. Det er vores synd, der forhindrer dette. Gud tåler ingen synd i sin himmel. Den, som efter dette liv vil tilbringe evigheden hos Gud i himlen, må først befries fra sin synd. Denne befrielse kunne kun tilvejebringes af en syndfri person - og denne person er Jesus Kristus. Han alene er i stand til at betale. Og han betalte med sit blod ved døden på korset.“ Og hvad skal jeg nu gøre for at komme i himlen? Guds indbydelse til frelse udgår også til os. Med eftertryk indbyder mange af Bibelens skriftsteder os til at reagere på Guds kald.  „Kæmp I for at komme igennem den snævre port“ (Lukas 13,24).  „Omvend jer, thi himmeriget er kommet nær“ (Mattæus 4,17).  „Gå ind ad den snævre port, thi bred er denne port og bred denne vej, som fører til fordærvelse, og det er mange, der går ind på den; og snæver er den port og trang den vej, som fører til livet, og få er de, der finder den.“ (Mattæus 7,13-14).  „Grib det evige liv, som du er blevet kaldt til“ (1. Timoteus 6,12).  „Tro på herren Jesus, så skal du blive frelst“ (Apostlenes Gerninger 16,31). Dette er en rammende og meget indtrængende indbydelse. Man mærker alvoren, bestemtheden og den tvingende nødvendighed i disse tekster. Vi handler altså kun konsekvent, når vi besvarer indbydelsen med en bøn, som frit formuleret kunne lyde sådan: „Herre Jesus, i dag har jeg læst, at jeg kun kan komme i himlen gennem dig. Jeg vil gerne være i himlen hos dig engang. Frels mig derfor fra helvede, hvor jeg egentlig skulle hen på grund af min skyld. Fordi du elsker mig så højt, er din død på korset også for mig, og du har betalt straffen for mine synder. Du ser alle mine misgerninger – lige fra min barndom. Du kender enhver synd, alt det, jeg er bevidst om nu, men også det, som jeg har glemt for længst. Du kender alt det, der rører sig i mit hjerte. For dig er jeg som en åben bog. Sådan som jeg er, kan jeg ikke komme til dig i himlen. Jeg beder dig, tilgiv mig mine synder, som jeg fortryder af hele mit hjerte. Kom ind i mit liv nu og gør alting nyt. Hjælp mig at aflægge alt det, der ikke er ret for dig, og giv mig vaner, som er under din velsignelse. Luk dit ord, Bibelen, op for mig. Hjælp mig med at forstå, hvad du vil sige til mig og giv mig et lydigt hjerte, at jeg gør det, som er dig velbehageligt. Du skal fra nu af være min herre. Jeg vil følge dig; vis mig vejen, jeg skal gå på alle områder af mit liv. Jeg takker dig, at du har bønhørt mig, at jeg må være et Guds barn nu, som engang må være hos dig i himlen. Amen.“ Dr.-Ing. Werner Gitt Direktør og Professor

Aus dem Inhalt: „Klar ist, dass niemand beweisen kann, dass es keinen Gott gibt, aber ist andererseits seine Existenz beweisbar? Wenn das Letztere möglich ist, dann sind die atheistischen Verbände einem Irrtum aufgesessen. Kann man darüber hin­aus zeigen, dass es den biblischen Gott gibt, dann gehen die Atheisten auf die Hölle zu, denn die Bibel sagt: „Deren Los ist die dunkelste Finsternis“ (Judas 13b).“ Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! … and He DOES exist! When speaking about “god” many people cunningly try to get around that thought. But it seems that they do not really succeed. In 2008 atheists in London wanted to advertise on London’s red double-decker buses that there is no god. But they failed because of the English advertising law that doesn’t allow any slogans that can’t be proved to be true, and none of the agitators could verify that there is no god. In order to solve that problem they took refuge in the slogan that there “probably” is no god. But their eventual message would consequently imply a probability of the existence of god. This has led a number of people to think about the ‘question of god’. In Germany the atheists’ public bus campaign wasn’t allowed from the start. Therefore it was decided that anyone who wanted to spread such a message would need to send their own bus on an advertising tour around in Germany. The slogan in the German language was even sharper in tongue compared with the English: “There is [with utmost probability] no god.” As a thinking man, one may ask why these atheists campaign against something which, according to their conviction, doesn’t exist at all. It is evident that nobody can prove that there is no god; but on the other hand can His existence be proved? If the latter is possible, then all the atheist organizations are under a misapprehension. Furthermore, if one can show that there is a biblical God, all atheists will march towards hell, because the Bible says: “To whom [referring to unbelievers] is reserved the darkness forever” (Jude 13b). A bigger loss one cannot bet on. On the ‘question of god’ we offer here two new proofs. The phrase in Romans 1:21 “Because although they knew God” is a very strong articulation and shows us that God has made himself known besides the Bible and therefore has made it possible for us to prove His existence. Although proofs of God’s existence do not strictly lead to faith in God, they do have an important function: they refute atheism and are apt to dismantle hindrances to faith or even get rid of them. Old proofs of God’s existence go back to men like Aristotle, Anselm of Canterbury and Thomas of Aquino. Here we want to add two proofs developed and formulated by the author of this tract, one concerning the natural law of information and the other, the prophetic–mathematical one. The proof of the existence of God taken from the natural law of information Based on the natural laws about information, we know that the huge amounts of information in the cells of all animate beings demand an intelligent originator. Unlike historic proofs of the existence of God, which in general have a philosophical focus, we here find for the first time a proof of the existence of an intelligent sender, and therefore of God, which is drawn from natural laws. By no means can we refer to the German philosopher Kant, who lived 200 years ago and who is being considered to be the great destroyer of any proofs of the existence of God, because only a fraction of the scientific knowledge of our day was known at that time. You can find the line of argument explained in more depth in our book “Without Excuse” (ISBN: 978-1-921643-41-5). The prophetic–mathematical proof of the existence of God The Bible contains more than 3,000 prophetic sayings (prophecies) which have already been fulfilled. An easy example to comprehend is the dispersion of the people of Israel announced by God (Deuteronomy 28:64–65), and the subsequent promise of returning to the land of Israel by the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 16:14–15) which was realised by the founding of the state of Israel in 1948, almost 2,000 years later. No other book in world history can claim this kind of reliability and accuracy. This provides us with a unique criterion to validate the truth. Is it possible that people over a period of 1,500 years could foretell so many precise predictions? Did they come true just by chance or was it only possible because God was the author of the Bible, who alone in His omniscience can utter prophecies that can be verified in the course of history? A simple analogy can help us evaluate the likelihood of a chance outcome. Imagine a huge anthill where among a mass of black ants we suppose just one red one. It is easy to comprehend that to locate that single red ant by chance (e.g. with covered eyes) will be almost impossible, and should the number of black ants rise even further, the likelihood of finding the only red one by chance will reduce even more. The question now is: What must be the number of ants in the anthill so that the likelihood of picking the red ant just by chance is equal to the probability that the 3,268 prophecies can be fulfilled by chance? We will begin with an estimation. Would the number of ants required be that that would fit in a bathtub (V = 0.4 m3) or do we need a volume the size of the amount of water in the Lake of Baikal (V = 23,600 km3) or even a volume the size of our planet Earth (V = 1.1 x 1012 km3) to contain them? The calculation shows it still wouldn’t suffice. What must we do? Must we even think about filling our huge universe (V = 1.2 x 1070 km3) densely with ants or even two or three of them; perhaps 100 (102) or 1,000 (103)? Only the mathematical calculation will satisfy all our imaginations and tell us the actual number of universes; it is an unconceivable 10896 (10 with the exponent 896). What does this immense number — a one followed by 896 zeroes — of universes completely filled by ants tell us? The likelihood of the fulfilment of more than 3,000 prophecies just by chance is practically void. The results of the numerical calculations show such gigantic numbers that it will overstrain and surpass all our thinking and imagination and thereby prevent us from fairly evaluating or assessing this reality. The complete mathematical proof can be found in my book “So steht’s geschrieben” (ISBN (978-3-89397-982-0) [“So it is Written”). The amazing result can be summarized in short: By means of the “Prophetic–mathematical proof of the existence of God” the likelihood of an omniscient and almighty God, which is identical with the God of the Bible, is proved. So three significant consequences arise from this proof: 1. The Bible is from God and is true. No group of human beings is able to express any prophecies that in total will come true. The true author of the Bible is the omniscient and almighty God (2 Timothy 3:16). Therefore the Bible is true. Jesus prays to His father in heaven: “Thy word is truth” (John 17:17) and the apostle Paul confesses: “I believe all things which are written” (Acts 24:14). He trusted God even without knowing the “Prophetic–mathematical proof of the existence of God”. 2. There is no other God than the God of the Bible. None of the ‘proofs of the existence of god’ provided in past times confirm a certain god. They are all presented to us in such a general way that each religion can make use of them for itself. Contrary wise, the “Prophetic–mathematical proof of the existence of God” explicitly refers to the God of the Bible and His Son Jesus Christ. No such confirmation can be provided by any other religious cult. The Bible says that mankind has proclaimed an uncountable number of gods: “For though there be those called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him” (1 Corinthians 8:5–6). But in Psalm 96:5 the Bible discards all the idols in the various religious cults. To serve idols is not a matter of fact. In the story of Christ’s temptation (Mathew 4:10) Satan demanded that Jesus should worship him. With a word from God He chased him away: “You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve” (Mathew 4:10). According to the statements of the New Testament, in idolatry you will serve evil spirits, that is the demons (1 Corinthians 10:20), and by doing so are worshipping Satan, which Jesus so vehemently has condemned. Idolatry is a sin that excludes from heaven. (1 Corinthians 6:9f; Galatians 5:20–21; Revelation 21:8; 22:15). 3. Atheism is disproved. Atheism can be disproved scientifically in two ways — by means of the ‘Natural law of information’ and by the ‘Prophetic–mathematical proof of the existence of God’. The Bible judges atheistic thinking in Psalm 14:1: “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” Also it is written: “But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days which are as shadows” (Ecclesiastes 8:13). Atheists not only clutch at a void but they are on their way to eternal perdition, too: “But he that disbelieves (in the Lord Jesus) shall be condemned” (Mark 16:16). Salvation is possible We do not (in this tract) intent to judge anyone because of his or her former life — neither the adulterers nor the beguilers; neither the representatives of the different religious groups nor the missionaries of atheism. Rather, our concern is to call attention to the way of perdition and to proclaim the invitation for every reader: in this life repentance or conversion of life is possible. In John 3:17–18 the far-reaching consequence of the gospel message for all of us is summarised: “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” Because God has lain eternity in our hearts (Ecclesiastes 3:11) we cannot really find true life fulfilment in earthly things. We are created for eternity and therefore our existence cannot be eliminated. Beyond the wall of death there are only two realms — heaven or hell. The first one is inexpressibly glorious the latter unimaginably dire. God’s desire is to have us in heaven with Him. And to this end we need the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the door opener to heaven because he has redeemed us from our guilt and will bestow on us a new outlook for our lives. If you want to be saved in order to get to heaven you must turn away from your old life without Jesus and accept Jesus as your personal saviour. This turnaround of your life can happen with a prayer of this kind: “Lord Jesus Christ, I have lived so far as though you weren’t alive. But now I have realised who you are, and therefore I turn to you in prayer for the first time. I now know that there is a heaven and a hell. Please save me from hell, which I have deserved to go to because of all my sins, and above all my unbelief. I sincerely wish to be with you in heaven for all eternity. I’m aware that I cannot enter into heaven on account of my own efforts and credits, but only through faith in you. Because of your unconditional love for me you have died for me on the cross and taken all my transgressions on you and paid for me. I do thank you for this great salvation. You know all my guilt from my earliest childhood. Every single sin of my life is known to you — all that I do remember and even those that I have long forgotten. You know all about me because you thoroughly know me. Every emotion of my heart you are familiar with — whether joy or grief, wellbeing or sadness. In your sight I am just like an open book. By living as I have until now I could not exist in the presence of the living and holy God and therefore I would miss heaven. For this reason I ask you to forgive all my sins, which I deeply regret. Please help me to get rid of all that is not right in your holy eyes and teach me new habits and ways of life that will honour you. Open your Word, the Bible, for me. Help me to understand what you want to tell me through it, that I might receive new strength and joy of life by reading it. I ask you to be my Lord to whom I will gladly belong from now on. Please give me an obedient heart. Show me the way that I should go from now on. I thank you that you have answered my prayer. I do trust your promise that I have become a child of God that eternally will be in heaven by turning to you. I’m so undeserving of this great gain, to have you with me even now. Please help me to find people who also have a personal relationship with you and help me to find a biblical church where I can hear God’s Word. Amen.” Director and Professor (retd.) Dr. Werner Gitt

Von einer bio-inspirierten Konstruktion  (engl. bio-inspired design) spricht man, wenn bessere Technologien für ingenieurmäßige Konzeptionen entwickelt werden konnten, nachdem man biologische Systeme in der Natur studiert hat und sich davon inspirieren ließ. In der Natur finden wir so brillante Konstruktionen, dass sie in der heutigen Zeit eine wichtige Ideenquelle für technische Erfindungen darstellen. Die Beweise für intelligentes Design sind überwältigend. Dies sollte nicht überraschen, denn die Bibel lehrt, dass Gottes Eigenschaften in der Schöpfung klar zu erkennen sind. Professor Burgess ist Professor für technisches Design in Großbritannien (Universität Bristol) und den USA (Liberty Universität) und hat mehrere Bücher über Design in der Natur geschrieben. Er hat einige nationale Auszeichnungen für Design gewonnen, darunter zwei für bio-inspiriertes Design: die „Wessex Scientific Medal“ und den „James Clayton Prize“. Bio-inspired design Stuart Burgess Bio-inspired design means looking at biological systems for inspiration to develop better engineering technology for human use. Nature contains such brilliant designs that it is now considered a very important source of ideas for engineering designers. One early example of copying nature happened when the Wright brothers were designing the first aircraft, Kitty Hawk, at the start of the twentieth century. Engineers had been struggling to understand how to perform controlled flight. However, when the Wright brothers studied bird flight, they saw how birds use their tail feathers to counteract the destabilising reaction moment that occurs when an aircraft makes a turn. This observation led them to design control flaps on their aeroplane that made controlled flight possible. I have had the privilege of carrying out several case studies in bio-inspired design over the last 20 years. From this work I have published around 50 scientific papers detailing recommendations for bio-inspired design. In this pamphlet I will describe three of the most interesting projects I have worked on and summarise the lessons that I have learnt. Dragonfly-inspired micro air vehicle Engineers are trying to develop very small air vehicles (micro air vehicles), about the size of a dragonfly, in order to carry out reconnaissance in hazardous places like nuclear power plants and damaged buildings. At my university I have developed a micro air vehicle based on the design of the common European darter dragonfly. My team filmed dragon­flies in the lab to study in detail how they flap their wings. We were amazed at how dragonflies can fly forwards, backwards and sideways with great precision and control. We found that the dragonflies we captured flap their wings at 40 beats per second. In addition, as they flap their wings, they twist them really fast in order to create a powerful vortex that gives them a strong lift force. We also dissected the dragonflies to see what was inside. We were astonished to find a precision hinge mechanism at the root of each wing that was so precise it was like looking at a Swiss watch! An interesting feature of the wing hinge mechanism is that it consists of an intricate 4-bar linkage mechanism like you would find in a car suspension system. Engineers know that such systems have irreducible complexity. This means that all the parts of the mechanism must be in place at the same time to have a useful function. Such mechanisms cannot evolve step by step but must be planned and designed at the beginning by a Designer. We spent three years designing mechanisms that could produce flapping like the dragonfly. It was very humbling because we could only make the wings flap ten times per second which was a quarter of the speed of the actual dragonfly. In our research we found out some astounding capabilities of insects. Some midges can flap their wings over 1000 times per second! We also found that flies can land upside down on a ceiling. This amazing feat involves the fly flipping its body with precision by 180 degrees just before landing upside down! I had to conclude that insects must have a designer who is far more knowledgeable and powerful than any human designer. Hand-inspired exoskeleton There is a need for lighter exoskeletons for medical applications to make them manageable for patients to use. Exoskeletons are robotic devices  attached to limbs that strengthen them. When a person has a stroke and their hands become weak, an exoskeleton is able to give strength back. My research team analysed the design of the human hand in order to produce a bio-inspired design of a hand exoskeleton. We looked carefully at the mechanics of fingers in order to understand how the fingers are designed. One of the reasons the human finger is so slim and agile is that there are no muscles in the fingers. Instead the muscles that move the fingers are based in the hand and arm. These muscles are attached to fingers via thin tendons that are guided in precision sheaths. The index finger has seven different muscles that can move the finger forwards and backwards and from side to side. The muscles and tendons are so precise that the fingers can be moved with delicate control and precision. The human hand can hold a grain of sand weighing a fraction of a gram. It can also play notes on musical instruments, playing many notes per second with feeling and emotion. Our fingers can also feel a ridge of just 13 nanometres in height. Based on our observations we designed and built an exoskeleton. Despite using the best technology, we could not match the precision movement of an actual human hand. Nevertheless, our exoskeleton was able to assist people with weak arms and hands. We tested our exoskeleton on a lady who had had a stroke and she was very grateful to be able to lift cans of food with the help of our exoskeleton. Our studies of the human hand showed us that it is a work of art and brilliant piece of engineering. It is clear that the human hand is designed to do skilful things like play musical instruments and perform craftwork. These things are what would be expected if God had designed man for skilful work and pleasure. However, it is not what would be expected from evolution because this theory predicts humans have evolved only for survival tasks like fighting. Knee-inspired robotic joint My research team has developed a robotic knee for robots based on the human knee joint. The human knee joint has remarkable strength and endurance. It is so strong that the knees of soccer players can withstand huge forces as the players twist and turn and slide on their knees. During the 80-year lifetime of an active person, the knee joint may articulate more than 50 million times. During a three-hour marathon run, the joint articulates about 20,000 times. Amazingly, the knee joint can maintain and repair itself. Of course, some people have to have replacement joints if they have experienced disease, accident or excessive wear. But in the absence of these problems, the joint is remarkably robust. One of the secrets of the human knee joint that makes it such a good design is a cam mechanism that causes the femur bone to roll over the tibia bone in a smooth motion. In addition to this mechanism, the ligaments of the knee form a special linkage mechanism that guides the articulating motion of the joint. At the heart of this linkage mechanism are two crossed cruciate ligaments. They form what engineers call an inverted 4-bar parallelogram mechanism. The knee joint is another example of irreducible complexity because the knee joint can only function when several key parts are present and correctly assembled as a functioning assembly. In contrast to the human knee joint, replacement joints last only about ten years and do not have as much range of movement, showing the superiority of the human knee joint. The superiority of design in nature One of the most important lessons of bio-inspired design is that design in nature is always better than human design. Birds are better fliers than any aircraft. Fish are better swimmers than any torpedoes. Silk is stronger (weight for weight) than any man-made fibre. The human brain is better than any supercomputer. The most powerful supercomputer in the world (IBM Summit) is not able to match the performance of one human brain and yet it is about one thousand times larger and requires about a million times more energy to run. This is exactly what would be expected if God had designed the world because God is perfect in knowledge. The biblical creation model predicts that nature should be superior to man-made engineering and this is exactly what the evidence shows. In contrast, according to evolution, nature should be inferior to man-made engineering because evolution is limited to step-by-step change. This is clearly not what the actual evidence shows. No bad design Another important lesson of bio-inspired design is that there is no such thing as bad design in nature. There have been claims by some people that nature contains bad design. However, such claims are due to a lack of understanding about what makes a good design. Some people have claimed that the human eye is a poor design because light has to travel through the retina to reach the light-sensitive cells that are located at the back of the retina. However, scientists have discovered that light is guided through cells called ‘Muller cells’ that act like fibre optic cables. This means that there is no degradation of light as it travels through the retina. In fact, the light signal is improved because reflected light is removed from the signal. Some people have claimed that the recurrent laryngeal nerve is a bad design because it loops down towards the heart rather than going direct from the brain to the larynx. However, just because the nerve has a loop does not necessarily mean it is a bad design. This is especially so since the loop does not result in any lack of performance. There are actually very logical reasons for the recurrent laryngeal nerve having a loop. It is well known in engineering that optimal wiring systems often have loops. One advantage of a loop is that it allows the wiring to make intermediate connections to places that other­wise could not be reached. This is the case with the laryngeal nerve which makes intermediate connections to the trachea and oesophagus. Another advantage is that it allows movement between the parts that are connected. This is the case during the growth of a baby where organs move apart significantly. The claim of bad design in the laryngeal nerve is based on a lack of understanding of the multiple functions of a wiring system. The nervous system in the human body is actually an astoundingly sophisticated design. In an adult there is around 150,000 km of wiring that reaches virtually every cubic millimetre of the body through an immense network of nerve pathways. The nervous system is an example of brilliant design not bad design! Origin of death and disease When considering design in nature it is normal to question the origin of decay and disease. It is important to clarify that the existence of decay and disease does not mean that design in nature is not excellent. Even though the human heart is subject to decay and disease, it is still a brilliant design. Design and decay are two different things. The Bible explains the origin of decay and disease. When God created the world, it was perfect with no death and no suffering. That means that there were no predator-prey relationships in nature. However, this state did not last very long because sin soon entered the world and this changed everything. Genesis Chapter 3 explains how Adam and Eve rebelled against God by eating the forbidden fruit and this led to a judgment that involved a curse on the whole of creation. Ever since the time of Adam and Eve, everything has been in a state of decay. There is direct scientific evidence for this decay as many species become extinct and as creatures lose their health and beauty after successive generations. The decay is also what we would expect from the second law of thermodynamics. Despite the effects of the Fall of Adam, there is still great beauty and wonder in the world that is able to inspire countless engineers and scientists. Evidence for intelligent design The evidence for intelligent design is overwhelming. This should not be a surprise because the Bible teaches that God’s attributes are clearly seen in creation: For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Deity; so that they are without excuse. (Romans 1:20) The book of Job declares that in crea­tion ‘God does things we cannot comprehend’ (Job 37:5). Modern science has proven the truth of this verse. The book of Job also points out that God is perfect in knowledge (Job 37:16). It is no wonder that engineers are copying designs from creation because God is a perfect designer. One of the reasons why so many of the founding scientists had a belief in God is that they could see amazing design in creation. Isaac Newton said that the design of the solar system was so fine-tuned that it must have a Creator. Robert Boyle once said: “Remember to give glory to the One who authored nature.” Today there are still many scientists who can see God’s design hallmarks in creation. The Creator’s revelation for man Since creation has a Creator, it would be expected that the Creator would leave a testimony of His purposes and instructions for humankind. This is exactly what we find in the Bible. The Bible is a remarkable book that has been verified to be accurate in its historical accounts. Since God is our Creator, we are accountable to Him and one day we must all appear before Him. If we have not confessed our sins and obtained forgiveness then we will be judged for our actions and will not be qualified for heaven. However, the Bible explains the good news that God has made a way of salvation. We can be forgiven our sins if we confess them and put our trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. The reason why this is possible is because Jesus took the penalty for our sin on the cross. Creation shows that God is perfect in wisdom and understanding. Therefore, we can be confident that the way of salvation described in the Bible is fully effective and perfectly designed.

Weihnachten, das bekannteste und größte christliche Fest, ist für viele ein Feiertag ohne wirklichen Sinn. Manfred Röseler weist darauf hin, dass die Bedeutung von Weihnachten in Jesus Christus liegt. Die vielen Geschenke, die an Weihnachten gemacht werden, sind nichts im Vergleich zu dem Geschenk, das Gott uns gegeben hat. Die Menschheit war hoffnungslos mit Sünde verschuldet, aber Gott hat den Menschen ein Geschenk gemacht: Die absolute Sündenvergebung in Jesus Christus. "Bei aller Weihnachtsfeierlichkeit übersehen wir oft, dass es nicht in erster Linie um ein nettes Miteinander geht, sondern um die Erlösung von Sünde und um eine neue Beziehung zu Gott. Darum möchte ich fragen: "Haben Sie das große Geschenk Gottes schon angenommen?" Wenn ja, dann haben Sie allen Grund, mit Freuden Weihnachten zu feiern." The Best Gift For many people, the Christmas Celebration is a time to be together with friends and family, and an occasion to make someone happy. For others, Christmas is a time of loneliness, and for some even despair. The number of acts of desperation rises each year during the Christmas Season. Christmas points us to the gift that God offers to us. Any gift that we could ever give is insignificant in comparison to the great gift that God has for us. The value of this gift is immeasurable. It makes our life new, rich, and worth living. God sees our wishes, desires and needs. He knows our strengths and weaknesses. He knows the status of our relationship to Him. How would you assess your relationship to God? Is it in order, or is there sin in your life that is separating you from God? God knows about every single sin. Sin is, for example, unbelief, our rebellion against God and breaking His commandments. Because of our sin, we are guilty before God. Debts in a bank can normally be paid back with regular payments over a period of time. Many people try hard to do good works and to keep God´s commandments. However, we cannot pay our debt before God. Even if someone would never sin again, the person would still have numerous sins from the past that separate the person from God. In Isaiah 59:2 we read: “…your iniquities have separated you from you God.” And in 1. Corinthians 6:9 it says: “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God?” Without the cleansing of our sins we cannot go to heaven. Death, the place of punishment and eternal damnation are waiting for us. The great gift that God offers us is the forgiveness of our sins. He wants to free us from the verdict of “eternal damnation” (see Revelation 20:15). He wants us to become His children and heirs of His kingdom. How can this happen? God cannot simply ignore our sins and do as if they never happened. If He did that, He would not be just. The only way that we can be saved is for our sins to be forgiven, and that is why God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to this earth. Christmas reminds us of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem over 2000 years ago. Jesus became a person like us. However, there was a difference between His life and that of a normal person. Jesus lived a life without sin. He preached the Gospel to the people, He healed the sick and did good. His miracles confirm that He is the Saviour that was prophesied in the Old Testament. Although Jesus was innocent, He was sentenced to death. He did not deserve to die. But through His death on the cross of Golgatha He took the punishment for our sins in our place. He paid the entire debt that we have before God. God accepted this sacrifice. Three days later God raised Him from the dead and later took Him back to heaven. Jesus is still living today. The reason that Jesus came to earth is explained in Matthew 1:21: “She (Maria) will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” Jesus came to this earth and became a man in order to reconcile us with God. The real meaning of Christmas is not the joyful get togethers, but rather it is about our relationship with God. Through Jesus we can be freed from our sins. We can receive forgiveness and become God´s children. We can have the assurance in our hearts that we will be in heaven one day. Isn´t that a great gift? I would like to ask you: “Have you accepted this gift?” If so, you have every reason to joyfully celebrate Christmas. If the best gift is still not your gift, accept the gift today. In Acts 3:19 we read: “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out.” Through prayer you can talk to Jesus and confess your failure and your sins that you are aware of. Ask Him to forgive your sins that you can no longer remember. He forgives you gladly. But don´t just stop there. Tell Jesus that you want to trust Him completely and that He should reign in your life. Invite Him to come into your life and take on the leadership in your life. If you give your life to Jesus, you become His child (see John 1:12). After you have prayed as explained above, thank Jesus that He died for your sins, that He forgave you and that He gave you a new, eternal life. This is how you can experience that God´s gift is the best gift ever! Manfred Röseler

Gottesbeweise gewinnen in unserer Zeit eine ganz neue Bedeutung. Einige Gottesbeweise sind vom naturwissenschaftlichen Denken geprägt. So stellt sich die Frage: Gibt es vielleicht einen Gottesbeweis, der das Herz eines jeden Menschen erreichen kann? Die Liebe ist das Phänomen, wofür jedes menschliche Herz empfänglich ist – sei es ein Urwaldbewohner, der nie etwas von Wissenschaft gehört hat, oder ein Physik-Nobelpreisträger, der versucht, die Urgründe der Materie zu erforschen. Kann es sein, dass Gott sich in seiner Liebe offenbart hat und damit allen Menschen den Universalbeweis seiner Existenz und seines Wesens geliefert hat? In der Tat hat Gott das getan, und das soll in dieser Schrift gezeigt werden.   The proof of God’s existence—through love From antiquity already, people have sought to ‘prove God’. For example, through the well-known cosmological proof (or ‘argument’) of God’s existence, as well as the ontological and also the teleological proofs.[1] The whole idea of a ‘proof of God’ can readily be misunderstood, in that it can convey the idea that it is possible to make God subject to verification in all His fullness. This is not possible; for one thing because God’s thoughts and ways are far higher than anything we can conceive (Isaiah 55:8–9). So, with any form of such ‘proof’, one needs to always consider which characteristic of God’s it concerns. It is also important to distinguish between hard and soft proofs. Hard proofs are based upon natural laws, and are thus irrefutable. With the help of the natural laws of information, it was possible to prove in hard form some of the attributes of God (e.g. His existence, His omniscience, and His eternal being).[2] A special form of ‘God proof’ is the ‘prophetic-mathematical proof of God’.[3] This is based upon the number of fulfilled prophecies of the Bible, so this proof clearly goes beyond conclusions based on natural laws. It establishes the Bible as the book of truth, and in so doing, establishes the God of the Bible as the only one in existence. In western countries, only a small percentage of the population can attest to having made a definite decision to turn to Jesus Christ as their Saviour, to gain eternal life. Former German Chancellor Willy Brandt (1913–1992) was typical of many when he said a few days before his death: “I don’t know if there is a God. I suspend judgement on that.” In light of all this, proofs of God’s existence take on a whole new meaning in our time. The abovenamed proofs are characterised by mathematical/scientific thinking. So the question arises: Is there perhaps a proof of God which can reach the heart of every person? Love is the greatest phenomenon, the one to which every human heart is receptive—be it the jungle-dweller who has never heard of such a thing as science, or the Nobel-Prize-winning physicist researching the fundamental properties of matter. Could it be that God has revealed Himself by way of His love and, with that, has provided the universal proof of His existence and His nature—including to you, dear reader? Indeed, God has done just that, as the following intends to show. What does someone in the 21st century imagine God to be like? In his book, journalist Jan Roß describes how someone in our day might, without biblical revelation, imagine a God to be like: “Probably like a comic-book hero enhanced to a supra­dimensional/superhuman level; a cosmic Superman, Batman or Spiderman—strong and indestructible, athlete and sheriff, a guardian of law and order for the whole universe.”[4] We humans are confronted with a problem: How are we to believe in a God whom we have never seen, and whose character traits are beyond our comprehension? What does the creation tell us about God? Romans 1:20 explains to us that God’s “invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made.” While the creation clearly points to a Maker of all things, it does not give us an unambiguous picture of Him. We observe immeasurably great intelligence and ingenuity in the design concepts of all living things, but we also recognise the other: beauty is paired with ugliness, good with evil, light with darkness, gentleness with violence, and love with hate. From their observations of nature, many pagan cultures who don’t know God’s Word, and even evolutionary theorists, have come to the conclusion that God—if He even exists—must be an evil God. The fact that in nature, the stronger creatures brutally kill the weaker ones in order to survive, is a convincing argument for them. Man’s inclination to evil, albeit also to good, seems to confirm this. Those who do not know the Bible know nothing of the Fall into sin. This plunged the originally very good creation into the maelstrom of its current fallen state. It changed the nature of man, as well as behaviour patterns in the animal kingdom. Without knowing of the Fall, people will automatically conclude that both good and evil must dwell in God’s heart as well. This distorted picture of God and creation is probably part of the reason for the many pagan traditions of human sacrifice.[5] But what is the God of the Bible really like? All our human imaginings of what God might be like are grasping in the dark. The immense number of different ways in which the various religions worldwide portray God, and just so all philosophical treatises on the subject, amply establishes this. This is why God Himself portrays Himself to us. Though He says: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord” (Isaiah 55:8), He nonetheless names, in a manner everyone can understand, character traits of His that are not deducible from the creation: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). “My salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed” (Isaiah 51:6). “His mercy is everlasting” (Psalm 100:5, KJV). “You are God, and your words are true” (2 Samuel 7:28). “Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds“ (Psalm 36:5). “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you” (Jeremiah 31:3). “For God is ... [a God] of peace” (1 Corinthians 14:33). “Blessed be ... [God] the Father of mercies” (2 Corinthians 1:3). Who could ever claim that even a single one of these characteristics of God applied to themselves? Even the love that flares up in many human hearts is often just a flash in the pan, gone after only a brief time. Among humans, everlasting goodness, and faithfulness ‘reaching to the clouds’, is only found in fairytales. Peace repeatedly reveals itself to be a glittering mirage in the desert of a warring world. Not to even mention wisdom—how else could even Nobel laureates propagate an idea which maintains in all seriousness that the unimaginable complexity of life is merely the outcome of a game of dice with matter? There is a special word for divine love—agape. It is unconditional, kind, just, respectful, compassionate, gentle, peaceful, grounded in truth, and eternal. The difference between human love and godly love can be stated as follows: ‘Human love loves another, because they are how they are. But godly love loves another regardless of how they are.’ Where does love come from? If, then, love is a phenomenon humans cannot replicate, where does it come from? No scientist can explain that. Those who claim that the world and all life arose by evolution must then also assume that love just happened to arise in the course of that evolution. This would mean that love was no more than a random interplay of particles of matter. However, just as the DNA information of cells cannot have originated by itself from matter, but needs an originator with mind, love also requires a source from which it springs. There is only one option: It was created by a wise Creator. And this Creator tells us that He Himself is the source of love, and that it describes His very essence: “God is love” (1 John 4:16). How has God revealed Himself? 1. God Himself comes to us No religion claims that any of its various named gods has come to live among us.[6] Only the God of the Bible has done that—He Himself left His heavenly realm and sought us in the form of a human person. “ ... though he was in the form of God, [Jesus] did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men” (Philippians 2:6–7). In Jesus, the Son of God, God Himself came to us. In His total power over the forces of nature, over every disease, and even over death, He showed himself in an unmistakeable and inimitable way to be God. He helped all who came to Him. To needy sinners, He gave forgiveness. When a blind man called out to Him, He restored his sight. If someone had a disease that was incurable from a medical perspective, He healed them nonetheless. In the light of these deeds, it seems incomprehensible to us that He was still rejected. Alluding to that in a parable, Jesus tells of the people saying: “We do not want this man to reign over us” (Luke 19:14). In Luke 7:33–34, Jesus Himself laments the offhandedness and rejection with which He was treated:  “For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’” Whatever the way God shows Himself to us—most people are dismissive or remain indifferent. We can observe that, right up to the present day, this has not changed. How would we have reacted in Jesus’ place? “Well, they’ve rejected me, so I’ll go back to my Father in Heaven.” But not so Jesus—He stays and does the extraordinary: 2. He always does that which He teaches us to do Such a concept is unknown to us. No founder of a religion has ever complied with everything he taught others. Even believers in Christ can’t always adhere to what is taught in the Gospel. Here Jesus is unique! Romans 12:15 says: “Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” Jesus did that too: At the wedding in Cana he celebrated with the wedding guests. But after Lazarus had died, and He saw how Mary and the Jews around him wept, Jesus wept with them too (John 11:33–35). The Bible teaches that we should not sin. And yet all of us have done that: “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” (1 John 1:8). Whatsoever the Bible requires of us, Jesus has complied with it in every way. He never sinned: Jesus “in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15). Peter asked the Lord Jesus in Matthew 18:21: “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Whereupon Jesus answered him in Matthew 18:22: “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.” Some other versions translate the number as “seventy times seven”. With that Jesus was not just saying ‘77 (or 490) times’, but ‘always’. If Jesus requires of us to always be willing to forgive, then we can firmly rely on this: if we turn to Him in repentance and faith—or even after our conversion to Him—then He will likewise give us the forgiveness we seek. 3. God offers Himself up totally In order to touch the unbelieving hearts of His own human creations, God went even one step further. Jesus, the Son of God, went to the Cross of His own free will, without setting any conditions on mankind’s part. He did so purely out of love and grace, to save His creatures from eternal lostness. At the Cross, Jesus took the penalty which we would have deserved on the basis of our sin. Jan Roß wrote very aptly about the humiliation of God on the Cross: “The image of a dying or already dead human body nailed to a cross is the total opposite of might, power and perfection. The contrast to our usual concept of the divine could not be more glaring and disturbing ... . The God who was born in a stable and died on the Cross, who involved Himself deeper than all others in the mundane and temporal, is thus paradoxically least at risk of being a self-made cult idol to His followers. No-one would have sought out or thought up such a one.”[7] Just as a father reminds his child not to play with fire, so God constantly urges people to abandon the way to eternal lostness. The wonder of the love of God—as He showed it to us through Jesus—should actually make every stony human heart butter-soft, and bring us to the point of accepting the gift of Heaven. In a largely godless world, God holds fast to His loving invitation: “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household” (Acts 16:31). Natural laws and God’s love We know from physics that natural laws are formulated so as to be falsifiable in principle. They must however withstand all attempts at falsification. After they have passed their ‘ordeal by fire’ in the hard testing furnace of reality, we are justified in holding them to be valid without exception. The Word of God was likewise formulated to be falsifiable and able to be tested against reality. Analogous to the laws of physics, the love of God also has the status of a natural law. In Song of Solomon 8:6 we find a prophetic word about the love of God: “For love is strong as death ... . Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord.” This passage is falsifiably constructed. It can be refuted in principle. The Cross of Jesus was the acid test of this law of God’s love. Jesus had fully lived out this love. He never dealt egotistically. Whatever He did was undertaken in selfless love for mankind. Would this love extend so far, that it would not even halt in the face of death? At the Cross, the temptation was great to cause this law of unconditional love to fail. The first attack occurred through the rulers of Israel: “But the rulers scoffed at him, saying, ‘He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!’” (Luke 23:35). This was an attempt to bring about the downfall of the love of God. Had Jesus stepped down from the Cross, the abovementioned law would have been falsified. Shortly thereafter came the second attack attempting to falsify the love of God, which is as strong as death: “One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, ‘Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!’” (Luke 23:39). The third test: “And those who passed by derided him ... ‘Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe’” (Mark 15:29, 32). This also failed to falsify God’s love! Jesus could have stepped down from the Cross, but He didn’t. The love of God here shows itself to really be stronger than death! Only because Jesus stayed on the Cross can we be saved through His shed blood (1 Peter 1:18–19). Proofs of God and salvation Acknowledging a proof of God as valid is an important step. Following this, though, there needs to be a further step, that of saving faith. After we have understood that an almighty and all-knowing God exists, one who has reached out to us in boundless love through the Lord Jesus, we can accept Him with all our heart. Jesus, the Son of God, wants to be our Friend, our Saviour, and our Lord. Accept Him today, for He stands before you in invitation: “Behold, I [Jesus] stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20). I have written a detailed, practical explanation of how you can do that: wernergitt.de/turning Jesus has firmly promised that He will receive anyone who makes their way to Him: “Whoever comes to me I will never cast out” (John 6:37). Director and Professor (retired) Dr Werner Gitt Ph.D.  _________________ [1]   wernergitt.de/proofs-of-God [2]   See Gitt, W., with Compton, R. and Fernandez, J., Without Excuse (Information: the key to life), 2011, creation.com/s/10-2-577. This contains a detailed exposition of the information laws and how they function as a ‘hard proof’. [3]   Chapter 9 of ref. 2 also contains an exposition of this prophetic-mathematical proof. For a brief summary, (also a summary of the information law article) see the tract Why as a scientist I believe the Bible, at wernergitt.de/scientist-believes [4]   Jan Roß, Die Verteidigung des Menschen—Warum Gott gebraucht wird [The Vindication of Man—Why God is needed], Rowohlt Berlin, 2012, p. 93. [5]   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/human_sacrifice [6]   It is generally agreed that the Hindu concept of avatar falls short of being a parallel. [7]   Jan Roß, ref. 4, pp. 94, 102.

Der Aufbau des menschlichen Körpers liefert uns erstaunliche Informationen. Einige Details wie das Blut, die Zellen, das Gehirn und einiges mehr werden näher betrachtet. Wir erkennen daran, dass der Mensch zweifellos eine geniale Konstruktion ist. Es ist darum unvernünftig, anzunehmen, dass wir das Ergebnis eines planlosen Prozesses sich selbst überlassener Materie sind. Ohne die Annahme einer Schöpfung verrennen wir uns im Dickicht evolutionärer Gedankensysteme und werden der Wirklichkeit nicht gerecht. Die ausführliche wissenschaftliche Argumentation steht in dem Buch »Faszination Mensch« von Werner Gitt, CLV-Verlag, Bielefeld, 3. Auflage 2015, 155 S., ISBN: 9-89397-649-3.   Man – an ingenious construction There is a fundamental question which follows all of us throughout life: Where do we actually come from? Closely connected to this, the very next question is: Why do we live here for a time, and what comes after that—will our existence be snuffed out forever, or do we continue to exist forever in another place? There are ultimately only two answers to this problem: Model A: Evolutionary theorists and atheists tell us we just happened to arise from matter over millions of years via a process which involved no intelligence or plan, and no goal or purpose. For each of us, death is the end of everything, and there is no God, either, to whom we would one day be accountable. Model B: In contrast to this is the testimony of the Bible, according to which an almighty and all-knowing Maker created us with plan and purpose. Death is indeed the endpoint of our earthly existence, but at the same time it is the beginning of eternal life, for our Creator desires fellowship with us in Heaven. These explanations are so far apart that one or the other must be absolutely false. From the perspective of 21st century knowledge, which one emerges as viable? Let’s look at a few of our sensory organs and other distinctive parts of the human body to determine whether the concepts involved either reveal no sign of intelligence, or bear its hallmarks. In conjunction with this, we’ll also look at relevant passages of the Bible. For each of these parts of the human body contemplated, we will determine which of the two models should be assigned a point in its favour. Our Sense of Touch - Distributed over the entire skin Each square centimetre of our skin has an amazing 6 million cells and 5,000 sensory receptors which enable our sense of touch. Everything we feel, whether heat, cold, smoothness, roughness or pain, is transmitted to the brain from every point on our skin. This requires an extremely dense network of transmission lines, plus clever coding, so that the brain can perceive every sensation according to its type and location. This information network outside the brain is 380,000 kilometres long. Who planned this network; who laid these high-tech lines, and conceived of a program for the brain that is able to properly identify all these signals? Such a high-grade, goal-oriented intelligent system can scarcely have emerged without plan or purpose! The point must clearly be given to Model B. The Ear - High-precision technology on display The human ear has the unimaginable capacity to detect sound energy differences over a range of one to one trillion (= 1012). No technological device can attain this without switchover of its measurement range. The sensitivity of the ear approaches the limit of what is physically possible. This is achieved via a two-stage conversion between three forms of signal—from a mechanical to a hydraulic signal, and finally to an electrical one. The same sound first reaches the eardrum directly, and then once more, a five-thousandth of a second later, after it has circulated in the ‘shell’ or auricle of the outer ear. From these four values (two from each ear), the brain generates a further two signals via correlation. Due to this ingenious calculation in the brain, it’s as if we were hearing with six ears. This sophisticated technology permits an acoustic analysis that lets us recognise the direction, location and movement of sound sources in all spatial planes. Furthermore, during a conversation with several persons, we are able to push that which is unimportant to us into the background, while consciously accentuating other aspects. No manmade technology can do that. How did this brilliant structure come to be? Can a process with no goal in mind bring something like this about? Of course not! The Psalmist gives us the short, accurate answer: He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see? (Psalm 94:9) The ear did not come about through any evolutionary process; its origin is based upon an ingenious act of intelligent creation. Model B therefore gets the point to be assigned. Blood - A universal transport medium Our blood performs functions vital for life. It provides every cell with fuel from nutrients, as well as oxygen, vitamins, hormones, and warmth. Similarly, it transports away the waste products of metabolism, as well as excess heat. In a constant state of flow throughout life, the blood remains in an endless loop, in which the heart fills with blood every second, only to immediately expel it again. A special characteristic of our blood is the presence of red blood cells; 150 million of them in every drop. They get loaded up with oxygen in the lungs, at the same time as they unload the waste metabolite carbon dioxide (CO2). The highly specialised chemical compound they contain, that transports these gases and gives blood its red colour, is haemoglobin. Indispensable for life, one form of it is already in operation during early embryonic development. Then at the fetal stage (from the third month onwards) oxygen demands change, so a different form of haemoglobin, with a different chemical makeup, is needed. Shortly before birth, all those chemical factories again crank up to high capacity in order to start the switch­over to the third (adult) form of haemoglobin. These three haemoglobin types could not have been discovered in some evolutionary way through trial and error, because most other variants would not be able to carry enough oxygen, leading to certain death. On three occasions, different biomachinery is required to make the appropriate haemoglobin type; programmed machinery is also required to switch the production from one type to another at the appro­priate point in time. Where did such complex machinery come from? Any sort of evolutionary idea fails utterly here, because any half-finished intermediate stages would have no chance of survival. This point, too, unequivocally goes to Model B. Our Cells - Building blocks made up of billions of parts each Did you know that the human body consists of around 30 trillion cells, each one of which contains at least a hundred times as many molecules as there are stars in the Milky Way Galaxy? Considering that our Milky Way comprises at least 100 billion (1011) individual stars, that equals far more than 1013 molecules. If someone wanted to count to just this number (once a second, day and night without interruption), no human life would be long enough. It would take 300,000 years! Our liver alone has over 140 billion cells. Scientifically, how such huge numbers of cells can organise themselves into an organ vital for life remains wholly unexplained. What sort of program accomplishes this growth? To date no-one has been able to account for this. If all of our learning is insufficient to understand this, how could the purposeless strategy of evolution achieve such a thing? Here also, it’s obvious that the point goes to Model B. DNA - Information storage technology still beyond computers The most valuable material in the body—the genome, the genetic information—is stored in the interior of the cell, in its microscopically small nucleus. Here, everything required for the makeup of the body (e.g. construction of the organs and limbs, manufacture of all the necessary chemical compounds) is precisely programmed. Herewith is a graphic way of understanding the virtually unimaginable information density in the DNA molecule: The amount of information within 15 trillion paperbacks, each of 160 pages, could be stored within a volume of DNA that would fit inside a pinhead! If these books were stacked one on top of the other, it would make a pile that was 500 times higher than the distance the moon is from the earth. Guess which model gets the point here? Our Brain - The most complex structure in the universe The brain is the central, primary organ of our nervous system; it steers, oversees and coordinates almost all processes in our organism. It gathers and evaluates sensory inputs, stores them, and generates meaningful responses to them. Virtually nothing is known about the actual way the brain processes information. Only one thing is certain: It must contain a large number of sophisticated programs able to process, allocate and coordinate all incoming and outgoing information. All of this needs to happen in real time with parallel processing. We don’t know how memories are stored and retrieved. Also, no one knows how we come up with new ideas, nor how the brain cooperates interactively with our non-material part, the soul. The brain consists of about 100 billion nerve cells (neurons)—about the same order of magnitude as the number of stars in our Milky Way. Each neuron communicates with thousands of other neurons over connections called synapses. This is a network of the highest complexity. Here too, a clearcut point victory goes to Model B. Awareness - In this world and the next All the functions of the sensory organs of our present body come to an end with our death. So is death the absolute end of the line, as atheists—indeed, most evolutionists—assume? To this the Bible clearly says NO! In accordance with God’s plan, we are created as eternal beings, whose existence is never extinguished. In Luke 16, Jesus tells of two people, whose earthly existence ended through bodily death. But immediately afterwards they find themselves in the world beyond, in full awareness. For one of them, a rich man, God had played no part in his concept of life. The other—Lazarus—while poor, knew God as His sustainer during life. Jesus depicts both situations after death: “The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side” (Luke 16:22–23). So both have departed this world through death and now find themselves in a wholly other place. Although previously they lived in the same city, their abodes are now radically different. One experiences glory, the other finds himself in a place of torment. Life does not end with biological death for any of us. We have a reliable information source for this fact. In the resurrection, the transformation from earthly to eternal body takes place: “It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body” (1 Corinthians 15:44, see also v. 42). For our eternal abode, the Bible names two extremely different places, Heaven and Hell, or the place of glory in the presence of God and the place of damnation, separated from God. Were we to describe Heaven and Hell, we could do so from the standpoint of the senses; both are places of awareness—we will experience either that which is eternally lovely, or eternally dreadful. Which one will be our destination will depend on our position concerning Jesus Christ—specifically, whether we believe in and follow Him, or not. We can say that here also the point needs to be assigned to Model B, because atheists have no information source for their viewpoint. Man - An ingenious and planned construction From just the few details contemplated here, it’s already obvious that without any doubt, the construction of our body displays immense ingenuity. So it makes little sense to assume that we are the result of a planless process carried out by matter left to itself. Unless we accept an act of creation, we become trapped in a thicket of speculative evolutionary thought patterns, which fail the test of reality. According to Romans 1:19–20, when we contemplate His works, the intellectual conclusion that there is a Creator is more than compelling, for “his invisible attributes ... [are] clearly perceived ... in the things that have been made.” It’s easy to understand that all points unequivocally had to be given to Model B. According to the Bible, there was a plan underlying the creation of mankind: “Let us make man in our image” (Genesis 1:26). The execution of this plan followed immediately afterward: “So God created man in his own image ... male and female” (v. 27). The New Testament takes us deeper into the Creator’s thoughts and says of the person of the Creator: “For by him [Jesus Christ] all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible” (Colossians 1:16). Of Jesus it is said: “whom he [God] appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world” (Hebrews 1:2). In John 14:6 Jesus makes the radical claim: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” He is thus the only gateway to the heavenly kingdom. It therefore holds true: “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life” (John 3:36). So ask the Lord Jesus to forgive all your sins, so that you might be able to pass God’s judgement at His tribunal. Acknowledge Him in prayer as your Creator, accept Him as your personal Lord and Saviour, and follow Him.  Director and Professor (retired) Dr Werner Gitt Ph.D. Information scientist

Wer freut sich nicht über einen persönlichen Brief mit einer liebevollen Einladung? Wussten Sie, dass die Bibel als Brief Gottes an uns bezeichnet werden kann? In ihr spricht uns Gott eine Einladung ganz besonderer Art aus. Über die Wahrheit der Bibel gibt es zuweilen heftige Diskussionen. Jede Debatte über die Herkunft und das Wesen der Bibel bleibt letztlich wertlos, wenn das Wort Gottes uns nicht zur persönlichen Anrede wird. Selbst dem flüchtigen Leser der Bibel fällt sofort auf, dass das gesamte Neue Testament Briefcharakter trägt. Gott, der Urheber dieses Briefes, sendet ihn uns aus einem einzigen Grund: Er möchte die Menschen, die sich im Sündenfall von ihm entfernt haben, zurückgewinnen. Er möchte, dass keiner verlorengeht und startete mit dem Kreuz von Golgatha die größte Rettungsaktion der Weltgeschichte. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! The Greatest Invitation God’s love letter to us There’s no one in the world that wouldn’t be happy to receive a personal letter with a loving invitation. Do you know that we have all received such a letter? It is called the Bible. The Bible is essentially God’s love letter to us – and in it He gives us an extraordinary personal invitation. The written letter is the most private and personal way a person can send a written message to someone he loves and cares for. It’s not just some calculated list of facts and figures like a book of law or a business manual. Nor is it like a dry old textbook or encyclopaedia, merely relating the facts. It is a way persons who know and esteem one another convey their most intimate feelings to each other. You share sorrows and joys in the confident hope that the recipient will understand you. The letter is a symbol of personal interest and love. And so it is with God’s letter to us. The New Testament, and in fact the whole Bible, is a letter of love by God to us. God loves us and He knows each one of us personally, so He has chosen to communicate with us in the form of a written letter … a letter of love. People have many differing views about the Bible, and healthy reasoning is always a good thing. But every discourse about the origin of the Bible is futile in the end if the Word of God doesn’t speak to us in a personal way. Even the hasty reader of the Bible will immediately notice that the character of the whole New Testament is that of a personal letter. 21 out of the 27 parts of the New Testament are even declared as letters: e.g. the Letter to the Romans; the Letters to the Corinthians, the Letter to the Galatians. As it’s clear from the beginning verses of (for example) the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles that these books are composed as letters. Even the last book of the Bible contains several short letters known as epistles/messages (Revelation 2 and 3). It is surely no coincidence that the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ was revealed to us mainly in the form of a letter. God knows when we are disheartened and in need of encouragement, consolation and advice. HE knows when we are in danger and therefore HE will give us admonition, direction and guidance. HE knows how much sin and guilt burdens us and therefore grants us forgiveness of sins very personally. HE knows how every man and woman is aimlessly straying around and therefore is preparing us an eternal destination. HE knows about our being lost and therefore is offering us eternal life. His Word (His letter) to us is always precise, direct and helpful for our very existence. It therefore should be read with a loving heart and a prayerful attitude. Everyone who approaches the Bible in this way will get a rich blessing; a person who reads it with a disbelieving and critical attitude, on the other hand, will go away empty-handed. God’s concern God, the originator of this letter, sends it to us for only one reason: He wants to win back the people who separated themselves from Him by their falling into sin. His will is that no man will get lost and He implemented the greatest rescue operation in history. The bridge to the house of the Father is Jesus Christ. Now He is searching for those among us whose desire is to help show the way. He needs witnesses who can tell others how they got saved. He needs coworkers, praying and ministering people who will become ministers of joy. He needs beacons of hope in a world full of fear and perplexity, of resignation and hopelessness. He is looking for bearers of His love in a world of hate, quarrelling and war. He is looking for missionaries who will proclaim the Good News in their neighborhood, and those who will go to the ends of the world. He is looking for teachers, shepherds (pastors) and evangelists. He is looking for speakers and writers of His Word. In short: there is no unemployment and everybody is needed. The sender of the letter is waiting for our response How much do we look forward to get a reply after having sent a letter? How much more does God? He has shown His love to us not only by writing a letter but also by what He has done. Will you reply? The price paid to redeem us from sin was extremely high: “Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins, that he might save us” (Galatians 1:4). We are redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus (1 Peter 1:19). The letter to the Hebrews reminds us earnestly to bear in mind: “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation?” (Hebrews 2:3). So God is waiting for our personal response. What do we say to His offer of salvation? With our prayer we can grasp the stretched-out hand of God in Christ Jesus and call on His name that will save us (Romans 10:13). The only appropriate response to His Word (His letter to us) is that of thanksgiving and praise. If we continually read His Word (Joshua 1:8) and let it direct our lives, we ourselves will be turned into living letters which will be read by others and draw them to God: “You are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart” (2 Corinthians 3:3). Only when we read the Bible as a love letter to us will we live in close relationship with Him. Knowledge is good but love is better. Jesus talks about this relationship in John 10:27–28: “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” Whoever has heard the voice of the Good Shepherd (Jesus) will know that it is incomparable. Everybody who is following this shepherd has passed from death into eternal life. We are expected! In the course of our life we receive many invitations. This begins with our children getting invitations to children’s birthday parties. As adults we are invited to different kinds of celebrations like birthday parties, anniversaries, garden parties and wedding ceremonies. Even more highly prized are invitations to those rare events such as state ceremonies, Nobel Prize awards, or a king’s/queen’s coronation. But no matter what the occasion, the following is always true: they only last for a short time; often only for one day or even a night, the more personalized a ceremony is, the more we appreciate the invitation, there will always be a limited number of visitors. Do you recall that we spoke earlier about a very special invitation offered to us in God’s love letter, the Bible? Unlike the celebrations we’re invited to here, the ceremony He invites us to is an eternal one. The host is the Most High and the greatest person ever: it is God himself. God is staging a huge wedding feast, a feast of joy. This is the very character of heaven: eternal joy, eternal fellowship with God, the eternal presence of Jesus. Heaven therefore is not a kind of a worldly condition, not a political federation of peoples, not a national system ordered according to economic rules or even a monasterial ascetic life. All these are results of human systems of thinking. But God wants us to experience life and full satisfaction. He gives us a foretaste here on Earth, but it doesn’t even compare with what He has in store for us beyond in heaven. It is so perfect that it is inconceivable. The Apostle Paul could only express it this way: “What eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9). In Luke 14:16–24 we are given an allegory to help us understand this gracious and most loving invitation and to know how to respond to it: 1. Who is invited? Nobody will be excluded by God. This is the inconceivable message that God will lovingly accept anyone who comes to Him, no matter what your origin, profession, nationality, colour, age or educational background. There is no wider scope anywhere. 2. How often does God invite? There isn’t only one invitation. God will invite several times. In our parable there are three invitations. But the emphasis is on Today: “Today if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts” (Hebrews 3:7–8). We should not presume upon God’s grace by delaying our response. 3. How will this happen? The three invitations in Luke 14 are incremental in their urgency. The first one says: “Come, for all things are now ready” (verse 17); the second invitation is stepped up to “go quickly” and “bring in” (verse 21); and the last one says “compel them” (verse 23). In the New Testament the Greek word ‘anagkazo’ is mentioned nine times, five times it is rendered as “compel” and four times as “force someone to do something” In these expressions we find more than just a half-hearted plea. The king’s servant commits his whole personality, exercises all means of persuasion, truth, love, meekness, politeness, perseverance and resilience; and in some instances he must indeed be clear-cut to warn people from going to hell. 4. What about the attendance? Those mentioned in the parable unfortunately have all rejected the invitation, not because of general objections, but because of having set the wrong priorities. Verse 24 tells us the sad and bitter truth about those who have rejected or ignored the invitation: “For I say unto you, that none of those men who were bidden shall taste of my supper.” They were called but they didn’t come. Now the feast will take place without them. They will be excluded for all eternity; the Bible calls this exclusion hell. God’s invitation is still valid for each one of us. How will you decide? The supper will be filled with people in any case. The Bible speaks of a certain number (“the fullness of the nations”, Romans 11:25), already known to God. When the last seat is occupied no further invitation will be given. In Jeremiah 8:10 this is illustrated in the picture of the harvest: “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.” 5. Why are we invited? The reason for God’s invitation to us is easily found because in 1 John 4:16 it is written: “God is love.” His very being is love, and His love is the source of all human love. In Jeremiah 31:3 God directly addresses us: “As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live!” (Hezekiah 33:11). 6. How is the invitation accepted? Jesus is responsible for issuing the ticket to heaven because “God has set Him forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood” (Romans 3:25a), and without Him nobody can come to the Father (John 14:6). He forgives all our sins and cleanses us from all iniquities if we confess them to Him with a sincere heart (1 John 1:9). A simple prayer of repentance and faith will submit all our sins and transgressions to Jesus, and thus we accept the invitation: “As many as received him, to them gave He the right to be children of God to those that believe on His name” (John 1:12). This great heavenly supper/feast is a wedding celebration for Jesus and his bride (the church, His people). It’s a beautiful way for us to understand our eternal close union with our loving Lord. Those who accept the invitation are given a wedding garment to wear, a symbol of purity. Only by receiving this pure wedding gown in this way (Mathew 22:11; Revelation 3:4; 7:9; 7:14 and 19:8) will we be accepted to enter heaven. The love of God is all-inclusive. There’s no partisanship, no prejudices and no selecting love according to sympathies. His love reaches out to everyone. But while God’s invitation is inconceivably wide, the response to it also demonstrates a narrowness that the Bible doesn’t conceal: whoever rejects this invitation and does not trust the Lord Jesus Christ will get lost for eternity. The well-known Dutch author of directive Christians books, Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983), wrote (in: “Captive He made free”) very accurately: “We can all get to heaven without health, without wealth, without fame, without scholarliness, without education; without being beautiful, without friends, without 10 000 other things, but we can never get to heaven without Jesus Christ.” If you have realized after reading this tract that Jesus is the only way to your salvation and you want to follow Him whole heartedly, then you can do this confidently with the help of the following prayer, as long as you are genuine before God: “Lord Jesus, today I have read that you are the only way to heaven. I hereafter want to be in heaven with you. Please save me from hell, which is what I deserve because of my guilt. But because you love me so much, you died for me on the cross and paid the punishment for my sins. You see all my sins – from my early childhood. You know every sin, things that I still know and even things that I have forgotten. You know all the thoughts and feelings that are in my heart. In your eyes I’m like an open book. I cannot get to heaven in the condition I am now, because till now I have lived without you. I ask you and pray to forgive all my sins, which I deeply regret. Please come into my life now and make it new. Help me to get rid of all that is not right and replace it with new habits that you can bless. Give me access to your Word, the Bible. Help me to understand what you want me to know and give me an obedient heart so I can do what is pleasing to you. I want you to be my LORD from now on. I want to follow you. Please show me the way that I should go in all walks of my life. I thank you that you have heard and answered my prayer so that I may be a child of God now, who hereafter will be with you in heaven. Amen.” Dr. Werner GittDirector and Professor (retd.)

Beinahe jeder denkt von sich, ein guter Mensch zu sein. Die einen sagen, dass sie fleißig waren und anderen geholfen haben. Andere verweisen darauf, dass sie keine ernsten Verfehlungen begangen haben und halten sich deshalb für gute Menschen. Doch die Frage, die Sie sich stellen sollten, lautet: Bin ich damit auch gut genug, um in den Himmel zu kommen? Sie können leicht herausfinden, ob Sie es sind, wenn Sie die zehn Gebote (2. Mose 20,1-17) durchgehen. Are You a Good Person? Most people consider themselves to be good. Some say that they are very industrious and help others. Others claim that they have not done anything really bad, and, therefore, they consider themselves to be good people. But the question that you should ask is: Am I good enough to get into heaven? You Can Find Out if You Are a Good Person! You can easily find out by going through the 10 Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17). 1. I am the Lord your God…You shall have no other gods before me. Does God have the first place in your life? Jesus said: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37). This love comes before our love for our parents, brothers and sisters, and friends. 2. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. Maybe you have not made idols out of wood or stone, but perhaps you have created a false picture of God in your mind. False images of God block you from coming to the living God. 3. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. Have you used God´s name in swearing or have you made fun of God? The Bible says: “The Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.” (Exodus 20:7) 4. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Just as God completed creation in six days and rested on the seventh day, we also need a day in the week to rest. We should keep one day in the week to honor God. 5. Honor your father and your mother. We do not honor our parents if we as children disobey them, talk negatively about them, do not respect them or care for them when they are old. 6. You shall not murder. You may say that you have not disobeyed this commandment. Think about what Jesus said: “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, `Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.´ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ´Raca,´ is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ´You fool!´ will be in danger of the fire of hell.” (Matthäus 5,21-22) John explains further: “Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.” (I John 3:15) For God a heart of hatred is just as bad as murder. We can disobey this commandment by having the wrong attitude in our heart. 7. You shall not commit adultery. The Bible says that adulterers and sexually immoral persons will not enter the kingdom of God. (I Corinthians 6:9). Jesus said: “But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Matthew 5:28) Have you ever looked lustfully at a person of the opposite sex, or actually committed adultery? 8. You shall not steal. Have you ever taken something from another person without permission (e.g. at work, in school, at home etc.)? Perhaps it was something small. The value of the stolen object is not decisive. 9. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. How often does one have to kill to become a murderer? Only once! In the same way, the person who lies once is a liar. Perhaps you do not consider deception and sneakiness to be serious sins. God views it differently. One single sin, no matter which one, is enough to separate you from God. 10. You shall not covet … anything that belongs to your neighbor. We should never covet something that belongs to someone else: for example a house, car, money, and certainly not the husband or wife. We should not be jealous of another person´s lifestyle, but rather be satisfied with what we have. Have you kept this commandment? Taking Stock Who can claim to have kept all the commandments and is not guilty of breaking one of them? The Bible says: “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) Do you recognize your condition? Do you admit that you have sinned and are guilty before God? Does the fact that you have sinned against God trouble you? The Bible says that because of our evil behavior we have become enemies of God (Colossians 1:21) and God´s wrath remains on us (John 3:36). Many people think that God is so good that He will ignore our sins, but that is impossible. Just imagine that a judge would close his eyes to criminal acts and rape. Would you consider him to be a good judge? No, he would be considered to be corrupt. God can not be a corrupt judge. Therefore, He will punish all murderers, thieves, adulterers, liars, sorcerers, idol worshippers, blasphemers etc. in hell, the place of eternal damnation. (Revelation 21:8) Real Love God does not want you to be eternally lost. He is loving and compassionate. That is why He prepared a way for you to receive forgiveness for your guilt. He invites you to come to Him and to accept His gift of forgiveness and eternal life. Just imagine you are standing in front of a judge because you have committed multiple offences. The evidence is unmistakable and you have been proven guilty. All your good works in the past cannot compensate for the charges and you are sentenced to pay a fine of 500,000 Euros or sit a prison term. You have only five cents and are not able to pay the fine. Now imagine that the following happens: There is a stranger in the courtroom who has heard the entire court case. After hearing the sentence, he decides to take the punishment. He pays the fine, the court accepts it because the law has been fulfilled, and you are declared to be a free person. Wouldn´t that be wonderful? That is exactly what God did for you 2000 years ago! The Bible says that God sent His Son Jesus Christ to this earth. Jesus had never sinned in His entire life. He was innocent, but He took our guilt and punishment when he died on the cross of Calvary. The Bible says: “But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) Jesus died on the cross for our sins. God accepted this sacrifice and raised Him from the dead. That is why Jesus can say: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Do you understand how much God loves you? Do you recognize that you are guilty before God and that you need forgiveness? If your answer is “Yes”, do what God says in Acts 3:19: “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out.” Whoever confesses his sin and turns to God will receive forgiveness from his sin. Turn from your sin and put your trust in Jesus. Real Faith Many people “believe” that Jesus exists, but they have not accepted Him as their Savior. There is a big difference between believing in your head and real faith. What does it mean to believe in Jesus Christ? It means that you trust Jesus just as a parachutist jumps from an airplane in an altitude of 5,000 meters, and has complete trust in his parachute. Faith in Jesus is similar to parachute jumping – it is a step of faith. Decide to live your life with Jesus instead of a life in sin. Ask Jesus to forgive your sin, to come into your life and to lead you through life. “Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.” (John 1:12) If you would like to take this step, the following prayer can become your own personal prayer: “Lord Jesus, thank-you for dying on the cross for my sin. I realize that I need you. Please forgive my sin. I am sorry for my sin. Lord Jesus, today I am deciding to accept you. From this moment on my life belongs to you. I ask you to come into my life. I trust you. Take over the control of my life. The Bible says that whoever accepts you becomes God´s child. I believe that. Thank-you for coming into my life and that I can be your child. Amen.” It is not important that the prayer is perfectly formulated. It is important that you really mean it. A decision for Jesus takes place in your heart. After you accept Jesus into your life, God will change you from the inside out. You will think and feel differently. God will give you new strength for your life. Read in your Bible everyday and obey God´s Word. We would be happy to hear from you! Perhaps you still have some unanswered questions. But remember: You don´t have to understand all the functions of a parachute in order to be able to use it. In an emergency it is better to grab the parachute before taking a parachuting course. You may decided too late and be unprepared for eternity. Do not delay making your decision to trust Jesus. You don´t know how much time you still have to make this decision. Living Waters Publications

Jesus – an ihm scheiden sich die Geister, und an ihm scheiden sich auch Lebenswege. War er nur ein Religionsgründer unter vielen anderen, ein Sozialreformer oder ein vorbildlicher Mensch, der bereit war, für seine Idee zu sterben? Ja, dann können wir ihn getrost beiseitelassen. Ist er aber Gottes Sohn, der vom Himmel kam, um uns durch Kreuz und Auferstehung das ewige Leben zu geben, dann hat er für uns die allergrößte Bedeutung. Würden wir ihn ablehnen, dann wäre das am Ende unserer Tage die größte Katastrophe, nämlich der Verlust des ewigen Lebens. Is Jesus really necessary? Jesus—opinions about Him are sharply divided; the paths people take in life diverge greatly, too, depending on what they believe to be true about Him. Was He simply one of many founders of a religion, a social reformer, or an exemplary man willing to die for His cause? If so, He could be readily ignored. If, however, He is the Son of God, who came from Heaven to give us eternal life through the cross and His resurrection, then He becomes the most significant person ever to live. Rejecting Him would have the most devastating consequence possible at the end of our days, namely the loss of eternal life. Muslims turn solely to Allah and strongly oppose Jesus being the son of God. Therefore, they never pray to Jesus. Jehovah’s Witnesses exclusively direct their prayers to Jehovah; never to Jesus. The Canadian Parliament used to open with a prayer to Jesus. As a result of numerous protests, Jesus is no longer addressed in prayer, only God. The Pharisees and scribes—contemporaries of Jesus—turned against Him. They were offended at His claim to be the Son of God. They even accused Him of blasphemy when He called God His own Father, “making himself equal with God” (John 5:18). After this, they sought to take His life. An unholy confusion surrounds the question, “To whom should we pray?” Fortunately, in God’s Word, the Bible, we find a very clear answer. The Parana Bridge I once stood at the shore of an extraordinarily wide river in Paraguay, the Parana. It originates in Brazil, is some 4,000 km long and, combined with the Rio Uruguay, forms the delta of the Rio de la Plata, with the massive flow rate of 18,000 m³/s—18,000 tonnes of water every second. Standing at the shore of the Parana River, you think you are standing in front of an enormous lake. Now just imagine that God were on the opposite side of this immensely wide river, and we wanted to go to Him. The current is so strong that not even the best athlete would have the strength to swim across. Not only that, the abundant crocodiles would thwart every attempt to reach the other shore. Similarly, there is no possible way we can make it on our own to God. So what does God do? He has a bridge built, and tells us, “I have made a bridge for you to reach me. There is only one bridge! If you want to come to me, you must use that bridge, called Jesus; there is no other option!” Jesus is the only Saviour God has sent! Jesus is the Saviour, sent by God the Father—that statement is verified often in the New Testament: “She (Mary) will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him” (John 3:17). “I (= Jesus) am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved (John 10:9). “Whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life” (John 5:24). Especially provocative in today’s multi-religious society are the words of Jesus in John 14:6: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” But it is precisely this sort of unambiguous clarity which is the hallmark of Jesus. Jesus is God! Is Jesus the Son of God or not? That is the most important question of all time, since our eternal destiny depends on it. Not even the most distinguished scholar can answer that question for us, only God Himself in His Word. The following biblical statements (A1–A5) testify that Jesus is God: A1: The power of Jesus: He forgives sins. Four men were determined to bring their lame friend to Jesus (Mark 2:1–12). There was no way to get to Jesus directly because of the huge crowd. So they made an opening in the roof and lowered the man down. Seeing this, Jesus said to him, “Son, your sins are forgiven” (v. 5). Some of the scribes witnessed this and wondered, “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” (Mark 2:7) They had correctly concluded from the Scripture that only God could forgive sins. They should have logically deduced: He, who is right in front of us, must be God! A2: The authority of Jesus: Jesus declared in John 5:19: “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.” The second part of Jesus’ answer—the assertion that everything the Father does, the Son can do likewise—shows unmistakably that Jesus is God. For who can do everything God does? Only someone who is God Himself! A3: The worship of Jesus: According to Scripture, only God can be worshipped—no angel, no person, not Mary either, and no saints (Revelation 22:8, 9)! Jesus is worshipped in manifold ways. This verifies, without a doubt, that He is God: The wise men from the east came to worship Jesus. “For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him … and they fell down and worshiped him” (Matthew 2:2, 11). While Stephen was being stoned he called out to Jesus, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit” (Acts 7:59). He was granted a glimpse into Heaven, and saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God. When Thomas saw the risen Lord for the first time, he doubted if it really was Jesus. Yet once Thomas saw the nail marks in His hands and the scar on His side, he was convinced Jesus was God and worshipped Him: “My Lord and my God” (John 20:28). Of the disciples it is said, “And they worshiped him (= Jesus) and returned to Jerusalem with great joy” (Luke 24:52). According to Hebrews 1:6 the entire realm of angels worships Jesus: “Let all God’s angels worship him (Jesus).” Even all creatures in heaven and on earth praise and worship the lamb (= Jesus): “And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, ‘To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!’” (Revelation 5:13). A4: The eternal existence of Jesus and His work in creation: The Gospel of John starts out like this (John 1:1–3): “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.” The equality with God is made even clearer when we replace “the Word” with “Jesus”. We can do this since in verse 14 we are told that Jesus is the Word, therefore: In the beginning was Jesus, and Jesus was with God, and Jesus was God. Jesus was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Jesus, and without Jesus was not any thing made that was made. A5: Additional verses that confirm the deity of Jesus: Romans 9:5: “…Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.” The ‘amen’ reinforces the statement further. I John 5:20: “… He is the true God and eternal life.” Jesus is thus God in person, and also eternal life in person! Hebrews 1:8 (citing Psalm 45:6, which says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever” and is here directly applied to Jesus): “But of the Son he says, ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever … .’” Revelation 1:8: Who is it that says of Himself in Revelation 1:8: “‘I am the Alpha and the Omega’ says the Lord God, ‘who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty’”? It is our returning Lord, and without a doubt that is Jesus! This means that Jesus is “the Lord God”, and Jesus is “the Almighty”! Jesus is “the Alpha and the Omega”—He is the beginning and the end! In Revelation 15:3, too, in a song of praise to the glory of God, Jesus is proclaimed as the Almighty God: “And they sing ... the song of the Lamb, saying, ‘Great and amazing are your deeds, O  Lord God the Almighty!’” Without Jesus, we don’t have God the Father! Some think it is enough to believe in God the Father, and to pray to Him. Is that what the Bible teaches though? A few passages shed light on that question. “That all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him” (John 5:23). “No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also” (I John 2:23). “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God” (John 3:18). Without Jesus, we don’t have eternal life! We can only get to God the Father and His heavenly kingdom through Jesus, our Lord. God himself decreed that we could only obtain eternal life through Jesus. That is why we read in Romans 3:25 (referring to the Lord Jesus Christ), “whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.” The New Testament emphasizes further: Jesus is the only way to the Father: “I (Jesus) am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). Jesus is the only mediator between God, the Father, and us: “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (I Timothy 2:5). Jesus is the only saviour: “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Let us reaffirm: In order to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven we need Jesus! No other way is possible. The question in our title, “Is Jesus really necessary?“ can therefore be answered with a definite YES—He is absolutely essential! Not one of the other so-called ‘saviours’ fulfills the necessary qualifications except Jesus. He is the one and only Saviour of the world. How do I cross the bridge? Back to the Parana bridge mentioned earlier, imagine a hiker who comes across the walkway leading to this bridge, a banner over it proclaiming it as ‘Jesus’. He has heard that there are other bridges. So he sets off downriver and finds several other walkways with labels such as: Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jehovah’s Witnesses ... . They all look as if crossing might be possible, yet after a few metres they each come to an end, and the other shore of the wide river remains out of reach. Then he finally decides to step onto the only actual bridge. In John 16:9 Jesus talks about the greatest transgression, which so many commit, namely the sin that “they do not believe in me”. This reflects the exclusionary nature of the Kingdom of God. Yet you can overcome this, even today, if—figuratively speaking—you were to right now walk across the bridge called ‘Jesus’. This means that you turn to Him in prayer and become a follower of His. In your own words, say a prayer similar to this one, addressing the Saviour, Jesus: “Lord Jesus Christ, I realize the lost situation I am in because until now I have lived and acted without you. I am deeply distressed about that and plead with you to help me. Please forgive all the wrong things I have done in my life. Till now, my way of life was wrong because I have lived for myself, but from now on I want to follow your path. I invite you to come into my life. Please give me a desire to read your Word and get to know ever more about you, and then help me put into practice what I learn. I thank you with my whole heart that you have freed me from all my sin and that because of you I can now be God’s child forever. Amen.” Werner Gitt, Ph.D.Director and Professor (retd.)www.wernergitt.de

Seit Menschengedenken zettelt der Mensch Kriege an. Betrachten wir die Geschichte, kommen wir zu dem Schluss: Irgendetwas stimmt hier nicht! Vorgaben für unser Leben finden wir in den Religionen und Ideologien dieser Welt. Doch funktionieren sie? Wie können wir das Virus in uns besiegen? Erfahren Sie mehr darüber in dieser Schrift! Is there a vaccine against war? For as long as anyone can remember, man has instigated the most terrible wars. If we look at human history, we can only come to the conclusion: Something is wrong here! And the scary thing is: we do not learn from it! The First World War was unsurpassable in its cruelty and cost the lives of about 17 million people. Young men and fathers of families jumped out of the trenches and stabbed other young men and fathers of families with bayonets, provided they reached the enemy trench despite the hail of bullets. Only twenty-one years later, it started again. The Second World War ended with the deaths of some 60 million people and unprecedented destructions of entire cities. And now we see the same inhumane picture in Syria and even in Europe. What is going on here? A mental virus Wars always start in the minds of some people. They clearly have a mental origin. Is it a kind of “mental virus” that constantly causes this devastating disease of “war”? Is this virus already within us? Many come home tired from work in the evening and watch the news. How does it continue afterwards? Often with some crime thrillers! And our young people spend a lot of time playing computer games. What do they play? It’s mainly about killing! Be it computer games or TV series – so often it’s about murder and manslaughter – mind you: for relaxation! The search for the vaccine To stay within this picture: as long as this virus exists, man was trying to find a suitable vaccine against it. This vaccine certainly is not a material vaccine. It must be a vaccine on the same level, i.e., a “mental vaccine”. This comprises two main categories: ideologies and religions. Religions are generally quite different in their appearance. Nevertheless, they have one aspect in common: religions always provide guidelines for people’s behaviour. These guidelines often include prayers, meditation and fasting instructions, liturgies, pilgrimages and many rules of conduct according to the respective religious norms. Their ultimate aim is to establish peace among men – if not in this life, then in the life beyond. It is similar with ideologies – such as conservatism, liberalism and socialism. Here, too, it is a matter of prescriptions concerning the behaviour of people. They also aim at peaceful coexistence. Conservatism is about holding on to traditional values and ideas. New developments are viewed rather critically. Conservatism calls for behaviour that is determined by social traditions, convictions and strong leaders. Liberalism, on the other hand, strives for a liberal economic, political and social order. It stands for self-determination, from which the behavioural concepts of modern democracy, including free competition, developed. Socialism tries to mitigate the social inequality that has arisen from this free competition, with the motto of equality, freedom and solidarity. To enforce this, there are also certain behavioural guidelines – in extreme form even up to an enforced levelling out of classes. However, all these well-intentioned “vaccines” did not bring immunity! Wars continue to occur in increasing numbers and brutality. Important to note: all these “vaccines” are “behaviour-based” vaccines. Based on an idea, tradition or set of values, they prescribe a certain behavioural framework. How effective are these vaccines? They all failed! The wars continue. The ultimate vaccine Given these facts, the real question is: Is there something wrong with the behavioural approach? Despite all the rules of behaviour, it seems that the nature of man always prevails. Despite humanistic ideals, corruption and exploitation occur again and again, and despite religious education, fraud and abuse abound. Despite attempts to abolish social ills and to level out class differences, we have witnessed horrific oppressions of entire nations. The Marxist-Leninist “vaccination” cost the lives of about 100 million people. Does the “mental virus” perhaps consist of the very nature of man? Indeed: if the supposed advantage only appears to be big enough, then lies, corruption and exploitation, oppression and wars abound, in spite of all the “vaccinations”. Obviously, this virus is the ego! And now it is clear why all behaviour-based vaccines fail: They do not fight the virus at all! They leave the nature of the human being unchanged! Shouldn’t we rather look for a “nature-based” vaccine instead of a behaviour-based one? Don’t we need a vaccine that somehow changes the human nature? Surprisingly, no philosophy, ideology or religion has yet come up with this idea. And yet: there is a one source of information on this planet that says exactly that. It teaches us: “Unless a new nature is born in you, you cannot experience life as it should be”. Or in another place: “No religious behaviour will help. What counts is a new creation.” And: “I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my nature into you and thereby make such people out of you who can keep my commandments – love, righteousness and truth.” Now wouldn’t that be the nature-based vaccination we are looking for? But who is speaking here? And what kind of information source is this? The answer is obvious, even if it may be unfamiliar to some: only the designer of the human being can change the nature of a human being. This is the information of the originator of man and the Creator of the universe! The ultimate vaccination But is such a vaccination possible that would cause an exchange of our human nature? This is exactly what this information source claims. But there is a problem: the ego-centered human being constantly violates the aforementioned qualities of the new nature: love, righteousness and truth. In the vast memory everyone has about all details of his life, these violations are stored under the term “guilt”. Clinging to this guilt would collide with the new nature. Therefore, this guilt must first be fully eliminated. However, there is a second problem: our source of information categorically asserts that no human being can bring about the elimination of his or her guilt by himself or herself - for example, by precisely following certain rules of conduct or by belonging to an institution. The reason for this is the following: As enormous as the creative power of the originator of this universe is, so unattainably high is his standard. No one can come close to this standard by any human effort whatsoever. But how then can the elimination of guilt be achieved? In principle, only one remains who could accomplish it: The Creator himself. And that is precisely the central statement of this source of information, the Bible. He does it! How he does it is quite easy to understand. The Creator had to do it where the guilt has accrued: not on the level of angels or animals, but on the level of man. And that means in a human being - who pays the debt in lieu of all human beings. You know it: that happened 2000 years ago. In Jesus Christ on the cross. How is this vaccine applied? Given the forgiveness of guilt achieved in this way, how does someone come to a personal experience of it? It is easy: through a simple act of faith. This can happen through a prayer such as the following: “Lord Jesus Christ, I come to you now. I confess to you that I have trespassed against your commands of love, truth and righteousness. Please forgive me my guilt. Thank you that this has now happened. And now come into my life. I entrust my life to you. Give me this new nature!” It is the experience of millions upon millions of people over the past 2000 years: With this prayer a new inner experience sets in that one did not have before. It is a sense of truth that is often gentle at first, but gradually becomes clearer and clearer: I have forgiveness of my guilt! I have become the being I was meant to be. I have come home. I have found the meaning of life. It is the experience of the unmitigated love of God. And gradually – this is a matter of growing up as a Christian – the behaviour changes more and more in the direction of overcoming the ego. The virus dies. We have seen: Behavioural rules are not enough to prevent people from inflicting suffering on each other again and again. What is needed is a change in the nature of the human being. The fact that this change is possible and can be experienced concretely is the real meaning of being a Christian. It is not about a religion in the sense that behavioural patterns are demanded of the old egoistic being that it can never completely fulfil. It is the experience of a new nature. That is the effect of this “vaccine against war”. Those who carry this new nature within them increasingly affect their environment with the qualities of this new nature: love, righteousness  and truth. Jesus teaches that this is how we become the light of the world. This maltreated world needs this light! Come to it! It is a simple step: Accept Jesus into your life through the prayer described above. About the author I was born in Namibia and studied physics in Göttingen/Germany and San Diego/USA. After working in the safety analysis of fast breeder reactors, I was employed for over 20 years in the international space company Astrium Space Transportation (now Airbus Defence & Space), recently as Deputy Chief Technical Officer (CTO), now retired. I am married and the father of two sons. After a long search for the meaning of life, I found it – to my great surprise – in the true sense of being a Christian. Obviously, it is my desire to pass on this information to all those who are also searching for the meaning of life. Dr. Albrecht Kellner

In unserer vom philosophischen Materialismus geprägten Zeit sind wir weithin in eine Denkfalle geraten, wonach es nur noch das geben darf, was aus der Materie abgeleitet werden kann. Wer aber die Bibel aufmerksam liest, stößt immer wieder auf Aussagen, die für uns im 21. Jahrhundert bei aller modernen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnis schwer verständlich sind. So heißt es z.B. in Psalm 139,5: „Von allen Seiten umgibst du mich und hältst deine Hand über mir.“ Werner Gitt erklärt in diesem Artikel, dass wir aus uns heraus den uns gegebenen Ereignishorizont nicht überwinden können, aber mit Gott gelingt es. Gott ist nicht an unsere dreidimensionale Welt gebunden. Die Bibel weist uns auf höhere Dimensionen hin. Dies erklärt, dass Gott auf übernatürliche Weise in unser Leben eingreifen kann. Sie zeigt uns aber auch, dass Gott uns einlädt zu ihm zu kommen und dass derjenige, der an Jesus glaubt, das ewige Leben hat. Jesus - Lord of Space and Time Horizons beyond the natural sciences Reading the Bible attentively, one repeatedly comes across passages which, despite all our modern scientific knowledge, are hard for us in the 21st century to understand: In Psalm 139:5 it says: “You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.” Someone reading the Bible in London sees that, and is glad that God surrounds him in this way. But a reader in Sydney—on the opposite half of our globe—reads the same verse and also believes the Word. How is it possible for God to be in all places simultaneously—even on the moon? After His Resurrection, locked doors and walls were no barrier for Jesus to enter the room in which his disciples had hidden, for in John 20:26 it says: “Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them [the disciples] and said …”. How can one imagine such a thing? Philosophical materialism in contrast to the Bible The thinking of our time has been strongly shaped by philosophical materialism. Our society has in fact largely been ensnared by it; only that which can be derived from the material—matter and energy—is permitted to exist. Reality is viewed as limited to our three-dimensional world. Thinking in this way consistently leads to godlessness and evolutionary belief. In the former Soviet Union, such thinking was mandated by the state. When the first Sputnik was launched into Earth orbit on 4 October 1957, Soviet propaganda proclaimed: “Sputnik has now finally abolished God from the scene” and “Dialectical materialism is now taking the place of faith”. Where did such ideas come from? People had been influenced by communist agitation. Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), one of the cofounders of communism, had taught: “The material world perceived by the senses, to which we ourselves belong, is the only reality.” By contrast, the Bible declares in 2 Corinthians 4:18: “For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” The Americans revealed their own space program some time later, and several of their astronauts professed to have exper­ienced the God of the Bible. James Irwin (1930–1991) was on the Apollo 15 mission from 26 July to 7 August 1971. He landed on the moon, and was the first person to drive a veh­icle on the moon. He described his experiences as follows: “We were on the moon for three days, and were only able to be there because God had permitted it. We also experienced substantial difficulties for which we were unprepared. In all these situations I always prayed, and the Lord helped.” How do such differing views come about? All this brings up further questions, including: Where is God, and why don’t we see Him? Can we explain the return of Jesus as an event simultaneously visible to all people on Earth? In the following, we will enable a new approach to key accounts in the Bible by elucidating two specialised scientific terms. These are the physical ‘event horizon’ and the mathematical ‘dimension’. Event horizon If we observe a star with an optical telescope, the light beam is noticeably deflected as it passes a large mass. The highest density of matter in our universe is found inside a ‘black hole’. If we could compress our Earth to be the same density, it would shrink down to a sphere only one centimetre in diameter. The closer a light ray passes by a black hole, the stronger it is deflected towards it. Between the point of deflection and the total disappearance of the light ray into the black hole is a boundary region in which the beam is forced into an orbit around the black hole. Inside this region is the ‘event horizon’, so-called because everything which takes place beyond (inside) it is in principle neither discernible nor measur­able, and so no longer accessible to scientific research. No light can escape the black hole through this event horizon; it would be turned back on itself. Dimension N dimensions is the number of coordinate axes spanning a geometric space. A point does not extend in any direction and thus has zero dimensions (figure 1). One-dimensional space extends in only one direction, the x direction. We refer to a designated segment in this ‘space’ as having the property of length. Because a surface has two possible directions of extension, it is a two-dimensional entity, which can be described by way of an x-y coordinate system. The outline of a regular figure (e.g. triangle) can be determined using specifications of length and width. By adding a further vertical axis z to the x-y system, we have established the third dimension. Length, width and height then determine the measurements of a three-dimensional body. The three existing axes are all perpendicular to one another; to these we now add a fourth coordinate axis, u, which is also perpendicular to all three of the others. Our ability to imagine this spatially has already come to an end, even though the mathematical formulae cope with it effortlessly. A body in this fourth dimension has the dimensions of length, breadth, height and depth. Is it realistic to assume the existence of a fourth dimension? In the New Testament we find a clear confirmation: “… [that you] may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth” (Ephesians 3:18). Higher dimensions in the Bible Looking into the Bible with these considerations in mind, we surprisingly come across many analogies to higher-­dimensional spaces. God, Jesus, and the world of the heavenly angels exist outside of our third dimension—in which one, we do not know. The first such characteristic we encounter is permeation. We saw that in Psalm 139, the Psalmist refers to how God is all around him in whatever place he might be. In verses 5–10 he says of God, “You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. ... where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! ... If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there ... your right hand shall hold me.” This affirms that God completely surrounds and permeates all aspects of our world. That is only possible if God lives in a higher dimension. In Acts 17:28 we are told: “In him [God] we live and move and have our being”. Considered spatially, we are thus localized in God; He surrounds and permeates us completely. No one can escape God God further tells us in Jeremiah 23:24: “Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.” There is no place on this earth or indeed in the entire universe where we can hide from Him; He is present everywhere and sees us. This is why in Genesis 16:13, God is called “the God of seeing” or “the God who [always] sees”. In our earlier contemplation of two-dimensional beings, we recognized that from our viewpoint, they could neither flee nor hide from us. This is why we saw from Psalm 139 earlier that whether we are in the depths of the sea or on the highest mountain peak, or in outer space, God is also there—we cannot escape from Him. Overcoming the event horizon We could never surmount the ‘event horizon’ between our dimension and God’s in and of ourselves, but with God that can happen. The Bible contains several reports of how individuals temporarily overcame this event horizon. Acts 7:55 speaks of this in connection with the stoning of Stephen: “But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.” The Lord had opened Stephen’s eyes such that he was able to see into the higher dimension of God. The ‘curtain of the event horizon’ had been drawn aside for him, so that from where he stood before the gates of Jerusalem he could look directly into Heaven. Heaven is thus not somewhere beyond the universe, but directly all around us, though in another dimension. The Resurrection of Jesus After His Resurrection, the body of Jesus was not compar­able to our body any more. It was no longer constrained to the third dimension, but it could appear in our dimension at will, and transfer again to the heavenly dimension. The philosopher Martin Heidegger, who was not arguing from the standpoint of belief, correctly affirmed: “If Jesus of Nazareth rose from the dead, then every scientific finding is only provisional.“ He recognised that if Jesus really did rise from the dead, all our scientific knowledge can never be the be-all and end-all of understanding. In 1 Corinthians 15:6 Paul tells us: ”Then he (= Jesus) appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time“. In the original Greek, this is expressed even more precisely as: ”He was made visible“. This means that Jesus was present before that, too; it’s just that He had then been made visible in our dimension. The Ascension of Jesus Mark 16:19 attests to Jesus’ ascension into Heaven: “So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.” So Jesus was merely taken up into the dimension that for us is still invisible. In Acts 1:9 we read: “And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.” And then the angels said (v. 11): “This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” Here the key phrase is “in the same way”, i.e. transiting between dimensions. He will emerge from the other dimension and will be visible to all people at the same time, regardless whether we live in America or Australia, or in China or Germany. The Return of Jesus According to Matthew 24:27 the return of Jesus will be a sudden event: “For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.” The Lord will be instantly and simultaneously visible to all people. Even someone who at that moment finds themselves 1000 metres below the earth’s surface in a salt mine will see Him. There will be no barrier to His visibility. It will be as at Jesus’ ascension: ”And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory” (Matthew 24:30). Luke’s gospel makes it clear that at the time of the Lord’s return, on one side of the globe it will be day, and on its opposite side, night: “I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left“ (Luke 17:34–35). How precise the Bible is! The task of grinding is normally done in the day. It will be simultaneously night and day; which it is for us will depend on which part of the rotating earth we find ourselves upon at that moment. A new home for us In John 14:2 Jesus says to His followers: “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?“ These are situated beyond our dimension, and are planned by Jesus as eternal abodes in the heavenly world. His statement “Come to me“ (Matthew 11:28) invites us all to be there. There is only one way that leads to this house of the Father, and that is Jesus: “Whoever believes in the Son [of God] has eternal life“ (John 3:36a). The second part of this verse does not shrink from presenting the alternative: “Whoever does not obey the Son shall not see [eternal] life, but the wrath of God remains on him“ (3:36b). Director and Professor (retired) Dr Werner Gitt Ph.D. Information scientist

Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt erklärt in dieser Schrift den Heilsplan Gottes - angefangen bei der Geburt Jesu (Krippe), über seinen Tod (Kreuz), bis hin zur Entrückung und ewigen Herrlichkeit (Krone). Gott schuf Abhilfe für die "Urkatastrophe" der Menschheit, den Sündenfall. Wie in der Bibel vorhergesagt, sandte er seinen Sohn auf die Erde. "Nie aber hat die Welt einen Gott gesehen - bis es Weihnachten wurde." Das Kreuz wurde für Kritiker zum Anstoß. Sie verstehen nicht, wie ein "Hinrichtungsinstrument" zum Zentrum eines Glaubens werden kann. Prof. Dr. Gitt sieht diese Kritik als Indiz, dass die Menschen ihr Sündenbewusstsein verloren haben: Es gab keinen anderen Weg für die Rettung des Menschen, weil die Trennung zwischen Gott und uns durch die Sünde so groß ist. Wenn Jesus einmal wieder kommt, wird man ihn als König erkennen. Dann wird die Menschheit zweigeteilt sein in Angenommene und Verworfene. Für diejenigen, die Jesus in ihr Leben aufnehmen wollen, gibt es ein vorformuliertes Gebet, das ihnen dabei hilft. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! Crib, Cross and Crown The Original Catastrophe Again and again our world is ravaged by catastrophes. Some 160 thousand people died as a result of the tsunami in December 2004, the loss of the Titanic cost 1522 lives and the Second World War left 50 million people dead. The original catastrophe, however, was the Fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden. This is the reason for all other catastrophes that have befallen the world. Sin brought about the separation of man from God. Without God man was drawn into everlasting damnation. Were God to allow just one sin into Heaven, suffering and death would enter. That is not God’s will. It breaks God’s heart that man whom He has created and whom He loves has turned away from Him and handed himself over to death. Oh, how dreadful! As the proverb says, “There is no cure for death”. Not even a herb from the Garden of Eden. But maybe God has a remedy!? God’s remedy – He sent His Son God had a plan for salvation even in the Garden of Eden and He announced it, although in a very encrypted manner, immediately after the Fall: “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel” (Genesis 3:15). A never ending chain of prophetic statements points again and again to the coming Saviour, e.g.: “A Star shall come out of Jacob: a Sceptre (i.e. a symbol of sovereignty) shall rise out of Israel” (Numbers 24:17). “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting” (Micah 5:2). The very last announcement of the Saviour was delivered by an angel as he revealed to Joseph the birth and the name of the Holy Child: “Mary, your wife … will bring forth a Son and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:20-21). In the course of history many people have walked this earth who have made a name for themselves among men, such as emperors and kings, poets and philosophers, gurus and magicians, good people, and evil people. Never before had the world seen a god until the first Christmas. The child in the crib is not a god as the Greeks imagined on Mount Olympus or the Germanic tribes in Valhalla. He is the Only One who could say: I am the Creator through Whom everything was made (John 1:1&3); “I am the Truth” (John 14:6); “I am the good shepherd” (John 10:11); “I am the door” (to Heaven) (John 10:7). Which way did He choose to come into this world? Did He arrive with drums and trumpets or roars of thunder? Did He come with the Heavenly hosts? No! God chose an unmarried woman from Israel, Mary, who found favour in His eyes to bring the Son of God into the world. With this He even surprised the Jews, who knew, for example, the following prophetic words about their Messiah: “Behold, your King is coming to you” (Zechariah 9:9) or “He will break all kingdoms in pieces” (Daniel 2:44). For this reason they did not expect a child in a manger but a king! He was supposed to appear with power and drive the Romans from Israel, set up residence in Jerusalem and nominate the high priests and scribes as His ministers. But Jesus did not come in this way, so the Jews rejected Him. They had overlooked those passages of Scripture, which prophesied His first coming as a child. “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given” (Isaiah 9:6). It depends on Him alone whether we spend eternity in Heaven or in Hell. This Messiah may be characterised by the “3 Cs”: Crib (This first C symbolises the coming of Jesus into the world.) Cross (This C symbolises our salvation through the death of Jesus on the cross.) Crown (This C symbolises the reign of Jesus on His Second Coming as King.) No cross without the crib! No crown without the cross! Without the crib and without the cross no Heaven for us! Therefore, there had to be Christmas first! What is irritating about the cross? Critics of the Christian faith repeatedly ask, “Why this brutal death on the cross? In your faith everything revolves around an instrument of execution. Could God not have chosen a gentler way to reconcile mankind to Himself? Why was the path of reconciliation paved with death, agony, tears, and grief? Could it not have been accomplished in a nicer, more aesthetic and elegant way? Could God not have turned a blind eye to our human shortcomings?” All the “whys” are irrelevant because they belittle sin. That seems to me to be the sickness of our times. Only the cross shows us what no philosopher nor scholar can: The cross shows us how deep the abyss is between God and man because of sin. This abyss is so immeasurably deep that Hell is the consequence (Matthew 25:46). The cross gives us a realistic view of how far God, in His love for us, was prepared to go. He went so far as to tear from His heart that which was most beloved to Him, His Son Jesus. The cross of Jesus is God’s deepest humiliation. The Creator of the universe and of all life allows Himself, without resistance, to be executed like a criminal. What a high price for sin! But through this Jesus can invite every sinner unto Himself. “… the one, who comes to Me, I will by no means cast out” (John 6:37). It is also true, though, that whosoever does not come is lost, and lost forever! The cross also marks the end of all human ways of salvation. For this reason Jesus could exclusively declare, “No-one comes to the Father, except through Me” (John 14:6). In the face of the cross all religions are only a glittering “Fata Morgana” in the desert of lost mankind. The message of Christmas is, together with the message of the cross, a unique message of salvation: “For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost” (Matthew 18:11). He will come again Jesus will come into this world a second time, though no longer as a child in the manger, but as King, Judge, and World Ruler. In Matthew 24:30 He clearly promises this event. “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in Heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of Heaven with power and great glory.” What a reason for joy! The Creator of the world appears! The Saviour of the world comes! Why then is it written in Revelation 1:7 that all tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him? Why do they cry out to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him …!” (Revelation 6:16)? Many have heard of the necessary decision for this Jesus during their lifetime, but have said, “No!” Now they are lost and there is no way back. It is irrevocably too late. This is the reason why they cry and mourn. Most people walk their paths without Jesus. Their imagination knows no bounds. For example, the well-known American actress Shirley MacLaine, who lives on a ranch with her dog, said, “With my dog, Terry, I even have my own god at my side, for he is a reincarnation of the Egyptian god Anubis who has the appearance of a dog. It may sound strange, but Terry and I have had at least one life together in ancient Egypt. He as an animal god and I as a princess. Now life has again brought us together.” Jesus will come again visibly. “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they, who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him”, writes John in Revelation 1:7. When Neil A. Armstrong, as the first human being to do so, set foot on the moon on July 20th, 1969, 500 million people watched this event on television. The British Princess Diana lost her life in a traffic accident. On September 6th, 1997 her funeral in London, the then largest of all time, was watched by 2500 million people or 40 % of the world’s population. This entered the history books as the first “global funeral”. But no camera will be necessary for the Coming of Jesus. All of mankind will experience this “live”, the greatest event of world history. Jesus will be visible for everyone. This will not only be true for the world’s population at that time, but also for all past generations as well as for all readers of this article. Then there will only be one question to be answered, “To which group do I belong, to the saved or the lost?” Jesus will come again suddenly. “For as the lightening comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be” (Matthew 24:27). In a single moment He will be seen simultaneously across the entire earth. At which time of day will this be? We find the answer in Luke 17:43, “… in that night there will be two men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left.” So at night then!? But two verses on it is written, “two men will be in the field (i.e. during the day) the one will be taken, the other left.” I do not know whether Columbus, the discoverer of America, knew this text. If he did, he could have drawn the following conclusions: if the Second Coming will take place in a single moment and the Bible describes both a day and night situation then this is only possible on a sphere. I can thereby sail to the west and still arrive in the east. It is of note that the evangelist Luke wrote these words at a time when the majority of mankind had no idea that the earth was round. These two verses highlight a further essential point. At the Second Coming there will be a separation of mankind into two groups; those who will be saved and those who will be lost. With that the true problem of mankind is addressed. Only one question counts, “Do I belong to the saved ones or the lost ones?” Already decided? God created all men as personalities equipped with a free will. This clearly distinguishes us from animals. This free will allows us to either distance ourselves from God or draw closer to Him. God has done everything in Christ to show us the way to Heaven. Nevertheless the Bible teaches clearly and warningly that not all choose the path of salvation. What could God do? Were He to take away our free will, He would rob us of our personality. We would be machines, puppets, or robots merely executing their specific programs. The will is an important part of our personality in this world as in the next. Our choice, therefore, determines our eternal destination. Are we prepared for this coming day? In the parable of the ten virgins our Lord Jesus urges us to be ready. He asks us to consider that all ten were “truly faithful”. They firmly believed that the wedding would take place! Nevertheless, not all of them acted according to their faith. And only five reached the destination. To those who were not ready Jesus said, “I do not know you” (Matthew 25:12). With that they lost out on a whole eternity. It came about as Heinrich Kemner once said, “You can also sleep yourself into Hell!” “Believers” who only accept facts, but never apply them to their personal lives, gamble with their eternal life. All three or none Every year at Christmas many enjoy celebrating the baby Jesus in the manger. It often stops there. But the “3 Cs” are inseparable. The crib is part of Jesus becoming man, the cross part of His suffering followed by the victory of His ascension, and the crown part of His Kingdom that will be revealed to all at His Second Coming. From the beginning of time this was God’s plan of salvation from the original catastrophe of this world. The last catastrophe, which those without Jesus will experience, is Hell. Unfortunately it will cost more lives than all catastrophes in history and this death will last forever. Yet at Christmas, but not only then, God asks us individually whether we want to accept the gift of “Crib, Cross and Crown”. Say “Yes”, accept the forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ and confirm it with a prayer! Your prayer might resemble the following: “Lord Jesus, I have read that I can only enter Heaven through You. I want to be with You in Heaven one day. Please save me from Hell, the place I deserve to go to as a result of all my sins. Because You love me so much You died for me on the cross and took upon Yourself the punishment for my sins. You see all my wrongdoings since my childhood. You know every sin I have committed, not only those which I can remember, but also those that I have long forgotten. You know every desire of my heart. In front of You I am like an open book. I beg You to forgive me my sins, which I deeply regret. Please come into my life now and make it new. Help me to give up all that is not right in Your eyes. Bestow me with new habits, which You can bless. Help me to understand Your Word, the Bible. Help me to understand what You are saying to me and give me an obedient heart so that I may do what pleases You. From now on You shall be my Lord. I want to follow You. Please show me the way I should go in all walks of my life. I thank you for hearing my prayer that I may now be a child of God who, one day, will be with You in Heaven. Amen.” Dr. Werner GittDirector and Professor (retired)Information Scientist

Abgesehen von den derzeit alles überragenden Themen Coronakrise und Klimawandel wird kaum einer anderen langlebigen Idee so viel Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet wie der Frage, ob es irgendwo in den Weiten des Universums wohl auch noch Leben gibt. Beflügelt durch die Evolutionstheorie glaubt man weithin, dass Leben von alleine entstehen kann, wenn nur die geeigneten physikalischen und chemischen Bedingungen erfüllt sind. Die ständig wachsende Zahl von neu entdeckten Exoplaneten fördert die Spekulationen über extraterrestrisches (außerirdisches) Leben. Aus naturwissenschaftlicher und biblischer Sicht wird in dieser Schrift geprüft, ob diese Hoffnung eine Berechtigung hat.  Is there Life in the Universe? Other than the coronavirus pandemic or climate change, it’s likely nothing gets as much attention as the question of whether there might be life in the universe beyond Earth, somewhere in the vastness of space. Spurred on by evolutionary theory, it is widely believed that life can arise by itself, provided only that the appropriate physical and chemical requirements are present. The constantly growing number of newly discovered exoplanets further promotes this speculation about alien (extraterrestrial) life. Let’s examine—from a scientific and biblical perspective—whether this hope is justified. 1. An old idea with a new impetus Belief in the possible existence of extraterrestrial life forms, based on mythical imaginings, stems from antiquity. In the 17th century, the renowned Dutch astronomer and mathematician Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695) thought that the existence of extraterrestrial life was more than plausible. As the cofounder of probability theory, he maintained that life in other parts of the universe was more probable than the alternative, that there was none. His notion of ‘reasonable conjectures’ has influenced natural philosophy up to the present day. Speculations about extraterrestrial life received a strong boost in the second half of the 19th century, as Darwin’s theory of evolution became increasingly popular. In modern form, this holds that through natural processes of mutation and selection, life on Earth has developed over billions of years from very simple life forms to ever increasing variety and higher complexity—and eventually also to intelligence. It has achieved the status of an all-conquering worldview. This readily leads to the notion that there could have been a comparable development on some other planet in the universe. Till recently, though, it was not clear whether other suns in the universe had planets like those of our own sun. For many years, astronomers assumed that the planets circling our sun could well be the only ones in the universe. The idea of life elsewhere in the universe received a big further boost when it became possible for the first time to identify an exoplanet, that is, one outside of our solar system. When it comes to speculations about extraterrestrial life, planet-hunters undoubtedly hold a trump card; their announcements are certain to attract great attention. It was the two Swiss astronomers from the University of Geneva, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, who observed tiny wobbles in the motion of a star. From this, one could assume that the gravitational force from another heavenly body was affecting the star. They discovered something hitherto unknown, namely that this wobbling was from a planet orbiting a sunlike star. 6 October 1995 became a special day in the history of astronomy, as Mayor and Queloz announced they had discovered the first star—outside of our sun—which had a planet orbiting it. The discovery of the exoplanet 51 Pegasi b was a landmark breakthrough in the history of astronomical research. For this first-ever discovery of an exoplanet, the two astronomers received the Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm, on 8 October 2019. The sunlike yellow dwarf star 51 Pegasi, with its exoplanet 51 Pegasi b, is found in the constellation of Pegasus, and is about 40 light-years from Earth.  This planet is probably a hot gas giant, or ‘hot Jupiter’ as similar exoplanets are known. Its radius is nearly twice as big as Jupiter but it has only half the mass. Since it orbits 51 Pegasi in only 4.2 Earth-days, it’s significantly closer than Mercury is to our sun. Its surface temperature has been estimated to be a searing 980 degrees Celsius. The ‘b’ in the planetary name 51 Pegasi b means that this was the first planet discovered to be orbiting its parent star 51 Pegasi. If this star turned out to have more exoplanets, these would be named ‘c‘, ‘d‘, and so on, in chronological order of discovery. Since the discovery of the first exoplanet, astronomers have been on somewhat of a frenzied hunt for additional examples. With this fevered search for further exoplanets in full swing, it is as if astronomy has a new reigning discipline. The strong motivation and inspiration for this work is the thought of finding life somewhere else in the universe. 51 Pegasi b was discovered through the so-called radial velocity method. Under the influence of gravity, the star and planet move around their common centre of mass. Because of its substantially greater mass, the star moves to a much lesser extent than the planet. These movements allow us to deduce the existence of the planet. The most frequently employed method of tracking exoplanets is the transit method. If the orbital path of the planet from the viewpoint of the earth lies exactly in front of the star, then as the planet passes (transits) between the earth and the star, the star’s brightness will be very slightly dimmed. Only high-precision photometry can reveal when the exoplanet passes in front of its central star. As at 11 May 2019, 4,062 exoplanets in 3,038 systems had already become known. Since the first exoplanet discovery, the number discovered every year has been steadily rising, as the following examples show: 2000 (22), 2002 (31), 2007 (60), 2010 (126), 2013 (199), 2014 (846), 2016 (1,474). The number and variety of these planets is in excess of anything predicted by models of planetary formation. So we can anticipate ongoing discoveries that will further increase their number. As the count rises, so too does the euphoria in anticipation of soon finding an Earth-like planet that is host to life. 2. EXOPLANETS IN THE HABITABLE ZONE ARE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST Exoplanets which lie in the so-called habitable zone are like a high-carat diamond to prospectors. The notion of this livable zone refers to the range of distance a planet must be from its central star to enable the sustained existence of liquid water. This ring-shaped habitable zone encircles the star at a distance that varies depending on star type and luminosity. In our solar system, this habitable zone is between about 0.95 and 1.6 astronomical units (AU). 1 AU (149,597,870.7 km) is the distance from the sun to the earth, so we are right within this zone of life—a stroke of luck for us, astronomers say. Other parameters thought necessary to permit Earth-like life on the surface of an exoplanet involve climatic conditions in addition to liquid water. It was previously thought that habitable zones were only possible for stars with a similar size to our sun. More recently, red dwarfs are also included in such considerations. But that leads to a different problem: For stars with under 0.5 solar masses, the zone of sufficient energy is so close to the star that the rotation of the planet becomes synchronised with its orbital period. So the same side of the planet will always face its central star, resulting in no alternation of night and day. This means one side will be intolerably hot, while the other is freezing cold. Earth Similarity Index (ESI): This scale from 0 to 1 rates how similar a celestial body is to Earth, whereby a value of 1 corresponds to Earth. Developed for planets and exoplanets, the score is calculated from the radius, density, cosmic velocity and surface temperature. In our solar system, the highest value other than Earth is Mars at 0.697. Rocky planets with a solid surface, and which also have sufficient gravity to form a spherical shape, are called Earth-like planets. Because of limitations in the accuracy and capabilities of the measuring process, determining whether an exoplanet is Earth-like is difficult.  3. EXAMPLES OF EARTH-LIKE EXOPLANETS Kepler-186f orbits a red dwarf about 490 light-years away, in the constellation Cygnus. Among the six planets detected around the star to date, Kepler-186f qualifies as Earth-like. Its mass and also its radius are some 1.1 times that of Earth. It takes 130 Earth-days to completely orbit its central star. Though its distance from the star is significantly less than that of the earth from the sun, it receives correspondingly less energy by comparison, and thus probably lies right at the outer edge of the star’s habitable zone. Kepler-452b was discovered in July 2015 as an exoplanet of the star Kepler-452, a yellow dwarf 1,800 light-years from Earth, again in the constellation Cygnus. It has an orbital period of 385 Earth-days. Its diameter is 60 % greater than that of Earth and it has double the gravitational force. Its star is very much like our sun, and Kepler-452b is regarded as one of the most Earth-like planets. The Trappist-1 system: The Trappist-1 star system[1], a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earh in the constellation Aquarius, contains in total seven Earth-like planets, whose masses and diameters resemble that of Earth and on which there could be liquid water. The central star is a low-mass red dwarf. NASA believes that the planets Trappist-1 e, f and g are in the habitable zone. Astronomer Michaël Gillon was involved with the discovery, and sees systems like Trappist-1 as the most auspicious candidates for possible life. K2-18b, an exoplanet 124 light-years from us and discovered in 2015, is rated as the hitherto most promising candidate in the search for life outside of our solar system; its trajectory is within the life-friendly zone. The central star is a red dwarf in the constellation Leo. Planets that are two to ten times the mass of Earth are called superearths by astronomers. K2-18b has eight times the mass of Earth and is about twice its size. It orbits its red dwarf star with an orbital period of 33 days and thus—as seen from Earth—regularly transits its central star. In 2019, with the aid of the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers were able to demonstrate water in the atmosphere of K2-18b, the first time for any exoplanet. With all the discoveries of exoplanets to date, it can be said that so far not a single one has been found that even comes close to exhibiting all the conditions that are realised on our Earth. Based on many parameters, our planet is optimally designed for life. We will here name only twelve among many further necessary conditions:[2] 1.            The right distance to the sun 2.            The right speed of rotation 3.            The right length of year 4.            The right inclination of the earth’s axis 5.            The right mass and size 6.            The unique composition of the earth’s atmosphere 7.            The right density of the atmosphere 8.            The indispensable ozone layer 9.            The right magnetic field 10.          The right moon size 11.          The right distribution of land and sea 12.          The necessary mineral resources That such a planet could form by chance mechanisms can be ruled out on statistical grounds. Given all the above facts, the question is, whether there could be life somewhere else in the universe. We will seek to answer this from two perspectives—from a scientific and biblical viewpoint. 4. LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE?— A SCIENTIFIC VIEWPOINT It‘s notable that all of the conditions for life put forward by astronomers and planetologists exclusively involve material quantities like e.g. gravitational force, surface temperature, the existence of water, and an atmosphere. This reflects a captivity to the constraints of evolutionary thinking, with its commitment to materialism. But even if all the material preconditions were ideally fulfilled, life could never arise, because the most important ingredient of all—information—would be missing.  The Natural Laws of Information give us a certain answer to whether life could even develop in a purely material system. Information is the non-material basis of all conceivable forms of life, since it is required for the storage of all body plans and their transmission to the next generation. The four Natural Laws of Information (NLI)[3] are: NLI-1:    A material entity cannot give rise to a non-material entity. NLI-2:    Information is a non-material entity. NLI-3:    No information can arise in stochastic processes (= events without guiding intelligence). NLI-4:                    Information can only arise through an intelligent source (sender). Proofs come in two forms; soft proofs like historical or legal documentation, which are potentially refutable—and hard (irrefutable) proofs, known only from mathematics and natural (scientific) laws. Thus the natural law NLI-4 is a hard proof for the fact that even in the presence of all favourable material preconditions, information can never arise without an intelligent sender.[4] Scientifically, this is the DEATH KNELL of evolutionary theory. In order to be able to speak of a truly living thing, there is also a further non-material factor that comes into the picture—namely life. Life is the state that all living creatures have in common which distinguishes them from dead matter. The essence of life—that which makes something ‘alive’—is, like information, a non-material entity. Let’s call this non-material property ‘aliveness’ for want of a better English word. For living things we can formulate the following natural laws of life (NLL): NLL-1:   ‘Aliveness’ is a non-material pro­perty. NLL-2:   ‘Aliveness’ is that property which defines the difference between life and death. The French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur is the source of the dictum, proven millions of times over: Vivum ex vivo—life can only come from life. With this we come to the third law: NLL-3:   Something which is alive cannot arise by itself from matter; its origin requires a non-material source, a source of life.  This source cannot itself be material; rather, this demands an intelligent and life-giving source. Who this source is cannot be answered scientifically. For this we need a higher source of information, which we will use in what follows. 5. LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE?— A BIBLICAL VIEWPOINT The statement of the law NLL-3 matches the Bible. Where science is powerless to reach a conclusion, the Bible enables us to fill in the blanks.[5] Psalm 36:9 states: “With you is the fountain (source) of life”, and in John 14:6 Jesus says of Himself: “I am ... the life”. Since no life can arise without the Creator, this also means that life cannot arise by itself anywhere else in the universe—not in any habitable zone, nor on any Earth-like planet—even if one of them were to exhibit the identical atmospheric and planetary conditions to those we know from our own Earth. So now there only remains the question of whether God could have established life somewhere else in the universe other than Earth. The Bible does not give a direct answer to this, but—as is so often the case—we can deduce a clear answer from the total testimony of the Bible. God at first created only a water-covered Earth hanging free in space. It was only on the fourth creation day that God supplemented His work by way of the sun, moon and stars (Genesis 1:16). Their task was “to give light on the earth“ (v. 17), i.e. their purpose was not to host other realms of life, but rather everything was made for mankind. In association with Earth’s orbit and rotation, they were to effect the alternation of day and night, as well as to serve as markers of time and seasons (v. 14). The stars of the heavens also have the important purpose of proclaiming to us the glory of God and His creative power (Psalm 19:1; Romans 1:20). The Bible also speaks of the future of the universe (e.g. the return of Jesus, the end of the world). Everything will one day be rolled up like an aged garment (Isaiah 34:4; Revelation 6:14, Hebrews 1:12). Had God created life elsewhere as well, He would be automatically destroying its abode in the process. Briefly summarised: The natural laws of information exclude the idea of life originating by evolution. Such ideas are also foreign to the Bible from the outset. From the overall context of the Bible, we can conclude that God did not create life in the universe other than on Earth. 6. LIFE BEYOND TIME AND SPACE From both the Bible and science we can confidently assume that there is no life on any other planet in our universe. There is, nonetheless, life beyond time and space, referring to those spatial dimensions that go beyond our three-dimensional world. God, Jesus, and the world of heavenly angels are in a dimension beyond our own; which dimension that is, we do not know. This reality, not visible to us, is supported by numerous biblical passages. In Psalm 139:7–10 the Psalmist asks: “Where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I … dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.” Two verses earlier, he says, “You hem me in [surround me completely], behind and before” (v. 5). Wherever we might be, God is there, literally surrounding us on all sides. This makes complete sense if God exists in a higher dimension that permeates our own. God further tells us in Jeremiah 23:24: “Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.“ There is no place on Earth nor anywhere in the universe where we can hide from Him; He is present everywhere and sees us. For more details on this, see the video “Jesus beyond space and time”:  wernergitt.com/space-and-time 7. OVERCOMING THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL No matter how far we were to travel into this universe using superfast rockets, we would not be able to escape or overcome the limitations of our three dimensions. But with God it is possible. The Bible more than once provides examples of how, on occasions, individual persons were able to overcome this barrier: 7.1 Stephen’s view of Heaven Acts 7:55–56  speaks of this in connection with the stoning of Stephen: “But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said, ‘Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.’” God had opened Stephen’s eyes in such a way that he could see into the higher dimension of God. The ‘curtain of the event horizon’ was drawn aside just for him, so that from his standpoint before the gates of Jerusalem, he could see directly into Heaven. Heaven is thus not somewhere beyond the universe, but directly around us, though in another dimension.  7.2 The resurrection of Jesus After His resurrection, the body of Jesus was no longer comparable to our own. He was not bound to the three-dimensional anymore, but could rather appear at will in our 3-D world, then shift to the heavenly dimension again. The philosopher Martin Hei­degger, who was not arguing from the standpoint of belief, correctly affirmed: “If Jesus of Nazareth rose from the dead, then every scientific finding is only provisional.” He had recognised that if Jesus really did rise from the dead, all our scientific knowledge can never be the be-all and end-all of understanding. In 1 Corinthians 15:6 Paul tells us: “Then he (= Jesus) appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time.“ In the original Greek, this occurrence is expressed even more precisely: “He was made visible.“ This means that Jesus was present before that, too; it’s just that He had then been made visible in our dimension. 7.3 The ascension of Jesus The ascension of Jesus is another instance of where our three-dimensional world was overcome: “So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.“ (Mark 16:19). Jesus was taken into a dimension which is still invisible to us. In Acts 1:9 we read: “And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.“  And then the angels said (v. 11): “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”  Here the key phrase is “in the same way“, i.e. transiting between dimensions. At His return, He will emerge from the heavenly dimension and be simultaneously visible to all people, regardless of whether we live in Germany, Australia, China or America. 7.4 The return of Jesus Until recently in the media, the overwhelming theme dominating all others was the ‘climate catastrophe’. Panic is taking hold in all nations. Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, is invited to address the UN in September 2019 with an emotional lament that young people are being robbed of their future, and is awarded the ‘alternative Nobel prize‘. In their models, scientists calculate the impending catastrophic rise in temperature, the melting of the ice and the rise of the sea level.  None of these scenarios of the future even mentions the greatest future happening of all—the return of Jesus. The real plight of our time is that this, the world’s greatest ever and soon-coming event, is largely concealed and ignored. What a shock it will be for all who have lived without Jesus, to then see Him, suddenly and completely  unexpectedly, appear in the clouds of the sky as judge of all the world! According to Matthew 24:27 the return of Jesus will take place in an instant—from one second to the next: “For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.“ The Lord will be instantly and simultaneously visible to all people. Even someone who at that moment finds themselves 1000 metres below the earth’s surface in a salt mine will see Him. There will be no barrier to His visibility. It will be as Jesus said at His ascension: “And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory” (Matthew 24:30). Luke’s gospel makes it clear that at the time of the Lord’s return, on one side of the globe it will be day, and on its opposite side, night: “I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left” (Luke 17:34–35).  How precise the Bible is! The task of grinding is normally done in the day. It will be simultaneously night and day; which it is for us will depend on which part of the rotating earth we find ourselves upon at that moment. Those who follow the conspiracy theory that, despite all the certain conclusions from both science and the Bible, we live on a flat earth, should also take note. 8. A NEW HOME FOR US In John 14:2 Jesus says to His followers: “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?“ These are situated beyond our dimension, and are planned by Jesus as eternal abodes in the heavenly world. His statement “Come to me“ (Matthew 11:28) invites us all to be there. There is only one way that leads to this house of the Father, and that is Jesus: “Whoever believes in the Son (of God) has eternal life“ (John 3:36a). The second part of this verse does not shrink from presenting the alternative: “Whoever does not obey the Son shall not see [eternal] life, but the wrath of God remains on him“ (3:36b). Wise counsel here can only be: Turn today to this eternal king and saviour, Jesus Christ, and invite Him in a prayer to take over the direction of your life. Then follow Him in consequence, by doing that which the biblical Word tells you. We invite you to make use of the offers on the accompanying coupon. They will help you to learn more about life with Jesus Christ. Director and Professor (retired) Dr Werner Gitt Ph.D.   [1]              solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/335/10-things-all-about-trappist-1/ [2]              W. Gitt: Stars and their Purpose–Signposts in Space, CLV-Verlag, 2nd English edition 2000, pp. 141–153. Free download: clv.de/index.php?cl=details&anid=1486 [3]              W. Gitt with B. Compton and J. Fernandez: Without Excuse—Information: the Key of Life, Creation Book Publishers, 1st edition 2011, pp. 124–129. [4]              Of course, information can be transmitted via an existing programmed mechanism, as when an organism generates a copy of itself. But such programming is never seen to arise spontaneously. It requires intelligence—either the direct action of a sender or in the form of a program that itself originated from either a sender or from a chain of programs in which the first link required a sender.  [5]              On the basis of the over 3,000 fulfilled prophecies in the Bible its truth can be mathematically demonstrated. This prophetic-mathematical proof of God is comprehensively presented in ref. 3, pp. 211–219.

Die Verteilschrift „Reise ohne Rückkehr“ von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt zur enthält die Botschaft von zwei Zügen, die unterwegs sind Richtung Ewigkeit. Der „Lebenszug“, hat den Himmel als Ziel, der „Todeszug“ dagegen fährt in die ewige Verdammnis. Jeder wird eingeladen, vom Todeszug in den Lebenszug umzusteigen. Dies ist möglich für den, der Vergebung seiner Sünden durch Jesus Christus bekommt und ihn als Retter seines Lebens im Glauben annimmt. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! One-way Journey Four skulls lie on a low wall in a church in South Tyrol, Northern Italy. Above them is a sign bearing the words, “Who was the fool? Who was the wise man? Who was the beggar? Who was the emperor?” The emperor’s power and wealth are no longer there to give us a clue to his identity. Maybe the beggar’s skull is directly beside his, but likewise, the beggar’s poverty, rags and rumbling stomach are no longer there to attest to his identity. Perhaps we should erect a second sign with the words: “Death has made them equals!” But is this, in fact, the case? Unlike marketing strategies that target certain classes of customers, death is certainly no respecter of persons; no-one can escape it by reason of class distinction. It is no wonder, then, that many people have paused to reflect deeply on it, whether philosophers, poets, politicians, sportsmen, actors, illiterates or Nobel Laureates. The ancient Egyptians were particularly assiduous; their Pyramids of Giza are the world’s largest monuments commemorating death. But is such human effort really of any value? In the words of the German poet Emanuel Geibel: “Life is an eternal riddle, death an eternal mystery.” Of the many attempts to comprehend the meaning of death, the theory of evolution is undeniably the most widely renowned. Death in the worldview of evolution Death is deeply anchored in the constructs of evolution; so much so that we would have to conclude that without death there would be no life on Earth at all. This is clear from the four basic tenets of evolution concerning death: 1. Death – a necessary condition for evolution: Ger­man physicist Carl Friedrich v. Weizsäcker pointed out: “If individuals did not die there would be no evolution and no new individuals with new attributes. The death of individuals is a pre-requisite for evolution.” 2. Death – an invention of evolution: The biology professor Widmar Tanner, from Regensburg in South Germany, poses the justifiable existential question about death: “How and why did death come into our world if it were not needed at all?” and provides the answer: “Ageing and lifespan are phenomena of adaptation which have developed in the course of evolution. Death’s invention has essentially accelerated the progress of evolution.” For him the built-in program of death offers a perpetual chance for evolution to experiment with something new. 3. Death – the creator of life: How far the worldview of evolution diverges from that of the Bible is made particularly clear when evolution elevates death to become the creator of life. This is expressed by the microbiologist Reinhard W. Kaplan: “Built-in ageing and dying may be distressing for the individual, particularly for humans, but that is the price to be paid for the fact that evolution created life in the first place.” 4. Death – the absolute end of life: According to the doctrine of evolution, life is based solely on the properties of matter at the boundary between physics and chemistry (Manfred Eigen, German biophysical chemist and Nobel Prize winner). Here we see that evolution can provide no satisfactory explanation for what death is all about. There is no room for a continuation of life after death when reality is reduced in such a way to mere material phenomena. Humans are reduced to biological machines, rendered useless when the organism dies. Death serves only the rise of subsequent life in the train of evolution. The value of a human life is only as much as its contribution to evolution. Who has the answer? Is there anyone who can give us an answer to all these stirring questions about the nature of death and what comes after it? If there were such a person, he would have to satisfy all of the following four stringent requirements: 1) He, himself, must have experienced death (in order to provide first-hand knowledge). 2) He must have returned from the dead (in order to tell us about what he experienced). 3) He must have power over death (making him an authority on the subject). 4) He must be completely trustworthy (in order for us to believe the account he relates to us). Throughout history, there remains only one person who fulfils these conditions, Jesus Christ. 1) He was crucified and died outside the gates of Jerusalem. His enemies wanted to be sure that he was dead, so they thrust a spear into his side, causing blood to pour out (John 19:34). This convinced them that he really was dead! [Satisfying requirement 1] 2) He had already predicted that he would rise again from the dead on the third day. That actually happened, and the first witnesses were the women who went to his tomb on Easter morning. The angel there told them, “He is not here, he has risen!” (Luke 24:6). [Satisfying requirement 2] 3) The New Testament reports three instances of resurrections from the dead through the power of Jesus: Lazarus in Bethany (John 11:41-45), the widow of Nain’s son (Luke 7:11-17) and Jairus’ daughter (Mark 5:35-43). No person has authority over death other than Jesus alone. [Satisfying requirement 3] 4) Of all the people to have walked on the face of this earth, only Jesus has ever been able to live up to his statement, “I am the truth” (John 14:6), in spite of all the attempts of his enemies to prove a single accusation against Him. [Satisfying requirement 4] Could we have arrived at the right place, the source of all truth? The truth is vital. Who wants to base his life on an error? Let us be clear: only one has the necessary qualification to give us a clear answer. He tells us what happens to us immediately after we die. In Luke 16:19-31 Jesus explains this, using the example of two people who had just died. One of them knew God; the other had rejected Him. Lazarus is carried by angels to Abraham’s bosom, to a place that Jesus also calls Paradise (Luke 23:43), where he fares well and is comfortable. The other man, who had lived richly, found himself in Hell when he died and he described his atrocious situa­tion with the words, “I am in agony in this fire” (Luke 16:24b). Death is by no means the great equaliser. On the contrary, if, during life on Earth, we think there is a massive gulf, the chasm will become indescribably deeper on the other side of the wall of death. How shall we explain this? Three-fold death The Bible’s message is unambiguous that this world and all life are the products of God’s creative act. It was a finished and perfect creation, which God designated as “very good”. He created all things through his master craftsman (Proverbs 8:30), the Lord Jesus (John 1:10, Colossians 1:16), while remaining true to His attributes of gentleness, mercy and love in creation; far opposed to the strategy of evolution, which is marked by suffering and tears, cruelty and death. Anyone who regards God as the author of evolution, who suggests that this was his method of creation, is misrepresenting God’s character. The idea that God is steering evolution (so-called theistic evolution), then, is utterly untenable. So where does death come from, if it is neither a factor of evolution nor corresponds to God’s character? Firstly, death is universal. All people die, whether in their youth or later in life, whether morally respectable or thieves and murderers, whether believers or unbelievers. Such a universal and radical effect must have an equally radical cause. The Bible speaks of death as the consequence of human sin. In spite of God’s warning (Genesis 2:17), man misused the freedom he had been given, and fell from God’s grace. From that moment, the law of sin came to apply: “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). Man stumbled onto what we might call the death track, shown as the thick black arrow in the diagram. We can picture it as a train of death. Ever since Adam, who was responsible for allowing death to enter creation (1 Corinthian 15:22a), the entire human race is now on this terrible train: “Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned” (Romans 5:12). Before the Fall of Man death was unknown to all creation. Now when the Bible speaks of death, it in no way means the cessation of existence. The biblical definition of death is “separation, detachment”. Because the Fall signifies a three-fold death (see diagram), there must be a three-fold separation. 1. Death of the spirit: At the moment of the Fall, mankind’s spirit died, which means that man was banished from fellowship with God. To this day, his is the state of all humans who have not discovered that they may entrust themselves to their Creator. They, alone, determine their lives and are victims of the passions and delusions resulting from their separation from God. They lead their lives as if God did not exist. They have no idea who Jesus Christ is and reject the message of the Bible. Although they may be very much alive in body, they are spiritually dead. 2. Death of the body: A further consequence is the death of the body: “... until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken” (Genesis 3:19). All of creation is subject to decay because of the Fall. 3. Eternal death: The final destination of the death train is eternal death. There, human existence will not be extinguished (Luke 16:19-31), but rather continue in a state of eternal separation from God. It is subject to the wrath of God because “the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men” (Romans 5:18). Jesus calls this place of doom Hell; it is the place of the most unimaginably gruesome existence: the fire there cannot be extinguished (Mark 9: 43 & 45) and is everlasting (Matthew 25:41). “There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Luke 13:28). It is a spine-chilling place where “their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched” (Mark 9:48); a place of “everlasting destruction” (2 Thessalonians 1:9). How does God regard our self-inflicted flight to destruction? His unlimited mercy and His love for us allowed Him to send His only Son to the Cross to accomplish His unique action plan to rescue us. The words of Jesus “It is finished!” mark the consummation of this plan. It is the express will of God (e.g. 1 Timothy 2:4) to rescue us from everlasting Hell, or, to put it figuratively, to make it possible for us to jump off the runaway death train. We are invited to enter by the narrow door that leads to Heaven (Matthew 7:13a+14). According to the testimony of the Bible, Jesus is the only door, the only way to be saved. When we get on board the train of life, we find ourselves on a different track — the route to everlasting life. Changing trains means that we turn to Jesus, are honest with Him about ourselves, ask Him to forgive us, repent and accept Him as our Saviour. In God’s eyes, we then become new creatures. This amazing gift of forgiveness is available to each of us, personally and freely. This gift of grace has cost God an inestimable price, the sacrifice of His Son. Accepting God’s offer is the breakthrough that will give you eternal life (John 5:24). This chance is offered to you only during the course of your life on Earth, so make the choice today (you cannot guarantee there will be a tomorrow)! The Way to Life A young man came to me after a lecture. I asked him, “Where are you now?” His brief answer, in response to my train analogy: “I am standing on the platform!” He had recognised one thing: he should leave the death train as soon as possible! He asked, “How can I get on the train of life?” I showed him the way and he is now happily travelling towards the best of destinations. God is not only a God who is angry about sin, He is also a loving God toward the sinner. If we embark on the train of life today, we will have also booked a dwelling in a place of beauty, Heaven, of which it is said in 1 Corinthians 2:9, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him.” Your eternal home is only a decision away. Will you choose death or life? Heaven or Hell? “I have set before you [everlasting] life and [everlasting] death, blessings and curses. Now choose life...” (Deuteronomy 30:19). Once again, we see that God’s will points clearly to life. The diagram clearly shows that: If you are born only once (natural birth), you will die twice (first death of the body, then everlasting death); but if you are born twice (natural birth, new birth through Christ), you will die only once (death of the body)! Trusting in the Son of God will free you from the condemnation of His judgement and will give you assurance that you have eternal life: “Whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from [spiritual] death to [everlasting] life” (John 5:24). If one considers the enormity of every decision of faith, it becomes clear what a tragic effect the concept of evolution and its teachings on death has on its adherents. It obscures the danger of eternal death and could cause people to miss the offer of rescue. But Jesus has come to save us from the abyss, from Hell. Turn to God with a prayer today, and with that, abandon the train of death and jump on the train of life. You can allow God to begin this radical change of direction in your life with the following prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, I recognise the fatality of my situa­tion. My way of life is by no means consistent with Your Word. Now I know that I am sitting on the wrong train. I am deeply moved and implore you to help me. Forgive all my guilt, for which I am truly sorry, and change my life as I read Your Word and learn to live by it. With Your help, I want to board the train of life and stay with You forever. I accept You into my life now. Be my Lord and give me the will and the strength to follow You. Thank You from the bottom of my heart that you have freed me from my sin and that I am now called a child of God. Amen.” Director und Professor (retd.)Dr.-Ing. Werner Gitt

"Es gibt nichts Schöneres als die Vorfreude. Um 9:30 Uhr habe ich Abschlagszeit vom Tee 1 auf meinem Golfplatz. Die Sonne ist bereits aufgegangen und frische Luft dringt tief in die Lungen ein. Gemeinsam mit meinem Freund werde ich heute mindestens fünf Stunden unterwegs sein. Mein Hobby ist seit drei Jahren Golfspielen." Anschaulich verdeutlicht Patrick H. Möller das Angebot der Rettung durch Jesus Christus mit verschiedenen Etappen des Golfspielens. Diese kostenlose Verteilschrift ist gut zum Weitergeben an Sportler geeignet, aber auch an jeden, der sich danach sehnt sein Leben zu meistern. Nice Game There is nothing more exciting than anticipation. At 9:30 I am booked to tee off on the first hole on my golf course. The sun is shining and fresh air fills my lungs. Together with my friend I will spend approximately the next five hours playing golf, which has been my hobby for the last three years. You probably also know this situation. How you played the last round of golf determines how you are looking forward to the next round. You are standing at the first tee-off and wish each other a “Nice Game“. Playing golf on a course where trolleys are not allowed is especially difficult, as the players have to carry their golf clubs themselves and the golf bag is very heavy. Just imagine that there is a person, a golf expert, watching you and offering to caddy for you for the day. If you accept the offer, your caddy will take the golf bag from your shoulders and carry it for you for the day. What a great relief this would be. Furthermore, because your caddy is a golf expert, he contributes to your successful matchplay by choosing the right club and by estimating the distance from the fairway to the green. He also helps you to decide which angle the ball must take and which direction to strike it. What a good partner such a caddy would be! Wouldn’t we like to have him around all the time, and not only when playing golf? What counts on the golf course also counts in life. There is an expert for life, who wants to be our caddy: Jesus Christ. He is willing to take away our bag with burdens and carry it for us. We all carry such a bag – called sin. Sin means to miss the target and be separated from God. Without Jesus we play the life course in the wrong order and we even miss the goal in life. The person who builds a golf course also draws a course map so that the players can find their way. God, who designed our life course, also provides orientation and help so that we can return from our wrong ways and continue walking on the right way which leads to eternal life in the presence of God. The Bible says: “You all went astray like sheep, but now you returned to the shepherd and guard of your souls“ (1Peter 2:25). Why is it so important to commit our lives to Jesus Christ? Because he is the way to eternal life in the presence of God, he can show us the way. Jesus says: “I am the way, the truth and the life. Nobody will ever come to the father than through me“ (John 14:6). Jesus Christ can take your sin away, because he died for it. He wants to guide you through every situation in life: through easy times - like wide fairways, but also through difficult periods – like greens surrounded by obstacles of bunkers and water. We only need to ask Jesus to do exactly that. You can do that by praying to him and asking him to forgive your sin and to come into your life. Commit your life to Jesus (see also John 1:12). When you do that, your life will change. Together with your caddy Jesus Christ you will go through life. The prayer can be as follows – and I offer you to make it your own: “Lord Jesus, thank you that you love me and that you died for me on the cross of Calvary. I admit that I am a sinner and, therefore, am guilty in your eyes. I confess my sins and ask you to forgive me. I now ask you to come into my life and I commit it to you. You shall be the Lord in my life. The Bible says that whoever asks will become a child of God. I believe that and want to belong to you for my entire life. Thank you that you have forgiven my sins and that I have become a child of God. Amen!“ Should you have prayed as suggested, you will still go through easy and difficult times in life. But you now have Jesus Christ on your side to support, advise and guide you. Patrick H. Möller

"Ein erfahrener Gärtnermeister und Rasenspezialist schreibt zu diesem Thema, das besonders für Gartenliebhaber interessant ist, Folgendes: Beruflich habe ich täglich mit Garten- oder Hausbesitzern zu tun. Ein riesiges Problem für jeden, der einen Rasen in seinem Garten hat, ist Moos und Unkraut. Ich darf – bedingt durch meine Gärtner- und Meisterausbildung sowie aufgrund vieler Produktschulungen – sagen, dass ich jedem Kunden in dieser Angelegenheit helfen kann." Patrick H. Möller vergleicht Unkraut im Rasen mit der Sünde und erklärt dadurch sehr anschaulich den Weg zur Errettung durch Jesus Christus. Diese kostenlose Verteilschrift eignet sich besonders gut zum Weitergeben an Gartenbesitzer, aber auch an diejenigen, die "Unkraut und Moss" im eigenen Leben loswerden möchten. Weed and Moss gone forever An experienced gardener and specialist for lawns wrote the following, which should be of special interest to people who love gardening: lt is my daily job to deal with owners of houses and gardens. Weeds and moss are a big problem to those who have a lawn. Due to my training to become a gardening specialist and attending various seminars where I learned about garden products, I am convinced that I am able to help people that have any problem related to weeds and moss. From my point of view, the main reason for this problem of weeds and moss is that people either use the wrong fertilizer or do not fertilize at all. Further reasons are the consistency of the soil and the trees and bushes close to the lawn. The analysis of soil samples from lawns with weeds and moss usually shows a low pH-value. The pH-value indicates whether the soil is acidic (value 4-6), neutral (value 6,5-7,5) or alkaline (value 8-10). Usually acid rain and some mineral fertilizers make the soil turn acidic. Grass grows best if the pH-value is close to 6. A neutral pH-value of the soil can be achieved if soil is analysed and then fertilized with the correct quantity of carbonic lime. A soil with a neutral pH-value contains all nutrients neccessary to allow the growth of healthy grass. My advice is to fertilize the lawn three times a year with an organic fertilizer. If necessary, in springtime the grass can be fertilized with a soil activator. This activator is especially helpful on very difficult spots of the lawn: for example on underground car parks or close to concrete pathways and walls. In areas where there is considerable heat transfer, nutrients are drawn from the soil so that weeds and moss can grow. The organic fertilizer together with the carbonic lime and activator allow the soil to recover and become healthy again. Many people attempt to remove the moss through aeration. This only solves the problem temporarily, because aeration does not change the consistency of soil, it only removes the moss. Do you have to deal with weeds and moss in your life? I would like to talk about a different type of “moss“ that we often overlook. This time I do not mean the plants in the garden, but the “weeds and moss“ as a picture of your personal inappropriate behaviour, such as lying, making derisive remarks, envy and hate etc. Such behaviour makes your “life´s soil“ become “acidic“. You might wonder why things continuously go wrong. Perhaps people around you are more successful than you and you experience stress and feel the need for recognition. You get caught up in unrealistic dreams, you feel exhausted from your daily work, from anxiousness and worries about your future. You might have quarrels with your family and do not honor your parents. You might suffer from a guilty conscience, as you have not correctly declared your income to the financial authorities in order to save paying tax. No matter how old you are, you might ask yourself: “What will become of me? What did I achieve in life and was that everything? What can I do to prevent my life from being overgrown with weeds and moss? How can I get rid of the weeds and moss that have already grown in my life?“ How can my “life´s soil“ become “pH-neutral“? The key for healthy growth of grass is the pH-value. The key to a healthy spiritual life is the person of Jesus Christ. He changes your soil of life like the carbonic lime changes the soil of your lawn. Your inappropriate behaviour – the Bible calls it sin – makes your life become “acidic“, so that “weeds and moss“ can grow. That is the reason why God sent his son Jesus to this earth. Jesus died on the cross of Calvary in the country of Israel. But this was not the end. Jesus came back to life after three days. His resurrection from the dead is your chance and opportunity to achieve a “neutral soil“ in your life and become healthy again. Jesus died for you so that your inappropriate behaviour, your sins, can be forgiven and taken away - so that your soil of life can become “neutral“. If you want to get rid of the “weeds and moss“ in your life, you have to confess your sins and get to know Jesus Christ. You must ask Him to forgive your sins and allow Him to come into your life and guide you. The Bible says, that “whoever asks Jesus into his life and believes in him, will definitely become part of God’s family as his child.“ (John 1:12) Not only will He remove the weeds and moss on the surface, but also the weeds with deep roots, like the dandelion. In gardening these weeds are deleted forever by using a herbicide, which has to be applied by the gardener. This weed with roots is a picture of your addictions, which you cannot overcome by yourself. If you sincerely ask Jesus to forgive you, to change your thinking and your will and to remove your addictions, I am convinced that He will hear your prayer and will not allow these addictions to dominate and rule your life. For this purpose He died on the cross. To conclude my thoughts: In order to live a life free from “weeds and moss“ and have “healthy soil“, you need to meet Jesus and invite Him to become a part of your life. If you do that, not only will you be surprised about the positive effects, but also the people around you will notice a difference in you. I hope that you not only have a healthy lawn, but that you will also have a spiritually healthy relationship with God, the Father, and Jesus, His Son. God bless you! Patrick Horst Möller

Mit großem Forschungsaufwand suchen Astronomen heute nach Planeten in anderen Sternensystemen. Unter allen bisher registrierten Planeten und Exoplaneten wurde bisher kein auch nur annähernd erdähnlicher Planet gefunden. Die physikalischen, chemischen und astronomischen Be­din­gungen auf unserem Heimatplaneten Erde bieten uns geradezu einmalig günstige Wohnbedingungen. Dies tritt im Angesicht moderner naturwissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse mit immer größerer Deutlichkeit hervor. Anhand nur einiger ausgewählter Punkte soll die einmalige Beschaffenheit unserer Erde herausgestellt werden. The Earth –An Exceptional Planet With elaborate research endeavors astronomers are searching for other planets in different star systems. Among all previously found planets and exoplanets no other earthlike planet has been found so far. Physical, chemical and astronomical conditions on our home planet offer us a set of unique living conditions. Below is a list of 12 scientific features that impact our thoughts about the origin of the earth. Necessary conditions for the habitability of the earth 1. The correct distance from the sun: We are moving around our central star with a distance of approximately 90 million miles (150 million km). The amount of light and heat radiated by the sun and the earth’s distance to the sun are fine tuned in such a way that the temperatures on earth vary mostly between 32 °F and 100 °F (0 °C and 40 °C). These are exactly the narrow limits required to sustain the biochemical processes in of the body cells and thereby create the optimal conditions necessary to maintain life – especially human life. 2. The correct speed of rotation of the earth: If the earth’s rotation around its axis were considerably slower, then the temperature differences between night and day would be extreme. Temperatures would climb to intolerable heights during the day because of the prolonged influx of heat, and the surface would be dried out. On the other hand, it would become very cold at night. If the earth rotated at an appreciably higher speed, then the small differences between night and day would have a negative effect on weather cycles and our climate. In addition, the increased centrifugal forces would cause atmospheric gases to escape into space. 3. The correct length of the year: The length of the year suits plant life cycles. The seasons are the correct length to ensure that there is enough time for growth between sowing and reaping, and the winter is not too long for man and animal to be able to subsist on stored supplies. The corresponding cycles on other planets make survival impossible. It is hard to imagine a year which is 84 years long as on Uranus, or lasting only 88 days as on Mercury. 4. The correct inclination of the earth’s axis: The angle that the earth’s axis makes with the plane of its orbit around the sun, is of crucial importance for life-sustaining conditions. Scientific calculations show that the optimum inclination of the earth’s axis lies in the narrow interval between 23° and 24°. Is it a coincidence that the actual angle is exactly 23.5°? If this angle were larger, the contrast between summer and winter would be much greater. 5. The correct size of the moon: The tides are caused by the moon, and the inter-tidal zones are the habitat of a wide variety of organisms. If the moon were too small, tidal-effects would be negligible, and if it were appreciably larger, the resulting high tides would constantly result in catastrophic floods. The moon’s size is just right and is an absolute necessity for stabilizing the inclination of the earth’s axis. 6. The correct mass and size of the earth: These two quantities are closely related, and their respective values make it possible for the earth to retain its atmosphere. The force of gravity on the surface is just right to ensure this, whereas it is too low on the moon. The specific gravity of the earth is 5.517 g/cm3 making it the densest of all the planets of our solar system. If its diameter were 20 % less, then its mass would have been only half its present value. Therefore because of the much smaller gravitational acceleration most of the gases of the atmosphere would escape into space. On the other hand, if the diameter of the earth were 25 % greater, then the mass of the earth would be doubled, air pressure would be much higher, and our body weight would increase by 25 % (causing even greater strain on our joints and skeleton). 7. The unique composition of the atmosphere: Oxygen is essential for the existence of higher forms of life. With a proportion of 21 % the atmos­phere owns the correct percentage of oxygen. If the percentage had been appreciably larger, say more than 50 %, then man would suffer from oxygen poisoning (lung damage, reduced heart performance, changes in the retina of the eye, and reduced blood activity in the brain and the kidneys). And if the percentage of oxygen were too low, then body cells would suffer from a lack of oxygen. The brain is especially sensitive in this respect. On the other hand, if the percentage were as low as 10 %, it would not be possible to light a fire (e.g. furnaces, industry plants). The existing quantity of nitrogen is of crucial importance for living organisms. It ensures sufficient absorption of harmful radiation, the correct dilution of oxygen, and the correct thickness of the atmosphere. 8. The correct density of the atmosphere: If the air were less dense, we would be subjected to fatally large doses of ultra-violet and X-rays, and meteors that now burn up in the atmosphere would impact the earth’s surface. The density of the atmosphere depends on the mass of the earth, and on the surface temperature. Because of its reduced gravity, a smaller earth would not have been able to retain the required amount of air and water. The mass and gravitational attraction of the earth is exactly correct for holding the required quantities of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide. The ambient temperatures are evened out, reducing extreme conditions, and the weather cycles can proceed accordingly. 9. The required quantity of ozone: Only a small part of the invisible ultra-violet rays of the sun penetrate down to the surface of the earth, thanks to a very special property of the atmosphere. In the stratosphere, 6 to 30 miles (10 to 50 km) high, ozone is found in extremely small quantities only. But this tenuous veil of ozone is however essential for life on earth, because it absorbs practically all the injurious ultra-violet rays. 10. The surface of the earth: The earth is remarkably smooth, even when the highest mountains and the deepest ocean trenches are taken into consideration. If the earth could be reduced to a sphere having a diameter of one meter, the unevenness would be only one millimeter above and below sea level. This means that fairly large areas of land surface are inhabitable. 11. The earth’s magnetic field: The magnetic field of the earth is not only very useful for navigation, but it also produces the magnetosphere located well above the stratosphere and serves as a protective shield by deflecting the injurious solar radiation known as the solar wind. 12. The earth – a watery planet: In conclusion we now discuss the most important feature of the earth which is absolutely essential for life, namely water. Without water, no life of any kind could exist. Water is not only found in the oceans, in lakes, and in rivers, but everywhere. In comparison to the wide plains of Mars, the stony deserts of the moon, and the craters of Mercury, the Sahara desert is a wet sponge. Water is found all over the earth, brought by clouds, now here, now there. Sometimes it rains and sometimes it snows, and even when the rains stay away in the deserts, nightly dews still bring moisture. The oceans are unique to the earth. They cover 71 % of the earth’s surface. The fact that this amount of water is here in liquid form cannot be over-emphasized. Most of the matter of the universe consists of hot gases (as in the stars), or is deeply frozen (for example on the outer planets). The oceans act as an enormous reservoir of heat. For this reason they have an important moderating effect on the climate. If the earth had less water, then temperature changes would be considerably greater. In addition, the oceans are an important and essential source of food. The continuous evaporation of water from the oceans, aided by the trade and other winds blowing over thousands of kilometers, irrigates the continents which would otherwise be desiccated. The water cycle enables multiple lifeforms to exist on earth, which would not have been possible without “the weather”. The present ratio between land and water areas on earth is not a random combination. If the quantity of water on earth were 10 % greater, then the sea level would be 300 m higher, flooding most of the continental areas. On the other hand, if the amount of water were less, the land areas would be much greater and the climate much worse, so that large regions would be arid. After being welcomed on board, airline passengers are usually given information about course, height, and outside temperature. At a height of approximately 33,000 ft. (10,000 m), the temperature of the air outside the cabin is a constant – 58°F (– 50 °C). You may not be aware of this fact, but the low temperature prevailing at heights of 3-12 miles (5 to 20 km), is essential for life on earth. Water vapor freezes at these heights because of the low temperature, and the resulting ice crystals continue to grow until they become so heavy that they fall towards the surface. In this way water is prevented from escaping into space, so that the earth will be wet and not dry out for thousands of years. Finally we want to mention a very important property of the water, which is an anomaly: i.e., water reaches its greatest density at a temperature of 39.2°F (4 °C) with a density of 1.0 g per cubic cm, and it becomes less dense at higher as well as lower temperatures. At 32°F (0 °C) the density of ice is 0.917 g per cubic cm. This is the reason why ice floats on water, which is the only substance that has these unusual properties. This means that aquatic organisms like fish can survive even the coldest winters in lakes, rivers, and dams. When a body of water freezes, the ice, being lighter, floats on the water, while the heavier water below does not become colder than 39.2°F (4 °C). Our earth is unique All in all we can say: The earth is well tempered and supportive to life, with regards to many parameters constructed in an optimal way. We have only mentioned and discussed some of the many conditions that are required for life on earth - the most important and most conspicuous geophysical, mechanical, thermal, and other tangible aspects. Each of the above-mentioned properties makes the earth unique. It is truly remarkable that all requirements are met on this one planet. All these conditions are mutually intertwined, making our planet ideally suitable for living organisms. Any unbiased observer would agree that all these features had been wisely planned and conceived. The huge number of fine-tuned parameters allows for only one conclusion which we are told in the Bible in Romans 1:20-21: “For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Deity; so that they are without excuse: Because, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish hearts were darkened.” To those who think in their own ‘wisdom’ that all things came into being by random processes of evolution, God’s Word says: “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools” (Roman 1:22). Who is the originator of the universe, the earth and of all life? God the Father transferred to His Son Jesus the assignment for creation. Therefore it is said of Jesus in the New Testament (Colossians 1:16-17): “He is the image of the invisible God... For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: And He is before all things, and by Him all things are held together.” Therefore in our world there is nothing that wasn’t created by the Lord Jesus. The huge universe with countless millions of galaxies as well as the minutest details of metabolic processes in a living cell is taken into consideration. Jesus not only is the creator and originator of the entire micro- and macrocosms; but He is also the ruler over all of it. A breathtaking thought Jesus is the one Who is existing since eternity and Who is the King of the kingdom of heaven. All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth (Matthew 28:18). Can we perceive the following fantastic thought? The man on the cross of Calvary and the Creator of this world and of all life is the same person! In His unfathomable love to us He let Himself be crucified and He didn’t fight back so the door of heaven could be opened for us. Anyone who is rejecting this will lose all: “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation?” (Hebrew 2:3) But whoever receives (accepts) Him, will win all. Jesus said: ”He that hears my word, and believes on Him that sent Me, has everlasting life, … he is passed from death unto life” (John 5:24). Ask the Lord Jesus for forgiveness of all of your sins, so you will be forgiven and not come under the judgment of God. Accept Him as your personal Creator and Savior and follow Him. Director and Professor (retd.) Dr. Werner Gitt

Der Informationswissenschaftler Dir. und Prof. a.D. Dr.-Ing. Werner Gitt (Braunschweig) ist überzeugt, dass alle Aussagen der Bibel wahr und vertrauenswürdig sind. In seinen Büchern betrachtet er oft die Wunder der Schöpfung aus naturwissenschaftlicher Sicht. Dr. Joachim Cochlovius stellte Fragen an Werner Gitt zu diesem Themenbereich wie z.B.: "Ihre Homepage wernergitt.de ist mit dem Motto „Vom Denken zum Glauben“ überschrieben. Wie ist das gemeint? Kann man durch Nachdenken Gott finden?" From Reasoning to Faith Information scientist Professor Dr Werner Gitt is convinced all of the Bible’s assertions are true and trustworthy. His evangelistic books often explain the wonder of creation. Interviewer: Pastor Dr Joachim Cochlovius JC: Your homepage at wernergitt.com has the hea­ding “From Reasoning to Faith”. Can one find God through reasoning? WG: The achievements of science and technology over the last 50 years—think only of the moon landing, the sequencing of the human genome, or the rapid advances in computer technology—have led to a strong faith in science. Through this cultural conditioning, for many, the plain words of the Bible are barely accessible any more. Paul says: “For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom” (1 Corinthians 1:22); we could add: “Our generation looks for scientific credibility”. You can’t refute belief in evolution just by quoting the Bible. But if we can show the error of evolution through scientific arguments, it removes a major obstacle on the way to God; there is no longer any factual basis for shutting one’s ears to the Gospel. JC: The scientific facts in your book The Wonder of Man fill one with sheer amazement. The second part, on the nature of man, is extremely fascinating, too. What’s special about biblical anthropology? WG: Secular anthropology is based on materialism, and thus on the theory of evolution. Human beings consist solely of matter, and life is only a state of matter explainable within physics and chemistry—so claims Nobel chemistry laureate Manfred Eigen. In this sort of approach, everything is reduced to exclusively material phenomena, and there is no room for our continued existence after death. Man is reduced to a biological machine, and the death of the body means the absolute end of one’s existence. In the machinery of evolution, death serves to advance the generations that follow. The only value of a human life is the contribution it makes to evolutionary progress. Biblical anthropology stands in complete contrast to this. In it, the God of the Bible is the originator of mankind. Through the breath of life breathed into him by his Creator, man has a non-material component—our soul. The breath of God is eternal; we were created as eternal beings. So, bodily death is not the end, but the beginning of eternal life. In the Bible’s portrayal of humanity, at the Fall into sin, mankind plunged into lostness. Through what Jesus did on the Cross, we can find salvation and thereby attain eternal citizenship in Heaven. God describes our worth in Isaiah 62:3: “You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.” JC: Thinking of your book, If Animals Could Talk—how is it that an information scientist is so involved with the animal kingdom? WG: After my conversion, the strongest challenge I faced concerned creation. So any details that particularly well illustrated the Creator’s ingenuity and wealth of inventiveness caught my attention. An engineer and information scientist can only stand amazed at the huge variety of design concepts within the incredible diversity of the animal kingdom. And very few of the ideas employed in nature are able to be copied. The concept of an egg, for instance, is completely inimitable. Consider: industry has to make each diesel engine individually. But if the Creator wanted to make diesel engines, He would create only a single one, with the capacity to lay ‘diesel eggs’. So I’ve been fascinated by such things as the precise energy computation involved in the Golden Plover’s flight from Alaska to Hawaii, or the high energy efficiency of bioluminescence, or the sperm whale’s capacity to surface rapidly from a depth of 3,000 metres without suffering the bends. It is God who bestows worth and dignity upon a person: “You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God” (Isaiah 62:3). JC: Your latest book, Information: the Key to Life,[1] is meant to “contribute to overcoming the constraints placed on thinking by methodological atheism in science”. For scientists like Isaac Newton, the cosmos was a clear indication of the wisdom of God. Why did atheism triumph so resoundingly among scientists, who are confronted daily by God’s creative intelligence? WG: Science’s considerable accomplishments in the realm of inorganic nature exerted a strong influence on the disciplines concerned with life, e.g. biology, physiology. Given the advances in physics, it was felt that life, too, could and should be similarly explained in exclusively mechanistic terms. So, in the middle of the 19th century, reductionistic materialism, which assumes that all causes and effects involve exclusively physical phenomena, was in full bloom. Prominent exponents of this view were Emil Du Bois-Reymond (1818–1898) and Hermann Helmholtz (1821–1894). The latter claimed: “The ultimate aim of science is to determine the motions, and their driving forces, which underlie all phenomena, that is, to resolve them into mechanics.” This agenda was adopted by many biologists of his time. Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) called for the science of living organisms to be elevated to the level of the inorganic sciences (physics, chemistry) “through mechanistic-causal reasoning”. So the life sciences went off course quite early in the piece. Also, in attributing the evolution of living things to natural selection, Charles Darwin (1809–1882) allowed for only a purely mechanistic principle to operate. With this background, it’s easy to understand the worldwide development of materialistic ideologies—e.g. fascism, humanism, and various manifestations of communism such as Marxist-Leninism, Stalinism and Maoism. JC: Your website offers 12 tracts in more than 70 languages. Are tracts still appropriate today? WG: In our information-saturated culture, very few people read big books any more. So, we find that appropriately designed tracts are well-suited to our times. If a tract is too short, the essentials of the Gospel can’t be adequately communicated. We’ve found the format of no more than 8–10 pages of 21 x 10 cm (c. 8 x 4 in) to be more or less optimal. Topics such as: ‘How do I get to Heaven?’ or: ‘Who is the Creator?’ can be explained well enough, can be read in a few minutes, are easily passed on at many opportunities and can be readily sent in common envelope sizes. We began with this concept in 2003. In 2016, some 850,000 copies were distributed. For the 12 separate tracts (in German and other languages) the current total in print is over 12 million. JC: How did this evangelistic tract outreach come about? WG: When approached by one of the associates of the German missionary organisation Bruderhand[2] to write a tract, I declined, saying: “What with writing books, I’ve got too much on my plate already, I don’t want to launch into a whole new field.” Asked on a subsequent occasion, I demurred again. The third time I was asked, I gave in on the condition I would only write one. So I had to consider; which is the single most important topic? I decided upon ‘How do I get to Heaven?’ After only a short time the first printing had run out and it had to be reprinted. Soon this had run out, too, and the first translated version (Russian), was similarly in demand. Pastor Heinrich Kemner would often say: “We’re not pushing, we’re being pushed.” It became obvious that God had thrust me into this work. JC: Many Christians have made their peace with the theory of evolution, concluding that God created, and still creates, by evolutionary processes. Is such so-called theistic evolution a danger to Christian faith and one’s spiritual life? WG: I reject the whole notion of ‘theistic evolution’ on biblical grounds, because it turns the Gospel squarely on its head. According to the biblical account, through His almighty power and wisdom God created a “very good” creation,[3] i.e. complete and perfect. Then the Fall into sin occurred, and death only entered the world through sin. It is because of our sin and the reign of death and decay that Jesus came into this world, to save us and bring us eternal life. In the evolutionary system, death has a wholly different function: it is absolutely essential for the ongoing development of organisms. The contrast with the Bible is obvious. If we assume theistic evolution, then God has used what the Bible calls “the last enemy”[4]—death—to create life. From a biblical perspective, that is an anti-God absurdity. It places death before the Fall, which undermines the Gospel and renders it meaningless. Consider, too—fossils portray death, suffering and massive bloodshed. If they did not form through catastrophic processes (in particular, the global Flood), but rather over millions of years, death must have existed before the Fall into sin. In discussions with theistic evolutionists, it’s noticeable that there are many parts of the Bible which they don’t take seriously or try to ‘reinterpret’—or even reject entirely. Compromise with evolution is strongly correlated with the abandonment of core biblical teachings. JC: In the testimonies of faith I’ve read in your books, an Australian writes that she rejected her Christian upbringing because of evolution. Does that sort of thing happen at times? WG: In fact, it’s the logical outcome! If someone accepts the idea of evolution, they can no longer follow the biblical principle affirmed by Paul: ‘I believe everything written in God’s Word’.[5] From conversations with many, the first thing to go is the Bible’s creation account. The teaching that “in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them” (Exodus 20:11) is the first to be thrown overboard. Having departed from this foundation, it’s only a matter of time before many other biblical ‘dominoes’ fall. In my view, teaching evolution as the only viable option regarding origins inflicts untold damage upon schoolchildren. It crushes at an early age the ability God has given each person—to be able to unmistakeably conclude the Creator’s existence from His works of creation (Romans 1:20). JC: A final question: With all your many lecture tours and evangelistic trips, what left the greatest impression on you? WG: One unforgettable address was in a lecture theatre at the University of Karaganda (Kazakhstan), filled to overflowing with Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tartar, Uzbek and Russian people. In the second part of my talk ‘Why are there stars?’, I focussed on the One who had created the stars: Jesus Christ. The Creator is also the Saviour, who forgives sin. At the end, I asked: “Who would like to accept the message of Jesus for themselves? Who wants to be saved through Jesus?” I could scarcely believe it; an astounding number of people stood up. They were all given evangelistic books and a Bible. Flying home from such trips, I often ponder; is the effect of the message just quickly dissipated, or is there lasting fruit? Two years later, again in Karaganda at the same university, I was greeted by a professor named Pavel Kulikov, who introduced us. I couldn’t believe my ears at his opening words: “I greet German scientist Professor Gitt ... . He was already here before, two years ago, to give a lecture. I was seated among the students then. There has never been anything like it in this lecture theatre. With a friendly but resolute voice, he invited us to make a decision for Christ. At the time, many students stood up to show their acceptance. I, too, rose from my seat—I made a decision for Christ.” Then he went on: “You know me. For many years, I taught the subject ‘scientific atheism’ at this uni. Now I am a Christian. Today, you, too, will have the chance to decide. Do it!” God had overpowered someone who had been a convinced atheist, who had for years been using scientific arguments to teach the students there was no God. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the subject ‘scientific atheism’ was abolished, and replaced with ‘the history of atheism and religions’. Lacking teaching materials for this new subject, he was using my book What about the other religions?, also available in Russian. This former professor for atheism was now evangelising in his lectures—what a transformation! He later founded a radio mission for Kazakhstan to reach many people with the Gospel in their national language. Prof.  Dr-Ing.  Werner  Gitt,  born  in  Raineck/East  Prussia, Germany, was Head of the Faculty of Information Technology at the Federal Institute of Physics and Technology (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), in Braun­schweig, Germany, where he later became Director and Professor. He has written numerous books in the area of biblical faith and science [1]             Without Excuse in English. [2]             Lit. ‘Brother-hand’. [3]             Genesis 1:31. [4]             1 Corinthians 15:26. [5]             See Acts 24:14.

Im Laufe der Geschichte haben sich immer wieder Menschen gegen den Glauben an eine Auferstehung der Toten ausgesprochen. Sie sollten aber bedenken, dass Jesus seine Auferstehung nicht nur durch Worte verkündigen lässt, sondern sie beweist, indem er sich mehrfach an unterschiedlichen Orten und bei verschiedenen Gelegenheiten direkt zeigt. Mit dem Geschehen der Auferstehung hat Gott uns eine Wirklichkeit gezeigt, die weit über unsere Erfahrungswelt von Raum und Zeit hinausgeht: Unsere dreidimensionale Welt ist nicht die ganze Wirklichkeit. Jesus hat uns die Realität der Ewigkeit bezeugt.

Es gibt wohl kaum eine Frage, die Menschen so sehr beschäftigt, wie gerade diese. Insbesondere taucht sie dann auf, wenn es um Gott geht. Für viele gilt: Wenn es einen liebenden und allmächtigen Gott gibt, dann dürfte es in dieser Welt kein Leid und keinen Tod geben! Ist diese Behauptung zutreffend? Logisch betrachtet kann es vier verschiedene Antworten auf die Frage geben, warum Gott Leid und Tod in dieser Welt zulässt: 1)    Entweder will Gott das Leid beseitigen, aber er kann es nicht,2)    oder er kann es und will es nicht,3)    oder er kann es nicht und will es nicht,4)    oder er kann es und will es. Doch welche Antwort ist die richtige? Genau das werden wir jetzt klären! Why is there so much sorrow and death in our world? There is hardly a question that so many people busy themselves with like this one.  In particular, it surfaces when it comes to the subject of God.  For many it is true, if there is a loving and almighty God, then there is no suffering and no death in this world!  Is this statement true?  This is what we want to deal with here. Four logical options Logically speaking, there can be four different answers when asked why God allows suffering and death in this world: 1)            Either God wants to eliminate suffering but He can’t, 2)            He can and doesn’t want to, 3)            He can’t and doesn’t want to, 4)            He can and wants it. Which answer is the right one?  That is exactly what we will clarify now! Death and suffering are everywhere Suffering and death are constant companions in our world.  We know about natural disasters like earthquakes, tornadoes and floods of the century and accidents like ship disasters and plane crashes, unintentionally caused by humans.  And we know of disasters deliberately caused by humans.  Let us just think of the New York terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 with over 3000 dead, or to the countless radical Islamic suicide bombers.  At the Paris massacre on November 13, 2015, 130 people were brutally murdered.  As for plagues and viruses on this earth, mankind has known its share of the thousands of deaths that are carried out by microscopic germs.  The latest as of year 2019, is COVID-19 or better known as the Corona virus, spreads throughout the globe, wreaking panic and fear upon millions of people, creating a pandemic not seen in the history of the world! In addition to the horror events in the headlines, each and every one of us experiences suffering sooner or later.  Be it rejection, loss, illness, accident or death.  Some newborns are malformed or die a few days later.  If the burdens get too heavy, people accuse God.  To solve the problem I would first like to compare the two fundamentally different views of history. Two Opposing Views View 1 of evolutionary belief: According to this interpretation, our earth is millions of years old, and death is a constant companion in our history.  Suffering and death are declared allies in the “creation” of life, only through death can new life arise.  The German microbiologist Reinhard Kaplan writes in this sense: “The ‘built-in’ aging and dying is painful for the individual, especially for the human, but it is the price to pay, considering that evolution could create our species at all.” View 2 belief in the creator: The Bible names God as the Creator.  He judged everything that had been created with the assessment occurring only once ‘very good’ (The Bible, Genesis 1:31).  This rating applies on the entire creation and thus also on the first humans Adam and Eve.  In the event of sin, man became disobedient to God and did not heed the warnings previously given by God, resulting in death, suffering and disease.  With that came the law “For the wages of sin are death” (Romans 6:23) into effect.  Sin and death are closely linked.  The sin brought an intruder, death, into the previously very good world.  Since then all of creation is given over to decay and transience. Which of these two views is correct?  One of the two must logically be wrong!  In the cells of all living things we find an almost unimaginable amount of information.  This is necessary for the forming of all the organs and to control all processes of life.  But information cannot arise in matter alone.  Using the natural laws of information the whole concept of evolution collapses. (see also the writing ‘Refuting Evolution Through Natural Laws’ under www.naturgesetz.wernergitt. de)  So we need only to start with View 2, the Biblical teaching. We have now found the cause of suffering and death.  It has been man’s sin since Adam’s time.  This explains the general suffering in this world.  Each teaching that wants to explain the world and does not include the fall of man, is built on the wrong foundations. It is important to note: It is our fault the world is the way it is. God’s Dealings in Disasters We have discovered that suffering and death is the result of sin.  But what about natural disasters to which individuals cannot be blamed?  I think for example of the flood of the century on the Elbe and Mulde in August 2002.  In Job 12:15 we read, ‘See, if he withholds the water, they dry up, If he sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.’ And in Amos 3:6 it gets pretty drastic: “If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?” Similar it says in Isaiah 45:5a + 7, “I am the Lord ... I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity.  I the Lord do all these things.”  We are very surprised that God sees himself as the cause of accidents and calamities.  This statement excites our horror at first.  God not only allows misfortune – even more, He is its author.  That doesn’t really fit into ours trivializing idea of ​​‘Dear God’.  But we remember the same God caused the great flood that miserably drowned millions of people.  The same God pronounced the judgement on the Amalekites, exterminating the whole nation with its livestock. (1 Samuel 15:2-3)  God doesn’t do anything arbitrarily.  Everything God does has a reason and He often announces His judgements long enough in advance to give the opportunity to repent.  “Surely the Lord God does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.” (Amos 3:7)  God did so before the great flood (Genesis 6: 7) and even before the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah. (Genesis 18)  The same God also speaks the eternal condemnation of damnation concerning the wicked, (Revelation 21: 8) this is also predicted long before, (Mark 16: 16b) so that no one is met with the unexpected.  With all of this being said, we must remember that this God is love in person. (1 John 4: 16)  It’s the same God who “Sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might live (eternally) through Him.” (1 John 4:9) The suffering of the individual The Bible teaches that the general suffering, including sin is part of the overall picture in this world.  The individual suffering of an individual, however, is NOT always associated to one’s own sins committed.  Therefore, let us be strictly careful not to tell the sick or needy individual, that his individual situation is the result of his sins! God allowed Job to suffer even though he was a just man.  Job, who was the most righteous man on earth in his day, experienced an incredible amount of suffering.  He lost all his children, servants and all of his possessions in a single day.  Furthermore he was afflicted with a very painful disease.  God never explained to Job the specific reason for his suffering but He lets every reader of the Book of Job (part of the Bible) become ‘eyewitnesses to extraordinary scenes that played out in the backdrop of heaven and that Job didn’t even suspect.  God had reasons to allow Job’s suffering, but He neither revealed it to Job or to us.  Only in very few cases does God tell us why an individual has suffered.  As Jesus and His disciples passed a man who had been born blind, He asked His disciples, whether the man’s blindness was due to his own sins or to those of his parents.  Jesus explained that the man was born blind because God wanted to make His omnipotence visible through healing. (John 9:1-7)  Hanania and Saphira fell dead after publicly lying to the church. (Acts 5:1-11) Suffering in the face of eternity Suffering must not be considered without eternity being included!  The apostle Paul found reasons for his ‘frailty’ – his illnesses, his pains, his losses – in which to boast.  His suffering report includes torture, beatings, prison, stoning, shipwreck, robbery, illness, exhaustion, hunger, thirst and cold. (2 Corinthians 11:16-33)  His letters show that only through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, is eternal life possible for us.  In the face of this, suffering shrinks to insignificance.  “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” (Romans 8:18)  A friend who has suffered great pain from several diseases wrote me: “In order to endure this world, my consolation is eternity.” What does God do concerning suffering and death? People who accuse God of leaning back and doing nothing overlook a vital truth.  In reality, God has already done everything what we would expect from a loving God.  The Son of God, Jesus Christ became human and endured terrible suffering and a cruel death in our stead.  For Adam’s sin had left mankind in a state of terrible hopelessness. Even if our body dies, we still have one immortal soul because God breathed in us His (eternal!) breath at the creation.  That what constitutes our conscious being will exist forever.  Had God done nothing against our sin, we would have stayed in eternal separation from God, and thus in a condition of lasting suffering. It was God’s plan to send His son Jesus to us so that He could step in the breach for us.  He let every conceivable sin be loaded on Him on the cross of Calvary.  As the only one who was without sin, it was possible for Him to bear them, bridging the deep chasm between God and man that originated from sin.  Because of His rescue act, He now grants eternal life to whoever believes this. (John 1:12; Ephesians 2: 8-9)  All those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that God has raised Him up from the dead and accepting Him as Lord and Savior will spend eternity with God. (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) There is also a place of eternal separation from God.  The Bible warns us that those who do not believe in Christ, will taste a “second death”, that being hell; the eternal and absolute separation from God in terrible pain. (Revelation 21:8)  In Matthew 25:46, Jesus mentions both ways in one verse: “And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”  There are no contradictions between the two expressions, which say, “God is an almighty and loving God” and “The world is full of suffering and evil.” What would God have to do if He wanted to remove suffering and death from the world?  Well, He would be required to fix the cause.  The cause of suffering and death is sin. Consequently He would have to cause us, the cause of sin, to be removed from this world.  If He lets us die with unforgivable debt, the only optional abode is hell.  But God does not want that.  Out of His love He based His plan: I will leave people in this situation of suffering and death during their short life on earth, but the saving message of the gospel will be proclaimed.  In this way, they hold the possibility to have eternal life and accept the invitation into heaven. This results in a dual decision option: “He who believes in Him (Jesus Christ) is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” (John 3:18) Consequences for us After all our considerations, I come up with the four logical options mentioned at the beginning of God’s behavior.  Would you have chosen No. 2 as the correct answer?  God can remove suffering, but He does not want it because it serves to our salvation. Pray to the LORD Jesus Christ for forgiveness from all sins.  Accept Him as your personal Creator and Savior and follow Him in order to rejoice in the eternal life, free from sorrow. Director and Professor (retd.)Dr. Werner Gitt

Niemand möchte im Irrtum leben und am Ende seines Lebens feststellen: „Ich habe falsch gelebt“ oder „Ich bin nur unnützen Dingen nachgegangen.“ Werner Gitt beschäftigte sich jahrelang mit Fragestellungen der Mathematik und der Informatik. Beweise haben in seinem Denken immer eine besondere Rolle gespielt. Geht es um Fragen der Bibel, stellt sich sofort die Frage der Glaubwürdigkeit. Ist die Existenz des Gottes, von dem in diesem Buch so viel die Rede ist, beweisbar? Von der Antwort auf diese Fragen ist der Ort unseres ewigen Verbleibs abhängig. Darum müssen wir hierüber zu größtmöglicher Gewissheit gelangen. Wenn die Bibel wahr ist, dann haben wir automatisch die Antwort auf viele Fragen gefunden, die uns alle bewegen. Anhand von drei unterschiedlichen Beweisformen, zeigt Werner Gitt in dieser Schrift, dass Gott existiert und die Bibel wahr ist. Kurzlink zu diesem Artikel: wernergitt.de/scientist-believes Why as a scientist I believe the Bible We all have in common the yearning for love, security and community—and we all seek after truth. No-one wants to live in error, only to find at the end of one’s life: “I’ve lived the wrong way“ or: “I’ve pursued only useless things“. I’ve been professionally involved in the fields of mathematics and information science for many years, so evidence and proofs have always played an especially significant role in my thinking. When it comes to the matter of the Bible, for me the question of its trustworthiness immediately arises. Many have thought deeply about God’s existence; is it in fact possible to prove it? Where we spend eternity depends on the answer to such questions. So we need to be as certain as we can be on these issues. If the Bible is true, then we automatically have the answer to many questions that concern all of us, such as: Where do we come from? What is the purpose of our few years spent on Earth? Where do we eventually go? Who is God, and who is Jesus? We will then also have the following benefits: We can then truly understand this world We can then expose its fallacies We will then have found the benchmark for our life And we will then know the compass that points to Heaven. I will use three different lines of evidence to show that God exists and the Bible is true. The first takes up Romans 1:20: “For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made.” The other two are ones I developed some time ago, and they have a mathematical/scientific basis. 1. THE EVIDENCE OF GOD FROM THE CREATION Out of the Creator’s vast workshop, we will single out only one detail—the human brain. It is the central supervisory organ of our nervous system which directs, oversees and coordinates virtually all processes in the body. It gathers and assesses sensory inputs, stores them and evaluates them meaningfully. Next to nothing is known about how the brain actually processes information. No-one knows how it extracts the actual semantic information out of the electrical signals coming in from the sensory organs. We also don’t know how we retrieve certain memories, and what happens in the brain when we learn something new. The brain consists of some 100 billion nerve cells (= 100 x 109); the same order of magnitude as the number of stars in our Milky Way Galaxy. To this immense number we need to add a further 100 billion metabolic and support cells. The length of the nerve fibres in our cerebrum, laid end-to-end, would reach a staggering 500,000 kilometres (300,000 miles)! Outside of the brain, our body is wired with a dense information network of nerve fibres with a total length of 380,000 kilometres. They run throughout our body, and end-to-end would reach from the earth to the moon. In these nerve conduits and branches, in part only a thousandth of a millimetre thick, there is a constant back-and-forth flow of information and commands between the brain and all parts of the body. Inside the amazingly dense network of the neuronal circuitry, extremely rapid signal processing is not only possible, but necessary. The brain can carry out 1018 ( = 1 billion x 1 billion) calculations in a single second. Real-time visual processing, in particular, requires this high speed of processing. Despite many research findings, the brain still belongs to those very large blank areas of the unknown on our map of scientific knowledge. Brain researchers Robert Ornstein and Richard F. Thompson tell us: “After thousands of scientists have studied it for centuries, the only word to describe it remains amazing.” We also don’t understand: how does information transfer take place between the immaterial soul and the material brain? How do the functions of the soul (will, feeling, rational thought) communicate with the brain? Who has worked all these wonders? The above verse from Romans 1 shows us that there can be only one reasonable conclusion: an all-powerful God, who is above all things, has conceived and created it all! 2. THE EVIDENCE OF GOD FROM THE NATURAL LAWS OF INFORMATION To describe the natural laws of information so as to be able to analyse an unknown system, one needs a suitable and precise definition: Information is always present when all five hierarchical levels occur: statistics syntax (code, grammar, vocabulary) semantics (meaning) pragmatics (action) and apobetics (goal-directedness, outcome). An example of information The illustration here of Egyptian hiero­glyphics shows characters chiselled into stone, as seen in the obelisks and pharaohs’ tombs of ancient Egypt. Do they contain information, or are they only something like a wallpaper pattern? That question remained unanswered for 1,400 years. That dramatically changed in July 1799 when Napoleon’s soldiers found a piece of black basalt the size of a common dinner plate in the vicinity of the port city of Rosetta, on the Nile delta. The Rosetta Stone played a pivotal role in deciphering hieroglyphics. Once the meaning of the whole text was known, it was certain: hieroglyphics contain information. The four Natural Laws of Information (NLI) are: NLI-1: A material entity cannot give rise to a non-material entity.NLI-2: Information is a non-material entity.NLI-3: No information can arise in stochastic processes ( = events without guiding intelligence).NLI-4: Information can only arise through an intelligent source (sender). All living cells contain information The highest known density of information is found in the DNA molecules of living things. We can illustrate DNA’s immense storage density by considering a quantity of DNA the size of a pinhead, 2 mm in diameter, and asking: How high would a stack of books have to be to contain the same amount of information as we could store encoded on that small amount of DNA? The answer is, another 500 times as high as the 380,000 kilometres the moon is from the earth! When it comes to proofs, we need to clearly distinguish between hard and soft ones. Hard proofs are only known from mathematics and scientific laws. For example, the natural law that heat can never flow from a colder to a warmer body is irrefutable. Pythagoras’ mathematical theorem for right-angled triangles (a2 + b2 = c2) is likewise irrefutable. Soft proofs are for example legal or historical proofs, which are in principle refutable via reliable sources. Because God’s thoughts far surpass our own (Isaiah 55:8–9), God in all His fullness cannot be made subject to verification. But with the help of the natural laws of information, we can nonetheless prove some of his characteristics—His existence, His eternal being, His omnipotence and His omniscience—in hard, i.e. irrefutable, form. Here, our first and foremost concern is the proof of God’s existence. This can be accomplished as follows: Since we find a code (DNA or RNA molecules) and the other levels of information in all forms of life, we find ourselves within the domain of information. So from NLI-4 we can conclude: This requires the existence of an intelligent sender! This proof of God’s existence is at the same time a scientific refutation of atheism. Even the idea of macroevolution is refutable with the aid of the Laws of Information. 3. THE ‘PROPHETIC-MATHEMATICAL PROOF OF GOD’ From the total number of 3268 already-fulfilled prophecies we will here choose only two: The dispersion of the people of Israel, announced in advance by God in Deuteronomy 28:64–65, and centuries later His promised assurance (Jeremiah 16:14–15) that He would bring the people back into the ancestral land. The dispersion took place in the year ad 70, and in the year 1948, with the founding of the nation of Israel, the return promised several thousand years beforehand was fulfilled. The Bible is in that regard an extraordinary book, since it is the only one which demonstrably exhibits an unimaginably high number of fulfilled prophecies. These give us a unique criterion with which we may verify the truth of the Bible in a mathematical way. The example we will use for our calculation is an unusually large pile of ants, in which apart from the usual black ants, there is only one single red ant. Of course, the larger the ant pile contemplated, the smaller the probability of being able to randomly pick out a red ant. The question then becomes: How big does this ant pile have to be so that the probability of picking out the one red ant by chance is exactly the same as the chance of 3260 prophecies just happening to fulfill themselves? If we had to guess, we might think of one of the world’s largest lakes, like Lake Superior in North America, and imagine ants replacing all of its water. Or, realising how incredibly low the probability is, we might even think of the entire volume of planet Earth filled with ants (all black bar one). The calculation in fact shows that even densely packing with ants our entire gigantic, unimaginably huge universe would still not suffice. The actual number of complete universes turns out to be unfathomably high—10896 (10 followed by 896 zeros). Such an immense number of universes brimful of ants illustrates that the probability that the over 3268 prophecies could have fulfilled themselves by chance is, for all practical purposes, zero. We see below that the calculation is in fact very generous, since it assumes that each prophecy has a 50% likelihood of having been fulfilled by chance prior to our time. I.e. the probability for each prophecy is 0.5. So the probability ‘w’ of all of them being so fulfilled can be calculated thus: w = 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x … x 0.5 x (i.e. 3268 successive multiplications) = = 0.53268 = 1.7 x 10-984 = 0.000 …17 (i.e. 983 zeroes after the comma). The numbers resulting from these mathematical calculations extend into realms where one grasps for words to describe them meaningfully—even ‘hypergigantic’ or ‘transastronomical’ fall short. It simply exceeds the capacity of our thinking and imagination to be able to adequately evaluate this reality. We can briefly summarise the astounding outcome thus: The existence of an all-knowing, all-powerful God, identical to the God of the Bible, can be established through the ‘prophetic-mathematical proof of God’. THERE ARE THREE IMPORTANT CONSEQUENCES FROM THIS: 3.1 The Bible is from God, and it is true No person is capable of framing prophecies, often centuries in advance, which are then all fulfilled without exception. The true authors of the Bible are the all-knowing and almighty God (2 Timothy 3:16), Jesus Christ (Galatians 1:12), and the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21). Which is why the entire Bible is true, and why Paul acknowledges as a clear consequence that he believes “all things which are written [in the Bible]” (Acts 24:14). The essentials about God and His Son Jesus Christ are explained in an online video with many graphics. 3.2 There is no God other than the God of the Bible None of the ‘proofs for the existence of God’ put forward in the past refer to a particular God. They are all kept so general that every religion can make use of them. By contrast, the ‘prophetic-mathematical’ proof of God points exclusively to the God of the Bible and to His Son, Jesus Christ. Such a proof cannot be advanced about any of the gods in other religions. Appropriately, the Bible says that people in their religions have designated countless gods: “For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many ‘gods’ and many ‘lords’—yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist” (1 Corinthians 8:5-6). In Psalm 96:5 the Bible dismisses all the gods of the religions: “All the gods of the peoples are worthless idols”. 3.3 Atheism is refuted We may refute atheism in a threefold manner. In Psalm 14:1, the Bible appraises atheistic thinking: “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God’”. Atheists are therefore not just grasping at nothing; they are, sadly, on the way to eternal condemnation: “Whoever does not believe (in the Lord Jesus) will be condemned” (Mark 16:16). The above considerations have enabled us to clarify, in exact scientific fashion, three issues vital to our eternal destiny: God exists;  the whole Bible is true; and this proven God is none other than the God of the Bible. Does merely recognising this mean we are already believers, i.e. that we are then certain of a place in Heaven? The answer is NO. But the good news is encapsulated in the heading of the following section: SALVATION IS AVAILABLE TO ALL WHO WANT IT This article is not meant to criticise anyone for their life’s path hitherto—neither the representatives of other religions nor the missionaries of atheism. It is rather our desire to alert all readers to the ways that lead to lostness, and to appeal to them in welcoming invitation: in this life, salvation is possible for all—if one only wants it. John 3:17–18 sums up the Gospel’s far-reaching implications for us: “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God”. By the will of God we have been designed as eternal beings whose existence is never extinguished. Beyond the barrier of death, there are only two abodes—Heaven or Hell. The first is glorious beyond words, the other unimaginably dreadful. God’s express wish is for us to be in Heaven one day. For that, we need the Saviour, Jesus Christ. He is the opener of Heaven’s door, since He wants to free us of our sin and guilt. If you wish to be saved and go to Heaven, you need to turn from your old way without Jesus and entrust your life to Him. You can initiate this turning point in your life with a prayer, which could go something like this: “Lord Jesus Christ, till now I have lived as if you did not even exist. Now I’m turning to you for the first time in a prayer. I now know that there is a Heaven, and also a Hell. So I ask you to save me from Hell, where I would otherwise go due to all my sin, especially my unbelief. I want to one day be with you in Heaven for all eternity. I know that I can’t get to Heaven through my own efforts, but only through believing in you. The way I’ve been living my life till now, I would never pass judgement before you. So I ask you, forgive me for all my sin. I am truly sorry for my sins. From now on, you will be my Lord, whom I will gladly follow. Give me therefore an obedient heart. I thank you that you have heard me. I believe your promise that now, through turning to you, I will one day be with you forever in Heaven. Amen.” This decision will cause a change in your life, as briefly explained in these four points: egin with the regular reading of God’s Word, the Bible. It is the only book God has authorised as emanating from Him. The Bible is the essential instruction manual for our living and our dying. Speak to your Lord every day. We are to direct our prayers to God the Father, and to Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Put what is said in the Bible into practice. Seek fellowship with others who have also knowingly turned to Christ. Director and Professor (retd.) Dr Werner Gitt, information scientist

Heutzutage bringt man die beiden Begriffe "Evolution" und "Theorie" nicht mehr zusammen - die Entwicklung des Lebens über Milliarden von Jahren gilt als erwiesen. Dass sie es nicht ist, möchte Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt in diesem Traktat beweisen. Anhand einiger konkreter Beispiele zeigt er die Schwächen der Theorie auf und führt auch ein allgemeines Argument an, das der unerklärlichen Herkunft der Information, um letztlich das "wissenschaftliche AUS" für die Evolutionstheorie zu erklären. "Rechtzeitig zu Beginn des Darwinjahres 2009 erschien am 31. Dezember 2008 in der Zeitung ,DIE ZEIT' ein doppelseitiger Artikel mit der Überschrift ,Danke, Darwin!' [...] Der eigentliche Denknotstand unserer Welt ist, dass dem wirklichen Urheber aller Dinge nicht mit Leitartikeln ,Danke, Jesus!' gehuldigt wird." Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! What Darwin couldn’t know On 31 December, 2008, in a perfectly timed anticipation of 2009’s “year of Darwin”, the German newspaper Die Zeit ran a four-page item devoted to the theme of evolution, with the double spread header, “Thank you, Darwin!” The gratitude was directed at a man born 200 years ago, whose revolutionary book The Origin of Species was published 150 years ago. The philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) proudly declared, “Give me matter, and I will build a world out of it!” The French mathematician and astronomer Laplace (1749–1827) wrote extensively on the universe and its origins. Asked by Napoleon why he made no mention of its Creator, he famously responded, “I had no need of that hypothesis”. These and other pioneers of scientific atheism searched for an explanation of life’s origins in which God is no longer required. Seemingly coming to their rescue was Darwin, who provided a way to imagine how living things arose by “natural processes” alone. While Darwin himself may have regarded the implications of his message with some trepidation, today’s ever more godless world adulates its patron saint in an endless parade of journalistic jubilation. Until Darwin’s voyage to the Galápagos islands (1835), the teaching of the Greek philosopher Aristotle—that species were fixed and could not change—held sway. From the varying beak forms of the finches living there, Darwin correctly concluded that species could change and adapt. However, his further conclusion, that all species could be traced back to a single common ancestor, is not scientifically sustainable. Even Darwin was aware of a great weakness in his theory—that there were next to no fossils that could be claimed as transitional forms, when there should have been vast numbers. Nonetheless, after Darwin, mankind lost its special status of being created in God’s image, becoming instead a mere upstart of the animal kingdom. Making evolution happen Today, mutation, selection, isolation, long time periods, chance and necessity, and of course death are nominated as factors that drive evolution. Though all are real enough, none can generate new creative information. Mutation can only change hereditary information that is already there. Without the DNA information system already in existence, evolution could not even get started. Mutation is by definition a random process, without any conceivable goal-orientation. So it could in principle never produce new functional systems (e.g. the invention of new organs). Selection favours those organisms more capable of surviving, ensuring that their hereditary material has a better chance of propagating itself. However, this process only sorts or culls information that is already there, neither improving the information nor adding anything new. Like mutation and selection, none of the other factors listed earlier have any creative function. Let’s look at a few examples in living things to see if such purposeless factors could have brought the following systems into being. Sexual reproduction According to evolutionary teaching, the “invention” of sex was a crucial necessity for the development of higher organisms. Through repeatedly new combinations of genes, many varieties emerge, from which the selection process ensures that those best adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and propagate. But this process is ruled out as an explanation for the desired upwards trend in evolutionary complexity, for two reasons: 1. Sexual reproduction itself could never have arisen via an evolutionary process. It would only be possible if both sexes already possessed functionally complete reproductive organs. But evolution, by definition, permits no goal-oriented strategy or plan. How can such organs develop by such a gradual process over thousands of generations, when the organisms cannot reproduce sexually without them? And if the gradual action of selection is ruled out in favour of some rapid, chance process, how could such complex structures, so different yet so suited to each other down to the last detail, arise at more or less the same time and same place in separate organisms? 2. Even if we assumed that sexual reproduction somehow just miraculously arose, such mixing and recombining of hereditary information would still not be capable of producing any fundamentally new information. Plant and animal breeders have shown through innumerable efforts that highly bred cows still remain cows, and wheat never gives rise to sunflowers. So-called microevolution, better called variation within a kind, is easily seen, but we never see one kind of creature give rise to a quite different kind, as macroevolution would have it. Technological ingenuity in red blood cells Each mm³ (= 1 μl = 1 microlitre) of our blood contains 5 million red blood cells; so there are 150 million of them in each drop of blood. These highly specialized submarines have no life-threatening torpedoes on board; instead they perform functions vital to life. Throughout their 120-day lifetime they are refueled with oxygen 175,000 times, while simultaneously offloading the waste product of oxidation, carbon dioxide, in the lungs. These little transporter ships are so tiny, they can squeeze through the most narrow capillaries to reach every part of the body. Every second, two million new red cells are produced, containing hemoglobin, a remarkably complex chemical compound. Hemoglobin is used for transporting oxygen even during development of the embryo. Up to about the third month of pregnancy, its oxygen needs are distinctly different from those in the ensuing fetal stage, which are different again from the needs of the infant and adult. All three stages—embryo, fetus and adult—require the production of a chemically different form of hemoglobin. Shortly before birth, for example, the body’s factories start switching to top production mode of the third (adult) type of hemoglobin. These three types of hemoglobin could not have arisen by evolutionary processes of trial and error, because most other varieties of the chemical cannot carry enough oxygen, and would thus be deadly. Even if the right form of hemoglobin were to somehow arise to supply two of the stages, without the genetic coding to produce the third form also being present, the outcome would still be certain death. Each of these three stages of our development requires fundamentally different biomachinery to produce each of the different molecules. Further, each set of different machinery must be switched on and off at the right point in time. Where did such complex machinery come from? All conceivable evolutionary explanations fail miserably, because any partially completed transitional stage as evolution requires would not permit the organism to survive. The whole complex machinery is needed from the start. This concept of “irreducible complexity” also applies to the immune system, and to the flagellum that many bacteria use to propel themselves. In each case, the organisms “on the way” to their completed state would not have been able to survive. A more obvious explanation is that this machinery was initially complete, something only possible if a wise Creator conceived and made everything fully functional in the beginning. The flight of the golden plover The golden plover is a beautiful bird. Every one of these creatures emerges from an egg in Alaska. But the winter there is bitterly cold, so the birds relocate to Hawaii, 4,500 km (2,800 miles) away. This massive distance requires a non-stop flight, because these birds cannot swim, and there are no islands on the way for them to rest. For this epic journey, the golden plover needs a full tank of fuel, in the form of 70 grams (2.25 oz.) of fat acquired through deliberate over-eating. 6.8 grams (0.22 oz.) of this has been calculated to take into account the possibility of headwinds. Flying uninterrupted day and night for three and a half days, the bird would not survive to reach its destination without this precisely calculated level of fat. It also needs a remarkably accurate navigation system to find the Hawaiian Islands, or face certain death—if it is off course, there are no nearby landing spots when the fuel runs out. Here, too, mutation and selection are seen to be inadequate. It is more plausible to propose that the golden plover was created with this capacity. Is evolution a workable paradigm? In addition to the above brief glance at the realm of living things, one can point to many other examples of high-level goal-oriented systems. The sperm whale, though a mammal, is so equipped as to be able to surface rapidly from a depth of 3,000 metres (1.86 miles). Yet it shows no signs of that dreaded nemesis of divers, ‘the bends’, which would kill most other mammals attempting this feat. Many of the bacteria in our bowels have miniature built-in electric motors, which can run forwards or backwards. In most cases, life itself depends on the full functionality of the organs (heart, liver, kidneys, etc.) Unfinished organs, yet to be developed, would be useless. Those wanting to think along Darwinian lines need to be reminded that evolution knows of no direction towards an ultimate goal or target in the form of a finished product. The German evolutionary biologist Günther Osche (1926-2009) rightly stated: “Of course, unlike a business enterprise, organisms undergoing certain phases of evolution cannot be temporarily shut down while being rebuilt.” Each intermediate “stage” must be capable of surviving in its own right. The intelligence and wisdom expressed in the works of creation is nothing short of overwhelming. The conclusion that there was an original Creator is more than just obvious. It also fits with what the Bible states in its first verse already: “In the beginning, God created”! Influenced by Darwinism, liberal/higher-critical theology, which dismisses the idea that the creation account is an accurate revelation from God, has flourished. But we would do well to “believe everything… that is written” (Acts 24:14), for “God is not a man, that He should lie” (Num. 23:19). Where does information come from? The strongest arguments in science are always those in which scientific laws can be invoked to preclude the possibility of a proposed process or event. Scientific laws know of no exceptions. This is why a perpetual motion machine, one that runs continually with no external input of energy, is impossible. Today, we know what Darwin could not know—that the cells of all living things contain an unimaginable amount of information, which they also happen to store in the most compact form so far known to us. The development of all organs is information-directed, and all processes and functions in living things are information-controlled, including the manufacture of all the substances that make up our body (for example, more than 50,000 different proteins). The whole concept of evolution would only be feasible if there were some property in matter that permitted information to arise through chance processes. This is absolutely essential, because all the body plans of individuals, and all the complex processes in cells, are information-based. Information is a nonmaterial entity, thus not a property of matter. The scientific laws about information state that matter can never generate such a nonmaterial entity. Further, that information can only arise from an originator with intelligence and will. We can see, then, that someone who thinks evolution is possible must believe in a “perpetual motion machine of information”, i.e. in something strictly forbidden by the universally applicable scientific laws. This is the Achilles’ heel of Darwinism; at this point, evolution requires science itself to be abandoned. This is all explained in detail in my book “In the Beginning was Information” (available from creation.com/store). Where did life come from? All the evolutionary bluster of our day has never really answered this question. Evolutionists have not the faintest notion of how dead matter could have given rise to life. Stanley Miller (1930–2007), whose 1953 “primordial soup” experiment features in every biology textbook, admitted 40 years later that none of the contemporary hypotheses about the origin of life were convincing. He described them collectively as “nonsense” and “paper chemistry”. The microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) scientifically established at the microbial level what we now call the biogenetic law: “Life can only come from life.” There was only one who could say, “I am the life” (John 14:6), and that was Jesus. Of him it says in Colossians 1:16: “For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible” and further in John 1:3: “Through him [the Word = Jesus] all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.” Every theory of origins that does not have Jesus as the source and foundation of life and the universe is thus a stillborn notion, one that must inevitably founder on the rock that is Jesus. Evolution is therefore one of the greatest errors in the history of the world, and it has drawn millions of people into the abyss of unbelief. Unfortunately, many today do not take into account that this abyss of unbelief is followed, after death, by the abyss of eternal lostness (hell). A real tragedy of today’s world is that journalists do not pay widespread homage to the real originator of everything, proclaiming “Thank you, Jesus!” instead of their “Thank you, Darwin!” Many know nothing of the fact that Jesus Christ has made us a magnificent offer. He said, “I am the door” (John 10:9), and with that he meant the entry into Heaven. If you turn to Him, you will have eternal life. Director and Professor EmeritusDr-Ing. Werner Gitt

Wir suchen den, der die tiefste Spur in der Menschheitsgeschichte hinterlassen und das Leben anderer Menschen am meisten beeinflusst hat. Wer hat die größte Bedeutung für unser Leben? Folgende Kriterien werden benannt, nach denen wir beurteilen wollen: Wer hat den Menschen die größte und weitreichendste Hilfe gebracht? Wessen Aussagen sind nie veraltet und heute noch hochaktuell? Wer hat sich persönlich für jeden von uns eingesetzt? Wessen Tat ist für jeden von uns wirksam? Zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen wird das Wirken von Menschen aus unterschiedlichen Bereichen betrachtet und schließlich die Person genauer beschrieben, auf die die richtige Antwort zutrifft. Von allen, die über diese Welt gingen, ist der Gottessohn Jesus Christus der Einzigartige und Unvergleichbare, den niemand kopieren kann. Who has changed the world the most? Have you ever thought about which person in history has had the greatest influence on the lives of other people? We will search for the one person who has left the deepest impression on human history. Where should for look for such a one? To answer these questions, we will first consider the work of people from different fields. Would it be one of the great explorers? Among these, the Italian Christopher Columbus (c. 1451–1506) stands out. He was looking for a new sea passage to the East Indies by sailing westwards. In the process, he discovered a part of the earth hitherto unknown to Europeans: America! Millions found a new home here, so that their lives were profoundly altered. Or consider the inventors. Our modern world was especially revolutionised through one invention—that of the computer. In 1938, the German civil engineer Konrad Zuse (1910–1995) made the world’s first functioning programmable computer. This device has since made a triumphant penetration into all branches of science and administration, thereby significantly transforming the world. Might our search find its object among the great revolution­aries? In 1917, Lenin (1870–1924) sparked a revolution in Russia and founded the Soviet Union. At the end of World War 2, it reached its greatest extent, covering 22.4 million km2, a seventh of the entire world’s area. The plazas in all of its cities had prominent Lenin memorials. He was the omnipresent ‘God of the Soviet Union’. The idea of communism was meant to conquer the entire world. From the day of his burial in the Lenin Mausoleum in Moscow in January 1924, guards were posted there day and night, rotating hourly. Thousands passed by the glass sarcophagus every day. Brides and grooms went to the mausoleum for their wedding, instead of holding it at a church. But from Wednesday October 6, 1993, the Lenin Mausoleum—the pilgrimage site of commu­nism—was no longer guarded. A report by the Itar-Tass news agency simply stated: “The country’s number one guard post has been closed due to a change in ritual.” The mausoleum has been closed since November 1993. An ideology had collapsed, one that led to the greatest mass murder and persecution/murder of Christians of all time. The power politics emanating from the former Soviet Union recorded well over 140 million victims. The suffering that communism brought upon the entire world is immeasurable. Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) rightly said, “Those who think they are doing justice by denying Christ will end up drowning the world in blood.” Many scientists have traversed this planet. Einstein, Planck, Heisenberg, Newton, Darwin, Pavlov, Mendeleyev are just some examples we could name. Darwin helped the theory of evolution to break through. This notion was enthusiastically received by many because it was thought the world could now be explained without God. It has since been refuted by the natural laws of information[1], so it should now be regarded as an error-of-the-century fallacy. Albert Einstein (1879–1955) is regarded today as the greatest scientist of the 20th century. Irish poet George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) invited him to London for the premiere of one of his plays. On that occasion he delivered the following eulogy on Einstein: Napoleon and other great men of his type, they were makers of empires, But there is an order of men who get beyond that. They are not makers of empires, but they are makers of universes, And when they have made those universes, their hands are unstained by the blood of any human being on earth. Ptolemy made a universe that lasted 1400 years . Newton also made a universe which has lasted 300 years.  Einstein has made a universe, and I can’t tell you how long that will last. Finally, let us contemplate the philosophers. We here encounter a formidable list of names: Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Locke, Hegel, Nietzsche, and more. Marx is credited with saying: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.” In the countries of the former Soviet bloc, his ideas were elevated to be the basis for the state, economy and society. After the collapse of commu­nism, the extent of their destructive influence became apparent—in the state and the economy, but also in the souls of the people. Let’s take stock for a moment: All of the people mentioned above have changed the world. Some did so in a very positive way and others in an extremely negative way. But of all who have ever walked this earth, who has changed the world the most? Who gets the super gold medal, one not followed by any silver or bronze award? First, let’s name the criteria by which we will judge: Who has brought the greatest and most far-reaching help to people? Whose statements have never gone out of date, and his teaching is still highly relevant today? Who has personally intervened for each one of us? Whose work is effective for each of us today? Who has so deeply impacted my own life that I, as author, would write the text you are reading? Columbus? Goethe? Copernicus? With the bar set so high, only one remains. He is the one we now want to hear about. His CV—as will be seen—is clearly not exceptional. Nevertheless, this person is the only one whose impact reaches directly into all of our lives. Who could this person be? An anonymous writer sketched this man’s life something like this: He was born in a remote village as the child of a craftsman’s wife. He grew up In another village and worked in a small workshop, until he was thirty years old. Then he wandered the countryside for three years, telling people what he thought was important. He did none of the things we normally associate with greatness and recognition. He was only thirty-three years old when public opinion turned against him. That was surprising, because he helped a lot of people. His friends ran away from him. He was handed over to his enemies, and had to endure a mock trial. He was sentenced to death, although no one could prove him guilty. He was nailed alive to a cross between two robbers. While he was dying, his executioners rolled dice for his clothes, which were his only earthly possessions. When he was dead, they placed him in a borrowed grave. A friend provided it for him out of pity. Who is this man with this particular biography? Twenty centuries have now passed, and to this day he remains the central figure of humanity and the engine of its advancement. All the armies that ever marched and all the fleets that ever sailed have not accomplished what he did in three years. All the parliaments that have ever met, and all the kings that have ever reigned, put together, have not influenced the lives of the people of this planet as much as this unique man. That is Jesus! Let us now focus on the question: So who is this Jesus? More than 60,000 biographies have been written about him. No person in world history has been portrayed as often. Napoleon apparently said of him: “People will talk about him [= Jesus] forever, and people will die for him. No one will speak of me [= Napoleon] anymore, and no one will die for me.” No one had to die for Jesus. He never demanded it of anyone, but nonetheless countless thousands of people throughout history have voluntarily gone to their deaths because they did not want to deny him—and this continues to our day. People were compelled to die for Napoleon, but now no one goes to their death for him. 1. Jesus is the Son of God At his baptism, a voice sounded from heaven: “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased” (Matthew 3:17). If the voice speaks of his Son, then the One who speaks the words must be his Father. This voice came from heaven—it came from God himself! And on the Mount of Transfiguration, God speaks out of the cloud: “This is my beloved Son; listen to him” (Mark 9:7). When Jesus was interrogated before the council of elders, the high priest asked him, “I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God” (Matthew 26:63). Jesus professed to this in His response: “You have said so” (Matthew 26:64). 2. Jesus is the Creator The Bible begins with the words: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). The word for God here is the Hebrew ‘elohim’, which is a plural noun. The cre­ation account itself makes it clear that God, the Father, is not the sole agent in creation: “Let us make man” (Genesis 1:26). In the New Testament the ‘who’ regarding creation is more precisely unfolded. Thus, according to 1 Corinthians 8:6, Jesus Christ is clearly involved in the work of creation: “Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we exist.” Hebrews 1:2 says: “… through whom [= Jesus] also he [= God] created the world”. The beginning of the Gospel of John also documents that everything has its origin in Jesus: “All things were made through him [= the Word = Jesus], and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:3). In Colossians 1:16–17 we read further about Jesus’ creatorship: “For by him [= Jesus Christ] all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.” In our visible, material world, there is nothing that was not created through Jesus. The huge cosmos with its millions upon millions of galaxies is included here, as well as the finest details making up a living cell, or the structural composition of an atom. But Jesus is not only the Creator, He is also the Sustainer of this world. Everything has its continuance in Him. The world has not been left to itself after its creation, but through His powerful Word He also sustains and maintains it. So we do not need to fear a cosmic catastrophe from a collision of stars, or the burning out and cooling down of the sun. Jesus sustains the world until His return. As Creator, Jesus is thus also the Lord over all things: He both devised and instituted the laws of nature. Therefore, He can also override them as needed. We then call such actions miracles: Stilling of the storm (Mark 4:35–41): While Jesus was travel­ling on a boat with the disciples on the Sea of Galilee, a violent storm arose. He was asleep on board, but the disciples saw themselves near death. When they woke Jesus, His short rebuke of the wind and waves was enough for them to immediately fall silent. He has power over the laws of nature. Raising of Lazarus (John 11:1–45): From the perspective of Mary and Martha, Jesus came to Bethany too late to heal the sick Lazarus. Lazarus had already died, but for Jesus there is no being late. He issued the two commands, “Take away the stone”, and “Lazarus, come out”. That was enough to bring the dead Lazarus back to life. 3. Jesus is the unique one Of all who ever passed through this world, Jesus is the unique and incomparable one, whom no one can imitate. He is the only God; none of the gods claimed by various religions has visited our world as He did. In John 5:19 Jesus says, “For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.” This statement by Jesus that He can do all that the Father does unmistakably shows that Jesus is God. For who can do all that God does? Only the one who is Himself God! Through my believing in this Jesus, God has met me! He is the only one whose biography was made known centuries in advance. He is the only one of whom His birthplace, His nature and His works, and the circumstances and details of His death, were precisely foretold and also set down in writing. He is the only one who remained without sin (1 John 3:5). He is the only one who conquered death through His resur­rection, so that now it is true: “Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” (1 Corinthians 15:54b–55). He is the only one who gave Himself over to death out of love for us: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). He is the only ruler whose kingdom will be everlasting: “... his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him” (Daniel 7:27b). He is the only one who has revealed to us how world history will end one day. His coming again will be the conclusion. And then it will be confirmed that I have made the right decision in this life. He is the only one who shows us the way to heaven. In John 14:6, He says in very unequivocal fashion: “I am the [only] way, and the [only] truth, and the [eternal] life; no one comes to the Father [to heaven] except through me.” Numerous other verses also speak with this unmistakable clarity, of which we select only two examples here: “Whoever believes in the Son [of God] has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son [of God] shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him” (John 3:36). “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name [but Jesus] under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Who has changed the world the most? The question we asked at the beginning can now be easily answered. With His words: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” Jesus indicates that His message of salvation is addressed to all people worldwide. Everyone is invited: “Whoever comes to me I will never cast out” (John 6:37). Now all that matters is that we entrust our lives to this Lord in faith, and consistently walk with Him. I explain how you can do this in a very practical way at wernergitt.de/turning. No one, other than Jesus alone, has done greater things for us human beings—thereby He has not only changed me, but has also changed our world the most. Director and Professor (retired) Dr Werner Gitt Ph.D. Information scientist wernergitt.com  _______________________________ [1]   W. Gitt with B. Compton and J. Fernandez: Without Excuse – Information: the Key to Life. Creation Book Publishers, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2018, Ch. 8 (pp. 183–206).     Available creation.com/s/10-2-577  

An verschiedenen Beispielen wird die Genialität der Schöpfung dargestellt. Als Wissenschaftler erklärt Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt, dass die unglaubliche Information, die in der ganzen Schöpfung steckt, einer intelligenten Quelle bedarf. Diese Quelle ist Gott selbst. Die Wissenschaft kann nur das "Was" analysieren, nicht aber das "Woher". Das "Am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde" der Bibel gibt uns eine Antwort auf die Frage nach der Herkunft des Lebens. Der Gedanke, Gott hätte durch Evolution geschaffen (die so genannte "Theistische Evolution"), untergräbt die Autorität der Bibel und ist mit dem christlichen Glauben unvereinbar. Die Bibel zeigt deutlich, dass Jesus der Schöpfer ist. Jesus hat die Menschen geschaffen und liebt sie hingebungsvoll. Darum lädt Jesus dazu ein, diese Liebe anzunehmen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! Who is the Designer? The world we see around us Even a glance at the realm of living things reveals a vast range of highly goal-directed concepts—incredible design. The sperm whale, a mammal, is equipped to dive up to 3000 metres, without any risk of dying of the “bends” from its ascent. And the woodpecker pounds its head against a tree again and again without getting brain damage. Life usually requires a creature’s organs (e. g. heart, liver, kidneys) to be fully functional. Organs which are still developing or are partially developed are for the most part worthless. As most supporters of Darwin’s ideas would be aware, the idea of an organ developing in a given direction in order to meet some future goal or function is completely foreign to evolutionary thinking. Many migratory birds have an autopilot that guides them to their goal, regardless of the weather or whether it is day or night. The golden plover, for example, flies from Alaska to Hawaii for the winter. The 70 grams of fat required for the 4500 km (2800 miles) trip are very precisely calculated, with a reserve of 6.8 grams providing for a possible headwind. The nautilus lives at the outer edge of a spiral shell which is divided into small chambers. These chambers are filled with different amounts of gas depending on how deep the shellfish is diving, thus ensuring that it is always in balance. Our modern submarines seem awkward and clumsy in comparison. Normally, these animals live at a depth of about 400 metres but at night they come up to about 100 metres. Some microscopic bacteria have built-in proton drive motors which allow them to move forwards and backwards. At a size of, believe it or not, just six millionth of a cubic millimetre, the Escherichia coli bacterium has more than six motors, a built-in power station to furnish energy, a computer-like system and a substantial number of chemical plants. A living cell is much, much more complicated and ingenious than any manmade machine. Inside cells, a vast range of program-directed chemical processes are all taking place at the same time, and all co-ordinated with one another. The DNA molecules inside living cells contain the greatest density of information known to man. Do you know how many paperback books it would take to contain the information stored in just a pinhead of DNA? 15 million million! If you stacked these books on top of one another you would have a pile 500 times higher than the distance from the earth to the moon, a total of 192,000,000 kilometres (119,000,000 miles). Our universe has some 1025 stars (=1 followed by 25 zeroes!). Even the longest human life would not be long enough to count them all. If we used a really fast computer, capable of carrying out 10 thousand million counts per second, it would still take 30 million years to count the stars! Any thoughtful person confronted with this handful of examples will want to consider the origin of all these ingenious design concepts. The theory of evolution, accepted by so many people, provides no reasonable answers because it attributes everything ultimately to matter—including the soul, consciousness, and the huge amount of information within cells. Scientifically, we know that information is not matter, and the laws of nature concerning information show that it always requires an intelligent source—that is, an originator of this information, with a will. The intelligence and wisdom expressed in the works of creation are absolutely astonishing. A consideration of them compels us to conclude that there must be an original creator, a designer responsible for design. But who? Where can we find a reliable answer? Science can only investigate the reality of time and space, in which we live, by using various methods for measuring and weighing. Science can only consider the ”what?” but not the ”from where?” question of creation. The answer to the second question is beyond all human capacity, and can only be given by the Designer himself. God’s word, the Bible, gives us the answer in the very first verse: “In the beginning God created.” That fits with the requirement we’ve noted previously that all design information must have had an intelligent source. Who is the Designer/Creator? God was there before anything else. Before space, time and matter, He was active. If we confine our examinations to this one verse, we might get the impression that God the Father is the only one doing the creating. A decisive indication that He is not alone in creation can be found further on in the account of creation: “Let us make man” (Gen. 1:26). The Holy Spirit is also involved as we can see from the second verse of the creation account: “... and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” The Bible doesn’t give all the information at once; it often tells us a bit at a time. In the New Testament the question of “who?” is dealt with in more detail. According to I Corinthians 8:6, Jesus Christ was involved in creation: “Yet for us there is but one God, the Father from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.” The Hebrew word “Elohim” in Genesis 1:1 is a plural form for the Creator. An everyday example may help us to understand the concept behind this idea: a family takes the car to visit some friends. When it’s time to set off home, the father says, “OK, let’s drive home now”. Even though the father uses the plural form, it still means that only one person will be sitting at the steering wheel doing the actual driving. The rest of the family will also be sitting in the car and “driving”, although only one person will be actively using the steering wheel, accelerator and brake pedals. This somewhat limited illustration can help us to understand the picture the Bible portrays of the Creator/Designer, the ultimate source of all the information we see in the world. God created the biological world—through Jesus Christ. That is exactly what we read in Hebrews 1:2. John’s gospel also states quite clearly at its outset that everything that exists has its origin in Jesus: “Through him [= through the Word/Jesus] all things were made, without him nothing was made that has been made” (John 1:3). Jesus Christ is the Creator We read more about Jesus’ active part in creation in Colossians 1:16-17: “For by him [= Jesus Christ] all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by Him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” In the visible, physical world there is nothing which was not created by Jesus—the huge cosmos with its millions upon millions of galaxies just as much as the tiniest details of the processes of a living cell or the structure of an atom. Jesus is not just the originator of the whole micro- and macro- cosmos; He has authority over it all. In addition, Jesus also made the world which is invisible to us, populating it with the innumerable creatures which the Bible calls angels. And just as everything in God’s creation is diverse and highly structured at the same time, the same may be said of the unseen world, as we can see by the use of the terms thrones, rulers and authorities. Jesus is not only the Creator, but also the One who maintains this world. He holds everything together. The world wasn’t left to itself once creation was complete; He holds and maintains it by His mighty Word. So we don’t need to worry about a cosmic catastrophe caused by stars colliding, or the sun burning out or cooling down. Jesus will maintain the world until He returns. Humanity didn’t come about from some cosmic lottery, as the Nobel prize winner Jaques Monod thought. Instead, we were created with a purpose and a goal in mind – Jesus! Without this goal we miss the whole meaning of life. Jesus’ creative activity in the Old Testament In Proverbs 8:22-24+30 it says: “The Lord brought me forth as the first of His works, before His deeds of old; I was appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began. When there were no oceans, I was given birth ... Then I was the craftsman at his side.” The word “craftsman” used here also indicates Jesus’ active part in creation. Verse 26 of Psalm 102 is quoted in the New Testament in Hebrews 1:10 and is used of Jesus: “In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.” How did the Creator do His work? The Bible gives us the answer to the question of how God created: By the Word of God: Psalm 33:6; John 1:1-4 From nothing: Hebrews 11:3 By the power of God: Jeremiah 10:12 By the wisdom of God: Psalm 104:24; Colossians 2:3 According to the will of God: Genesis 1:26; Re­ve­lation 4:11 Through the Son of God: John 1:1-4; John 1:10; Co­los­sians 1:15-17 According to the characteristics of Jesus: Matthew 11:29; John 10:11. These factors took effect in the six days of creation. They are outside the normal lawful processes of nature and can thus only be fully grasped by faith. The laws of nature regulate the processes of our world; however, they are not the cause but rather the result of creation. What about the “bad things” in nature? We know that the world we see now is not the same in all respects as the once “very good” world God initially made. Something happened to this world, as a result of the first couple’s rebellion against their Maker (Genesis 3). What has been given to us in Jesus Christ? He is the foundation on which we can build our lives. Christ forms the foundation for everything: creation, the Bible, faith, salvation, peace, hope, the way to the Father, our life’s goal. Christ is the immovable rock (I Corinthians 10:4) upon which all humanly devised systems will be broken. God says, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise” (I Corinthians 1:19); ideologies such as various forms of atheism and evolutionism will be shattered on the rock of Jesus. The proponents of all these thought systems will also one day have to bow the knee before the Lord (Philippians 2:10), even though they now vigorously reject the Planner, Designer, Creator and Saviour. Why is the theory of evolution so dangerous? It doesn’t just give us a false view of the world. It leads us into a hopelessness like that so appropriately described by the German writer Jean Paul: “There is no God … Stark, silent nothingness! Cold eternal necessity! Mad coincidence … How lonely each of us is in this vast universe, this vault of corpses!” The theory of evolution maintains that the world can be explained without a creator. Consequently, it seduces people into atheism, and according to what Jesus says, atheistic beliefs will lead us to hell: “Whoever does not believe will be condemned” (Mark 16:16). Some people try to explain evolution as a way of God working. But if God did create through evolution then There would have been no first human couple There would be no sin because “aggression is the flywheel which drives evolution onwards” (Joachim Illies) God would have used death as a means of creation Salvation through Jesus, who is called the “last Adam” in contrast to the sinful Adam (I Corinthians 15:45), would be without foundation. These considerations show that so-called “Theistic Evo­lution” would destroy the very foundations of the Bible’s message, corrupting it completely. For this reason, this false idea should be completely rejected. An awesome thought We have come to see that Jesus is the Creator of all things. He is the One who has been there from all eternity, the King of the heavenly realm. He has been given all authority in heaven and on earth (Matthew 28:18). Can we ever truly grasp the following awesome reality? The Man on the cross of Golgotha, and the Creator of the universe and all living things is one and the same Person! In His unfathomable love for us, He allowed Himself to be crucified and did not resist, so that the door of heaven would be open for us. Whoever rejects that, loses everything: “How shall we escape if we ignore such a gret salvation?” (Hebrews 2:3). Whoever accepts Him, wins everything: “Whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life...; he has crossed over from death to life” (John 5:24). Ask the Lord Jesus to forgive your sins, so that you will be able to stand in the judgment of God. Accept Him as your personal Saviour and follow Him. Dr. Werner GittDirector and Professorinformation scientist  

Viele Menschen gehen davon aus, dass das Leben auf der Erde durch Evolution entstanden ist und meinen, dass dies wissenschaftlich bewiesen sei. Anhand der Naturgesetze der Information stellt Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt sechs Schlussfolgerungen auf, die eindeutig die Möglichkeit der Entstehung des Lebens durch Evolution ausschließen. "Die stärkste Argumentation in der Wissenschaft ist immer dann gegeben, wenn Naturgesetze angewandt werden, um einen Vorgang oder eine Idee zu begründen oder auch zu widerlegen. In allen Lebewesen finden wir eine geradezu unvorstellbare Menge an Information, die unbedingt erforderlich ist für die Baupläne der Individuen und für die Steuerung aller komplexen Vorgänge in den Zellen. Mit Hilfe der Naturgesetze der Information werden wir nachweisen, dass jegliche Information, und damit auch die biologische Information, einen intelligenten Urheber benötigt." Quicklink to this artikle: https://wernergitt.de/refuting Refuting Evolution by Scientific Laws The strongest arguments in scientific discussions occur when scientific laws are incorporated. When studying living things we find an astonishing amount of information necessary as blueprints for each individual, and for controlling the highly organized processes in the cells that compose an individual. Using scientific laws of information we will establish that all information, including biological information, requires an intelligent originator. What is a Scientific Law? If statements about the observable world are consistently and repeatedly confirmed to be universally true and never refuted, we refer to them as scientific laws. Scientific Laws represent the highest level of scientific certainty because: they know no exception. they tell us whether a process being contemplated is possible or not. they exist prior to, and independent of, their discovery and formulation. they can always be successfully applied to unknown situations. When we refer to the laws of physics and chemistry, we usually call them “laws of nature”. But to claim that our world can be described solely in terms of material/natural quantities is an incomplete view of reality. Our world also includes nonmaterial entities such as information, will, intelligence and consciousness. The same scientific procedures used for identifying “laws of nature” are also used for identifying laws governing nonmaterial entities. These laws of nonmaterial entities exhibit the same attributes as listed above for the “laws of nature”. Therefore scientific laws for nonmaterial entities fulfill the same conditions as the “laws of nature” for material quantities and possess a similar power of inference. We use the term Scientific Laws to refer to “laws of nature” and “laws of nonmaterial entities”. Definition of Information and its Scientific Laws Describing the Scientific Laws of Information and analyzing an unknown system will require an unambiguous and precise definition of information. Universal Information is being spoken or written when the following five hierarchical levels can be found: Statistics, Cosyntics (code, grammar, vocabulary), Semantics (meaning), Pragmatics (action) and Apobetics (goal, result). Four Scientific Laws of Information are: SLI-1: A material entity cannot generate a nonmaterial entity. SLI-2: Universal information is a nonmaterial fundamental entity. SLI-3: Universal information cannot be created by random physicochemical interactions (interactions without controlling intelligence.) SLI-4: Universal information can only be created by an intelligent sender. An intelligent sender is conscious, has a will of its own, is creative, thinks autonomously and acts purposefully. Hereafter, with the help of the Scientific Laws of Information, significant conclusions will be drawn. Six far-reaching Conclusions Having established the Scientific Laws of Information we can now effectively apply them in far-reaching conclusions. Because our questions will surpass possible scientific answers, we will need a superior source of information and for me as a Christian this is the Bible. Hereafter we will first mention the scientific conclusions on the basis of the Scientific Laws of Information and then we will indicate the Biblical reference which will confirm the scientific result or even surpass it. Conclusion C1: Because it can be established that all forms of life contain a DNA/RNA code, as well as all of the other levels of Universal Information, we are within our definition of Universal Information. We can therefore conclude: there must be an intelligent sender who created the DNA/RNA coding system! (Applying SLI-4) There has never been an observable process which demonstrates Universal Information originating without prior intelligence. This also must be valid for all of the Universal Information present in living things. So SLI-4 demands an intelligent sender (originator) who wrote the DNA/RNA codes. Therefore, Conclusion C1 is proof for the existence of god and also a scientific refutation of atheism. Conclusion C2: The information encoded in DNA far exceeds all of our current technologies. No human being could possibly qualify as the sender. Instead, this sender must be outside of our visible world. We can conclude that: There is only one sender, who must not only be exceptionally intelligent, but must possess an infinitely large amount of information and intelligence, i.e. he must be omniscient (all knowing). (Applying SLI-1, SLI-4) Imagine this sender (originator, creator, god) was limited in intelligence then a “super god” with more intelligence who taught him was required. Because this “super god” also needed a teacher we finally will need an infinite number of gods. Since an infinite regress is impossible we must end at an all knowing and unlimited god. The logical equivalent and simpler alternative is to propose a single god. This god, however, must be infinitely intelligent, nonmaterial, and in command of an infinite amount of information. He must be all knowing (omniscient). This second conclusion is also taught by the Bible. There is only one God: “I am the first and I am the last; apart from Me there is no God” (Isaiah 44:6). If this God is all knowing (C2) then He has knowledge of all things about the present, the past and even the future. But if He knows all things, even beyond all restrictions of time, then He Himself must be eternal! This is also written in Psalm 90:2; Isaiah 40:28; Daniel 6:26. Conclusion C3: Because the Sender: has ingeniously encoded the information into the DNA molecules, must have designed the intricately organized bio-machinery that decodes the information and carries out all the processes of biosynthesis, and has created all the details of the original construction and reproductive capacities of all living things, we can conclude that: the Sender performed (expected action) His purpose and, therefore, He must be very powerful! In C2 we determined on the basis of scientific laws that the Sender (Creator, God) must be all knowing, nonmaterial and eternal. Now we will consider the question of the extent of His power. By applying the same logic as in C2, we achieve the result that this God must also be almighty. This is also testified by the Bible: “’I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come, the Almighty’” (Revelation 1:8). Conclusion C4: Man is able to generate new Universal Information that cannot originate solely from our material body. Therefore, we can conclude that man must have a nonmaterial component (soul, spirit). This also refutes the philosophy of Materialism. (Applying SLI-1, SLI-2). Evolutionary biology is locked into an exclusively materialistic paradigm. With the aid of the laws of information, Materialism may be refuted as follows: We all have the capacity to create new information (e.g., in letters, books), this requires that humans have a nonmaterial component. Matter alone cannot do this (SLI-1). Therefore, in addition to our material body, a nonmaterial component (soul, spirit) is necessary. The Bible, in 1 Thessalonians 5:23, confirms this conclusion: “May God Himself, the God of peace…keep your whole spirit, soul and body blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” The body is the material component of a person while soul and spirit are nonmaterial. Brain: Because of the materialistic way of thinking in science, researchers work with the following assumption: “Our brain is the source of Universal Information.” This assumption is wrong because our brain consists of matter and cannot generate new Universal Information (SLI-1). The brain, therefore, cannot be the original source of Universal Information; it is only a data-processing machine albeit an extremely organized one. Conclusion C5: Because information is the basic component of all life, which cannot originate from mass and energy alone, an intelligent sender is required. But since all theories of chemical and biological evolution demand that Universal Information must originate from mass and energy alone (no sender), we can conclude that all these theories and concepts of chemical and biological evolution MUST be wrong. (Applying SLI-1, SLI-2) The evolutionary theory tries to explain that life is a purely material phenomenon on a physicochemical level. The laws of Universal Information exclude the idea of chemical evolution i.e., from chemicals to the first primordial cell. Also excluded is biological evolution i.e., from the first primordial cell to man. Adaptation within a species (e.g., Darwin’s finches having different types of beaks), can be observed. The information needed for these changes to occur did not arise from mutations but was programmed into the original Kinds of birds created by God. In Genesis, Chapter 1 we read that God created the individual Kinds of plants and animals and that each Kind reproduced only itself. However, within each original Kind there were informational programs that produced a wide variety of individual plants and animals thereby allowing them to adapt to changing or different environments. Once again, both chemical and biological evolutions are refuted! Conclusion C6: Because life contains a nonmaterial entity, matter alone could not have originated it. From this we conclude: There is no process inherent within matter alone that leads from non-living chemicals to living organisms. (Applying SLI-1) All living organisms consist of both matter and a nonmaterial component (information). Conclusion C6 refutes the emergence of life from spontaneous chemical interactions. Thus, the search for life evolving on planets of other stars is futile. Summary By means of the Scientific Laws of Universal Information we refute several widespread evolutionary ideas: purely materialistic thinking in biological sciences, all popular ideas of evolution (cosmic, chemical and biological evolution), Materialism/Naturalism restrict reality to mass and energy alone. Atheism. Furthermore, we establish: the existence of an Originator (Creator, God), required by the Scientific Laws of Universal Information. the Originator must be omniscient (all-knowing) and omnipotent (all-powerful). that man must have a nonmaterial component (soul, spirit). that our brain cannot be the source of new Universal Information. Who is the Sender, Who is the Creator? We now zero in on a very important question: Who is the Sender of biological information, and Who is the Originator of all Kinds of life? God the Father delegated to His Son the task for creation and therefore we are told about Jesus in the New Testament (Colossians 1:15-17): „Who is the image of the invisible God ... For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, ... all things were created by Him, and for Him. And He is before all things, and by Him all things are held together.“ Therefore there is nothing in our world that wasn’t created by the Lord Jesus Christ, including the huge universe, every microbe, every ant, every giraffe and also mankind. A breathtaking thought Jesus is the Person Who has existed since all eternity and He is the King of the kingdom of heaven. All power is given unto Him in heaven and in earth (Matthew 28:18). Can we grasp the following breathtaking thought? The Man on the Cross of Calvary and the Creator of the universe and of all life is one and the same person! In His unfathomable love towards us He let Himself be crucified and He didn’t fight back so that the door of heaven could be opened for us. Whoever discards this gift of salvation will lose all: “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation?” (Hebrew 2:3). Anyone who will accept Him will gain everything because Jesus said: “He that hears my Word, and believes on Him that sent Me, has everlasting life … he is passed from death unto life” (John 5:24). Ask the Lord Jesus for forgiveness of all your sins, so you will be forgiven and not come under God’s judgment. Accept Him as the Creator, your personal Savior and live your life in obedience to His commands! Director and Professor (retd.) Dr. Werner Gitt

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!  How can I get to Heaven? Many people try not to think about eternity. Even those who think about death, try not to think about what will happen afterwards. As a child, the American actress Drew Barrymore (born 1975) played one of the leading roles in the film ‘E.T.’ At the age of 28, she said; “Should I die before my cat, then I would like her to be given my ashes to eat. At least then, I’ll live on in my cat.” Isn’t such ignorance and short-sightedness frightening? While Jesus was alive, lots of people came to him. Their problems usually had to do with the here and now.  10 lepers wanted to be healed (Lk 17 v 13).  the blind wanted to see (Mt 9 v 27).  someone else wanted Jesus’ help with a dispute over an inheritance   (Lk 12 v 13-14).  Pharisees came with the trick question about whether they should pay   taxes to Caesar (Mt 22 v 17). Few people came to Jesus to hear what he had to say about how to get to Heaven. One rich young ruler came to him and asked, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Lk 18 v 18). He was told to sell all that was dear to him and follow Jesus. As he was very rich he did not follow Jesus’ advice and so missed out on Heaven. On the other hand, there were people who weren’t looking for Heaven but when they heard about it in their encounter with Jesus, they took the opportunity straight away. Zacchaeus longed to see Jesus. But he got more than he expected. When Jesus went to his house – while they were having a cup of tea, if you like – he found Heaven. “Today salvation has come to this house” (Lk 19 v 9). How can I find Heaven? From what we have already seen, we can see that  the kingdom of Heaven is to be found at a definite point in time. That’s   good to know because it means that you, too, dear reader, can take   hold of eternal life today.  the kingdom of Heaven cannot be achieved by good works.  one can attain the kingdom of Heaven without any preparation. Our own ideas about how to get to Heaven are all wrong if they are not based on what God has said. A singer once sang a song about a clown who was retiring from the circus after years spent there. In the song, it says, “He’ll surely get to Heaven, He made so many people happy”. A rich woman built a poor house in which 20 women could live free of charge. There was only one condition: the women had to promise to pray for the rich woman’s spiritual salvation for an hour every day. But how do we really get to Heaven? Jesus told a parable to help explain. In Luke’s gospel chapter 14 verse 16, he talks about a man (in the parable, this is God) who was preparing a great feast. He sent out some personal invitations but the replies were all very disappointing: “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field ...’; another said, ‘I have just bought five pair of oxen ...’; still another said, ‘I have just got married, so I can’t come.’ Jesus ends the parable with the words of the host, “I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a taste of the banquet” (Lk 14 v 24). In this parable it becomes clear that it is possible to either win or lose Heaven. The important thing is whether you accept or reject the invitation. It couldn’t be easier, could it? If people are barred from Heaven when the time comes, then it’s not because they didn’t know the way, but because they didn’t accept the invitation. The three people in the parable are not good role models for us. None of them accept the invitation to the banquet. Is the banquet cancelled as a result? No! Since those who were invited have refused to come, the host sends invitations out into all the world. These aren’t invitations with golden letters this time. It is the simple call: “Come!”. And anyone who accepts the invitation is given a place at the feast. What happens? Crowds of people come. After some time, the host sees that there are still spaces. He says to the servants, “Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full”. At this point, I would like to look at what the parable has got to do with us today. There is still room in Heaven and God says to you, “Come and take your place in Heaven! Make the right decision and reserve your place in eternity! Do it today!” Heaven is wonderful. That’s why Jesus compares it to a feast. In I Corinthians 2 v 9, it says, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.” There is absolutely nothing anywhere on earth which is anything like Heaven. That’s how amazing it is! We can’t afford to miss out on Heaven. It is incredibly precious. Jesus, the Son of God, is the one who has opened up the way to Heaven for us! He’s the one who made it so easy for us to get to Heaven. The only thing necessary for us to do is to want to go. Only those who are as shortsighted as the men in the parable will reject God’s invitation. Salvation through the Lord Jesus In Acts 2 v 21, we read a very important verse, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved”. This is a central verse in the New Testament. When Paul was in prison in Philippi, he sums it up in his conversation with the jailer by saying, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved – you and your household” (Acts 16 v 31). The message is concise but, at the same time, radical and life-changing. The jailer was converted that very night. What does Jesus save you from? That’s a very important question to ask. He saves us from the way that leads to eternal damnation, to hell. The Bible says that people will spend eternity in either Heaven or hell. One of the two is wonderful, the other is awful. There is no other alternative. Five minutes after they die, it will no longer be possible for anyone to hold to the belief that death is the end. Your life will be judged by your relationship to Jesus. That’s what decides where you will spend eternity. When I was in Poland on a speaking tour, we visited the former concentration camp Auschwitz. Awful things happened there in the Third Reich (during World War II). Between 1942 and 1944 more than 1.6 million people, mainly Jews, were killed and their bodies burned. In literature, it is often referred to as ‘the hell of Auschwitz’. That description went through my mind as the guide took us through the gas chamber in which 600 people could be killed at once. I don’t think we can begin to imagine how awful that was. But was it really hell? We could only visit the gas chamber because the nightmare ended in 1945. Now you can visit the camp. No-one is tortured or poisoned there anymore. The gas chambers in Auschwitz came to an end. But the hell described in the Bible is eternal. In the entrance to the museum in the camp I noticed a picture of the body of Christ hanging on a cross. One of the prisoners had showed his hope in Jesus, the crucified one, by scratching this image on the wall with a nail. This person died in the gas chambers, too. But he knew the Saviour, Jesus. He died in a terrible place but he was welcomed into Heaven. There is no escape from the hell which Jesus describes in the New Testament (e.g. Mt 7 v 13; Mt 5 v 29-30; Mt 18 v 8). You can’t visit hell – it will always be a place of continual terror. Heaven is eternal as well. And that is the place God wants to take us to. So allow yourself to be invited to Heaven. Call on the name of the Lord and make a booking for Heaven! After a talk I gave once, a woman came up to me. She was quite upset. “How can one ‘book’ Heaven? That sounds something like a travel agency!” I agreed with her, “If you don’t book, you’ll never get where you want to go. If you want to go to Hawaii, you need a valid ticket.” “But you have to pay for the ticket!” she replied. “Yes,” I said, “the ticket to Heaven has to be paid for as well. But it’s so expensive that no-one can afford it. Our sin prevents us from getting to Heaven. God cannot tolerate sin in Heaven. If you want to spend eternity with God in Heaven, you need to be saved from sin. This can only be done by someone who is completely without sin – and that person is Jesus Christ. He is the only one who can pay for you to go to Heaven. He paid the price with his blood on the cross.” So, what do I have to do to get to Heaven? God has invited us all. There are lots of passages in the Bible which urge us to accept God’s invitation:  “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to” (Lk 13 v 24).  “Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is near” (Mt 4 v 17).  “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it” (Mt 7 v 13-14).  “Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called” (I Tim 6 v 12).  “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved” (Acts 16 v 31). These are all stirring and urgent invitations. You can feel the urgency and earnest sincerity of the texts. The only reasonable thing to do is to accept the invitation by praying a prayer something like the following: “Lord Jesus Christ, I have lived my life as if You did not exist. I now recognize You for who You are and I turn to You in prayer for the first time. I now know that there is a Heaven and there is also a Hell. Please save me from Hell, the place I deserve to go as a result of all my sins, especially that of my unbelief. It is my desire to be with You in Heaven for all eternity. I understand that I cannot enter Heaven by my own merits, but by faith in You alone. Because You love me, You died for me on the cross and took upon Yourself my wrongdoings and paid for them in my stead. I thank You for that. You see all my transgressions even those of my childhood days. You know all the sins I have committed, not only those which I can remember, but also those that I have long forgotten. You know everything about me. Every notion of my heart is known to You, be it joy or sadness, happiness or despair. I am like an open book before You. By the way I am and the way I have lived so far I cannot come before You and the Living God and, so, I cannot enter Heaven. Therefore I beg You to forgive me all my sins, which I deeply regret. I now accept You as my Lord and Saviour. Reign over my life. I want to live a life that pleases You. Please help me to give up all that is not right in Your eyes and bless me with new habits. Help me to understand Your Word, the Bible. Help me to understand what You are saying to me and to find new strength and joy in Your Word. Please show me the way I should now go, and give me an obedient heart to follow You. I thank You for hearing me. I believe Your promise that by turning to You I now am a child of God who, one day, will be with You in Heaven for all eternity. I am full of joy over this great gain to have You by my side in every situation, even now. Please help me to find people, who also believe in You and help me to find a church that teaches Your Word truthfully. Amen” Director and Professor EmeritusDr.-Ing. Werner Gitt

Wir leben im 21. Jahrhundert und haben gerade in den letzten Jahrzehnten von überwältigenden Erfolgen der Wissenschaft gehört: Dem Menschen gelang der Flug zum Mond, das Schaf Dolly wurde geklont und das Genom des Menschen sequenziert. Kann man in solch aufgeklärter Zeit noch an die Wunder der Bibel glauben? Sind die Auferstehung der Toten, die plötzliche Heilung von Schwerkranken oder physikalische Wunder wie die augenblickliche Stillung des Sturmes auf dem See Genezareth dem heutigen Menschen noch zumutbar? Der Autor und Wissenschaftler Werner Gitt geht in dieser Schrift auf diese und ähnliche Fragen ein. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! Miracles in the Bible At first glance miracles seem unrealistic in our time because we are strongly influenced by science. The second half of the last century in particular has seen amazing revelations and progress in scientific and technical fields: In 1938 the world’s first programmed computer was presented to the world by German inventor Konrad Zuse (1910–1995). On December 3rd, 1967 South African Doctor of Medicine Christiaan Barnard (1922–2001) successfully transplanted a human heart. On July 21st, 1969 man first set foot on the moon. Astronaut Neil Armstrong proudly proclaimed his famous statement: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” In 1996 Scottish embryologist Ian Wilmut cloned Dolly the sheep. These few examples could give us the impression that man’s abilities have no limits; that science can help us accomplish anything. And it’s because of this unshakable faith in science that so many of our contemporaries have great problems with the Bible. They argue that the “Book of Books” describes too many incidences that cannot be explained scientifically. Some of these are: the virgin birth the raising of the dead the blind seeing and the lame walking the sun standing still. In this tract, we are confronted with the phenomenon of miracles in the Bible and ask ourselves, “Can 21st-century man can be reasonably expected to believe them?”. Perhaps we should start by giving a preliminary definition for miracles. Let us call it D1: D1: Miracles are events that happen unexpectedly and unexplainably, contradicting our everyday observations and causing us to marvel. If miracles are unexpected, what then is the expected? This question will help us draw a clear line between miracles (the seemingly unexplainable) and non-miracles (the explainable). Everything in our world happens within a framework set by the laws of nature. These laws cannot be changed. As far as we know, they have been constant, i.e. stayed the same since they were put into operation at Creation. These laws of nature – or natural laws – offer a broad scope for a great variety of technical inventions, while at the same time excluding many processes as being unrealistic, despite our dreams and imaginations. Amazing laws of nature The laws of nature themselves are things that should be marvelled at. They are able to achieve phenomenal things. Some time ago I went to see the port of Hamburg, the biggest seaport in Germany, and I was able to watch a big ship making slow movements in the water. This reminded me of a law of nature, which was discovered by Archimedes (285–212 BC): “Any body wholly or partially immersed in fluid experiences an upthrust equal to, but opposite in sense to, the weight of the fluid displaced.” Are we actually aware of how phenomenal this is? If for example a rat should run on board, the ship would react instantly by sinking deeper into the water in direct proportion to the weight of the rat. If we wanted to calculate the new immersion depth, this would not be possible for us; we do not know the exact shape of the ship, in some places the paint may have peeled off or perhaps part of the ship’s propeller is not under water. All these aspects have to be taken into account in order to make a correct calculation. Yet in reality, this happens instantly and with total precision. Who commands the water molecules to make room for the ship to sink deeper into the water, exactly in proportion to the weight of the rat? This law of nature is not only binding for this one ship in the port of Hamburg, but for all ships the world over. It is binding for the toy duck in the bath tub as well as the real duck swimming on a lake or river. Nobody would be able to calculate the exact immersion depth of the duck, because of the incalculable form and structure of its feathers. Who is responsible for the right conditions for this so simply formulated law of nature under such complicated circumstances? There has to be somebody who makes the calculations and makes sure their results meet the conditions of the laws of nature every time. Who is responsible for keeping the laws of nature? Indeed, there is someone who is responsible for keeping the laws of nature. We read about Him in the Bible (Colossians 1:17): “... and in Him all things exist.” This keeper of the world is also the One by whom all things are made. “For by Him all things are created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible ... All things were created through Him and for Him” (Colossians 1:16). The One who is the Creator of all things is also the One who maintains them; He is the Lord Jesus Christ! We could also say: Jesus Christ is Lord over all, from the micro- to the macrocosmos. Creation in itself was not an incident that occurred with the help of the laws of nature. Here the Creator formed everything by the power of His Word, by His authority and His wisdom. There was no need for any laws of nature; so these were not the cause but the effect of creation. After (or during) its completion the laws of nature were activated in order to maintain what had been created in working order. Jesus is the One who guarantees that these are met every time and everywhere. He does not need a computer or any other tool to achieve this. His all-powerful word is sufficient. We read in the letter to the Hebrews (1:3): “... and upholding all things by the word of His power”. So, then, we see that the laws of science and Jesus’ maintaining and upholding power are effectively one and the same thing; this maintaining power of Jesus manifests itself in the laws of nature. In their entirety these natural laws form a secure framework for every process in this world. How then can there still be room for miracles? In practical terms the laws of nature function like a “Supreme Court”, which decides whether a procedure is within the known boundaries of our world or not. Most of the complex processes in the created world we live in (e.g. the functioning of the brain and the development of the embryo) are unparalleled by man and, therefore, “miraculous”. Yet these miracles do not violate any law of nature. Because we expect them to happen, however complex or incomprehensible they may be, we do not consider them to be miracles. This thought leads us to a more precise definition than D1 for miracles. Let us call it D2: D2: Miracles are events in time and space that happen outside the framework of the laws of nature. Man is not able to override the laws of nature. Therefore, he cannot do miracles. The Bible, on the other hand, tells us of numerous situations in which either God the Father or His Son Jesus Christ have performed miracles. Here are some examples: the crossing of the Red Sea by the people of Israel (Ex. 14:16–22) Joshua’s long day (Josh. 10:12–14) the calming of the storm (Mk. 4:35–41) Jesus walking on water (John 6:16–21) healing of the man born blind (John 9:1–7) feeding of the five thousand (John 6:1–5) the resurrection of Lazarus (John 11:32–45). Note: If occasionally people are able to perform miracles that lie outside the boundaries of the laws of nature, they act in the name of other powers, not their own. They are either: disciples of Jesus who act in His authority [as Peter for example walked on water at Jesus’ bidding (Matthew 14:29) or healed the lame man at the temple door in the name of Jesus (Acts 3:1–9)], or they are wizards and gurus who are manipulated by demonic forces [for example the magicians of Pharaoh in Egypt (Exodus 7:11–12)]. Can the miracles of the Bible be explained with the laws of nature? God is able to act within the laws of nature, but most of the time He does so outside them. James tells us in his letter (James 5:17–18) that Elijah’s prayer stopped the rain for 3 1/2 years and that another of his prayers caused the rain to come back. It was God who had acted according to Elijah’s prayer. Nevertheless, a meteorologist would understandably not concede that a law of nature was violated in this case. In the Age of Enlightenment that we live in, everybody scrutinizes the biblical texts to see whether the reported miracles can be explained scientifically. If not, they are discarded as impossible and therefore untrue. Most of the events in the Bible cannot, and should not, be understood within the framework of the laws of nature. God’s actions are far superior. These laws are His creation, and He therefore is not subject to them. When He acts, there is nothing in the universe that can limit Him. His will be done, “For with God nothing is impossible” (Luke 1:37). Creation itself, as described in the first chapter of Genesis, was the first miracle the Bible tells us about. Within six days God created a wonderful universe and all living creatures on Earth according to His own will and plan. The incarnation of the Son of God is an exceptional miracle and a divine mystery: the virgin Mary conceives by the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is born and is the Son of God and the son of man in one person. Through His death on the cross He pays for our sins and becomes our door to eternal life. The resurrection of Jesus is another very distinctive incident that defies all scientific explanations. Every attempt to explain this medically or biologically misses the point. The resurrection was, and will always be, a supernatural act of God outside the laws of nature. Why did Jesus do miracles? The miracles which Jesus did are inseparably connected with His teaching. He did not come from Heaven holding a passport that identified Him as “Son of God”. Instead He proved Himself to be the messenger of God by the authority of His words and deeds. His authority as Creator, Saviour and eternal King was emphasized by the signs and wonders He did. They are an integral part of His mission and His teaching. With all of the aforementioned in mind, we can now define divine miracles even more precisely as: D3: Miracles are amazing and exceptional acts and events invariably initiated by God or His Son Jesus Christ. These acts usually take place outside all laws of nature. Contrary to events based on demonic powers, the miracles of God serve the following: to glorify God [e.g. Creation (Psalm 19:2), the healing of the man born blind (John 9:3)] to help people on Earth [e.g. a rock in the wilderness brings forth water (Exodus 17:1–6), ravens feed Elijah (1 Kings 17:6)] to strengthen faith [e.g. turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana (John 2:11)] to rescue in times of adversity [e.g. the calming of the storm (Mark 4:39)]. The miracle of faith One of the greatest miracles in our times is when a person responds to the call of Jesus and thus receives eternal life. This miracle does not have to override any law of nature. It just requires one to abandon old ways of thinking and replace them with new ones. A good example is the story of the prison keeper in Acts 16:23–34, who changed from being a man distant from God to a true believer. On asking Paul and Silas: “What must I do to be saved?” they answered him: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” Why did Paul not say: “Believe in God.”? The prison keeper would probably have answered him: “We have enough gods in Greece — Zeus, Cronos and Rhea, Poseidon, Hades, Apollos, Artemis and Hermes.” But Paul referred to Jesus, the One who was crucified and rose again from the dead. Only in Him do we find salvation and eternal life. There was only one answer to the question of the prison keeper back then, as it is today: “Jesus!” This man understood and turned to Jesus as his personal Saviour. The short span of time the prison keeper needed to make his decision is remarkable. At midnight he heard about the way of salvation for the very first time. Paul and Silas may have explained things to him in more detail, but even if they took several hours talking to him, it all happened within a single day. This should be encouraging for a reader who hears about the Gospel for the very first time today. You do not need to hear 23 or 168 sermons to accept Jesus for who He is. The power of the Gospel is there — instantly. No law of nature is violated when “the miracle of faith” happens. There are, however, almost always walls in our own will that have to be torn down: the wall of our deadlocked thinking walls of pride and self-righteousness walls of a hardened heart. The effect it has on someone when he comes to believing in Jesus surpasses everything humanly imaginable. He changes from the path of doom to a path of salvation, and becomes a citizen of heaven in one moment: “For our citizenship is in heaven” (Philippians 3:20). It shows us that to enter into a personal walk of faith with Jesus Christ is the greatest miracle that can happen to us. Why don’t you decide today to start a new life in a personal relationship with Him? With a prayer such as the one following you can proclaim your life-saving faith and secure a place in heaven: “Lord Jesus Christ, please take away my pride and all other sins in my life. I believe that you are God, became flesh and came down to Earth for us. I believe that you died for me and then rose again from the dead. You are my Saviour. I trust in You and ask You to come into my life. I ask you to enter my heart, become the Lord of my life and guide me safely to heaven, my new destination. Amen!” Director and Professor (retd.) Dr. Werner Gitt

Die Urknalltheorien basieren auf sechs Annahmen, die immer vorhanden sind, auch dann, wenn sie nicht ausdrücklich erwähnt werden. Wenn alle richtig sind, könnte man mit den Berechnungen beginnen und der Frage nach dem Ursprung des Universums nähergekommen. Wenn jedoch nur eine der notwendigen Annahmen falsch ist, ist die gesamte Idee des Urknalls hinfällig. Werner Gitt zeigt in diesem Beitrag, dass fünf der sechs Grundannahmen als falsch betrachtet werden müssen. Schließlich zeigt er, wer wirklich der Schöpfer dieser Welt ist: Jesus Christus. Prakrako -Pafo preter la celtabulo Teorio pri la prakrako estas niatempe ĝenerale akceptita kiel la teorio por klarigi la naskiĝon de nia universo. Kiel ĝia fondinto validas la belga katolika sacerdoto kaj astrofizikisto Georges Lemaître (1894-1966), kiu en la jaro 1931 por la varmega komenca stato de la universo uzis la nocion »primordiala atomo« aŭ »praatomo«, pli poste ankaŭ »la kosma ovo«. La nocio prakrako (angle: big bang; laŭvorte: granda krako) devenas de la angla fizikisto kaj kosmologo Fred Hoyle (1915-2001). Elektinte tiun vorton li volis demonstri la teorion pri la prakrako kiel neverecan, ja li estis adepto de la konkurenca teorio »Steady-State«.[1] En sia konata libro »La mallonga historio de la tempo« la konata brita astrofizikisto Stephen W. Hawking (1942-2018) menciis kelkajn pli profunde borantajn demandojn, kiam temas pri la universo: »Nun kiel antaŭe ni havas nesatigeblan bezonon, vidi, kial ni troviĝas ĉi tie kaj de kie ni venas« (p. 28). »Ŝajnas al ni, ke ni vivas en la aliena mondo. Ni volas kompreni tion, kion ni ĉirkaŭ ni perceptas, kaj tiel ni demandas: Kiamaniere la universo estas farita? Kian pozicion ene de ĝi ni havas; de kie tio venas kaj de kie ni venas? Kial la afero estas tia kaj ne alia?« (p. 217) Teorioj pri la prakrako beziĝas sur ses premisoj, kiuj ĉiam troviĝas ĉemane, eĉ se ili ne estas eksplicite menciitaj. Se ĉiuj tiuj premisoj estus ĝustaj, en tia kazo ni povus komenci kalkuli; kaj se ni ĝuste kalkulus, tiam ni por certa parto de la vojo proksimiĝus al la demando pri la origino de ĉio ekzistanta. Sed se unu nura postulata premiso estas falsa, tiam la tuta ideo pri la prakrako estas pafo preter la celtabulo. Tiam validas, ke endas trovi alternativon, kiu espereble plenumos la postulon de ĝusteco. Do, ni traserĉu ĉiun el tiuj ses premisoj: Premiso n-ro 1: Naturleĝoj estas universale validaj. Tiu ĉi premiso post multaj sciencaj eksperimentoj kaj observadoj montriĝis ĝusta. La naturleĝoj havas en la materia mondo tiel trapenetran efikadon, ke ili validas ĝis la plej malproksima angulo de la universo. Nek unu nura atomo povas ilian efikon eskapi. Neniu proceso de la aferoj sur la Tero kaj en la vastoj de la universo restas eĉ por oneto da milionono de sekundo ekster ilia efikatingo. Rezultato: Premiso n-ro 1 estas ĝusta! Premiso n-ro 2: Sub la nocio de »kosmologia principo« estas kunligitaj du kosmologiaj supozoj: la principo de homogeneco kaj la principo de izotropio. Homogeneco de la universo signifas: Sendepende de la punkto de observado en la spaco la universo montriĝas ĉiam egala. Ke la universo estas izotropa, tio signifas: La universo estas en la sama momento el ĉiu punkto en la spaco en ĉiujn direktojn je longaj distancoj vidata egala. Jam simpla rigardo en la stelplenan ĉielon per nuda okulo tuj montras, ke la universo en proksima ĉirkaŭo de la Tero estas nek homogena nek izotropa, ja la steloj estas disordigitaj tre malorde. Laŭ la pli granda mezuro ili konsistigas galaktojn, kiuj tamen estas distribuitaj tre malorde. Je la sekva hierarkia nivelo tiuj galaktoj konsistigas galaktajn familiojn. Kaj je la eĉ pli granda skalo oni povas rekoni mielĉelaran strukturon. Ambaŭ astronomoj, John P. Huchra kaj Margaret J. Geller el la esplorcentro Harvard Smithonian Center for Astrophysics en Cambridge, Usono, malkovris evidentajn grandajn strukturojn kun dimensioj de 300 milionoj da lumjaroj. Universitata profesoro Hans Jörg Fahr (*1939) el la instituto por astrofiziko parolas pri la universo kiel pri sandgreno, kia ĝi devus formiĝi, se prakrako fakte troviĝus. En tia kazo oni devus percepti universon, kiu estus amorfa, sen iu ajn strukturo – la materio devus esti en la spaco egalmezure distribuita. Sed kiamaniere la kosmo povus veni el la kaoso? Nenie en la kosmo oni povas trovi hazardecon. Kial la materio el si mem povus formi strukture celorientiĝajn unuojn? Nia sunsistemo kun cirkulantaj planedoj estas je plej alta nivelo strukturita, ĝi aspektas genie strukturita. Kaj kiu enmetis strukturon de ordo en la universon, se konforme al la premiso n-ro 6 ne estas permesate konsideri ĉe la iro de la aferoj Dion? Respondo de »metodika ateismo« diras: Malhela materio kaj malhela energio! Kaj kion povus efektivigi tiuj ĉi ekzotikaj fenomenoj, kies ekziston ĝis nun neniu pruvis? Ili devus helpe de gigantaj gravitkampoj efektivigi ordigitajn strukturojn. En la publicaĵo »Physics Today« la kosmologo Ofer Lahav el la University College en Londono surlistigas tiujn fenomenojn laŭ procentoj: 5 % normala materio, 25 % malhela materio, 70 % malhela energio. Tiamaniere oni havus 5 % da realeco kaj 95 % da pura spektakulado! La malhela materio estas pura elpensaĵo. En la universo oni ĝin ne povas percepti laŭ iu ajn reciproka efikado. Oni ne povas ĝin vidi, sed ĝi estas nepra por klarigi diversajn strukturojn kaj la hierarkiecon en nia universo en la senco de la gravita gluilo. Sen tiu malhela materio ne troviĝas elirpovo por trovi por la strukturoj en la universo iun ajn klarigon. Rezultato: Premiso n-ro 2 estas falsa! Premiso n-ro 3: La nuntempan observadon, laŭ kiu la universo disvastiĝas, oni turnas en inversan proceson (reekstrapolado) ĝis iu singulara punkto, kie oni imagas mason kaj energion kunigitaj en unu punkto. Edwin Hubble, astronomo el Usono kaj nomdonanto por la konata teleskopo Hubble (1889-1953) malkovris en la jaro 1929, ke la universo disvastiĝas. La mezurebla rapido de tiu ekspando nomiĝas »la konstanto de Hubble«. Ĝi rezultas nombre: H₀ = (67,15 ± 1,2) km/s/(Mpc) (1 Mpc = 1 megaparsekundo = 3,26 milijonoj da lumjaroj) Se oni el tio derivas la reciprokan valoron, oni ricevas 1/H₀ = 14,7 milijardojn da jaroj, kaj tiun tempon oni arbitre difinas kiel la realan aĝon de la universo. Laŭ la formulo de Hubble: v = H₀.d (v = rapideco de disvastiĝo; d = distanco de certa galakto de la observanto) tiam ĉiuj galaktoj devus de ni malproksimiĝi. Sed tio ne estas fakto. Kontraŭe: la galakto Andromedo, unu el niaj pli proksimaj galaktoj, de ni ne malproksimiĝas, sed per rapideco de 410.000 km/h moviĝas en nian direkton. Rezultato: Reekstrapolado al unu punkto ne povas esti argumentita! Premiso n-ro 4: La energio de la prakrako estiĝis laŭhazarde. La tuta materio estiĝis el pura energio konforme al la ekvacio de Einstein E = m.c2. Komence de la prakrako la tuta universo estis pli malgranda ol unu nura atomo. La premiso n-ro 4 kontraŭas la fizikan leĝon pri la konserveco de la energio. Laŭ tiu leĝo la energio nek povas nove estiĝi nek esti nuligita. La premiso n-ro 4 tiel estas refutita pere de la naturleĝo. Rezultato: Premiso n-ro 4 estas falsa! Premiso n-ro 5: Tio estas la filozofia premiso de la materiismo. Laŭ tiu doktrino ĉio, kio en la mondo ekzistas, devis estiĝi el maso kaj energio. Franca natursciencisto Georges Baron de Cuvier (1769-1832) konstatis tion ĉi: »Laŭ la sama mezuro, laŭ kiu la scienco progresis, ĝi revenis de trompaj konkludoj de materiismo.« Konforme al la materiisma ideo la universo devus iam esti naskinta vivon. Sed ĉiu viva estaĵo havas en si, kiel konate, enorman kvanton da informoj. Sed informo estas laŭ la naturaj leĝoj de la informoj[2] nemateria fenomeno, kiu ne povas eliri el la materio. Tiel la ideo de materiismo estas per naturleĝoj refutita (vidu [1], paĝo 284). Rezultato: Premiso n-ro 5 estas falsa! Premiso n-ro 6: Teorio de prakrako estas bazita sur la »metodika ateismo«, ja en tiu sistemo ne troviĝas loko por Dio. Pruvo de Dia ekzisto el informo: Ĉar la vivĉeloj enhavas enorman kvanton da universalaj informoj[3], kaj neniu el tiuj koditaj konceptoj venas de la homo, kiel la fonto nepra estas (dieca) inteligenta sendanto (Demiurgo, Dio). Nepreco por la ekzisto de tia Demiurgo estas certigita surbaze de la sekva naturleĝo pri informo: Universala informo povas esti komponita nur fare de inteligenta sendanto (vidu [1], paĝo 182). Rezultato: Premiso n-ro 6 estas falsa! Kio do estas la rezulto de nia pripenso? El ses premisoj de la teorio pri la prakrako nur unu sola estas science pruvebla, dum kvin el ili estas pruvite falsaj. Tio konsekvence signifas finon de la tiel disvastigita teorio! Tiel la prakrako estas pafo preter la celtabulo! Ni diru klare kaj kompreneble: Prakrako neniam okazis! Kio estas la alternativo al la prakrako? Ambaŭ astronomoj, John D. Barrow (University of Sussex, Anglija) kaj Joseph Silk (University of California, Berkeley) montras al ĝusta direkto, dirante: »La kosmo estis zorge … akordigita por la vivo. Ke nia universo tiel surprize gasteme kondutis al la vivo, tio certe ne okazis nur per la supozita iro de la evolucio … Ke la naturleĝoj allasus ekziston de steloj kun planetsistemoj, do vere apenaŭ allasus, tio havas kun eblecoj de variaĵoj pere de evolucio nenian rilaton. Tiajn neŝanĝeblajn ecojn la mondo simple havas aŭ ilin ne havas … Por ke fakte multaj inter si sendependaj ecoj akordiĝas … tio povus allasi supozon, ke nia universo estis konceptita pro nia apero. Ĉu ne estus eble, ke malantaŭ tiuj strangaj ,hazardoj' kaŝiĝas granda Planinto?« (»Lust am Forschen«, Piper-Verlag, p. 167-168). Tiu »Granda Planinto« neniel restis kaŝita. Li prezentis sin al ni, ja la Biblio pri Li diras: »Dio, kiu multfoje kaj multamaniere parolis en la tempo antikva al niaj patroj en la profetoj, en tiuj lastaj tagoj parolis al ni en Filo, kiun Li nomis heredanto de ĉio, per kiu ankaŭ Li faris la mondaĝojn« (Hebreoj 1,1-2). Per tio estas klare dirite, ke la tuta universo kaj ĉio en ĝi trovebla estis kreita per Jesuo Kristo, la Filo de Dio. Sekvaj citaĵoj el Nova Testamento konfirmas al ni tutamplekse la majestan potencon de kreado ĉe Jesuo: »En la komenco estis la Vorto, kaj la Vorto estis kun Dio, kaj la Vorto estis Dio. Tiu estis en la komenco kun Dio. Ĉio estiĝis per li; kaj aparte de li estiĝis nenio« (Johano 1,1-3). »Ĉar en li (= Jesuo Kristo) kreiĝis ĉio en la ĉielo kaj sur la tero, ĉio videbla kaj nevidebla, ĉu tronoj, ĉu regecoj, ĉu estrecoj, ĉu aŭtoritatoj; ĉio kreiĝis per li, kaj por li; kaj li estas antaŭ ĉio, kaj en li ĉio ekzistas« (Koloseanoj 1,16-17). La tuta stelplena ĉielo tiel ne fontas el ia prakrako aŭ alia evolucia proceso, kian la homoj elpensas, sed rezultas el planita, celhava kaj ĉiopova ago de la Filo de Dio. Per propra pensado oni apenaŭ povas kompreni, ke tiu ĉiopova Dio kaj Kreinto demetis sian diecon kaj nin vizitis sur tiu ĉi Tero, mortis sur la kruco pro niaj pekoj, la trian tagon releviĝis el la morto kaj poste reiris en sian ĉielan sferon. Tiuj ĉi pensoj, kiujn neniam trovis iu ajn homo, povas haltigi nian spiron: La viro sur la kruco kaj la Kreinto de la tuta universo estas la sama persono! Kun tiu ĉi vero ni troviĝas transe de tio, kion iu ajn homo helpe de sia tuta logiko povas percepti. Kiam Jesuo sur la kruco portis la pekon de la mondo, la suno dum tri horoj malheliĝis. Kiel neperceptebla situacio! La Kreinto mem humiliĝis ĝis la kruco. pordon al la ĉielo. La psalmo 139,17-18 markas tiun limzonon de nia pensado: »Kiel grandvaloraj estas por mi Viaj pensoj, ho Dio! Kiel granda estas ilia nombro! Se mi ilin kalkulus, ili estus pli multaj ol la sablo; kiam mi vekiĝas, mi estas ankoraŭ kun Vi.« Estu la penso eĉ tiel malfacila, ke la Kreinto renkontas nin en la persono de la Krucumito, tamen jen grava demando: Ĉu la Kreinto troviĝas de ni tiel malproksime – »super tendo de stelaroj« kiel opiniis la princo de la germana poezio Friedrich Schiller – aŭ oni povas eniri kontakton kun li persone? Jes, Dio estas proksime al ni, atendante nian preĝon: »Ĉiu, kiu vokos la nomon de la Eternulo (de Jesuo), saviĝos (por la ĉiela regno)« (Romanoj 10,13). Nia Kreinto Jesuo invitas nin esti iam por eternoj en lia ĉiela regno. Tiu ĉi burĝrajto estas garantiita al ĉiu, kiu tiun ĉi inviton respondas. Surbaze de la senmezura amo de Dio ĉiu estas invitita – ankaŭ vi, kara leganto, kara legantino! Dir. kaj prof-o a.D. dr-ro-inĝ. Werner Gitt [1]              »Steady-State-Kosmos« estas modeleca prezentado, per kiu la universo estas laŭdifine space kaj tempe senlima kaj ĝi evidentigas nenian komencan singularecon. [2]              W. Gitt: Information – der Schlüssel zum Leben, CLV-Verlag, 6-a eldono 2018. [3]              Difino: »La universala informo (UI) estas el ka koditaj simboloj abstrakte donita mesaĝo en la servo al unu procedo aŭ pli kaj al certa celo« (vidu [1], paĝo 97).

Zusammenfassung Wilhelm Pahls zeigt in wenigen Schritten den Weg zur Errettung auf. Die Hauptpunkte lauten: Das größte Problem des Menschen Der einzige Ausweg Deine Entscheidung ist entscheidend! La plej grava decido en nia vivo Ekzistas multaj gravaj decidoj en nia vivo, sed estas nur unu el ili, kiu superas ĉiujn aliajn en sia graveco. Tiu, kiu lasis ĝin forpasi, efektive vane vivis. Pro tio mi volas vin, kara leganto kaj kara legantino, elkore peti, ke vi atente studu tiujn paĝojn kaj serioze pripensu tion, ĉu la plej grava decido de via vivo estas klarigita. La plej granda problemo de la homo Ĉu viro aŭ virino, juna aŭ maljuna, riĉa aŭ malriĉa – en unu punkto ni estas egalaj antaŭ Dio: Ni estas kulpaj. Ne temas pri tio, kiom da bonaĵoj aŭ malbonaĵoj ni faris. Ni ĉiuj estas separitaj de Dio ek de la komenco de nia naskiĝo. Ni malatentis Dion kaj liajn ordonojn. Ni iris niajn proprajn vojojn. Ni foriris de Dio kaj pro tio ni meritas Lian koleron. Ĉar Dio estas justa kaj sankta Dio, Li responsigas nin en sia tribunalo. El ni mem ni povas kontribui nenion, kio helpus al nia „sen-kulpigo“. La kulpo de la homo estas lia plej granda problemo. La sola elirvojo Ĉu ekzistas elireblo el tiu ĉi dilemo? Jes, Dio mem kreis la vojon al la savo. En la Biblio ni ekkonas Dion ne nur kiel la sanktan kaj justan Dion, sed ankaŭ kiel la amoplenan Patron. Li ne volas, ke ni poreterne pe­reu kaj ke ni estu por ĉiam separitaj de Li. Kontraŭe, Li volas, ke ni estu savitaj kaj ke ni poste vivu en intima rilato al Li – ĉi tie kaj en la eterno. Por ebligi tion Dio en sia amo sendis Jesuon Kriston, sian Filon, en tiun ĉi mondon, por ke li alprenu la punon pro nia kulpo anstataŭ ni. Kaj ĝuste tion Jesuo faris. Li fariĝis homo. Li klarigis al ni la misteron pri la regno de Dio, la sfero de sia regado. Li montris al ni, kiom granda estas la amo de Dio. Jesuo mortis sur la kruco sur la monteto Golgoto, proksime de la urbo Jerusalemo. Jesuo mortis anstataŭ ni, pro nia kulpo. Dio akceptis tiun anstataŭan morton de Jesuo kaj revivigis Lin el la mortintoj. Pro tio ni povas esti savitaj de nia baza problemo, de la separigo de Dio. Ni ne bezonas porti la punon de nia kulpo mem, ĉar Jesuo prenis ĝin sur sin. Ankaŭ vi povas esti savita, sed vi ankaŭ povas perei. Temas pri via decido. Ĉu vi volas esti savita kaj poste vivi ĉe Dio en la eterna gloro? Tiam vi nepre plue legu. La unua paŝo: Ekkonu vian kulpon! Multaj homoj ne ekkonas sian pekon. Aliaj vidas ĝin, sed ili provas ĝin lerte kaŝi. Ni estas ludantoj el nia homa naturo. Ĉiam denove ni majstre sukcesas maski nian intencon kaj faras alian impreson ol kiel konformas kun la faktoj. Sed antaŭ Dio ĉio estas evidenta. Li konas nin bone. Ni estas antaŭ Li kiel la malfermita libro. Li konas ĉiujn detalojn de nia vivo. Antaŭ la aliaj homoj estas eble parte kaŝi siajn pekojn. Oni povas motivigi la malatenton de diaj ordonoj per multaj senkulpigoj. Sed ĉe Dio tiaj senkulpigoj ne validas. En la Biblio ni povas legi: „Ĉion, kion oni semas, tion ankaŭ li rikoltos“ (Galatoj 6,7). Certe vi forgesis multajn de viaj pekoj. Dio ne forgesis ilin. Eble vi provas kaŝi viajn pekojn. Dio faris ilin konataj. La pekoj, kiujn vi faris kiel juna viro, la pekoj, kiujn vi faris kiel juna virino, ili iam aperos. Tiam falos ĉiu masko. La Biblio diras: „Estas nenio kovrita, kio ne estos elmontrita“ (komp. Luko 12,2). Tiam Dio responsigos vin pro via peko kaj devos vin puni. Tion Li devas fari, kvankam la kontentigo por la kulpo jam estas farita. Kvankam la pardono estas preta. Sed la pardonon nur povas ricevi tiu, kiu scias, ke li estas kulpa. La ekkono kaj konfeso de la propra peko estas la unua paŝo por la savo. La dua paŝo: Konfesu vian kulpon! Mi pensas, ke en nenia loko de la Biblio la vojo al la pardono de la pekoj estas pli bone klarigita ol en la psalmo 32. La Biblio multe raportas al ni pri la reĝo Davido. Li ekkonis, ke li estas kulpa antaŭ Dio, kaj li suferis je tio. Sekve de tio li konfesis sian pekon al Dio kaj Dio pardonis ĝin al li. Davido poste skribis en la psalmo 32,1-5: „Feliĉa estas tiu, kies krimo estas pardonita, kies peko estas kovrita. Feliĉa estas la homo, al kiu la Eternulo ne kalkulas lian kulpon kaj en kies spirito estas nenia malvero. Kiam mi silentis, miaj ostoj senfortiĝis de mia ĉiutaga ploregado. Ĉar tage kaj nokte pezis sur mi Via mano… Mian pekon mi konfesis al Vi, kaj mian kulpon mi ne kaŝis. Mi diris: „Mi konfesos la kulpon de mia peko.“ Kutime la malsanulo vokas la doktoron, kaj la dronanto krias por helpo. Kion faris Davido, kiam li ekkonis sian pekan staton? Li direktis sin al Dio kaj petis Lin por helpo. Li konfesis sian kulpon al Li. Kaj sekve de tio li ricevis pardonon. Certe vi ne povas rememori pri ĉiu unuopa peko en via vivo. Ankaŭ ne estas grave, ke ni analizu nian pasintecon ĝis ĉiu detalo. Sed ni devas ekkoni, ke ni ne estas separitaj de Dio surbaze de kelkaj gravaj pekoj, sed ke nia tuta vivo estas karakterizita de la peko. Ni ribelis kontraŭ Dio per tio ke ni iris nian propran vojon. Nia tuta vivmaniero estas trapenetrita de la peko. Sed la promeso de Dio validas: „Se ni konfesas niajn pekojn, Li estas fidela kaj justa por pardoni al ni niajn pekojn kaj nin purigi de ĉia maljusteco“ (1. Johano 1,9). La tria paŝo: Invitu Jesuon, ke li eniru en vian vivon! Kiu ekkonas sian pekan staton, sentas deziron havi iun ajn, kiu ekde nun staru ĉe lia flanko. Dio pardonas al ni, se ni konfesas. Sed ne estas sufiĉe nur konfesi la pekajn agojn. Ni bezonas iun, kiu donas forton al ni, vivi la novan vivon. Tiu ĉi „iu“ estas Jesuo Kristo. Jesuo venis por forpreni nian tutan kulpon. Sed Li volas fari pli. Li faras nin infanoj de Dio kaj donacas al ni komplete novan vivon. En la evangelio laŭ Johano, ĉapitro 1, versiklo 12, ni legas la promeson: „Sed al ĉiuj, kiuj lin [Jesuon] akceptis, li donis la rajton fariĝi filoj de Dio, al la kredantoj al lia nomo.“ Tion ankaŭ vi povas sperti hodiaŭ! Venu al iu loko, kie vi estas tute sola, kaj ekparolu kun Jesuo. En tiu preĝo ne temas pri belaj aŭ multaj vortoj. Gravas, ke vi estu sincera. Jesuo estas ĉi tie kaj vin aŭdas. Li vidas vian koron kaj vin komprenas. Diru al Li per propraj vortoj, ke vi nun volas veni al Li, ke vi ekkonis, ke vi estas pekulo kaj ke vi pekis kontraŭ Dio kaj homoj. Petu Jesuon por pardono de via kulpo. Poste danku al Li, ke Li mortis sur la kruco ankaŭ pro viaj pekoj. Sed poste vi ne haltu meze de la vojo! Petu Jesuon, ke Li nun venu en vian vivon. Diru al Li, ke vi ekde nun volas vivi kun Li kaj ne volas plu servi la pekon. Diru al Jesuo, ke Li ekde nun estu via Sinjoro, kaj ke Li transprenu la venontan kondukon de via vivo. Eble estas malfacile por vi, per propraj vortoj formuli tiun preĝon, do vi povas la sekvan preĝon fari por via propraĵo, por ke vi konfidu vian vivon al Jesuo Kristo: „Sinjoro Jesuo, ĉi tie mi estas. Mi bedaŭras miajn pekojn. Mi portas mian infanaĝon, mian junaĝon, mian tutan pasintecon al vi. Sinjoro Jesuo, pardoni min! Sinjoro Jesuo, lavu min en via sango! Sinjoro Jesuo, savu min! En la Biblio oni povas legi, ke tiu kiu akceptas vin, fariĝos la infano de Dio. Tion mi nun kredas. Mi jam tre multe aŭdis pri vi. Sed hodiaŭ mi decidas por aparteni al vi. Sinjoro Jesuo, mi nun akceptas vin kiel mian Savanton. Sinjoro Jesuo, venu en mian koron, venu nun en mian vivon; mi volas esti via, kaj vi estu mia por la tempo kaj por la eterno. Ekde nun mi volas esti via propraĵo. Mi volas iri mian vojon kun vi. Mi volas esti via disĉiplo. Kaj mi dankas al vi, ke vi elaŭdis mian preĝon. Amen.“ Via decido estas decida! Eble vi volas denove legi la klarigon pri la tri paŝoj? Sed poste faru, kion vi nun legis! Faru tion hodiaŭ. Faru tion nun! Tiam vi povas tion ĉi firme kredi: 1. Kiu prenis siajn pekojn, sian tutan malnovan vivon, en la fido sincere, en la preĝo, al Jesuo, ties pekoj estas pardonitaj. – Tiun tutan proceson la Biblio ankaŭ nomas „konvertiĝo“. 2. Kiu preĝis al Jesuo Kristo kaj en fido akceptis Lin en sian vivon, fariĝis la infano de Dio kaj tiu havas la vivon eternan. – Tiun okazintaĵon la Biblio ankaŭ nomas la „nova naskiĝo“ (Johano 3,3). Tio estas la donaco de la nova vivo fare de Dio. Se vi iris la vojon ĝis ĉi tie, vi povas ĝoji pri la granda donaco de Dio kaj ĉiam denove danki al Li pro tio. Nun ekkonu homojn, kiuj travivis la samon. Jesuo volas, ke vi en iu bona komunumo aŭskultu Lian vorton kaj pli bone ekkonu Lin kaj kune kun aliaj kristanoj ĝoje sekvu Lin kaj servu al Li. Unu el la plej bonaj spertoj de la vera kristano estas, se ankaŭ aliaj homoj per li ekkonas Jesuon kaj Lin trovas. Mi elkore deziras al vi riĉan benon de Dio! Wilhelm Pahls

Beinahe jeder denkt von sich, ein guter Mensch zu sein. Die einen sagen, dass sie fleißig waren und anderen geholfen haben. Andere verweisen darauf, dass sie keine ernsten Verfehlungen begangen haben und halten sich deshalb für gute Menschen. Doch die Frage, die Sie sich stellen sollten, lautet: Bin ich damit auch gut genug, um in den Himmel zu kommen? Sie können leicht herausfinden, ob Sie es sind, wenn Sie die zehn Gebote (2. Mose 20,1-17) durchgehen. Ĉu vi estas bona homo? Preskaŭ ĉiu pri si mem opinias esti bona homo. Kelkaj diras ke ili estis diligentaj kaj helpantaj al aliaj. Aliaj referencas je tio ke ili ne rompis pli gravajn leĝojn kaj tiel ili sin prenas por bona homo. Tamen la demando, kiun oni al si devus starigi, estas: Ĉu mi per tio jam estas sufiĉe bona por povi eniri la ĉielon? Bonvolu diveni mem! Facile vi detektos, ĉu vi tio estas, se vi promenos tra dek ordonoj – dekalogo (2 Moseo 20,1-17). 1. Mi estas la ETERNULO, via Dio, kiu elkondukis vin el la lando Egipta, el la domo de sklaveco. Ne ekzistu ĉe vi aliaj dioj antaŭ Mi! Ĉu vi starigis Dion en via vivo ĉiam sur la unuan lokon? Jesuo diris: „Amu la ETERNULON, vian Dion, per via tuta koro kaj per via tuta animo kaj per via tuta menso” (Mateo 22,37). Kaj tiu amo superas nian amon al niaj gepatroj, gefratoj kaj geamikoj. 2. Ne faru al vi idolon nek bildon! Probable vi vere ne aranĝis por vi bildojn de diaĵoj, skulptitaj el ligno aŭ ŝtono, tamen vi en viaj pensoj formis al vi bildon de Dio, kiu ne korespondas kun la vero. Falsaj diaj bildoj estas obstakloj por atingi la vivan Dion. 3. Ne malbonuzu la nomon de la ETERNULO, via Dio! Ĉu vi iam ajn misuzis la Dian nomon por sakri aŭ insulti? La Biblio diras: „Ĉar la ETERNULO ne lasos senpuna tiun, kiu malbonuzas Lian nomon!” (2 Moseo 20,7). 4. Memoru pri la tago sabata, ke vi tenu ĝin sankta! Same tiel, kiel Dio dum ses tagoj finis sian kreadon kaj la sepan tagon ripozis, ankaŭ ni bezonas unu tagon en la semajno kiel la tagon de ripozo. En ĉiu semajno oni devus unu el la sep tagoj dediĉi al Dio. 5. Respektu vian patron kaj vian patrinon! Oni siajn gepatrojn ne respektas, se oni kiel infanoj refutas al ili sian bezonatan obeon, se oni pri ili malbone esprimiĝas, se oni ilin malatentas kaj ilin en ilia alta aĝo ne prizorgas. 6. Ne mortigu! Vi diras ke vi tiun ĉi ordonon ĝis nun ne malatentis. Sed bonvolu pripensi, kion koncerne ĝin diras Jesuo: „Vi aŭdis, ke estas dirite al la antikvuloj: Ne mortigu, kaj kiu mortigos, tiu estos en danĝero de juĝado; sed mi diras al vi, ke kiu koleras kontraŭ sia frato, tiu estos en danĝero de juĝado; kaj kiu diros al sia frato: Raka, tiu estos en danĝero de la sinedrio; kaj kiu diros: Malsaĝulo, tiu estos en danĝero de Gehena de fajro!” (Mateo 5,21-22). Kaj Johano daŭrigas: „Ĉiu, kiu malamas sian fraton, estas hommortiganto; kaj vi scias, ke ĉiu hommortiganto ne havas vivon eternan, restantan en li” (1 Johano 3,15). En la okuloj de Dio la malamo en la koro estas io samtiel malbona kiel la mortigo. Tiel oni povas tiun ĉi ordonon malatenti jam nur per motivo en sia koro. 7. Ne adultu! La Biblio diras, ke la malfidelaj en geedzeco kaj tiuj, kiuj vivas malĉastan vivon (ĝuante seksrilatojn ekster la geedzeco) ne venos en la ĉielan regnon (1 Korintanoj 6,9). Jesuo diras: „Sed mi diras al vi, ke ĉiu, kiu rigardas virinon, por deziri ŝin, jam adultis je ŝi en sia koro” (Mateo 5,28). Ĉu vi probable foje alrigardis alian personon de alia sekso per volupta rigardo aŭ vi eĉ jam makulis vian geedzecon malĉaste? 8. Ne ŝtelu! Ĉu vi foje sen permeso kunprenis kun si ion, kio apartenis al iu alia (ekz. en via laborloko, en lernejo aŭ hejme ktp.)? Eble temis pri malgrandaj aferoj, kiujn vi ŝtele kunprenis. Sed la valoro de la ŝtelita afero ĉi tie ne ludas rolon. 9. Ne parolu kontraŭ via proksimulo malveran ateston! Kiom da mortigoj oni devus fari por esti murdanto? Unu solan! Same tiel estas mensogulo tiu, kiu unu solan fojon mensogis. Probable ruzaĵoj kaj trompaĵoj por vi ne estas veraj pekoj. Sed Dio tion vidas alimaniere. Unu peko sole, kia ajn ĝi estas, jam estas sufiĉe, por ke oni estas separita de Dio. 10. Ne deziru tion, kio apartenas al via proksimulo! Oni neniam rajtas avidi ion de tio, kio apartenas al aliaj, ekz. fremdan domon, fremdan aŭtomobilon, fremdan monon, kaj speciale ne fremdan edzinon. Oni ne rajtas envii aliajn pro la maniero de ilia vivo, sed oni devas esti kontenta kun tio, kion oni havas. Ĉu vi atentis tiun ĉi ordonon? Bilanco Kiu el ni povas aserti neniam malatenti iun ajn el tiuj ĉi ordonoj, estante tiel senkulpa? La Biblio diras: „Ĉar ĉiuj pekis kaj maltrafis la gloron de Dio” (Romanoj 3,23). Ĉu nun vi ekkonis vian situacion? Ĉu ne devas ankaŭ vi agnoski ke vi pekis kaj ke vi havas kulpon antaŭ Dio? Ĉu la fakto ke vi pekis antaŭ Dio vin zorgigas? La Biblio diras ke ni pro niaj malbonaj faroj kaj pro nia malamika pensado fariĝis malamikoj de Dio (Kolosanoj 1,21) kaj super ni kuŝas kolero de Dio (Johano 3,36). Kelkaj opinias ke Dio pro sia boneco pretervidos niajn pekojn. Tamen tio ne estas ebla. Imagu homan juĝiston, kiu okaze de krimoj kaj perfortoj simple kovrus unu okulon. Ĉu vi lin daŭre prenus por bona juĝisto? Ne, tio estus korupta juĝisto! Dio tamen neniam povas esti korupta juĝisto. Tial Li iam ĉiujn murdintojn, ŝtelistojn, malĉastulojn, mensogulojn, sorĉistojn, idolanojn, blasfemulojn itp. punos. La loko de tiu punado estas la infero, la poreterna malbeniteco (Apokalipso 21,8). La aŭtenta amo Dio ne volas ke ni estu poreterne pereigitaj. Li estas plena da kompato kaj kunsento. Tial Li preparis la manieron, kiel vi povas ricevi pardonon de via kulpo. Li invitas vin veni al Li kaj akcepti la pardonon kaj la eternan vivon kiel donacon. Imagu ke vi staras antaŭ juĝisto pro pluraj seriozaj kontraŭleĝaĵoj. Ĉiuj pruvoj estas konvinkaj. Via kulpo estas pruvita. Tamen vi per bonaj faroj el via pasinto viajn kontraŭleĝajn farojn ne povas prezenti neokazintaj. La verdikto postulas ke vi pagu 500.000 da eŭroj de monpuno aŭ vi ricevas longan prizonpunon. Kaj vi havas en via poŝo nur plu kvin centojn kaj tiel vi la punon ne povas pagi. Sed nun bonvolu imagi tion ĉi: en la juĝeja salono sidas fremdulo, kiu aŭskultis la tutan proceson. Post la proklamo de la verdikto tiu fremdulo decidas transpreni vian kompletan kulpon sur sin. Li pagas la monpunon kaj la juĝejo tion akceptas, ja la leĝo estas tiamaniere kontentigita. Vi estas proklamita ek de tiu momento libera. Ĉu tio ne estus io mirindega? Precize tiel Dio procedis kun vi antaŭ proksimume 2000 jaroj! La Biblio diras ke Dio sendis sian Filon Jesuon Kriston sur la teron. Jesuo neniam en sia tuta vivo faris unu nuran pekon. Li estis komplete sen ajna kulpo, kaj tamen li transprenis sur sin nian kulpon, kiam li mortis sur la kruco sur Golgoto: „Sed Dio rekomendas al ni Sian amon en tio, ke dum ni ankoraŭ estis pekuloj, Kristo mortis por ni” (Romanoj 5,8). Jesuo mortis sur la kruco pro niaj pekoj. Dio akceptis lian oferon kaj lin revekis al la mortintoj. Tial Jesuo povas diri: „Mi estas la vojo kaj la vero kaj la vivo; neniu venas al la Patro krom per mi” (Johano 14,6). Ĉu vi nun komprenas, kiel forte Dio vin amas? Ĉu vi rekonis ke vi fariĝis kulpaj antaŭ Dio kaj ke vi bezonas pardonon? Se tiel, tiam do faru tion, por kio vin vokas Dio en Agoj de la apostoloj 3,19: „Pentu do, kaj konvertiĝu, por ke viaj pekoj estu vorviŝitaj!” Tiu, kiu pentas kaj konvertiĝas, ricevas pardonon de siaj pekoj. Se vi volas konvertiĝi, do deturnu vin for de viaj pekoj kaj konfidu vin al Jesuo Kristo! La vera fido Troviĝas multaj homoj, kiuj „kredas” ke Jesuo ekzistas, tamen ili neniam sin al li konfidis kaj ili neniam lin alprenis sia savanto. Inter la fido, troviĝanta nur en kapo, kaj la vera fido, tamen estas granda diferenco. Kion signifas, konfidi sin al Jesuo Kristo? Tio signifas ke vi tiel fidas al Jesuo, kiel paraŝutisto, kiu saltas el aeroplano je 5000 m da alteco kaj plene konfidas sin al sia paraŝuto. La kredo en Jesuon estas – simile kiel en kazo de paraŝuta salto – paŝo de konfido. Decidiĝu kontraŭ la vivo en pekoj kaj por la vivo kun Jesuo! Petu al Jesuo pardoni viajn pekojn kaj veni en vin kaj transpreni la pluan gvidadon de via vivo! „Sed al ĉiuj, kiuj lin akceptis, li donis la rajton fariĝi filoj de Dio, al la kredantoj al lia nomo” (Johano 1,12). Se vi intencas fari tiun ĉi paŝon, vi povas tiun ĉi tekston fari propra persona preĝo: „Sinjoro Jesuo Kristo, mi vin dankas, ĉar vi mortis sur la kruco pro miaj pekoj. Mi vidas ke mi vin bezonas. Mi petas, pardonu mian kulpon! Mi bedaŭras pro miaj pekoj. Sinjoro Jesuo, hodiaŭ mi decidiĝas por vi. Mia vivo ek de tiu ĉi momento apartenu al vi. Mi petas vin nun enveni en mian vivon. Mi konfidas min al vi. Transprenu la pluan gvidadon de mia vivo! En la Biblio staras skribite ke tiu, kiu vin akceptas, fariĝas infano de Dio. Mi tion kredas. Mi dankas vin ke vi nun venis en mian vivon kaj mi tiel rajtas esti infano de Dio. Amen.” Koncerne tiun ĉi preĝon ne temas pri fiksa formulado. Grave estas ke vi pensas honeste kaj serioze. La decidiĝo por Jesuo estas la afero de la koro. Post tio, kiam vi akceptis Jesuon en vian vivon, Dio vin renovigos deinterne. Vi komencos pensi alimaniere, senti alimaniere. Dio donos al vi novajn fortojn por via vivo. En ĉiu tago legu en la Biblio kaj aŭskultu la vorton de Dio! Estos nia ĝojo, se ni aŭdos pri vi. Estas eble ke vi ne havas jam ĉiujn respondojn al viaj demandoj. Sed pripensu tion ĉi: Vi ne bezonas koni ĉiujn funkciojn de paraŝuto por tamen povi ĝin utiligi. En la kazo de nepreco estas pli bone tuj kapti la paraŝuton ol unue komenci kurson por povi salti per paraŝuto. Cetere estus eble ke vi ĝin kaptus tro malfrue kaj vi tiel tute nepreparita foriris en vian eternon. Ni petas vin, ne prokrastu vian decidon por Jesuo! Nome, vi ne scias, kiom da tempo vi ankoraŭ havas.

Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt erklärt in dieser Schrift den Heilsplan Gottes - angefangen bei der Geburt Jesu (Krippe), über seinen Tod (Kreuz), bis hin zur Entrückung und ewigen Herrlichkeit (Krone). Gott schuf Abhilfe für die "Urkatastrophe" der Menschheit, den Sündenfall. Wie in der Bibel vorhergesagt, sandte er seinen Sohn auf die Erde. "Nie aber hat die Welt einen Gott gesehen - bis es Weihnachten wurde." Das Kreuz wurde für Kritiker zum Anstoß. Sie verstehen nicht, wie ein "Hinrichtungsinstrument" zum Zentrum eines Glaubens werden kann. Prof. Dr. Gitt sieht diese Kritik als Indiz, dass die Menschen ihr Sündenbewusstsein verloren haben: Es gab keinen anderen Weg für die Rettung des Menschen, weil die Trennung zwischen Gott und uns durch die Sünde so groß ist. Wenn Jesus einmal wieder kommt, wird man ihn als König erkennen. Dann wird die Menschheit zweigeteilt sein in Angenommene und Verworfene. Für diejenigen, die Jesus in ihr Leben aufnehmen wollen, gibt es ein vorformuliertes Gebet, das ihnen dabei hilft. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! Kripo, kruco kaj krono Prakatastrofo Ĉiam denove furiozas katastrofoj en nia mondo. Pro la cunamo en decembro 2004 mortis pli ol 160 mil homoj; la drono de Titanic postulis 1522 homajn vivojn, la dua mondmilito postlasis 50 milionojn da mortigitoj. Tamen la prakatastrofo estis la origina peko en la ĝardeno Eden, en la paradizo. Ĝi estas la kaŭzo de ĉiuj aliaj katastrofoj, kiuj iam ajn okazis ie en la mondo. La unua peko okazigis disdividon de la homo disde Dio. Kaj sen Dio la homo falas en la vorticon de eterna perditeco. Se Dio tolerus en la ĉielo unu nuran pekon, do ankaŭ la sufero kaj la morto envenus tien, kaj tion Dio ne volas. Tio rompas la koron de Dio: la homoj, kiujn Li kreis kaj ilin amas, deturnis sin de Li. Tiamaniere ili akiris por si la morton. Ni diras proverbe: „Neniu planto kreskas kontraŭ la morto.” Eĉ neniu herbo en la ĝardeno Eden! Tamen, probable Dio havas iun medikamenton? La helpo de Dio – Li sendis sian Filon Tamen Dio jam en la ĝardeno Eden havis sian savoplanon kaj ĝin anoncis – kvankam tiam ankoraŭ tre kodite – jam tuj post la origina peko: „Kaj mi metos malamikecon inter vi kaj la virino kaj inter via idaro kaj ŝia idaro; ĝi frapados vian kapon, kaj vi pikados ĝian kalkanon” (1.Moseo 3,15). En la neniam finiĝinta ĉeno de profetaj eldiroj ĉiam denove estas atentigite pri la venonta Savanto, kiel ekzemple: „Eliros stelo el Jakob, kaj leviĝos sceptro el Izrael“ (4.Moseo 24,17). „Kaj vi, ho Bet-Leĥem Efrata, kiu estas malgranda inter la milejoj de Judujo, el vi eliros al Mi tiu, kiu devas esti reganto en Izrael kaj kies deveno estas de tempo tre antikva” (Miĥa 5,1). La absolute lasta anonco de la Savanto estis perita per anĝelo, kiam tiu al Jozefo revelaciis la naskiĝon kaj la nomon de la ĉiela infano: „Maria, via edzino, … naskos Filon, kaj vi nomos lin Jesuo; ĉar li savos sian popolon de ĝiaj pekoj“ (Mateo 1,20-21). En la historiaj tempoj multaj personoj alpaŝis la mondscenejon, farante ĉe la homoj grandan nomon de si: imperiestroj kaj reĝoj, poetoj kaj filozofoj, guruoj kaj sorĉistoj, bonaj kaj malbonaj. Tamen neniam la mondo vidis Dion – ĝis okazis la kristnasko. La infano en la kripo ne estas tiaspeca Dio, kian la grekoj imagis sur Olimpo aŭ la pragermanoj en la boskoj de Walhall. Li estas la sola, kiu estis povinta diri: Mi estas la Kreinto, per kiu ĉio estis farita (Johano 1,1+3); „Mi estas la vero” (Johano 14, 6), „Mi estas la bona paŝtisto” (Johano 10,1), „Mi estas la pordo” [al la ĉielo] (Johano 10,7). Kian vojon li surpaŝis en tiu ĉi mondo? Ĉu li venis en akompano de cimbaloj kaj trumpetoj aŭ de tindra tumulto? Ĉu li venis akompane de ĉielaj anĝeltaĉmentoj ? Ne! Dio elektis virgan virinon el Izraelo – Maria – kiu trovis ĉe Li gracon por naski la Filon de Dio en la mondon. Tiamaniere Li surprizis ankaŭ judojn, kiuj pri sia Mesio ekzemple retenis en siaj oreloj jenajn profetajn eldirojn: „Jen via reĝo iras al vi” (Zaĥarja 9,9) aŭ: „Li frakasos kaj detruos ĉiujn regnojn” (Daniel 2,44). Tiel ili ne atendis infanon en kripo, sed veran reĝon! Tiu devus surpaŝi en plena povo kaj forpeli romanojn el Izraelo; li devus establi sian rezidejon en Jerusalemo kaj nomumi ĉefpastrojn kaj skribistojn ministroj. Sed Jesuo tiamaniere ne venis, tial judoj lin malakceptis. Ili pretervidis tiujn bibliajn versiklojn, kiuj eldiras, ke li unue venos kiel infano: „Ĉar infano naskiĝis al ni, filo estas donita al ni” (Jesaja 9,5). De tiu unu-sola dependas, ĉu ni travivos nian eternon en la ĉielo aŭ en la infero. Tiu mesio karakteriziĝas per 3 K, kiel sekve: Kripo (la unua K simbolas la alvenon de Jesuo en tiu ĉi mondon) Kruco (la dua K simbolas nian saviĝon, kiun efektivigis Jesuo sur la kruco) Krono (la tria K simbolas la kronon de Jesuo okaze de lia denova alveno kiel reĝo). Ne troviĝas kruco sen la kripo! Ne troviĝas krono sen la kruco! Sen la kripo kaj sen la kruco ne troviĝas la ĉielo por ni! Tial unue devis okazi la kristnasko! Kio ĉagrenas rilate krucon? La kritikantoj de kristana kredo ĉiam denove starigas la demandon: Kial do tiu brutala morto sur la kruco? En via kredo ĉio turniĝas ĉirkaŭ la instrumento de la mortigo. Ĉu Dio ne povis surpaŝi pli mildan vojon, por venigi nin homojn en klarecon? Kial la vojo al la repaciĝo pavimita per morto, doloroj, larmoj kaj funebro? Ĉu tio ne povus esti realigita pli milde, estetike kaj stilplene? Ĉu Dio ne povus simple fermi unu okulon koncerne niajn malperfektaĵojn? Neniu el tiu „kial?” pravas, ja ili malserioze prenas la pekon. Kaj tio ŝajnas esti la malsano de nia tempo. Nur de la kruco ni povas legi, kion ni povas trovi en neniu libro de iu ajn filozofo kaj pensulo: La kruco montras al ni, kiom profundan abismon la peko fosis inter Dio kaj homo. La abismo estas tiom senmezura, ke la infero estas ĝia konsekvenco (Mateo 25,46). La kruco donas al ni realan imagon pri tio, kiom proksime Dio paŝas al ni en sia amo, nome tiom, ke Li per sia Filo, vere dirite, sian plej amatan eston ŝiris de sia koro. La kruco de Jesuo estas la plej profunda malsupreniro de Dio. La Kreinto de la universo kaj de tuta vivo permesas sin mortigi kvazaŭ krimulo, sen defendi sin. Kiom alta prezo por la peko! Sed tiamaniere Jesuo povas ĉiun pekulon inviti al si: „Kaj tiun, kiu venas al mi, mi ja ne elĵetos” (Johano 6,37). Tamen validas ankaŭ: Tiu, kiu ne venas, estas perdita – eĉ poreterne! La kruco markas ankaŭ la finon de ĉiuj homaj savvojoj. Tial Jesuo povis tiel ekskluzive anonci: „Neniu venas al la Patro krom per mi” (Johano 14,6). Ĉiuj religioj estas, konfrontitaj kun la kruco, nur briletanta fatamorgano en la dezerto de la perdita homaro. La kristnaska mesaĝo estas kune kun la krucmesaĝo la unika savmesaĝo: „Ĉar la Filo de homo venis, por savi tion, kio estis perdita” (Mateo 18,11). Li venos denove Jesuo venos en tiun ĉi mondon la duan fojon. Tiam tamen ne plu kiel infano en la kripo, sed kiel la reĝo, juĝisto kaj reganto de mondoj. Ĉe Mateo 24,30 li sendube antaŭdiris tiun eventon: „Kaj tiam aperos sur la ĉielo la signo de la Filo de homo, kaj tiam ploros ĉiuj gentoj de la tero, kaj oni vidos la Filon de homo, venantan en la nuboj de la ĉielo kun potenco kaj granda gloro.” Kia motivo por ĝojo! La Kreinto de la mondo aperas! La Savanto de la mondo venas! Sed kial ni legas en la Apokalipso 1,7: „Kaj ĉiuj gentoj de la tero ploros pro li”? Kial oni krios: „Falu sur nin [montoj kaj rokoj], kaj nin kaŝu for de la vizaĝo de la Sidanto sur la trono” (Apokalipso 6,16)? Multaj aŭdis dum ilia vivotempo pri la nepreco decidiĝi por tiu Jesuo, sed ili diris „ne”! Nun ili estas perditaj kaj ili povas nenion plu ripari. Estas senrevene tro malfrue. Tial ili krias kaj hurlas. La plej multaj homoj iras siajn vojojn, sur kiuj Jesuo ne ĉeestas. La inventkapacito por tio estas enorma. Tiel ekzemple la konata usona aktorino Shirley MacLaine, vivanta kun sia hundo en ranĉo, diris: „Kun mia hundo Terry mi eĉ havas miaflanke mian propran dion – ĝi estas reenkarniĝo de la egipta dio Anubiso, kiu havas formon de hundo. Povas soni strange, tamen Terry kaj mi travivis minimume unu komunan vivon en la antikva Egipto. Li kiel la besto-dio kaj mi kiel princino. Nun la vivo kunigis nin denove.” Jesuo venos denove en formo videbla: „Jen li venas kun la nuboj; kaj lin vidos ĉiu okulo, kaj tiuj, kiuj lin trapikis; kaj ĉiuj gentoj de la tero ploros pro li“ skribis Johano en Apokalipso 1,7. Kiam Neil A. Armstrong 20-an de julio 1969 kiel la unua homo metis sian piedon sur la surfacon de la luno, 500 milionoj da homoj spektakompanis tiun eventon helpe de televidaj aparatoj. Lady Diana el Anglujo perdis sian vivon okaze de karambolo surstrate. Kiam 6-an de septembro 1997 pasis la ĝis tiam plej granda funebraĵo en Londono el ĉiuj tempoj, la ceremonion spektis 2,5 miliardoj da homoj sur la televidaj ekranoj – kvardek procentoj de la mondloĝantaro! Tial tio fariĝis la unua „globalenterigo” en la homa historio. Sed por la alveno de Jesuo oni ne bezonos televidajn kamerojn. Ĉiuj homoj travivos tiun la plej grandan eventon de la mondhistorio „live” (rekte). Por ĉiu homo Jesuo estos videbla. Tio ne validas nur por la mondloĝantaro, kiu tiutempe vivos, sed ankaŭ por ĉiuj generacioj el la tuta homa historio. Ankaŭ ĉiuj legantoj de tiu ĉi artikolo ĉeestos kaj vidos. Tiam troviĝos nur plu unu nura demando por debati: Al kiu grupo apartenas mi? Al la grego de la savitaj aŭ de la perditaj? Jesuo revenos subite: „Ĉar kiel la fulmo venas el la oriento kaj montriĝas ĝis la okcidento, tiel ankaŭ estos la alesto de la Filo de homo” (Mateo 24,27). En unu nura momento li estos videbla samtempe sur la tuta terglobo. En kiu taghoro tio okazos? La respondon ni trovas ĉe Luko 17,34: „En tiu nokto estos du viroj sur unu lito; unu estos prenita, kaj la alia lasita.” Do nokte? Sed du versiklojn poste ni legas: „Du viroj estos sur kampo [= taghela situacio]; unu estos prenita kaj la alia lasita.” Mi ne scias, ĉu la malkovristo de Ameriko Kristoforo Kolumbo konis tiun ĉi tekstoparton el la Biblio. Li povus sendiskute eltiri sekvan konkludon: Se la denova alveno de Jesuo okazos en la sama momento, kaj la Biblio priskribas la situacion tiel dumtage, kiel ankau dumnokte, tio estas ebla nur sur la sfero. Mi povas do velnavi okcidenten kaj tamen mi atingos orienton. Estas interese, ke la evangeliisto Luko skribis tiujn ĉi vortojn en la tempo, kiam la homoj havis neniun imagon pri la sfera formo de la planedo tero. Ambaŭ versikloj montras al ni ankoraŭ ion esencan. Okaze de la denova alveno troviĝos disdivido de la homaro en du grupojn. Estos distingite inter la alprenitaj kaj la lasitaj. Per tio estas jam difinita la vera problemo de la homaro. Nur unu demando estas grava: Ĉu mi apartenas al la grupo de la savitaj aŭ al tiu de la perditaj? Ĉu jam decidite? Dio kreis ĉiujn homojn kiel personecojn, kiuj disponas pri libera volo. Tio levas nin klare super de la bestoj. La libera volo permesas ambaŭ elektojn – distanciĝi de Dio aŭ proksimiĝi al Li. Dio faris en Kristo ĉion, por konduki nin sur la ĝustan vojon en la ĉielon. Tamen instruas la Biblio tre impresige kaj averte, ke ne ĉiuj surpaŝas la vojon de la savo. Kion Dio povus tiusence fari? Se Li forprenus de ni nian liberan volon, do Li prirabus nin de nia personeco, ni fariĝus maŝinoj, marionetoj, robotoj, kiuj nur procedas laŭ la antaŭpreparita programo. Sed en tiu ĉi kaj en la alia mondo la libera volo estas tre signifa parto de la personeco. De nia elektodecido dependas tiel ankaŭ nia eterna stato. Ĉu ni preparis nin por tiu venonta tago? En la parabolo pri dek virgulinoj admonas nin Sinjoro Jesuo por esti preparitaj. Li taskigas nin pripensi: Ĉiuj dek virgulinoj tamen estis „kredemaj” personoj, ili ĉiuj firme kredis: la nupto okazos. Tamen ne ĉiuj el ili agis laŭ sia konvinko. Kaj nur kvin el ili atingis la celon. Al la nepreparitaj Jesuo diris: „Mi ne konas vin!” (Mateo 25,12). Tiel ili preterpasis sian tutan eternon. Okazis, kiel iam diris Heinrich Kemner: „Oni povas preterdormi eĉ la vojon en la inferon!” Al Hermann Bezzel apartenas la nepra averto: „Oni povas ĝisfine froti la preĝejajn benkojn kaj tamen trovi sian finon en pereo.” La tiel nomataj „kredantoj”, kiuj nur konfirmas la faktojn, sed ili tion ne aplikas en sia persona vivo, kubĵetas per sia eterna vivo. Ĉiuj tri K-oj aŭ neniu! Dum ĉiuj jaroj okaze de la kristnaskaj tagoj ĉiam denove oni tre volonte festas la infanon Jesuon en la kripo. Ofte ĉio restas ĉe tio. Tamen oni ne povas disdividi la tri menciitajn „K-ojn”. Al Jesuo apartenas la kripo de lia homfariĝo, la kruco de lia suferado kun lia aldona resurekta venko, sed ankaŭ la krono de lia reĝeco, kiu dum lia denova alveno estos evidenta por ĉiu. Tio ĉi ek de la komenco estis la savoplano de Dio kontraŭ la prakatastrofo de tiu ĉi mondo. La lasta katastrofo, kiun travivos la homoj sen Jesuo, estas la infero. Bedaŭrinde ĝi konsumos pli da homaj vivoj ol ĉiuj aliaj katastrofoj en la historio kune – kaj tiu dua morto daŭros poreterne! Sed dum la kristnaska festo, kaj ne nur tiam, Dio nin demandas, tute persone, ĉu ni estas pretaj akcepti la donacon „Kripo, kruco kaj krono”. Diru JES al Li, alprenu la pardonon de viaj pekoj per Jesuo Kristo kaj fiksu tion en formo de via persona preĝo! Via preĝo povus teksti ekzemple tiel: „Sinjoro Jesuo, mi hodiaŭ legis, ke mi nur pere de vi povas veni en la ĉielon. Mi volas esti iam kun vi en la ĉielo. Savu min do de la infero, en kiun mi pro mia kulpo verdire devus veni. Sed ĉar vi min tiel amas, vi ankaŭ por mi mortis sur la kruco kaj tie pagis la punon por miaj pekoj. Vi vidas mian tutan kulpon – ekde mia infanaĝo. Vi konas ĉiun unuopan pekon, ĉion, pri kio mi nun konscias, sed ankaŭ ĉion, kion mi delonge forgesis. Vi konas ĉiun ekscitiĝon de mia koro. Antaŭ vi mi estas kiel malfermita libro. Tia, kia mi estas, mi ne povas al vi en la ĉielon. Mi petas vin, pardonu miajn pekojn, pro kiuj mi el mia tuta koro bedaŭras. Venu nun vi en mian vivon kaj faru ĝin nova. Helpu min, demeti ĉion, kio antaŭ vi ne estas en ordo, kaj donacu al mi novajn kutimojn, kiuj troviĝus sub via beno. Malfermu al mi aliron al via Vorto, la Biblio. Helpu min kompreni, kion vi volas al mi diri, kaj donu al mi obeeman koron, por ke mi faru tion, kio al vi plaĉas. Vi estu ekde nun mia SINJORO. Mi volas vin sekvi, montru al mi la vojon, kiun mi iru sur ĉiuj kampoj de mia vivo. Mi dankas vin, ke vi min elaŭdis, ke mi nun rajtas esti infano de Dio, kiu iam estos ĉe vi en la ĉielo. Amen.” Direktoro kaj profesoro D-ro-inĝ. Werner Gitt

Der Informationswissenschaftler Dir. und Prof. a.D. Dr.-Ing. Werner Gitt (Braunschweig) ist überzeugt, dass alle Aussagen der Bibel wahr und vertrauenswürdig sind. In seinen Büchern betrachtet er oft die Wunder der Schöpfung aus naturwissenschaftlicher Sicht. Dr. Joachim Cochlovius stellte Fragen an Werner Gitt zu diesem Themenbereich wie z. B.: „Ihre Homepage wernergitt.de ist mit dem Motto ‘Vom Denken zum Glauben’ überschrieben. Wie ist das gemeint? Kann man durch Nachdenken Gott finden?“

Im Laufe der Geschichte haben sich immer wieder Menschen gegen den Glauben an eine Auferstehung der Toten ausgesprochen. Sie sollten aber bedenken, dass Jesus seine Auferstehung nicht nur durch Worte verkündigen lässt, sondern sie beweist, indem er sich mehrfach an unterschiedlichen Orten und bei verschiedenen Gelegenheiten direkt zeigt. Mit dem Geschehen der Auferstehung hat Gott uns eine Wirklichkeit gezeigt, die weit über unsere Erfahrungswelt von Raum und Zeit hinausgeht: Unsere dreidimensionale Welt ist nicht die ganze Wirklichkeit. Jesus hat uns die Realität der Ewigkeit bezeugt. Ĉu frenezo aŭ vero?Resurekto de Jesuo Kristo Kio estis ĝis nun la plej granda evento en la mondhistorio? Ĉu tio estis eltrovo de komputilo fare de Konrad Zuse (1910-1995); ĉu la malkovro de Ameriko en la jaro 1492 fare de Kristoforo Kolumbo (1451-1506); ĉu la unua surluniĝo 21-an de Julio 1969 fare de Neil Armstrong (1930-2012)? Tiu lasta kiel la unua Terano per sia piedo surpaŝis la surfacon de la luno kaj diris famajn vortojn: »Malgranda paŝo por la homo, sed granda paŝo por la homaro.« Ĉiuj-ĉi eventoj estis tre gravaj, tamen ili ne atingas la eventon, pri kiu ni volas nun aparte pripensi. Tio estas la resurekto de Jesuo Kristo el la morto! Tiu evento havas signifon por ĉiu homo sur la Tero. Se oni pripensas la eldiron de Neil Armstrong, oni povus diri ankaŭ tiel: La resurekto estis la plej granda paŝo, iam ajn farita por la homaro, sed ankaŭ la paŝo, kiu provokis kaj daŭre provokas plej multe da duboj. Kritikaj obĵetoj koncerne la resurekton Dum la iro de la historio ĉiam denove homoj esprimis obĵetojn kontraŭ la releviĝo el la morto. Ĉi tie mi volas mencii nur kvin kritikajn esprimojn. 1. Sadukeoj: Jam al Jesuo proksimiĝis grupo da piaj viroj por kontraŭstari la releviĝon el la morto. Ili lin provokis per la demando, per kiu ili volis lin logi en falilon (Mateo 22,23-33): Se sep fratoj unu post la alia edziĝus kun la sama virino kaj tiu fine same mortus, al kiu ŝi do apartenus post la releviĝo? Jesuo ilian obĵeton nuligis per eldiro, ke transe de la morta limo geedziĝo ne troviĝas. Sed li aldonis logikan taskon, citinte el la dua libro de Moseo 3,6: »Mi estas la Dio de via patro, la Dio de Abraham, la Dio de Isaak, kaj la Dio de Jakob.« Sed ĉar Abraham, Isaak kaj Jakob mortis, ili konsekvence devas resurekti el la morto, ja: »Dio estas Dio ne de la mortintoj, sed de la vivantoj« (Mateo 22,32b). 2. Martin Heidegger: La konata germana filozofo Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) argumentis koncerne la resurekton ne surbaze de la fido, tamen trafe: »Se Jesuo el Nazaret releviĝis el la morto, tiam la tuta scienca rekono estas nur portempa.« Li sekvis logikon: se estas vere, ke Jesuo el Nazaret releviĝis el la morto, tiam ni kun nia naturscienca pensado mem surmetis senbazajn limojn. 3. Rudolf Augstein: Al Rudolf Augstein (1923-2003), la eldonisto de la plej granda germana magazino Der Spiegel oni iomete antaŭ lia morto starigis demandon: »Ĉu vi kredas en Dion?« Je tio li respondis: »Ne … Mi ne kredas en resurekton de iu ajn el la morto, kaj sekve mi ankaŭ ne bezonas okupiĝi pri tio plu. Kiam mi ne plu estas, do mi ne plu estas!« – Kiel fatala erarpenso! 4. Paroĥestro en embaraso pro sia prediko: Estis ioma tempo antaŭ la paska semajno, kiam mi troviĝis en interparolo kun iu paroĥestro. Li klarigis al mi, ke dum alproksimiĝas la paskaj tagoj, li falas en embarason pro sia prediko – tiel li tion esprimis. Kiel paroĥestro li tamen ne kredis en la resurekton de Jesuo. 5. »Die Zeit«: La semajngazeto Die Zeit tiel formulis titolon por la paska eldono (n-ro 16, 8-an de Aprilo 2009): »La plej nekredebla rakonto de la mondo. Nenio sonas pli nekredebla ol la resurekto de Jesuo!« La atestantoj de la resurekto Dio povus al ni anonci pere de sia profeto: »La resurekto de Jesuo okazis. Mi levis lin el la morto.« Tio tamen vokus al la podio ankoraŭ pli da dubantoj ol tio jam okazas. Sed Dio tion ne faris. Jesuo igas sian resurekton anonci ne per vortoj, sed li pruvas ĝin mem tiel, ke li kelkfoje aperis sur diversaj lokoj dum diversaj okazoj. En la Nova Testamento la atestantoj 15-foje atestas, ke ili ĝisvivis Jeson resurektinta kaj viva: Maria el Magdala (Johano 20,11-18) Virinoj ĉe la tombo (Mateo 28,9) Du disĉiploj survoje al Emaus (Luko 24,13-35) Petro (Luko 24,34; 1 Korintanoj 15,5) 10 disĉiploj sen Tomaso dum la paska lundo (Johano 20,19) 11 disĉiploj inkluzive Tomaso (Johano 20,26) 7 disĉiploj ĉe la lago de Tiberia (Johano 21,1-22) 11 disĉiploj sur iu monto en Galilea (Mateo 28,16-20) 12 disĉiploj, unue Kefa (1 Korintanoj 15,5) 500 fratoj (1 Korintanoj 15,6) Jakob, frato de la Sinjoro (1 Korintanoj 15,7) Ĉiuj apostoloj (1 Korintanoj 15,7; Marko 16,19-20; Luko 24,50-53; Agoj de apostoloj 1,3-12,26) Stefano, post ĉieleniro (Agoj 7,55-56) Apostolo Paŭlo, post ĉieleniro (antaŭ Damasko okaze de konvertiĝo: Agoj 9,3-5; en la templo: Agoj 22,17-21; en karcero en Cesarea (Agoj 23,11) Apostolo Johano, post ĉieleniro (Apokalipso 1,12-20). Ni komentas kelkajn atestadojn: 1. Maria el Magdala (Johano 20,1-18): Jam tre frue dum la paska dimanĉo ŝi ekpaŝis al la tombo de Jesuo. Veninte ĝis ĝardeno, ene de kiu troviĝis la tombo de Jesuo, ŝi tiel forte ektimis, ke ŝi komencis plori. Kiu povus deruli la ŝtonegon de la tombenirejo? La tombo estis malplena. Forta timo ŝin obsedis kaj ŝi ekkuris al la tranoktejo, kie troviĝis Petro kaj Johano. Ili ambaŭ tuj foriris al la tombo. Johano alvenis la unua, preskaŭ senspira, poste ankaŭ Petro. Maria el Magdala troviĝis malproksime post ili du. Johano proksimiĝis al la tombo, tamen li ne enpaŝis ĝin, sed li vidis, ke tie sur la malplena kuŝejo troviĝis nur la tukoj. Kiam Maria el Magdala alpaŝis la tombon, Johano kaj Petro jam ne plu tie troviĝis. Ŝi enpaŝis la tombon kaj kun konsterno konstatis, ke ĝi estas malplena. Subite ŝi vidis du brile blanke vestitajn virojn tie, kie antaŭe kuŝis Jesuo; unu ĉe la kapo kaj la alia ĉe la piedoj. Ŝi ne rekonis, ke temis pri du anĝeloj. Kaj la viroj demandis al ŝi: »Virino, kial vi ploras?« Kaj larmoplene ŝi respondis: »Ĉar oni forprenis mian Sinjoron, kaj mi ne scias, kien oni lin metis« (Johano 20,13). Ŝi turnis sian kapon kaj subite vidis viron, starantan antaŭ si. Ŝi opiniis lin ĝardenisto, kaj li ŝin demandis: »Virino, kial vi ploras, kiun vi serĉas« (Johano 20,15). Ankaŭ lian voĉon ŝi unue ne rekonis. »Sinjoro, se vi forprenis lin, sciigu min, kien vi metis lin, kaj mi lin forprenos« ŝi provis informiĝi. Sed poste li alparolis ŝin per ŝia nomo: »Maria!« Tio tuŝis ŝian koron. Neniam iu ŝian nomon elparolis tiel fajne, kiel li. Nun ĉio estis klara, kiu antaŭ ŝi staras. Tio estas Jesuo, resurektinta el la morto. Tiel ŝi fariĝis antaŭ ĉiuj la unua atestanto de la resurekto de Jesuo. 2. Du disĉiploj survoje al Emaus (Luko 24,13-31): Jesuo renkontis du siajn disĉiplojn survoje al Emaus. Surbaze de la Biblio li al ili klarigis la sencon de sia sufero kaj manĝis kun ili. Laŭ la maniero, kiel li rompis la panon, ili lin rekonis. 3. Dekunu disĉiploj (Johano 20,26-28): Ok tagojn post la pasko Jesuo denove aperis al dekunu disĉiploj. Ĉi-foje ankaŭ Tomaso troviĝis inter ili. Jesuo permesis al Tomaso palpi la vundojn por tiel forigi lian nekredemon: »Etendu ĉi tien vian fingron kaj vidu miajn manojn; kaj etendu vian manon kaj enmetu ĝin en mian flankon; kaj ne estu nekredema, sed estu kredanta. Tomaso respondis al li kaj diris: Mia Sinjoro kaj mia Dio!« (Johano 20,27-28). 4. Sep disĉiploj (Johano 21,1-22): Jesuo aperis al la sep unuaj vokitaj disĉiploj ĉe la lago de Genazeret, kiam ili revenis de a sensukcesa fiŝkaptado (Simon Peter, Tomaso, Natanael, du filoj de Cebedeo kaj ankoraŭ du aliaj disĉiploj). Laŭ lia vorto ili poste povis kapti 153 fiŝojn kaj Jesuo manĝis kun ili. 5. Pli ol 500 fratoj: Pri la plej granda samtempa atestado raportas la 1-a epistolo al Korintanj 15,6: »Poste li aperis al pli ol kvincent fratoj samtempe, el kiuj la plimulto restas ĝis nun, sed kelkaj jam ekdormis.« 6. Ankaŭ post la ĉieleniro Jesuo plurfoje aperis kiel la resurektinta. Kiam Stefano pro sia fido en Jesuon estis ŝtonumita, li povis de tiu loko rigardi en la ĉielon kaj li vidis Jesuon: »Jen mi vidas la ĉielon malfermitan kaj la Filon de homo starantan dekstre de Dio« (Agoj 7,55-56). Gravaj historiistoj la resurekton de Jesuo Kristo difinis kiel la plej certan historian aserton en la antikva tempo. Tiel ekzemple la promovita sciencisto profesoro Thomas Arnold (1795-1842), aŭtoro de la verko History of Rome (Historio de Romo) en tri volumoj, kaj posedanto de la katedro por la nova historio en Oksfordo skribis: »Mi konas neniun fakton el la historio de la homaro, kiu okaze de honesta esploro estus pruvita per pli bonaj kaj kompletaj argumentoj de ĉia speco, kiel la granda signo, donita al ni de Dio, nome, ke Kristo mortis kaj denove resurektis el la morto.« Eĉ tia skeptikulo kia la kantaŭtoro Wolf Biermann la resurekton komentis kiel la »plej firman valuton sur la foiro de la espero«. Kian signifon havas la resurekto de Jesuo por ni? 1. La vorto de Dio montriĝis vero: Per la resurekto de Jesuo ĉiuj eldiroj el la profetaj vortoj en la Malnova Testamento komplete plenumiĝis. Tiel la profeto Jesaja (en la ĉapitro 53,8-9+11) indikas la morton de Jesuo, lian tombon kaj lian resurekton: »De sur la tero de vivantoj li estas fortranĉita, pro la kulpo de mia popolo li estas frapita. Inter malboneguloj oni donis al li tombon, inter riĉuloj post lia morto, kvankam li ne faris maljustaĵon kaj trompo ne estis en lia buŝo … La laborfrukton de sia animo li vidos, kaj satiĝos. Per konigo de li Mia virtulo-servanto virtigos multajn; kaj iliajn pekojn li portos sur si.« Kiel oni povus montri ankaŭ aliloke[1], la Biblio estas la nura libro en la monda historio, kiu portas la Dian sigelon de vereco. 2. Post la resurekto de Jesuo Dio rekonis la oferon, oferita sur Golgoto: Nenio cetera – nek propraj faroj nek iu ajn religio – havas forton por nin purigi de niaj pekoj. Nur la verŝita sango de Jesuo sur la kruco sur Golgoto estas tiu nura efikoplena rimedo por purigado (1 Petro 1,19). 3. La resurekto de Jesuo kiel la bazo: La resurekto de Jesuo estas la bazo por nia releviĝo kaj la certigo, ke ankaŭ ni pere de li povas akiri la eternan vivon, kaj tiel li promesis: »Mi estas la releviĝo kaj la vivo; kiu kredas al mi, eĉ se li estos mortinta, tiu vivos, kaj ĉiu, kiu vivas kaj kredas al mi, por ĉiam ne mortos« (Johano 11,25-26). 4. La resurekto estas la ĉefa kolono de nia sava kredo: Sen la fakto de la resurekto ĉia anoncado estus vana: »Kaj se Kristo ne releviĝis, via fido estas vana; vi estas ankoraŭ en viaj pekoj« (1 Korintanoj 15,17). Post pli longa diskuto kun iu islamano tiu starigis al mi direktitan demandon: »Se do iu al vi pruvus, ke Jesuo verdire ne releviĝis, ĉu en tia kazo via kredo perdiĝus?« Je tio mi al li unusence respondis: »Jes!« Se Jesuo ne releviĝus, tiam milionoj da homoj paŝus sur falsa vojo, tiam ĉiuj diservoj kaj preĝoj estus senfruktaj. Ĉia klopodo je la regno de Dio restus sen iu ajn signifo. Ĉiuj martiroj pro Jesuo estus mortintaj vane. Ili daŭre restus en siaj pekoj kaj tiel perditaj. En tia kazo pravus la ateistoj kaj la teoriistoj de evoluciismo. Sed Jesuo releviĝis! Kaj tial ĉiu prediko havas valoron ĝin diri; ĉiu servo en la nomo de Jesuo havas valoron. La fido en Jesuon savas kun certeco! 5. La morto estas supervenkita: Kiu kredas en Jesuon, tiu la problemon de la morto ĝisfine solvis. Paŭlo priskribas la venkon de Jesuo super la morto en la 1-a epistolo al Korintanoj 15,54-55+57: »Sed kiam ĉi tiu putrema surmetos senputrecon, kaj ĉi tiu mortema surmetos senmortecon, tiam plenumiĝos la skribita diro: La morto forglutiĝis en venko. Ho morto, kie estas via venko? Ho morto, kie estas via pikilo? … Sed danko estu al Dio, kiu donas al ni venkon per nia Sinjoro Jesuo Kristo!« 6. Pere de la evento de la resurekto Dio montris al ni la realon, kiu larĝe transcendas la mondon de nia spertado de spaco kaj tempo: Nia tridimensia mondo ne estas jam la tuta realo. Jesuo atestis al ni pri la realo de la eterno. Kion signifas la resurekto de Jesuo por vi, kara legantino, kara leganto? Ĉiu, kiu per sia preĝo sin turnas al Jesuo, antaŭmetas ĉe li siajn pekojn kaj konfidas al li sian vivon, estos liberigita de ĉiuj ŝarĝoj de kulpo kaj ricevos de li la donacon de la eterna vivo. Li firme promesis ne repuŝi iun ajn, venanta al li: »Tiun kiu venas al mi, mi ja ne elĵetos!« (Johano 6,37b). En la Regnon de Dio kondukas neniu alia vojo krom pere de Jesuo (Agoj 4,12). Kaptu la eternan vivon, al kiu vi same estas vokita (1 Timoteo 6,12). Dir-o kaj prof-o a.D. d-ro-inĝ-o Werner Gitt [1] Surbaze de 3268 plenumitaj profetaĵoj de la Biblio oni povas per matematika proceduro pruvi ĝian verecon.

Wir suchen den, der die tiefste Spur in der Menschheitsgeschichte hinterlassen und das Leben anderer Menschen am meisten beeinflusst hat. Wer hat die größte Bedeutung für unser Leben? Folgende Kriterien werden benannt, nach denen wir beurteilen wollen: Wer hat den Menschen die größte und weitreichendste Hilfe gebracht? Wessen Aussagen sind nie veraltet und heute noch hochaktuell? Wer hat sich persönlich für jeden von uns eingesetzt? Wessen Tat ist für jeden von uns wirksam? Zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen wird das Wirken von Menschen aus unterschiedlichen Bereichen betrachtet und schließlich die Person genauer beschrieben, auf die die richtige Antwort zutrifft. Von allen, die über diese Welt gingen, ist der Gottessohn Jesus Christus der Einzigartige und Unvergleichbare, den niemand kopieren kann.

An verschiedenen Beispielen wird die Genialität der Schöpfung dargestellt. Als Wissenschaftler erklärt Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt, dass die unglaubliche Information, die in der ganzen Schöpfung steckt, einer intelligenten Quelle bedarf. Diese Quelle ist Gott selbst. Die Wissenschaft kann nur das "Was" analysieren, nicht aber das "Woher". Das "Am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde" der Bibel gibt uns eine Antwort auf die Frage nach der Herkunft des Lebens. Der Gedanke, Gott hätte durch Evolution geschaffen (die so genannte "Theistische Evolution"), untergräbt die Autorität der Bibel und ist mit dem christlichen Glauben unvereinbar. Die Bibel zeigt deutlich, dass Jesus der Schöpfer ist. Jesus hat die Menschen geschaffen und liebt sie hingebungsvoll. Darum lädt Jesus dazu ein, diese Liebe anzunehmen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! Kiu estas la Kreinto? La mondo, de ni observata Jam unu rigardo en la mondon de vivestaĵoj montras al ni la altgradajn celorientitajn konceptojn: la kapbaleno, suĉbesto, estas ekipita tiel, ke ĝi povas droni 3000 metrojn subakve, kaj tamen ne morti dum la maldrono pro dronmalsano. La pego forte batas per sia beko kontraŭ la arbo kaj tamen ne ricevas cerboŝokon. En la plimulto de okazoj la vivo dependas de la kompleta funkcikapablo de la organoj (ekz. koro, hepato, rano). Ne jam pretaj, ankoraŭ kvazaŭ evoluiĝantaj aŭ duone pretaj organoj estas sen ajna valoro. Tiu, kiu ĉiokaze pensas en la senco laŭ Darwin, devas scii: la evolucio konas neniun celperspektivon kaj direkton de iu pli poste probable funkcianta organo. Multaj migrantaj birdoj disponas pri aŭtopilota sistemo, kiu ilin sendepende de la veterkaprioloj tag-nokte kun certa trafeco kondukas al la celo. Tiel ekzemple flugas laburnobirdo de Alasko ĝis Havajo por tie travintri. La energikonsumo por 4500 kilometrojn longa flugo estas tre precize kalkulita per 70 g da graso – kaj aldone troviĝas rezervo por la okazo de kontraŭvento per 6,8 g da graso. La naŭtiluso vivas sur la ekstera rando de disvolvita kalkŝelo, kies interna parto estas dividita je unuopaj septoj. Tiuj pleniĝas diversgrade per gaso, depende de la dronprofundo, ke ĉiam estiĝas ŝvebstato. Niaj modernaj submaraj ŝipoj efikas en tiu komparo vere plumpaj kaj senhelpaj. Tiuj ĉi bestoj prenas lokon normale en profundoj de proksimume 400 m, sed nokte ili maldronas ĝis 100 metroj subakve. Iu mikroskope malgranda bakterio posedas elektromotorojn, akcelitajn per protonoj, kiuj permesas al ĝi moviĝon antaŭen kaj malantaŭen. En tiel neimageble malgranda spaco de nur ses miliardonoj de kubikmilimetro la bakterio „coli-bacterium” disponas pri ses tiaj motoroj, pri propra elektroproduktejo kaj pri ne tiel malgranda nombro da kemilaborejoj. Unu nura vivĉelo estas je kelkaj dekpontenciĝoj pli komplike kaj genie koncipita ol ĉiuj de la homo konstruitaj maŝinoj. Ene de ĝi samtempe okazas miloj da regulitaj kaj tempe sinkronigitaj kemiaj procesoj. En la molekuloj DNA de la vivantaj ĉeloj oni povas trovi la plej altan de la konataj informodensecoj. Kiom da poŝlibroj oni povus per tiu ĉi stortekniko stori en la spaco de unu pinglokapo, se ĝi konsistus nur el DNA-materialo? Tio estus 15 milionoj da ekzempleroj! Se oni ilin staplus, tio donus staplaĵegon de 200 milionoj da kilometroj, kio estas 500-obla distanco inter la tero kaj la luno (384 000 km). En nia universo troviĝas laŭpritakse 1025 da steloj [unu 1 kun 25 nuloj]. Neniu homviva daŭro estas sufiĉe longa, por ilin nombri. Se oni havus tre rapidan komputilon, kiu dum sekundo povus realigi 10 miliardojn da kalkuloperacioj, oni tamen bezonus por nombri la stelojn 30 milionojn da jaroj. Se oni observas jam nur tiujn ĉi malmultajn ekzemplojn, do ĉiu pensanta homo devas sin demandi pri la origino de ĉiuj-ĉi geniaj konceptoj. La evolucio, kiun akceptis multaj samtempuloj, ne estas uzebla respondo, ja ĝi ekskluzive ĉion reduktas je materio – ankaŭ la senmezuran aron da informoj en la ĉeloj, la animon kaj la konscion. Sed la naturaj leĝoj de la informoj diras, ke la informo estas io nemateria kaj ĝi tiel bezonas ĉiam iun inteligentan fonton, do per propra volo ekipitan iniciatoron. La inteligento, kiu aperas en la faroj de la kreado, kaj la saĝo, estas verdire superba. La konkludo el la faroj de la kreado al kreanta Iniciatoro estas do nepra. Stariĝas la demando: Kie ni trovas la respondon kun garantiita vero? En la kadro de natursciencoj nur esta eble, esplori la realon de spaco kaj tempo, kiu nin ĉirkaŭas per diversaj metodoj de mezurado kaj pesado. Nur la „Kio?” de la kreitaro povas esti pritraktata, sed ne la „De kie?”. La respondo al la dua demando troviĝas ekster ĉiuj homaj klopodoj kaj sekve povas esti respondita nur de la Kreinto mem. Sed kie la Kreinto sin revelaciis? Ĉu en Biblio, en Korano aŭ en iu alia libro de la mondhistorio? Multaj religioj en nia mondo tamen ne povas esti ĉiuj en vero, ja ili estas tre diferencaj kaj donas kontraŭdirajn respondojn. Aŭ ili estas ĉiuj falsaj aŭ nur unu sola povas esti vera. Tre grava kriterio por enketi ilian verecon estas la plenumitaj profetaĵoj. La Biblio estas la nura libro, en kiu, jam longe antaŭe eldiritaj, pruveble efektiviĝis en pli postaj tempoj 3268 profetaĵoj. Neniu alia libro en tiu ĉi mondo disponas pri tia kvalitmarko. La Biblio elstaras kaj estas unika en komparo kun ĉio, kio iam ajn estis skribita. Pro tio la Biblio por mi estas la vorto de Dio, adresita al ni homoj. Jam en la unua versiklo la Biblio respondas nian demandon pri la Kreinto: „En la komenco Dio kreis...“  Tio ĉi bone kongruas kun la supra postulo, trovi inteligentan originon. Kiu estas la persono de la Kreinto? Dio ekzistis antaŭ ĉio alia. Antaŭ ol ekzistis la spaco, la tempo kaj la materio, Li estis, kiu agis. Izole observata vekas la unua frazo el la Biblio la impreson, kvazaŭ Dio la Patro sola estus la Kreinto. Decida atentigo, ke ne Li sola estis, kiu kreis, eliras jam el la raporto pri la kreado: „Ni kreu homon” (1. Mos 1,26). Ankaŭ la Sankta Spirito partoprenas, lian kunagadon oni povas elpreni el la 2-a versiklo de la kreoraporto: „... kaj la Spirito de Dio ŝvebis super la akvo.” La Biblio ne diras ĉion unuspire; ĝi informas nin ofte paŝo post paŝo. En la Nova Testamento la demando pri „Kiu?” estas pli precize elrulita. Tiel laŭ la unua ĉapitro de Korintianoj 8,6 Jesuo Kristo klare estas envolvita en la agon de la kreado: „Tamen por ni estas uno Dio, la Patro, el kiu estas ĉio, kaj ni por Li; kaj unu Sinjoro, Jesuo Kristo, per kiu estas ĉio, kaj ni per li.” La hebrea vorto „Elohim“ en 1. Moseo 1,1 estas plurala formo por la Dio-kreinto. Ni povas ilustri al ni la krean agon per iu ĉiutaga okazaĵo: ni veturas kiel familio peraŭte al niaj amikoj. Poste proksimiĝas la tempo de reveturo, tiam mi kiel la familia patro diras: „Do, ni volas veturi hejmen.” Ankaŭ se mi parolas plurale, tio signifas ankaŭ: nur unu sola sidos malantaŭ la stirilo kaj nur tiu efektivigos la veturadon. La ceteraj anoj de la familio samtempe sidas en la aŭtomobilo – ili do „veturas” – kvankam nur la ŝoforo aktive traktas la stirilon, gaspedalon kaj bremspedalon. Tiu ĉi malforta bildo povas peri al ni la vidpunkton, kiun donas al ni la Biblio pri la realiganto de la kreado. Pere de Jesuo Kristo Dio kreis la mondon. Tiel estas klare formulite ĉe Hebreoj 1,2. La komenco de la evangelio laŭ Johano samtiel dokumentas, ke ĉio, kio ekzistas, havas sian fonton en Jesuo: „Ĉio estiĝis per li kaj aparte de li estiĝis nenio, kio estiĝis” (Johano 1,3). Jesuo Kristo estas la Kreinto Pri la krea agado de Jesuo ni povas legi ĉe Kolosanoj 1,16-17: „Ĉar en li kreiĝis ĉio en la ĉielo kaj sur la tero, ĉio videbla kaj nevidebla, ĉu tronoj, ĉu regecoj, ĉu estrecoj, ĉu aŭtoritatoj; ĉio kreiĝis per li, kaj por li; kaj li estas antaŭ ĉio kaj en li ĉio ekzistas.” En la videbla, materia mondo ekzistas nenio, kio ne estus kreita per Jesuo. La giganta kosmo kun aro da milionoj da galaksioj estas ĉi tie tiel same inkluzivita kiel la plej fajnaj detaloj en la proceso de unuopaj vivaj ĉeloj aŭ la struktura konstruo de iu atomo. Jesuo ne estas nur la prainicianto de la tuta mikro- kaj makrokosmo; li havas ankaŭ la povon super ili ambaŭ. Transe de ĉio-ĉi ankaŭ tio, kio por ni ne estas videbla, estas kreita de Jesuo. Li vivigis la ĉielon per sennombraj kreitaĵoj, en la Biblio nomataj anĝeloj. Kiel ĉio estas en la Dia kreitaro multfaceta kaj samtempe ordigita, tiel tio validas ankaŭ por la nevidebla mondo, kiel demonstras ankaŭ la esprimoj: tronoj, regecoj, estrecoj, aŭtoritatoj. Sed Jesuo ne estas nur la Kreinto, ja li estas ankaŭ la Ekzistiganto de tiu ĉi mondo. Ĉio havas sian ekzistobazon en li. La mondo post sia kreiteco ne estas disponigita al si mem, sed Jesuo tenas kaj ekzistigas ĝin per sia povega vorto. Tiel ni ne devas timi, ke ni forbrulu pro kosma katastrofo de iu interstela kolizio aŭ ke ni frostiĝu pro la estingo de la suno. Jesuo ekzistotenas la mondon ĝis sia reveno. La homo ne venis en la mondon okaze de loteria ludo, kiel tion opinias la nobelpremiito Jaques Monod, ni estas kreitaj celorientite kaj per firma difino – por esti direktitaj al Jesuo. Sen tiu celo ni maltrafus nian vivon. La krea agado de Jesuo en la Malnova testamento En Sentencoj 8,22-24+30 ni legas: „La Eternulo min formis en la komenco de Sia vojo. Antaŭ eterno mi estis firme fondita, en la komenco, antaŭ la kreo de la tero. Kiam ankoraŭ ne ekzistis la abismoj, mi estis jam naskita. Tiam mi estis ĉe Li kiel konstruanto.“ La traduko de Luther uzas la vorton „Werkmeister” [metia majstro] kaj tio same montras la realigan agadon de Jesuo koncerne la kreadon. La versiklo 26 el Psalmo 102 ripetiĝas en la Nova testamento ĉe Hebreoj 1,10 aplikite sur Jesuo: „En antikveco Vi, ho Eternulo, fondis la teron, kaj la ĉielo estas la faro de Viaj manoj.“ Kiamaniere la Kreinto faris siajn faritaĵojn? Se ni demandas, kiamaniere la kreado estis realigita, la Biblio revelacias al ni la metodojn de la Kreinto: Per la vorto de Dio: Psalmo 33,6; Johano 1,1-4 Sen iu komenca materialo: Hebreoj 11,3 Per la povo de Dio: Jeremio 10,12 Per la saĝeco de Dio: Psalmo 104,24; Kolosanoj 2,3 Laŭ la volo de Dio: 1. Moseo 1,26; Apokalipso 4,11 Per la Filo de Dio: Johano 1,1-4; Johano 1,10; Kolosanoj 1,15-17 Laŭ la esencaj karakterizoj de Jesuo: Mateo 11,29; Johano 10,11. Tiuj ĉi faktoroj estis dum ses kreotagoj efikantaj. Ili ne subiĝas naturleĝajn procesojn kaj tiel oni povas ilin kompreni nur pere de fido. La nun funkciantaj naturleĝoj regulas la procesojn en nia mondo; tamen ili ne estas la unua kaŭzo, sed nur la rezulto de la kreo. Kio estis al ni donita en Jesuo Kristo? Li estas la fundamento, sur kiu ni povas bazi nian vivon. Iu ŝparbanko varbas per la slogano: „Sur tiujn ŝtonojn vi povas konstrui!” Pri Kristo ni povas vere diri: „Sur tiun ĉi fundamenton vi povas bazi.” En Kristo ĉio havas sian fundon: la kreitaro, la Biblio, la fido, la savo, la paco, la espero, la vojo al la Patro, la celo de la vivo. Kristo estas la nerenversebla firma roko (1. Korintanoj 10,4), je kiu frakasiĝas ĉiuj de la homoj inventitaj sistemoj. Se Dio diras: „Mi pereigos la saĝecon de la saĝuloj” (1. Korintanoj 1,19), tiam tio okazas sur la roko de Jesuo. La ideologioj, ateismoj kaj evoluciaj sistemoj ĉi tie disfalas. Ankaŭ la reprezentantoj de tiuj misinstruoj iam devos kurbigi siajn genuojn antaŭ la Sinjoro (Filipanoj 2,10), eĉ se ili nun tiel fervore malakceptas la „Plananton”, la „Desegniston”, la „Kreinton” kaj la „Savanton”. Kial la evoluciinstruo estas tiom danĝera? Ĝi ne peras al ni nur falsan mondpercepton, sed ĝi kondukas nin en senesperecon, kiel tion tre trafe priskribis la germana verkisto Jean Paul: „Neniu Dio troviĝas ... Rigida senvoĉa Nenio! Frida eterna Nepreco! Freneza Hazardo ... Tiel ĉiu estas same sola en la vasta kadavrokripto de la universo!” La evoluciinstruo asertas, ke tiu ĉi mondo per ĝi povas esti klarigita sen la Kreinto. Ĝi miskondukas la homojn tiel konsekvence al ateismo, kaj per la ateisma starpunkto ni, laŭ la atesto de Jesuo, fine venas en la inferon: „Kiu ne kredos, tiu estos kondamnita” (Marko 16,16). Kelkaj provas proklami la evolucion por labormetodo de Dio. Sed se Dio kreus helpe de la evolucio, tiam: ne troviĝus iu unua homparo; ne troviĝus iu origina peko, ĉar „la agresemo estas la akcelrado por akceli la evolucion.” (Joachim Illies); tiukaze Dio uzus la morton kiel instrumenton de la kreado; en tiu kazo la savo per Jesuo, kiu estas kiel kontrasto al la pekinta Adamo ankaŭ „la lasta Adamo” (1. Korintanoj 15,45), perdus sian fundamenton. Tiamaniere tiuj ĉi eldiroj montras, kiel la t.n. „teisma evolucio” senvalidigus la Biblion en ĝiaj fundamentoj kaj tiamaniere misgvidus nian spiriton. Tial ni povas tiun ĉi falsan ideon el tuta profundo nur rifuzi. Spirĉesiga penso Ni ekkonis Jesuon kiel la Kreinton de ĉiuj ekzistaĵoj. Li estas, kiu estis de antaŭ eternoj kaj estas la reĝo de la ĉiela regno. Al li estas disponigita la tuta aŭtoritato en la ĉielo kaj sur la tero (Mateo 28,18). Ĉu ni povas percepti tiun ĉi spirĉesigan penson? La viro sur la kruco de Galgato kaj la Kreinto de tiu ĉi mondo kaj de la tuta vivo estas la sama persono! En sia neeligebla amo al ni li permesis sin krucumi sen defendi sin, por ke la pordo en la ĉielon povu malfermiĝi al ni. Tiu, kiu malakceptas tion, perdas ĉion: „Kiamaniere ni forsaviĝos, malŝatinte tian gravan savon?” (Hebreoj 2,3). Sed tiu, kiu tion akceptas, akiras ĉion: „Kiu aŭskultas mian vorton, kaj kredas al Tiu, kiu min sendis, tiu havas eternan vivon kaj ne venas en juĝon, sed jam pasis de morto en vivon” (Johano 5,24). Petu do la Sinjoron Jesuon por la pardono de ĉiuj viaj pekoj, por ke vi povu fari ekzamenon en la Dia juĝo, prenu lin por via persona Kreinto kaj Savanto kaj postsekvu lin! Direktoro kaj profesoro D-ro-inĝ. Werner Gitt

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!  Kiamaniere mi venas en la ĉielon? La demando pri la eterneco estas de la homoj sub­premita. Tion oni povas observi eĉ ĉe tiuj, kiuj tamen meditas pri sia vivofino. La usona aktorino Drew Barrymore ludis kiel infanfilmostelulo en la fantazia filmo „E.T. – la Eksterterano” unu el ĉefroloj. Kiam ŝi iĝis 28-jara, (nask. 1975), ŝi esprimis sian deziron: „Se mi devus morti antaŭ mia kato, oni donu al ĝi manĝi mian funebrocindron. Tiel mi almenaŭ povus supervivi en mia kato.” Ĉu tiu ĉi senpripenseco kaj miopeco rilate la morton ne estas io teruriga? Dum Jesuo vivis sur la tero, multaj homoj venis al li. Iliaj problemoj preskaŭ ĉiam havis mondecan ka­rak­teron:  Dek eligitaj lepruloj volis resaniĝi (Luko 17,13),  Blinduloj volis reakiri vidpovon (Mateo 9,27),  Iu serĉis helpon ĉe heredkverelo (Luko 12,13-14),  Fariseoj venis per la kaptila demando, ĉu oni pagu al la imperiestro imposton (Mateo 22,17). Nur malmultaj homoj venis al Jesuo por ekscii, kiamaniere oni venas en la ĉielon. Iu riĉa junulo alparolis lin per la demando: „Bona Majstro, kion mi faru, por heredi eternan vivon?” (Luko 18,18). Estis dirite al li, kion li faru, nome: forvendi ĉion, je kio alkroĉiĝas lia koro kaj postsekvi Jesuon. Sed ĉar li estis tre riĉa, li ne obeis la konsilon kaj tiel rifuzis pri la ĉielo. Troviĝis ankaŭ homoj, kiuj la ĉielon tute ne serĉis, sed dum la renkontiĝo kun Jesuo ili estis pri ĝi atentigitaj. Kaj poste ili en momento kaptis la okazon. Zakĥeo ekdeziregis vidi Jesuon. Sed li trovis pli ol li atendis. Post la vizito en la domo de Zakĥeo – kvazaŭ dum kaftrinkado – li trovis la ĉie­lon. Jesuo konstatis: „Hodiaŭ venis savo al ĉi tiu domo” (Luko 19,9). Kiamaniere ni povas trovi la ĉielon?  Post la ĝis nun diritaj vortoj ni povas precizigi:  La ĉielon oni trovas en tute preciza tago. Estas bone tion scii, ja   tiamaniere ankaŭ por vi, kara leganto, estas hodiaŭ eble akiri ĉe Dio     vian eternan vivon.  La akiro de la ĉiela regno ne estas ligita al iu farenda propra kontribuo.  La ĉielan regnon oni povas trovi tute nepreparita. Niaj propraj konceptoj, kiamaniere veni en la ĉielon, estas tute falsaj, se ni ne eliras de la eldiroj de Dio. Iu furorkantistino kantis pri klaŭno, kiu post multjara laboro en la cirko retiriĝis: „Li venas certe en ĉielon, ja la homojn faris li feliĉaj.” Iu riĉa donatora damo igis konstrui domon por malriĉuloj, en kiu 20 virinoj povis vivi senkoste. Sed ŝi kondiĉigis tion per unu kondiĉo. La virinoj devis akcepti devon, ĉiutage dum unu horo preĝi por la animsavo de la donatora damo.  Sed kiu nin vere venigas en la ĉielon?  Por klare kaj kompreneble respondi tiun ĉi demandon, Jesuo rakontis al ni parabolon. En la evangelio laŭ Luko, ĉapitro 14,16 li parolas pri homo [tiu en la parabolo reprezentas Dion], kiu aranĝas grandan feston [ĝi en la parabolo reprezentas la ĉielon] kaj unue dissendas siajn invitilojn nur al cer­taj adresoj. Sed ĉiuj respondoj estas deprimaj. Unu laŭ la alia komencas sin ekskuzi. La unua klarigas: „Mi aĉetis kampon...”, la dua: „Mi aĉetis kvin jugojn da bovoj...”, la tria: „Mi edziniĝis kun edzino. Tial mi ne povas veni.” Jesuo finas la parabolon per la kondamno de la gastiganto: „Ĉar mi diras al vi, ke neniu el tiuj viroj invititaj gustumos mian vespermanĝon” (Luko 14,24). Laŭ tio oni klare vidas, ke oni povas la ĉielon akiri aŭ perdi. La decida punkto estas la akcepto aŭ la rifuzo de la invito. Ĉu ekzistas iu pli simpla vojo? Certe ne! Se iam multaj homoj estos ekskluditaj el la ĉielo, do ne tial, ke ili ne konus la vojon, sed ĉar ili malakceptis la inviton. La tri en la parabolo nomitaj homoj por ni ne estas modelo, ja neniu el ili akceptas la inviton kaj venas al la festo. Ĉu nun la festo eble ne okazos? Tamen! Post la rifuzoj la dommastro forsendas invitilojn al ĉiuj direktoj. Nun ne plu troviĝas presitaj invitkartoj kun orenpreso. Nun aktualas nur plu la voko: „Venu!” Kaj ĉiu, kiu akceptas la inviton, ricevas cer­tigitan lokon ĉe la festo. Kio nun okazas? Jes, la homoj venas – eĉ en grandaj aroj. Post certa tempo faras la gastiganto interbilancon: Jen, ankoraŭ tro­viĝas liberaj lokoj! Li diras al siaj servistoj: „Iru eksteren denove! Invitu plu!” Ĉi tie mi deziras apliki la parabolon sur ni, ja ĝi trafas same precize nian situacion niatage. Ankoraŭ troviĝas liberaj lokoj en la ĉielo, kaj Dio permesas al vi diri : „Venu, okupu vian lokon en la ĉielo! Estu saĝa kaj rezervu vian lokon por la eterno! Faru tion hodiaŭ!” La ĉielo estas neimageble bela, tial nia Sinjoro Je­suo komparas ĝin kun granda festo. En la unua epistolo de apostolo Paŭlo al Korintanoj (ĉap. 2,9) pri tio tekstas: „Tion, kion okulo ne vidis kaj orelo ne aŭdis, kaj kio en la koron de homo ne eniris, Dio preparis por tiuj, kiuj Lin amas.” Nenio, sed vere nenio sur tiu ĉi tero estas nur iomete komparebla kun la ĉielo. Tiel neimageble bele tie estas! Ni devas neniukaze mistrafi la ĉielon, ja ĝi estas tre valora. Iu malfermis por ni la pordegon en la ĉielon. Tio estas Jesuo, la Filo de Dio! Ni devas lin danki, ke estas tiel simple, atingi tiun lokon. Nun ĉio dependas de nia volo. Nur tiu, kiu estas tiom mi­opa kiel la tri viroj en la parabolo, ne postsekvas la inviton. La savo okazas helpe de la Sinjoro Jesuo  En la Agoj de apostoloj (ĉap. 2,21) ni povas legi tre gravan versiklon: „Kaj ĉiu, kiu vokos la nomon de la Eternulo, saviĝos.” Tio estas la kerna frazo de la Nova Testamento. Kiam Paŭlo troviĝis en la malliberejo en Filipoj, li trafis en la interparolo kun la karcergardisto la centron: „Kredu al la Sinjoro Jesuo, kaj vi estos savita, vi kaj via familio” (Agoj 16,31). Tiu ĉi mesaĝo estas, vere, mallonga kaj skiza, tamen trapenetra kaj ŝanĝanta nian vivon. En la sama nokto la karcergardanto konvertiĝis al Jesuo. Troviĝas io, kion ni kun certeco devas koni: Jesuo volas nin forpreni de la vojo, kiu finas en la malbeateco, en la infero. Pri la ĉielo kaj pri la infero la Biblio diras, ke homoj tie restos poreterne. Unu el am­baŭ lokoj estas brila, la alia terura. Iu tria loko ne ekzistas. Kvin minutojn post sia morto neniu plu diros, ke per la morto ĉio finiĝas. Je la persono de Jesuo decidiĝas ĉio. Nia poreterna restado depends de unu nura persono: Jesuo – kaj de nia rilato al Li! Kiam mi troviĝis en Pollando por prezenti serion da prelegoj, ni vizitis la iaman pereigan koncentrejon Auschwitz. Dum la daŭro de la Tria regno tie okazis teruraj aferoj. Inter 1942 kaj 1944 tie estis mortigitaj per gaso kaj poste bruligitaj pli ol 1,6 milionoj da homoj, pliparte judoj. En la literaturo oni parolas pri „Infero de Auschwitz”. Mi meditis pri tiu ĉi karakterizo, dum ni estis kondukitaj tra iu gasĉambro, en kiu dum unu procedo 600 homoj devis morti. Estis neimageble terura afero. Sed, ĉu tio vere jam estis la infero? Ni povis kiel vizitogrupo tamen nur tial inspekti la gas­ĉambron, ke post la jaro 1945 la teruraĵo estis finita. Nun la instalaĵoj estas libere alireblaj por la vizi­tantoj kaj tie neniu plu estas turmentita aŭ gasvenene mortigita. La gasĉambroj de Auschwitz estis tempe limigitaj. La infero laŭ la Biblio tamen daŭras poreterne. En la enirhalo de la nuntempa muzeo mia rigardo trafis bildon, montranta krucon kun la korpo de Kristo. Iu kaptito gravuris sian esperon je la Krucumito per najlo en la vandon. Ankaŭ tiu artisto mortis en iu gasĉambro. Tamen li konis la Savanton Jesuon. Li mor­tis en iu terura loko, jes, sed la ĉielo estis por li malfermita. Dume el tiu infero, pri kiu la Sinjoro Jesuo en la Nova testamento tiel imprese avertas (ekz. Mateo 7,13; 5,29-30; 18,8), ne troviĝas eskapo kaj neniu savo plu, se iu homo tien venis. Ĉar la in­fero, male ol Auschwitz, estas poreterne en sia funkcio, ĝi ankaŭ neniam povas esti inspektvizitata. Ankaŭ la ĉielo estas poreterna. Kaj tio estas la loko, en kiun Dio nin volas konduki. Tial permesu vin inviti, veni en la ĉielon. Voku la nomon de la Sinjoro kaj rezervu tiamaniere por vi la ĉielon! Post iu prelego iu sinjorino min demandis, tute ekscitita: „Ĉu do oni povas la ĉielon tiel simple por si rezervi? Tio sonas kvazaŭ en iu vojaĝagentejo!” Mi konsentis kun ŝi: „Tiu, kiu ne rezervas, ne atingas la celon. Se vi volas vojaĝi al Havajoinsuloj, vi bezonas ankaŭ plenumitan flugbileton.” Ŝi demandis denove : „Sed la vojaĝbileto devas esti pagita, ĉu ne?” – „Ho, jes, la flugbileto por la ĉielo samtiel! Tamen ĝi estas tiom multekosta, ke neniu el ni ĝin povus pagi. Estas nia peko, kiu tion malebligas. Dio toleras en sia ĉielo neniun pekon. Tiu, kiu volas post sia surtera vivo esti poreterne kun Dio en la ĉielo, devas unue esti liberigita de sia ŝuldo. Tiun liberigon povas efek­ti­vigi nur la persono senpeka, senkulpa – kaj tiu persono estas Jesuo Kristo. Li nur estas pagipova! Kaj li pagis per sia sango, per sia morto sur la kruco.” Kaj kion mi nun devas fari, por veni en la ĉielon? Ankaŭ al ni adresas Dio sian inviton por saviĝo. Pli kaj pli intense multaj teksteroj de la Biblio nin invitas reagi al la voko de Dio: »Strebu eniri tra la mallarĝa pordo!« (Luko 13,24). »Pentu, ĉar la regno de la ĉielo alproksimiĝis!« (Mateo 4,17). »Eniru tra la mallarĝa pordo, ĉar larĝa estas la pordego kaj vasta estas la vojo kondukanta al la pereo, kaj multaj tra ĝi eniras. Ĉar mallarĝa estas la pordo kaj malvastigita estas la vojo kondukanta al la vivo, kaj malmultaj ĝin trovas« (Mateo 7,13-14). »Batalu la bonan batalon de la fido, kaj ektenu la eternan vivon« (1. Timoteo 6,12).  »Kredu al la Sinjoro Jesuo, kaj vi estos savita« (Agoj 16,31). Ĉio-ĉi estas tre vigligaj kaj enpenetraj invitoj. Oni sentas en la tekstoj la seriozon, la decidemon kaj la neprecon. Tiel ni konsekvente agas nur, se ni respondas al la invito en la ĉielon per preĝo, kiu povus, en libera formulado, teksti iel tiel: „Sinjoro Jesuo, mi hodiaŭ legis, ke mi nur pere de vi povas veni en la ĉielon. Mi volas esti iam kun vi en la ĉielo. Savu min do de la infero, en kiun mi pro mia kulpo verdire devus veni. Sed ĉar vi min tiel amas, vi ankaŭ por mi mortis sur la kruco kaj tie pagis la punon por miaj pekoj. Vi vidas mian tu­tan kulpon – ekde mia infanaĝo. Vi konas ĉiun unuopan pekon, ĉion, pri kio mi nun konscias, sed ankaŭ ĉion, kion mi delonge forgesis. Vi konas ĉiun ekscitiĝon de mia koro. Antaŭ vi mi estas kiel malfermita libro. Tia, kia mi estas, mi ne povas al vi en la ĉielon. Mi petas vin, pardonu miajn pekojn, pro kiuj mi el mia tuta koro bedaŭras. Venu nun vi en mian vivon kaj faru ĝin nova. Helpu min, demeti ĉion, kio antaŭ vi ne estas en ordo, kaj donacu al mi novajn kutimojn, kiuj troviĝus sub via beno. Malfermu al mi aliron al via Vorto, la Biblio. Helpu min kompreni, kion vi volas al mi diri, kaj donu al mi obeeman koron, por ke mi faru tion, kio al vi pla­ĉas. Vi estu ekde nun mia SINJORO. Mi volas vin sekvi, montru al mi la vojon, kiun mi iru sur ĉiuj kampoj de mia vivo. Mi dankas vin, ke vi min elaŭdis, ke mi nun rajtas esti infano de Dio, kiu iam estos ĉe vi en la ĉielo. Amen.” Direktoro kaj profesoro D-ro-Inĝ. Werner Gitt

At first glance miracles seem unrealistic in our time because we are strongly influenced by science. The second half of the last century in particular has seen amazing revelations and progress in scientific and technical fields. Man has travelled to the moon. Dolly the sheep has been cloned and the human genome has also been sequenced. Can we believe in the miracles of the Bible in such enlightened times as ours? The resurrection of the dead, the healing of the sick or physical miracles like the instant calming of the storm on the Lake of Galilee — are they still acceptable for us today? Author and scientist Werner Gitt deals with these and similar issues in this tract. La bibliaj mirakloj Mirakloj ŝajnas al ni en nia science kondiĉita tempo unuarigarde nerealaj. Precipe la dua duono de la pasinta jarcento regalis nin per revoluciaj ekkonoj kaj sukcesoj sur la kampoj de la scienco kaj tekniko: 1938: la germana inventisto Konrad Zuse (1910-1995) konstruis la unuan programstireblan komputoron en la mondo. 1967, 3-an de decembro: la sudafrika kuracisto Christiaan Barnard (1922-2001) la unuan fojon sukcese transplantis la homan koron. 1969, 21-an de julio: homo la unuan fojon metis sian piedon sur la lungrundon. La astronaŭto Neil Armstrong proklamis kun plena fiero de la mondtrabanto la frazon: „Eta paŝo por unu homo, sed giganta paŝo por la homaro!” 1996: La embriologo Ian Wilmut en Skotlando klonis la ŝafon Dolly. Tiuj ĉi nemultaj ekzemploj povus peri impreson, kvazaŭ la homo preskaŭ ne plu havus limojn de siaj faroj. Okaze de la tuta kredo je sciencoj, multaj niaj samtempuloj havas problemojn rilate la Biblion. Ili ĝin obĵetas per argumento, ke en la „Libro de la libroj” estas priskribitaj multaj science ne kompreneblaj aferoj, kiel ekzemple: naskiĝo per virga virino releviĝo el la mortintoj blinduloj povas denove vidi, lamkripluloj povas subite marŝi la suno ricevas komandon: „Haltu!” Ni estas konfrontitaj per la fenomeno de la bibliaj mirakloj kaj starigas al ni demandon, ĉu oni povas ilin ankoraŭ rakonti al la moderna homo de la 21-a jarcento. Per nia unua paŝo ni kiel respondon donas unue la momente validan difinon D1 pri la miraklo: D1: Miraklo starigas nin en miregon, ĉar ĝi aperas neatendite kaj neprikalkuleble kaj kontraŭstaras nian normalan observadon. Se la mirakloj estas neatenditaj, kio do estas la atendito? Tiu ĉi demando helpas nin desegni klaran distinglinion inter mirakloj (la neatendito) kaj nemirakloj (atendito). Ĉiuj eventoj en nia mondo okazas interne de la kadro de firmaj leĝecoj. Tiujn neŝanĝeblajn determinecojn oni nomas naturleĝoj. Post ĉio, kion ni scias, la naturleĝoj estas konstantaj – ili estas neŝanĝeblaj ek de ilia instalo okaze de la kreado. Ili ebligas larĝan liberspacon por la plej diversaj teknikaj inventoj, kaj ili ekskluzivas multajn nur en nia imago elpensitajn procedojn kiel nerealigeblaj. Mirsento okaze de la naturleĝoj Ĉu ni estas kapablaj ankoraŭ sufiĉe senti miron pri la efikeco de la naturleĝoj? Ili atingas gigantajn rezultojn! Kiam mi antaŭ nelonge troviĝis en la haveno de Hamburgo, mi observis, kiel iu ŝipo en la havena akvo efektivigis malrapidajn movojn. Pensante pri tio mi rememoris pri iu naturleĝo, kiu estis rekonita jam de Arĥimedo (287-212 a. K.): „La naĝanta korpo elpuŝas precize tiom da likvaĵo, en kiu ĝi naĝas, kiom ĝi mem pezas.” Ĉu ni verdire konscias, kiel grandioza okazo tio ĉi estas? Se ekzemple rato surbordiĝas, la ŝipo tuj reagas kaj sinkas precize tiom pli profunde en la havenakvon, ke ĝi elpuŝas la akvokvanton precize egalan al la pezo de la rato. Se ni volus tiun kvanton de la nova sinkprofundo kalkuli, tio por ni tute ne estus eble. Ni ne konas la precizan formon de la ŝipo; kelkloke jam la farbo loziĝas kaj probable iom da helico rigardas elsuper la akvo. Sed ĉiuj-ĉi aspektoj devus esti precize konsideritaj en la kalkulo, ĉar ili kundecidas la finkalkulon. En realo tio okazas momente kaj en ekzakta maniero. Kiu donas al la akvomolekuloj komandon retiriĝi iomete flanken, por ke la ŝipo povu sinki pli profunden precize koresponde kun la pezo de la rato? La naturleĝo validas tamen ne nur por la ŝipo en la hamburga haveno, sed por ĉiuj ŝipoj de la mondo. Ĝi validas por la ludanaseto en la bankuvo, sed same por la viva anaso en lago aŭ rivero. Neniu povas surbaze de nekalkuleblaj formo kaj strukturo de la plumoj elkalkuli la precizan sinkprofundon de anaso. Kiu zorgas, por ke la kondiĉoj de tiu tiel simple formulebla naturleĝo kun tiel komplikaj sekvoj estas konstante kalkulataj, por ke la leĝo estu obeata ĉiutempe kaj ĉiuloke? Devas ekzisti iu, kiu ĉion-ĉi kalkulas kaj poste realigas laŭ la rezultoj! Kiu zorgas por la konsekvenca plenumiĝo de la naturleĝoj? Fakte troviĝas iu, kiu zorgas por la plenumiĝo de la naturleĝoj. Pri Li ni povas legi en la epistolo al Kolosanoj 1,17: „Kaj li estas antaŭ ĉio, kaj en li ĉio ekzistas.” Tiu ekzisttenanto de la mondo estas la sama, per kiu ĉiuj aferoj estas kreitaj: „Ĉar en li kreiĝis ĉio en la ĉielo kaj sur la tero, ĉio videbla kaj nevidebla, ĉu tronoj, ĉu regecoj, ĉu estrecoj, ĉu aŭtoritatoj; ĉio kreiĝis per li, kaj por li” (Kolosanoj 1,16). Tiu Unu, kiu estas la Kreinto de ĉiuj aferoj, estas ankaŭ la ekzisttenanto; estas la Sinjoro Jesuo Kristo! Ni povas diri ankaŭ tiel ĉi: Jesuo havas la superecon super ĉiuj aferoj de mikrokosmo ĝis makrokosmo. La kreado mem estas la evento, kiu ne okazis helpe de la naturleĝoj. Ĉi tie la Kreinto ĉion kreis surbaze de sia plenpovo, sia vorto, sia potenco kaj sia saĝo. Por tion efektivigi li ne bezonis la naturleĝojn. La naturleĝoj tiel ne estas la kaŭzo, sed la rezulto de la kreado. Post la finplenumita kreado ĉiuj naturleĝoj troviĝas „en funkciado”, tiel ke nun ĉiuj procedoj funkcias laŭ tiuj naturleĝoj. Jesuo estas la garantianto por tio, ke ili estas ĉie kaj ĉiam realigataj. Por tio li ne bezonas komputilon nek aliajn helprimedojn. Lia ĉiopova vorto sufiĉas. En la epistolo al Hebreoj ĉapitro 1,3 tiel tekstas pri li: „Li subtenas ĉion per la vorto de sia potenco.” Tiu retenagado fare de Jesuo manifestiĝas, el la aspekto de la sciencoj, per la naturleĝoj. En sia tuto tiuj naturleĝoj faras firman kadron, en kies interno okazas ĉiuj procezoj de la mondo. Kie do estas la loko por mirakloj? Praktike la naturleĝoj havas efikon de „supera kortumo”, kiu decidas, ĉu iu procezo en nia mondo estas permesata aŭ ne. La pli multaj de la kompleksaj procedoj en nia kreitaro (ekz. funkciado de cerbo, evoluo de embrioj) estas por ni homoj neimiteblaj kaj „mirindaj”, tamen neniu naturleĝo estas malobeita. Ĉar tiuj procedoj aperas atendite, tial ni ankaŭ la plej kompleksajn kaj ne plene komprenitajn aferojn de nia mondo ne prenas por mirakloj. Konkorde al tiuj ĉi pensoj ni povas konfronte al D1 proponi pli precizan difinon de la miraklo D2: D2: La mirakloj estas tiaj eventoj en spaco kaj tempo, kiuj okzas ekster la kadro de niaj naturleĝoj. Ni homoj povas fari nenion por malefektivigi la naturleĝojn. La mirakloj tiel ne povas esti faritaj de la homoj. La Biblio raportas al ni pri diversaj situacioj, en kiuj Dio aŭ Jesuo efektivigis miraklojn, kiel ekzemple: La trairo de la izraela popolo tra la Ruĝa maro (2 Moseo 14,16-22) La longa tago ĉe Josuo (Josuo 10,12-14) La trankviligo de stormo (Marko 4,35-41) Jesuo marŝas surface de maro (Johano 6,16-21) La sanigo de la blindnaskito (Johano 9,1-7) La nutraĵprizorgo de 5000 viroj (Johano 6,1-15) La revivigo de Lazaro (Johano 11,32-45). Atentigo: Se kelkaj homoj tamen povas okaze efektivigi aferojn, kiuj troviĝas ekster la kadro de la naturleĝoj, tiam ili agas en la nomo de aliaj povoj. Aŭ ili estas la disĉiploj de Jesuo, komisiitaj de sia Sinjoro [ekz. Petro marŝas surface de akvo (Mateo 14,29), Petro sanigas en la nomo de Jesuo la laman viron antaŭ la templa pordego (Ago 3,1-9)], aŭ temas pri sorĉistoj kaj guruoj, kibernitaj per demonpovoj [ekz. la sorĉistoj de la egipta faraono (2 Mos 7,11-12)]. Ĉu la biblie atestitaj mirakloj estas klarigeblaj helpe de la naturleĝoj? Dio povas agi enkadre de la naturleĝoj, sed pli ofte tio okazas ekster de ili. Ĉe Jakobo 5,17-18 estas raportite pri Elio, ke lia preĝo dum tri jaroj kaj duono malebligis pluvon – kaj post aldona preĝo la pluvo tuj okazis. Dio agis kaj lasis okazi sian volon. Tamen meteorologo el sia vidpunkto ĉi tie ne vidas malefektivigon de la naturleĝo. En la tempo de la klerismo oni trakombis ĉiujn bibliajn tekstojn laŭ tio, ĉu la en ili raportitaj okazintaĵoj estas klarigeblaj per la naturleĝoj. La mirakloj ekster de la naturleĝoj estis obĵetitaj kiel neeblaj kaj la koncernaj bibliaj raportoj estis facilanime proklamitaj neveraj. La bibliaj okazintaĵoj ne volas nek povas en la pli oftaj okazoj esti komprenitaj en la kadro de la naturleĝeco. Dio agas suverene. Li estas la leĝdonanto, pro tio Li mem ne estas subigita al ili. En sia agado Li estas barata de neniu limo: „Ĉar ĉe Dio nenio estas neebla” (Luko 1,37). Lia volo okazas. La kreitaro mem, kiel ĝi estas priskribita ĉe 1 Moseo 1, estas la unua en la Biblio priskribita miraklo. Dio kreas dum sia sestaga agado laŭ siaj ideoj kaj laŭ sia plano mirindan kosmon kaj la tutan vivon sur la tero. La homiĝo de la Filo de Dio estas la ekstraordinara miraklo kaj la mistero de Dio: la virgulino Mariao fariĝas graveda per la Sankta Spirito. Jesuo venas tiamaniere en nian mondon kaj estas samtempe la Filo de Dio kaj la filo de la homo. Per sia surkruca morto li finpagas nian kulpon kaj iĝas tiel nia garantianto por la eterna vivo. La releviĝo de Jesuo estas la sekva tre elstara evento, kiu eskapas ĉiun naturleĝan klarigon. Ĉiu provo, ĉi tie testi biologian aŭ medicinan klarigon, preterpasas la esencon. La releviĝo estas kaj restas aparta ago de Dio kaj okazis ekster la naturleĝoj. Pro kio Jesuo faris miraklojn? La mirakloj de Jesuo estas nedisigeble ligitaj kun lia mesaĝanonco. Li ne venis de la ĉielo kun pasporto kaj notaĵo „Filo de Dio”, sed li manifestis sin per sia plenpovo en parolo kaj ago kiel la Sendito de Dio. Lia aŭtoritato kiel la Kreinto, Savanto kaj la eterna Reĝo estis emfazita per la akompanaj mirakloj kaj signoj. Ili estas la integra parto de lia misio kaj instruo. Post ĉio jam ĝis nun dirita ni povas nur plu pli precize koncepti la Die efektivigitajn miraklojn kaj per D3 formuli tiele: D3: Mirakloj estas mirindaj kaj ekstraordinaraj agoj kaj okazintaĵoj, kiujn Dio aŭ Lia Filo Jesuo Kristo faras, kaj la procedoj pliparte okazas ekster la naturleĝa kaŭzeco. Diference de la demonflanka efikado, la mirakloj de Dio servas: al lia gloriĝo [ekz. la kreado (Psalmo 19,2), la sanigo de la blindnaskito (Johano 9,3b)] kiel helpo por la homoj [ekz. roko en dezerto donas akvon (2 Moseo 17,1-6), korvoj prizorgas la malsatan Elion (1 Reĝoj 17,6)] por fortigi la fidon [ekz. la vino dum la nupto en Kanao (Johano 2,11b)] aŭ por savi el plago [ekz. la trankviligo de la stormo (Marko 4,39)]. La miraklo de la fido Al la plej grandaj mirakloj de nia tempo apartenas, se la homoj sekvas la vokon de Jesuo kaj tiel trovas la eternan vivon. Koncerne tion la naturleĝoj ne bezonas esti malefikigitaj, sed la malnova pensmaniero devas esti ŝanĝita per la nova. En Agoj de la apostoloj 16,23-34 estas priskribita ekzemplo de karcermajstro kaj ties ŝanĝiĝo ek de la didistanco al la fido. Al la demando: „Kion mi devas fari, por ke mi estu savita?” Paŭlo kaj Silaso diras al li: „Fidu en la Sinjoron Jesuon, kaj vi estos savita, kaj via domo!” Pro kio Paŭlo ne diras: „Kredu en Dion!”? Al tio la karcermajstro kun certeco respondus: „Ni ĉi tie en Grekio havas sufiĉe da dioj, kiel: Zeŭso, Kronoso kaj Rheao, Poseidono, Hadeso, Apolo, Artemiso kaj Hermeso.” Sed Paŭlo nomas Jesuon, la Krucumiton kaj Resurektiton. Nur en li troviĝas la savo kaj la eterna vivo por ĝin havi. Al la demando de la karcermajstro pri la savo tiam troviĝis unu nura respondo. Ĝi tekstis tiam kiel ankaŭ niatempe: „Jesuo!” Tion la viro komprenis, kaj li alprenis Jesuon sia persona Savanto. Estas kurioze, kiom longan tempon bezonis tiu viro por fari decidon. En la meznokto li la unuan fojon aŭdis pri la vojo de la savo. Certe Paŭlo kaj Silaso interparolis kun li pli amplekse, sed – eĉ se ni kalkulas pri kelke da horoj, tamen ĉio okazis enkadre de unu nura tago. Tio povas al kelkaj legantoj doni kuraĝon, se ili hodiaŭ la unuan fojon eksciis pri la evangelio. Oni ne bezonas 23 aŭ 168 predikojn por konverti sin. La potenco de la evangelio estas tuj efika. Se temas pri la „miraklo de la fido”, la naturleĝoj ne bezonas esti superigitaj. Sed preskaŭ ĉiam estas la malfacilege superigeblaj muroj de nia volo, kiujn oni devas transsalti: la murojn de propra fiksiĝinta pensmaniero la murojn de fiero kaj de memjusteco la murojn de malmoliĝinta koro. La efiko ĉe la persono, kiu atingas la fidon, transigas ĉiujn homajn komprenojn kaj imagojn. Tia homo venas de sia vojo de pereo sur la vojon de la savo kaj samtage fariĝas civitano de la ĉiela regno: „Ĉar nia burĝrajto estas en la ĉielo” (Filipanoj 3,20). Ni vidas: atingi la personan fidon en Jesuon Kriston resp. konvertiĝi, tio estas la plej granda afero, kiu povas en nia vivo okazi. Faru ankoraŭ hodiaŭ la decidon vivi kun Jesuo Kristo! Kun sekva preĝo vi povas transiri en tiun savdonan fidon kaj rezervi vian lokon en la ĉiela regno: „Sinjoro Jesuo, mi volas ankaŭ iam atingi la ĉielan regnon. Purigu min de ĉia fiero kaj de la ceteraj pekoj en mia vivo. Mi kredas, ke vi estas Dio kaj ke por ni homoj vi resurektis. Vi estas mia Savanto. Mi konfidas min al vi kaj mi prenas vin nun en mian vivon. Mi petas vin, venu en mian koron, estu vi la mastro de mia vivo kaj konduku min sekure al la celo! Amen!” Direktoro kaj profesoro emer.D-ro.-Inĝ. Werner Gitt

Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt erklärt in dieser Schrift den Heilsplan Gottes - angefangen bei der Geburt Jesu (Krippe), über seinen Tod (Kreuz), bis hin zur Entrückung und ewigen Herrlichkeit (Krone). Gott schuf Abhilfe für die "Urkatastrophe" der Menschheit, den Sündenfall. Wie in der Bibel vorhergesagt, sandte er seinen Sohn auf die Erde. "Nie aber hat die Welt einen Gott gesehen - bis es Weihnachten wurde." Das Kreuz wurde für Kritiker zum Anstoß. Sie verstehen nicht, wie ein "Hinrichtungsinstrument" zum Zentrum eines Glaubens werden kann. Prof. Dr. Gitt sieht diese Kritik als Indiz, dass die Menschen ihr Sündenbewusstsein verloren haben: Es gab keinen anderen Weg für die Rettung des Menschen, weil die Trennung zwischen Gott und uns durch die Sünde so groß ist. Wenn Jesus einmal wieder kommt, wird man ihn als König erkennen. Dann wird die Menschheit zweigeteilt sein in Angenommene und Verworfene. Für diejenigen, die Jesus in ihr Leben aufnehmen wollen, gibt es ein vorformuliertes Gebet, das ihnen dabei hilft. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!

Im Laufe der Geschichte haben sich immer wieder Menschen gegen den Glauben an eine Auferstehung der Toten ausgesprochen. Sie sollten aber bedenken, dass Jesus seine Auferstehung nicht nur durch Worte verkündigen lässt, sondern sie beweist, indem er sich mehrfach an unterschiedlichen Orten und bei verschiedenen Gelegenheiten direkt zeigt. Mit dem Geschehen der Auferstehung hat Gott uns eine Wirklichkeit gezeigt, die weit über unsere Erfahrungswelt von Raum und Zeit hinausgeht: Unsere dreidimensionale Welt ist nicht die ganze Wirklichkeit. Jesus hat uns die Realität der Ewigkeit bezeugt.

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!  Kuidas ma pääseksin taevasse? Paljud inimesed püüavad endas küsimust igaviku kohta alla suruda. Paljud mõtlevad küll surma peale, aga mitte sellele, mis juhtub pärast seda. Ameerika näitlejanna Drew Barrymoore, kes mängis lapsena peaosa Spielbergi ulmefilmis „E.T.“ ja on mänginud ka näiteks filmides „Muusika ja sõnad “, „Lucky You“ jpt., ütles 18-aastaseks (s. 1975) saades: „Kui ma peaksin surema, siis ma tahaksin, et mu tuhk söödetaks mu kassile, et ma saaksin vähemalt temas edasi elada“. Kas pole kohutav, milline teadmatus ja lühinägelikkus kumab sellest ütlusest läbi? Jeesuse eluajal tuli tema juurde palju inimesi. Nende probleemid olid peaaegu alati maised:  Kümme pidalitõbist tahtsid saada terveks (Luuka 17,13),  Pimedad tahtsid saada nägijaiks (Matteuse 9,27),  Keegi palus abi vaidluses pärandi üle (Luuka 12,13-14),  Variserid esitasid Jeesuse sissevedamiseks küsimuse, kas keisrile tuleb maksta makse (Matteuse 22,17). Vaid mõned üksikud tulid Jeesuse käest küsima, kuidas pääseda taevasse. Üks rikas noormees otsis ta üles, et küsida: „Hea Õpetaja, mida tehes ma päriksin igavese elu?“ (Luuka 18,18). Noormees sai vastuse - müü maha kõik, mille külge on klammerdunud su süda, ning järgne Jeesusele. Kuna ta oli väga rikas, ei kuulanud ta seda nõuannet ja loobus niiviisi taevast. Oli ka inimesi, kes igavest elu üldse ei otsinud, kuid kes leidsid selle tee kohtumisel Jeesusega. Ja siis haarasid nad sellest kohe kinni. Sakkeus tahtis väga Jeesust näha. Ent ta sai enamat kui lihtsalt näha. Kui Jeesus astus sisse ta majja – tuli nii-öelda tassile teele – leidis Sakkeus taeva. Jeesus tõdes: „Täna on sellele kojale tulnud pääste“ (Luuka 19,9). Kuidas leida taevariik? Seni räägitu põhjal võime öelda:  Me võime leida taevariigi ühel kindlal päeval. Seda on hea teada, sest nii on see ka Sulle, armas lugeja, täna kättesaadav – sa võid saada Jumalalt igavese elu.  Taevariigi kättesaamiseks ei ole vaja eelnevalt midagi kindlat saavutada.  Taevariigi võib leida täiesti ootamatult. Kui meie kontseptsioonid taevasse pääsemiseks ei lähtu sellest, mida Jumal on rääkinud Piiblis, siis on need valed. Üks lauljanna laulis kord klounist, kes peale aastaid kestnud tööd tsirkuses pensionile jäi: „Ta pääseb kindlalt taevasse, sest tõi nii palju rõõmu inimestele.“ Saksamaal lasi üks jõukas naisvaimulik ehitada vaestemaja 20 naisele, kes seal tasuta elada said. Ainsaks tingimuseks oli see, et need naised kohustusid iga päev tund aega palvetama tolle naisvaimuliku hinge pääste eest. Aga kuidas me siis ikkagi taevasse pääseme? Jeesus jutustas meile tähendamissõna, et anda sellele küsimusele selge ja arusaadav vastus. Luuka evangeeliumi 14. peatükis alates 16. salmist räägib ta inimesest (see on Jumala võrdpilt), kes oli otsustanud korraldada suure pidusöögi (see on taevariigi võrdpilt) ja saatis välja kutseid. Neile tulid aga eitavad vastused. Kutsutud püüdsid end üksteise järel välja vabandada. Esimene ütles: „Ma olen ostnud põllu…“, teine selgitas: „Ma olen ostnud viis paari härgi…“, kolmas aga: ”Ma olen äsja võtnud naise ja seepärast ei saa ma tulla.“ Jeesus lõpetas selle kirjelduse võõrustaja otsusega: „Jah, ma ütlen teile, ükski kutsutud meestest ei saa minu pidusööki maitsta!“ (Luuka 14,24). Sellest võime järeldada, et taevariiki võib nii kätte saada kui ka sellest ilma jääda. Otsustavaks saab vaid see, kas me võtame kutse vastu või lükkame selle tagasi. Kas lihtsamini ei saaks? Ei, ei saa! Kui ühel päeval jääb suur hulk inimesi taevaukse taha, siis ei juhtu see nendega mitte sellepärast, et nad poleks teadnud, kuidas sinna pääseda, vaid sellepärast, et nad otsustasid kutse tagasi lükata. Kolm tähendamissõnas nimetatud inimest on meile negatiivseks näiteks, sest ükski neist ei võtnud kutset vastu ega tulnud peole! Kas pidusöök jäi siis ära? Ei! Pärast eitavate vastuste saamist saatis majaisand sulased kutsetega kõikjale. Nüüd ei trükitud enam kauneid kullatud kutsekaarte. Nüüd lihtsalt hüüti: „Tulge!“. Ja igaüks, kes kutse vastu võttis, sai koha pidusöögilauas. Mis nüüd toimuma hakkas? Jah, inimesi tuli – lausa murdu. Mõne aja pärast vaatas peoperemees ruumis ringi ja konstateeris: siin on veel vabu kohti! Ta ütles ühele teenijatest: „Mine välja ja kutsu inimesi juurde!“ Siinkohal tahaksin selle tähendamissõna kanda tänapäeva üle, sest see kirjeldab hästi meie olukorda. Taevariigis on veel vabu kohti, ja Jumal ütleb Sulle: „Tule, võta vastu see koht taevas, mis on valmistatud Sinule! Ole tark ja varu endale koht igaveseks eluks! Tee seda täna!“ Taevas on kirjeldamatult kaunis ja sellepärast võrdlebki Jeesus seda suure peoga. Pauluse esimeses kirjas korintlastele (2:9) öeldakse: »Mida silm ei ole näinud ega kõrv kuulnud ja mis pole inimsüdamesse tõusnud - selle on Jumal valmistanud neile, kes teda armastavad.“ Mitte miski, absoluutselt mitte miski siin maa peal ei ole ligilähedaseltki võrreldav taevaga. Seal on lihtsalt nii kujuteldamatult ilus! Me ei tohiks mitte mingi hinna eest taevariiki maha magada, sest see on nii oluline. Keegi on meile taevaukse avanud – see Keegi on Jeesus, Jumala poeg! Tänu Temale ongi taevasse pääsemine nii lihtne. See on kinni veel ainult meie enda tahte, meie enda otsuse taga. Vaid see, kes on nõnda lühinägelik kui kolm meest jutustatud tähendamissõnast, lükkab kutse tagasi. Pääste tuleb Issanda Jeesuse kaudu Apostlite tegude raamatust (ptk. 2, 21) võime lugeda üht väga olulist salmi: „Igaüks, kes hüüab appi Issanda (s.t. Jeesuse) nime, päästetakse.“ See on kogu Uue Testamendi tuum. Natuke teiste sõnadega ütles seda ka Paulus vestluses vangivalvuriga, kui ta Filipi linnas vanglasse oli heidetud: „Usu Issandasse Jeesusesse, siis pääsed sina ja su pere“. (Apostlite teod 16,31). See sõnum on küll lühike, aga see-eest sügav ja elu muutev. Juba samal ööl andis see valvur oma elu Jeesusele. On veel midagi, mida me peame tingimata teadma: Jeesus tahab meid päästa teelt, mis viib paratamatult hukatusse, põrgusse. Taeva ja põrgu kohta räägitakse Piiblis, et need on paigad, kuhu inimesed jäävad igaveseks. Üks neist on imeline, teine kohutav. Kolmandat kohta ei ole. Viis minutit peale surma ei saa keegi enam väita, et maise surmaga kõik lõppeski. Siis on määrav Jeesuse isik. Meie igavik sõltub ainult ühes isikust: Jeesusest – ja meie suhtest Temaga! Kui sõitsin kord Poola ühele seminarile, külastasime tee peal endist Auschwitzi koonduslaagrit, mille olid sinna Poola lõunaossa rajanud natsid Teise maailmasõja ajal. Auschwitzis toimus tollal natside poolt kinni võetud inimeste süstemaatiline hukkamine. Seal tehti kohutavaid asju. Aastatel 1942-1944 mürgitati ja põletati sealsetes gaasikambrites enam kui 1,6 miljonit inimest (valdavalt juudid). Ilukirjanduses kasutatakse väljendit „Auschwitzi põrgu“. Ma mõtlesin selle väljendi peale, kui me giidi saatel ühte neist gaasikambritest astusime, kus iga korraga 600 inimest üheskoos hukati. See oli nii kohutav, et seda on raske ettegi kujutada. Kuid oli see tõepoolest põrgu? Me saime seda gaasikambrit külastada ainult selletõttu, et see õudus 1945. aasta jaanuaris lõppes. Nüüd on sealne territoorium huvilistele vaatamiseks avatud ning enam ei piinata ega hukata seal kedagi. Auschwitzi gaasikambrid olid ajaliselt piiratud. Piiblis kirjeldatud põrgu kestab igavesti. Muuseumi fuajees langes mu pilk joonistusele, millel oli kujutatud Kristust ristil. Üks vangidest oli oma lootuse – ristilöödu – kraapinud naelaga seina sisse. Ka see kunstnik suri ühes neist gaasikambreist. Ta tundis Päästja Jeesust. Ta suri küll õudses paigas, kuid seejärel oli taevas tema ees lahti. Sellest põrgust, mille eest Issand Jeesus hoiatab Uues Testamendis (nt. Matteuse 7,13; 5,29-30; 18,8), pole enam põgenemisteed, kui inimene juba sinna sattunud on. Kuna see põrgu on erinevalt Auschwitzist igavesti kasutuses, ei saa sinna eales ka lihtsalt ekskursioonile minna. Taevas on nõndasamuti igavene. See on paik, kuhu Jumal tahab meid viia. Võtke siis kutse taevasse vastu. Hüüdke appi Issanda nime, ja broneerige endale koht taevas! Peale üht ettekannet, mille olin pidanud, küsis üks naine minult õhinal: „No kuulge! Kas taevasse saab siis kohti kinni panna? See kõlab nagu reisibüroos!“ Ma olin temaga nõus: „Kes kohti ei broneeri, ei jõua ka kohale. Kui Te tahate Hawaile sõita, on Teil ju kehtivat lennupiletit vaja.“ Ta küsis vastu: „Aga lennupileti eest tuleb ju maksta?!“ – „Oo jaa, taevapileti eest niisamuti! See on aga nii kallis, et seda ei suuda keegi meist maksta. Meie enda patud takistavad. Jumal ei salli taevas ühtki pattu. Kes tahab olla igavikus Jumala juures taevas, peab vabanema kõigepealt oma süüst. Selle vabastuse võis tuua ainult selline isik, kes ise eales pole pattu teinud – ja see isik on Jeesus Kristus. Tema ainsana oli maksevõimeline! Ja Ta ka maksis, maksis oma verega, surres ristil meie pattude eest.“ Mida peaksin nüüd mina tegema, et taevasse pääseda? Jumal ulatab ka meile päästekutse. Paljud Piibli kirjakohad kutsuvad meid üles Jumala kutsele järgnema: „Võidelge, et minna sisse kitsast uksest…“ (Luuka 13,24). „Parandage meelt, sest taevariik on lähedal“ (Matteuse 4,17). »Minge sisse kitsast väravast, sest lai on värav ja avar on tee, mis viib hukatusse, ja palju on neid, kes astuvad sealt sisse! Kuid kitsas on värav ja ahtake on tee, mis viib ellu, ja pisut on neid, kes selle leiavad.”  (Matteuse 7,13-14). „Hakka kinni igavesest elust, millele sa oled kutsutud“ (1. Timoteuse 6,12). „Usu Issandasse Jeesusesse, siis pääsed sina ja su pere“ (Apostlite teod 16,31). Kõik need kutsed on esitatud väga tungivalt ja otsekui lugejat ärkvele raputada tahtes. Neid tekste lugedes on aimata, kui tõsine, määrav ja hädavajalik on selle kutse vastuvõtmine. Seepärast on meie osa vastata taeva kutsele vabas vormis palvega, mis võiks kõlada umbes nii: „Issand Jeesus Kristus, ma olen Sinust kuulnud. Ma olen siiani elanud nii nagu poleks Sind üldse olemas. Nüüd olen ma mõistnud, kes Sa oled, ja seepärast tahan ma pöörduda palves Su poole. Ma tean nüüd, et taevas ja põrgu eksisteerivad. Päästa mind põrgust, kuhu ma oma pattude, eriti uskmatuse pärast, tegelikult minema peaksin. Ma soovin kogu igaviku Sinu juures taevas veeta. Ma tean, et ma pääsen taevasse ainult usu läbi Sinusse, mitte minu enda teenete pärast. Et Sa mind armastad, oled Sa ka minu eest ristil surnud ja minu eksimused enda peale võtnud ja need kinni maksnud. Ma tänan Sind selle eest. Sa näed kogu mu patusüüd, lapseeast alates. Sulle on teada iga üksik patt, mille ma olen oma elu jooksul teinud – kõik, mis mulle praegu meenub, aga ka kõik see, mille ma ise juba ammu olen unustanud. Sa tead minust kõike, Sa tunned mind läbi ja lõhki. Sa tunned iga mu tunnet – rõõmu ja kurbust, kordaminekuid ja läbikukkumisi. Sinu ees olen ma otsekui avatud raamat. Sellisena nagu ma olen ja nii nagu ma siiani olen elanud, ei või ma Sinu ja Elava Jumala ees püsima jääda ja sellisena jääksin ma taevaukse taha. Seepärast ma palun – andesta mulle kogu mu süü. Ma kahetsen südamest oma patte. Palun aita mul see kõik maha panna, mis ei ole Sinu silmis õige ja kingi mulle uued elukombed, mida Sina saad õnnistada. Anna mulle sõnakuulelik süda. Anna mulle mõista Sinu Sõna, Piiblit. Aita mul aru saada, mida Sa mulle selle kaudu öelda tahad, ja anna mul leida Sinu Sõnast uut jõudu ja elurõõmu. Tänasest päevast oled Sa minu ISSAND – ma kuulun Sulle ja tahan Sulle järgneda. Palun näita mulle nüüdsest teed, mida mööda käia. Ma tänan Sind, et Sa oled mu palvet kuulnud. Ma usun Su tõotust, et ma olen nüüd Sinu kaudu saanud Jumala lapseks ja saan ükskord igavesti olla Sinu juures taevas. Ma olen õnnelik, et Sa oled juba siin elus erinevates olukordades minu kõrval. Palun aita mul leida teisigi inimesi, kes Sind südamest usuvad ja lase mul leida endale puhta piibelliku alusega kogudus, kus ma saaksin pidevalt Sinu sõna kuulda. Aamen.“ Prof. dr. Werner Gitt

Es gibt wohl kaum eine Frage, die Menschen so sehr beschäftigt, wie gerade diese. Insbesondere taucht sie dann auf, wenn es um Gott geht. Für viele gilt: Wenn es einen liebenden und allmächtigen Gott gibt, dann dürfte es in dieser Welt kein Leid und keinen Tod geben! Ist diese Behauptung zutreffend? Logisch betrachtet kann es vier verschiedene Antworten auf die Frage geben, warum Gott Leid und Tod in dieser Welt zulässt: 1)    Entweder will Gott das Leid beseitigen, aber er kann es nicht,2)    oder er kann es und will es nicht,3)    oder er kann es nicht und will es nicht,4)    oder er kann es und will es. Doch welche Antwort ist die richtige? Genau das werden wir jetzt klären! Miksi maailmassa on niinpaljon kärsimystä ja kuolema? Tuskin mikään kysymys askarruttaa ihmisiä niin paljon kuin juuri tämä. Se pulpahtaa esiin erityisesti silloin, kun on kysymys Jumalasta. Monet ajattelevat, että jos on olemassa rakastava ja kaikkivaltias Jumala, niin maailmassa ei saisi olla kärsimystä eikä kuolemaa! Katsotaan, pitääkö väittämä paikkansa. Neljä loogista mahdollisuutta Loogisesti ajatellen voi olla olemassa neljä erilaista vastausta kysymykseen, miksi Jumala sallii kärsimyksen ja kuoleman: 1)         joko Jumala haluaa poistaa kärsimyksen mutta ei voi, 2)         tai hän voi mutta ei halua, 3)         tai hän ei voi eikä halua, 4)         tai hän voi ja haluaa. Mikä vastaus on oikea? Siitä on tarkoitus ottaa nyt selvää. Kuolema ja kärsimys ovat kaikkialla Kärsimys ja kuolema ovat alituisia seuralaisiamme. Ajatelkaamme esimerkiksi luonnonkatastrofeja kuten maanjäristyksiä, tornadoja, ennätysmäisiä tulvia tai ihmisten tahtomattaan aiheuttamia onnettomuuksia kuten laivojen haaksirikkoja tai lentokoneiden maahansyöksyjä. Tiedossamme on myös ihmisten tahallaan aiheuttamia katastrofeja. Lukemattomista islamilaisista itsemurhaiskuista mainittakoon New Yorkissa 11. syyskuuta 2001 tehty terrori-isku World Trade Centeriin, jossa kuoli noin 3000 ihmistä sekä Pariisin verilöyly 13. marraskuuta 2015, jossa surmattiin julmasti 130 henkilöä. Mutta samalla kun tällaiset kauheat tapahtumat tekevät suuria otsikkoja kokee myös kukin meistä ennemmin tai myöhemmin kärsimystä – olipa sitten kysymys hylkäämiseksi tulemisesta, menetyksestä, sairaudesta, onnettomuudesta tai kuolemasta. Joillakin vastasyntyneillä on epämuodostumia tai he kuolevat jonkun päivän päästä. Ihmiset syyttävät Jumalaa, kun kuormat tulevat liian suuriksi. Ongelmanratkaisussa haluaisin ensiksi asettaa vastakkain kaksi periaatteellisesti erilaista historian näkökantaa: Kaksi vastakkaista näkökantaa Näkökanta 1 -- usko evoluutioon: Tämän mukaan maapallomme on miljoonia vuosia vanha ja kuolema on historiamme alituinen seuralainen. Kärsimyksen ja kuoleman selitetään olevan ikään kuin liittolaisia elämän syntymisprosessissa – uutta elämää voi syntyä vain kuoleman kautta. Saksalainen mikrobiologi Reinhard Kaplan kirjoittaa, että „“sisäänrakennettu“ vanheneminen ja kuolema ovat tosin tuskallisia yksilölle, erityisesti ihmiselle, mutta sen ansiosta evoluutio pystyi ylipäätänsä luomaan lajimme.“ Näkökanta 2 – usko Luojaan: Raamattu nimittää Jumalaa Luojaksi. Hän arvosteli luomistyötään lopuksi ilmaisulla „sangen hyvä“ (Raamattu: 1. Mooseksen kirja 1:31). Tämä arvostelu tarkoittaa koko luomakuntaa ja täten myös ensimmäisiä ihmisiä Aatamia ja Eevaa. Syntiinlankeemuksessa ihminen käyttäytyi tottelemattomasti Jumalaa kohtaan ja toimi Jumalan etukäteen antamia, kuolemaa, kärsimystä ja sairautta koskevia varoituksia vastaan. Täten astui voimaan laki: „Synnin seuraus on kuolema“ (Roomalaiskirje 6:23). Synti ja kuolema kuuluvat siis ehdottomasti yhteen. Synnin kautta kuolema tunkeutui maailmaan, joka oli sitä ennen erittäin hyvä. Siitä lähtien koko luomakunta on ollut altis rappiolle ja katoavaisuudelle. Kumpi näistä kahdesta näkökulmasta on oikea? Toisen näistä täytyy loogisesti ajatellen olla väärä! Kaikkien eliöiden soluista löytyy suorastaan käsittämättömän paljon informaatiota. Tämä on tarpeen kaikkien elinten muodostumiseen ja elämän kaikkien prosessien säätelemiseen. On mahdotonta, että informaatio syntyisi itsestään materiasta. Informaation luonnonlakien avulla voidaan romauttaa koko evoluutiorakennus. Täten voimme lähteä ainoastaan näkökannasta 2 – raamatullisesta opista. Kärsimyksen ja kuoleman syy on siis ihmisen synti Aatamin ajoista lähtien. Näin selittyy tämän maailman yleinen kärsimys. Jokainen oppi, joka haluaa selittää maailmaa lähtemättä syntiinlankeemuksesta, rakentuu väärälle perustalle. Täytyy todeta, että on oma syymme, että maailma on sellainen kuin se on. Jumala ja katastrofit On tullut ilmi, että kärsimys ja kuolema ovat synnin seurausta. Mutta miten on luonnonkatastrofien laita, joihin yksittäiset henkilöt eivät ole syypäitä? Ajattelen esimerkiksi Elbe- ja Mulde-jokien vuosisadan tulvaa elokuussa 2002. Jobin kirjassa 12:15 lukee: „Katso, hän salpaa vedet, ja syntyy kuivuus; hän laskee ne irti, ja ne mullistavat maan.“ Aamoksen kirjassa 3:6 lukee hyvin radikaalisti: „Tapahtuuko kaupungissa onnettomuutta, jota Herra ei ole tuottanut?“ Samaan tapaan lukee Jesa­jan kirjassa 45:5a + 7: „Minä olen Herra, … joka tuon valkeuden ja luon pimeyden, joka tuotan onnen ja luon onnettomuuden; minä, Herra, teen kaiken tämän.“ Meitä hämmästyttää suuresti, että Jumala pitää itseään onnettomuuksien ja tuhon aiheuttajana. Ensi silmäykseltä tämä kauhistuttaa meitä. Jumala ei ainoastaan salli onnettomuutta vaan hän on jopa sen aiheuttaja. Tämä ei sovi sitten lainkaan meidän vähättelevään käsitykseemme „rakkaasta Jumalasta“. Mutta ottakaamme huomioon, että sama Jumala aiheutti vedenpaisumuksen, jossa hukkui armottomasti miljoonia ihmisiä. Sama Jumala tuomitsi koko amalekian kansan perikatoon. (Samuelin kirja 15:2-3). Jumala ei tee kuitenkaan mitään mielivaltaisesti. Jumalalla on kaikkeen syynsä ja usein hän ilmoittaa tuomionsa jo kauan etukäteen: „Ei Herra Jumala tee mitään ilmoittamatta suunnitelmiaan palvelijoilleen, profeetoille“ (Aamoksen kirja 3:7). Näin Jumala teki esimerkiksi ennen vedenpaisumusta (1. Mooseksen kirja 6:7) tai Sodoman ja Gomorran tuhoamista (1. Mooseksen kirja 18). Sama Jumala tulee myös tuomitsemaan kerran jumalattomat ihmiset ikuiseen kadotukseen (Ilmestyskirja 21:8). Tämäkin on ennustettu kauan sitten (Markuksen evankeliumi 16:16b), niin ettei se tapahdu kenellekään odottamattomasti. Tätä kaikkea ajatellen on otettava huomioon, että Jumala on henkilöksi tullut rakkaus (1. Johanneksen kirje 4:16). Hän on sama Jumala, joka lähetti ainokaisen Poikansa Jeesuksen Kristuksen maailmaan, jotta eläisimme (ikuisesti) hänen kauttaan (1. Johanneksen kirje 4:9). Yksittäisen ihmisen kärsimys Raamattu opettaa, että yleinen kärsimys synti mukaanluettuna on osa tämän maailman kokonaiskuvaa. Ihmisen henkilökohtaisella kärsimyksellä sitä vastoin EI pidä aina olla yhteyttä tekemiimme synteihin. Varokaamme tarkoin sanomasta sairaalle tai hätääkärsivälle, että hänen henkilökohtainen tilanteensa johtuisi hänen synneistään. Jumala sallii Jobin kärsiä, vaikka hän oli vanhurskas. Job, joka oli aikanaan maapallon vanhurskain mies, joutui kärsimään uskomattoman paljon: Hän menetti kaikki lapsensa, palvelijansa ja koko omaisuutensa yhtenä ainoana päivänä. Sen lisäksi hän sairastui erittäin tuskalliseen tautiin. Jumala ei selittänyt Jobille koskaan kärsimyksen erityistä syytä, mutta hän antaa Jobin kirjan (yksi raamatun osa) lukijan seurata kulissien takana taivaassa käytyjä epätavallisia keskusteluja, joista Jobilla ei ollut aavistustakaan. Jumalalla oli syynsä sallia Jobin kärsiä, mutta hän ei ilmoittanut sitä Jobille eikä meillekään. Jumala näyttää meille Raamatussa hyvin harvoja tapauksia, miksi yksittäisen ihmisen täytyi kärsiä. Kun Jeesus meni opetuslastensa kanssa sokeana syntyneen miehen ohi, nämä kysyivät häneltä, johtuiko miehen sokeus hänen omista vai hänen vanhempiensa synneistä. Jeesus selitti heille, että mies syntyi sokeana, koska Jumala halusi näyttää kaikkivaltiutensa parantamalla miehen (Johanneksen evankeliumi 9:1-7). Ananias ja Safira sen sijaan kaatuivat kuolleena maahan heidän valehdeltuaan julkisesti seurakunnalle (Apostolien teot 5:1-11). Kärsimys ikuisuuden kannalta katsottuna Kärsimystä ei saa tarkastella ikuisuutta huomioon ottamatta! Apostoli Paavali löysi syitä kerskailla „heikkoudestaan“ - siis sairauksistaaan, kivuistaan, menetyksistään. Hän luettelee kärsineensä kidutuksen, ruoskinnan, vankilassaolon, kivityksen, haaksirikon, ryöstön, sairauden, uupumuksen, nälän, janon ja kylmyyden takia (2. korinttilaiskirje 11:16-33). Hänen kirjeensä osoittavat, että vasta Jeesuksen Kristuksen ylösnousemisen kautta meille tuli mahdolliseksi ikuinen elämä. Tämän kannalta ajallinen kärsimys saa suorastaan vähäpätöisen merkityksen: „Sillä minä päättelen, etteivät nykyisen ajan kärsimykset ole mitään sen kirkkauden rinnalla, joka vielä on ilmestyvä ja tuleva osaksemme.“ (Roomalaiskirje 8:18). Muuan ystävä, joka joutuu kärsimään monen sairauden aiheuttamista kovista kivuista, kirjoitti minulle: „Kestän tämänpuolisen elämän, sillä minun lohdutukseni on ikuisuus.“ Mitä Jumala tekee kärsimyksen ja kuoleman suhteen? Ihmisiltä, jotka syyttävät Jumalaa siitä, että hän olisi välinpitämätön eikä tekisi mitään, jää huomaamatta elintärkeä totuus: Itse asiassa Jumala on jo tehnyt kaiken, mitä me toivomme itsellemme rakastavalta Jumalalta. Jumalan Poika Jeesus Kristus syntyi ihmiseksi ja kärsi puolestamme suunnattomasti aina hirveään kuolemaan asti. Aatamin synti oli nimittäin jättänyt ihmiskunnan kauheaan toivottomuuteen. Vaikka meidän ruumiimme kuoleekin, meillä on kuitenkin kuolematon sielu, koska Jumala puhalsi meihin luomisessa (ikuisen!) henkensä. Se, mikä tekee meidän olemassaolomme tietoiseksi, on siis olemassa ikuisesti. Jos Jumala ei olisi tehnyt mitään meidän syntiämme vastaan, pysyisimme koko ikuisuuden Jumalasta erossa ja siten pysyvän kärsimyksen tilassa. Oli Jumalan suunnitelma lähettää luoksemme Poikansa Jeesuksen, jotta hän uhraisi itsensä meidän puolestamme. Hän otti kantaakseen Golgatan ristillä joka ikisen kuviteltavankin synnin. Ainoana synnittömänä hän kykeni kantamaan sen ja rakensi täten sillan sen syvän kuilun yli, joka oli syntynyt synnin kautta Jumalan ja ihmisen välille. Hänen pelastustyönsä ansiosta hän voi nyt antaa jokaiselle, joka tämän uskoo, iankaikkisen elämän (Johanneksen evankeliumi 1:12; Efesolaiskirje 2: 8-9). Kaikki, jotka uskovat Herraan Jeesukseen Kristukseen ja siihen, että Jumala on herättänyt hänet kuolleista ja ottavat hänet vastaan HERRANA ja pelastajana, viettävät ikuisuuden Jumalan kanssa (1. korinttolaiskirje 15:1-4). On olemassa myös paikka, jossa on ikuinen ero Jumalasta Raamattu varoittaa meitä siitä, että niiden, jotka eivät usko Kristukseen, tulee maistaa toinen kuolema, ja se on helvetti – ikuinen ja ehdoton ero Jumalasta kauhean tuskan piinaamana (Ilmestyskirja 21:8). Matteuksen evankeliumissa 25:46 Jeesus mainitsee yhdessä jakeessa molemmat tiet: „Ja niin he lähtivät, toiset iankaikkiseen rangaistukseen, mutta vanhurskaat iankaikkiseen elämään.“ Ilmaisut „Jumala on kaikkivaltias ja rakastava Jumala“ ja „maailma on täynnä kärsimystä ja pahuutta“ eivät ole ristiriidassa keskenään. Mitä Jumalan olisi tehtävä, jos hän haluaisi poistaa kärsimyksen ja kuoleman maailmasta? Hänen täytyisi poistaa sen syy. Kärsimyksen ja kuoleman syy on synti. Niinpä hänen olisi poistettava maailmasta meidät, synnin aiheuttajat. Mutta jos hän antaisi meidän kuolla ilman synnin anteeksiantoa, jäisi meidän olinpaikaksi vain helvetti. Mutta sitä Jumala ei halua. Hänen rakkaudestaan syntynyt suunnitelma on siksi tämä: Minä annan ihmisten lyhyen maallisen elämänsä aikana kärsiä ja kuolla, mutta heille kerrotaan evankeliumin pelastava sanoma. Näin he saavat mahdollisuuden säästyä ikuiselta kärsimykseltä ja hyväksyä kutsun taivaaseen. Tästä seuraa kaksi päätösmahdollisuutta: „Joka uskoo HÄNEEN (Jeesukseen Kristukseen), sitä ei tuomita; mutta joka ei usko, se on jo tuomittu, koska hän ei ole uskonut Jumalan ainokaisen Pojan nimeen“ (Johannes 3:18). Meitä koskevat johtopäätökset Kaikkien pohdiskelujen jälkeen palaan aluksi mainittuun neljään loogiseen mahdollisuuteen Jumalan käyttäytymisen suhteen. Olisimmeko ajatelleet, että vaihtoehto kaksi on oikea vastaus? Jumala voi poistaa kärsimyksen, mutta hän ei halua, sillä se auttaa meitä pelastumaan. Pyydä HERRAA Jeesusta Kristusta antamaan anteeksi kaikki syntisi. Ota HÄNET vastaan henkilökohtaisena Luojanasi ja pelastajanasi ja seuraa HÄNTÄ, jotta voisit iloita ikuisesta elämästä ilman kärsimystä. Johtaja ja professori evp.tekn. tri Werner Gitt

Die grundlegende Frage, die suchende Menschen sich stellen, wird hier von Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt beantwortet. "Wie findet man den Himmel?" Auf jeden Fall nicht durch eigene Anstrengungen oder Konzepte. "Was aber bringt uns wirklich in den Himmel?" Gott hat die Einladungen für den Himmel schon verteilt wie im Gleichnis des Menschen, der zu einem großen Fest Einladungen verschickte. Doch viele Menschen redeten sich heraus. Prof. Dr. Gitt ruft dazu auf, nicht so "kurzsichtig" wie diese Leute zu sein. Jesus will uns vor der Hölle erretten und diese wird kein Vergleich zu der sogenannten "Hölle von Auschwitz" sein. Er hat am Kreuz für unsere Schuld bezahlt, wir müssen diese Einladung nur annehmen, dann ist ein Platz im Himmel "gebucht". Ein Entscheidungsgebet soll den Lesern dabei helfen. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen!  Kuinka pääsen taivaaseen? Monet ihmiset sulkevat iankaikkisuutta koskevan kysymyksen mielestään. Näin tekevät jopa ne, jotka pohtivat omaa kuolemaansa. Drew Barrymore näytteli lapsitähtenä yhtä amerikkalaisen fantasiaelokuvan E.T. päärooleista. Kun hän oli 28-vuotias, hän totesi: „Jos kuolen ennen kissaani, niin toivoisin, että tuhkani annettaisiin sille syötäväksi. Näin elämäni jatkuisi edes kissani kautta.“ Eikö tällainen lyhytnäköisyys ja täydellinen tietämättömyys kuoleman jälkeisestä elämästä ole järkyttävää? Jeesuksen aikaan monet ihmiset tulivat hänen luokseen. Heidän mielessään olivat yleensä ajalliset asiat: kymmenen spitaalista halusi tulla terveeksi (Luukas 17:13) sokeat halusivat näkönsä (Matteus 9:27) yksi odotti apua perintöriidassa (Luukas 12:13-14) fariseukset halusivat tietää, pitäisikö heidän maksaa keisarille veroja (Matteus 22:17). Vain harvat ihmiset tulivat Jeesuksen luo saadakseen tietää, miten taivaaseen voi päästä. Nuori rikas mies etsi hänet käsiinsä kysyäkseen: „Mitä minun pitää tehdä, hyvä opettaja, että perisin iankaikkisen elämän?“ (Luukas 18:18). Hän sai tietää, mitä hänen pitäisi tehdä: myydä kaikki, mihin hän oli sydämestään kiintynyt, ja seurata Jeesusta. Koska hän oli hyvin rikas, hän ei noudattanut neuvoa vaan luopui mieluummin taivaasta. Mutta oli myös ihmisiä, jotka eivät lainkaan etsineet taivasta. Kuitenkin kohdatessaan Jeesuksen he törmäsivät kysymykseen – ja tarttuivat heti tilaisuuteen. Sakkeus halusi nähdä Jeesuksen, mutta löysi enemmän kuin odotti. Kun Jeesus oli vieraillut hänen kodissaan – vähän niin kuin iltapäiväkahvilla – hän löysi taivaan (taivasten valtakunnan). Jeesus totesikin: „Tänään on pelastus tullut tämän perheen osaksi“ (Luukas 19:9). Miten taivaan voi löytää? Edellisen perusteella voimme todeta: Taivasten valtakunnan voi löytää jonain aivan tiettynä päivänä. Tämä on hyvä tietää, sillä se tarkoittaa, että Sinäkin voit tänään tarttua Jumalan tarjoamaan iankaikkiseen elämään. Taivasten valtakunnan saavuttaminen ei riipu teoista tai suorituksista. Taivasten valtakunnan voi löytää ilman mitään ennakkovalmisteluja. Omat käsityksemme taivaaseen pääsemisestä ovat väistämättä virheellisiä, elleivät ne perustu Jumalan omaan ilmoitukseen. Eräässä laulussa lauletaan klovnista, joka kuoli vuosia kestäneen sirkusuran jälkeen. Siinä todetaan: „Hän pääsee varmasti taivaaseen, sillä hän teki ihmiset iloisiksi.“ Eräs rikas nainen rakennutti köyhäinhoitolaitoksen, jossa kaksikymmentä naista sai elää ja asua ilmaiseksi. Kuitenkin vain yhdellä ehdolla: Naisten oli luvattava rukoilla tunti päivässä hyväntekijänsä sielun pelastukseksi. Miten sitten voimme päästä taivaaseen? Jeesus antoi selvän ja yksiselitteisen vastauksen tähän kysymykseen. Hän kertoi vertauksen, joka löytyy Luukkaan evankeliumista (luku 14:16). Siinä hän puhuu miehestä [mies tarkoittaa vertauksessa Jumalaa], joka järjesti suuret pidot [pidot tarkoittavat vertauksessa taivasta] ja lähettää ensiksi kutsun vain valituille. Vastaukset ovat kaikki masentavia: „Yksi toisensa jälkeen nämä alkoivat esittää verukkeita. ‚Olen ostanut pellon‘, sanoi yksi...‘Ostin viisi härkäparia‘, sanoi toinen... Kolmas sanoi: ‚Olen juuri mennyt naimisiin enkä siksi voi tulla‘.“ Jeesus päättää vertauksensa juhlien järjestäjän tuomioon: „Voitte olla varmat, että yksikään noista, jotka minä kutsuin, ei pääse minun pitopöytääni“ (Luukas 14:24). Tämä osoittaa, että taivaan voi joko voittaa omakseen tai sen voi kadottaa. Ratkaisevaa on, ottaako kutsun vastaan vai torjuuko sen. Voisiko mikään olla yksinkertaisempaa? Ei varmaankaan! Monet ihmiset jäävät kerran taivaan ulkopuolelle siksi että hylkäsivät kutsun, eivät siksi etteivät olisi tunteneet tietä. Noita kolmea vertauksessa mainittua henkilöä ei ole tarkoitettu meille esikuvaksi, sillä yksikään heistä ei ota kutsua vastaan ja saavu juhlaan. Eikö juhlaa sitten järjestetäkään? Kyllä vain. Peruutusten jälkeen isäntä lähettää kutsuja kaikkialle. Mutta enää ei paineta kultareunaisia kutsukortteja, nyt riittää pelkkä kutsuhuuto: „Tulkaa!“ Ja jokainen, joka vastaa kutsuun, saa varmasti paikan juhlapöydässä. Entä mitä tapahtuu? Ihmiset todella tulevat – jopa suurin joukoin. Jonkin ajan kuluttua isäntä tarkistaa tilanteen ja toteaa: Paikkoja on vieläkin vapaana. Hän sanoo palvelijoilleen: „Menkää uudelleen, kutsukaa lisää!“ Tässä kohtaa haluaisin soveltaa vertausta meihin, sillä se kuvaa tarkalleen nykyistä tilannettamme. Taivaassa on vielä vapaita paikkoja, ja Jumalaa kutsuu Sinua: „Tule, ota paikkasi taivaassa! Ole viisas ja tee varaus iankaikkisuutta varten! Tee se tänään!“ Taivaassa on sanoinkuvaamattoman kaunista. Siksi Jeesus vertaa sitä suuriin juhliin. Ensimmäisessä korinttilaiskirjeessä (luku 2:9) sanotaan: „Mitä silmä ei ole nähnyt eikä korva kuullut, mitä ihminen ei ole voinut sydämessään aavistaa, minkä Jumala on valmistanut niille, jotka häntä rakastavat.“ Mikään, ei kerta kaikkiaan mikään tässä maailmassa ole edes lähimain verrattavissa taivaaseen. Niin käsittämättömän kaunista siellä on! Siksi on tärkeää, että emme jää siitä osattomiksi. Jeesus, Jumalan poika, on avannut meille taivaan portin. Hänelle kuuluu kiitos siitä, että taivaaseen on niin helppoa päästä. Kyse on enää vain omasta tahtomisestamme. Vain se, joka on yhtä tyhmä ja lyhytnäköinen kuin nuo vertauksen kolme henkilöä, ei ota kutsua vastaan. Pelastus tulee Herran Jeesuksen kautta. Apostolien teoissa (luku 2:21) on tärkeä jae: „Mutta joka huutaa avuksi Herran [Jeesuksen] nimeä, se pelastuu.“ Tämä on yksi Uuden testamentin tärkeimmistä lauseista. Kun Paavali istui Filippin vankilassa, hän johdatteli vartijansa kanssa käymänsä keskustelun pääasiaan: „Usko Herraan Jeesukseen, niin pelastut, sinä ja sinun perhekuntasi.“ (Apostolien teot 16:31). Sanoma on lyhyt. Ytimekkyydessään se voi muuttaa kuitenkin koko elämän. Vielä samana yönä vanginvartija kääntyi ja uskoi Jeeukseen. Mistä Jeesus pelastaa? Sekin pitäisi tietää! Hän pelastaa tieltä, joka päättyy ikuiseen kadotukseen, helvettiin. Raamatussa sanotaan, että ihmiset ovat taivaassa ja helvetissä ikuisesti. Toinen paikka on hirvittävä, toinen ihmeellisen ihana. Kolmatta paikkaa ei ole olemassa. Viisi minuuttia kuolemansa jälkeen kukaan ei enää sano, että kaikki päättyisi kuolemaan. Jeesuksen persoona on keskeinen. Iankaikkinen olinpaikkamme riippuu yhdestä ainoasta asiasta: Jeesuksen persoonasta ja suhteestamme häneen. Kun olin Puolassa esitelmämatkalla kävin Auschwitzin entisessä keskitysleirissä. Toisen maailmansodan ja Saksan kolmannen valtakunnan aikana siellä tapahtui hirvittäviä asioita. Vuosien 1942 ja 1944 välisenä aikana Auschwitzin kaasukammioissa tapettiin yli 1,6 miljoonaa ihmistä, jotka sitten poltettiin. Suurin osa tapetuista oli juutalaisia. Kirjallisuudessa puhutaan usein „Auschwitzin helvetistä“. Mietin tätä sanontaa, kun opas vei meitä kaasukammioon, jossa voitiin kerralla surmata 600 ihmistä. Se oli käsittämättömän julmaa. Mutta oliko kyseessä todella helvetti? Saatoin tutustua kaasukammioon vain siksi, että kauheudet päättyivät vuonna 1945. Nykyisin alueeseen ja sen tuholaitteisiin voi tutustua vapaasti eikä ketään enää kiduteta tai myrkytetä kuoliaaksi. Auschwitzin kaasukammiot elivät vain aikansa. Helvetti on Raamatun mukaan ikuinen. Nykyisen museon sisääntuloaulassa katseeni osui kuvaan, joka esitti Kristusta ristillä. Joku vangeista oli raapustanut naulalla seinään kuvan ristiinnaulitusta Kristuksesta, toivonsa lähteestä. Tämäkin taiteilija kuoli kaasukammiossa. Mutta hän tunsi pelastajansa, Jeesuksen. Hän tosin kuoli aivan hirvittävissä olosuhteissa, mutta taivas oli hänelle avoin. Sen sijaan helvetistä, josta Jeesus Uudessa testamentissa vakavasti varoittaa (esim. Matt. 7:13; Matt. 5:29-30; Matt. 18:8), ei ole enää pelastusta eikä ulospääsyä, kun sinne kerran on päätynyt. Koska helvetti on ikuinen, kukaan ei voi koskaan käydä siellä vain tutustumiskäynnillä niin kuin Auschwitzissa. Myös taivas on ikuinen. Taivas on se paikka, johon Jumala haluaisi meidät johdattaa. Ota vastaan kutsu taivaan valtakuntaan. Huuda avuksi Herran nimeä. Näin varaat itsellesi paikan taivaassa! Kerran erään esitelmäni jälkeen eräs nainen kysyi minulta hyvin innoissaan: „Voiko taivaiseen todellakin varata paikan? Kuulostaa vähän niin kuin matkatoimistossa asioisi.“ Vastasin myöntävästi: „Joka ei tee varausta, ei pääse perille. Jos haluat Havajille, sinulla pitää olla voimassaoleva matkalippu.“ Hän kysyi edelleen: „Mutta lentolippu pitää kai maksaa?!“ – „Aivan, ja lippu taivaaseen myös! Mutta se lippu on niin kallis, ettei kukaan meistä pysty sitä maksamaan. Syntiemme tähden se on mahdotonta. Jumala ei salli taivaassaan lainkaan syntiä. Siksi jokaisen, joka haluaa tämän elämän jälkeen viettää ikuisuuden Jumalan luona taivaassa, täytyy ensin päästä vapaaksi synnistä ja syyllisyydestä. Tätä vapautta ei voinut ostaa kukaan muu kuin se, joka oli itse synnitön – Jeesus Kristus. Hän oli ja on ainoa, joka pystyi maksamaan koko hinnan. Hän suoritti maksun ristinkuolemallaan, omalla verellään.“ Mitä minun pitäisi tehdä päästäkseni taivaaseen? Jumalan pelastuskutsu on tarkoitettu jokaiselle. Monet Raamatun kohdat haastavat meitä vastaamaan Jumalan kutsuun: „Kilvoitelkaa päästäksenne sisään ahtaasta ovesta“ (Luukas 13:24). „Kääntykää, sillä taivasten valtakunta on tullut lähelle!“ (Matteus 4:17). „Menkää sisään ahtaasta portista. Monet menevät avarasta portista ja laveaa tietä, mutta se vie kadotukseen. Miten ahdas onkaan se portti ja kapea se tie, joka vie elämään, ja vain harvat löytävät sen“ (Matteuksen 7:13-14). „Voita omaksesi ikuinen elämä, johon sinut on kutsuttu“ (1. Timoteus 6:12). „Usko Herraan Jeesukseen, niin sinä pelastut“ (Apostolien teot 16:31). Nämä ovat kaikki kovin ravistelevia ja suoria sanoja. Niistä välittyy vakavuus, päättäväisyys ja välttämättömyys. Siksi teet johdonmukaisesti, jos vastaat taivasten valtakunnan kutsuun. Voit tehdä sen rukoilemalla vapaasti esimerkiksi seuraavin sanoin: Herra Jeesus, olen juuri lukenut, että voin päästä taivaaseen vain Sinun kauttasi. Haluaisin olla kerran luonasi taivaassa. Pelasta minut helvetistä, jonne oikeastaan kaikkien syntieni takia kuuluisin. Koska rakastat minua niin paljon, kuolit myös minun puolestani ristillä ja maksoit siellä syntini. Näet kaikki syntini lapsuudesta asti. Tiedät kaikki syntini, kaiken minkä muistan itse, mutta myös kaiken, minkä olen jo kauan sitten unohtanut. Tunnet sydämeni läpikotaisin. Olen edessäsi kuin avoin kirja. En voi tulla luoksesi taivaaseen tällaisena. Siksi pyydän, anna minulle anteeksi syntini, joita nyt sydämestäni kadun. Tule elämääni ja tee se uudeksi. Auta minua jättämään kaikki se, mikä ei ole silmissäsi oikein. Anna minulle uusi tapa elää ja siunaa uuden elämäni alku. Avaa minulle sanasi, jonka löydän Raamatusta. Auta, että ymmärrän, mitä haluat sanoa minulle. Anna minulle kuuliainen sydän, että teen sitä, mikä on Sinun mielesi mukaista. Haluan, että olet tästä hetkestä alkaen Herrani. Haluan seurata Sinua. Osoita minulle tie, jota minun tulee kulkea kaikilla elämäni alueilla. Kiitos siitä, että olet kuullut rukoukseni. Kiitos, että saan olla lapsesi ja kerran luonasi taivaassa. Aamen. Professori, tekn. tri Werner Gitt, Informaatiotutkija

Aus dem Inhalt: „Klar ist, dass niemand beweisen kann, dass es keinen Gott gibt, aber ist andererseits seine Existenz beweisbar? Wenn das Letztere möglich ist, dann sind die atheistischen Verbände einem Irrtum aufgesessen. Kann man darüber hin­aus zeigen, dass es den biblischen Gott gibt, dann gehen die Atheisten auf die Hölle zu, denn die Bibel sagt: „Deren Los ist die dunkelste Finsternis“ (Judas 13b).“ Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! Et pourtant – Dieu existe! La plupart des gens évitent volontiers les sujets qui touchent à «Dieu». Mais ils n’y réussissent pas entièrement. A Londres, des athées ont voulu faire de la publicité sur les bus à étage au sujet de la non-existence de Dieu. Ce fut un échec. La loi anglaise sur la publicité exige que le produit que l’on veut promouvoir soit attesté par des faits concrets. Or, aucun des initiateurs de l’action ne fut capable de prouver que Dieu n’existait pas. Pour s’en sortir, ils modifièrent le slogan en formulant que Dieu n’existait «vraisemblablement» pas. Mais, en conséquence, cette affirmation incluait en même temps une certaine probabilité de l’existence de Dieu, ce qui entraîna de nombreuses personnes à réfléchir sur la question. En Allemagne, la campagne publicitaire des athées sur les bus publics ne fut pas autorisée du tout. Ils décidèrent alors d’organiser un bus publicitaire privé et de faire le tour de l’Allemagne. Le slogan allemand fut encore renforcé par rapport à l’anglais: «Dieu n’existe pas [avec une probabilité proche de la certitude].» On pourrait se demander d’ailleurs pourquoi les athées font campagne contre une chose qui, d’après eux, n’existe pas? Il est clair que personne ne peut prouver l’inexistence de Dieu, mais, d’un autre côté, Son existence est-elle démontrable? Si c’est possible, les associations athées sont alors victimes d’erreur. Mais si, en plus, on peut prouver qu’il s’agit du Dieu de la Bible, les athées se dirigent tout droit vers l’enfer, car la Bible déclare à leur sujet: «Auxquels l’obscurité des ténèbres est réservée» (Jude 13 b). Il n’existe pas de plus grave perte. Nous allons répondre à la question de l’existence de Dieu grâce à deux nouvelles preuves. L’expression de Romains 1, 21: «Puisque, ayant connu Dieu...» est une affirmation très forte qui indique que Dieu se manifeste aussi en dehors de la Bible et que Son existence peut être alors démontrée. Même si les preuves de l’existence de Dieu ne mènent pas automatiquement à la foi, elles ont quand même une fonction importante: elles réfutent les arguments de l’athéisme et sont appropriées à démonter certains obstacles à la foi ou à les écarter. Des preuves de l’existence de Dieu ont déjà été formulées dans le passé, par Aristote, Anselme de Canterbury et Thomas d’Aquin, par exemple. Nous mentionnerons ici deux preuves de l’existence de Dieu qui ont été développées ces dernières années par l’auteur de ce traité, l’une provenant des lois naturelles de l’information, l’autre du domaine mathématique-prophétique. La preuve de Dieu dans les lois naturelles de l’information Deux lois naturelles de l’information sont d’une grande importance dans notre contexte: «Une grandeur matérielle ne peut pas produire une grandeur immatérielle» et «L’information est une grandeur immatérielle et ne peut donc provenir que d’un Auteur intelligent». Depuis la seconde moitié du siècle passé, nous savons que d’incroyables masses d’informations sont stockées dans les cellules de tous les êtres vivants. Les conclusions scientifiques en sont donc: «Ces informations impliquent également un Auteur intelligent.» A l’opposé des preuves historiques de l’existence de Dieu, en grande partie de nature philosophique, nous avons ici, pour la première fois, une preuve de l’existence d’un émetteur intelligent, reposant sur des lois naturelles, et donc de l’existence d’un Dieu. Il est inutile de se réclamer de Kant, considéré depuis 200 ans comme le grand destructeur des preuves de Dieu, car, à cette époque, seule une petite fraction du savoir scientifique actuel était connue. La preuve de Dieu dans le domaine mathématique-prophétique La Bible comporte plus de 3000 affirmations prophétiques déjà accomplies. Citons ici, comme exemple facile à vérifier, le dispersement du peuple d’Israël annoncé par Dieu (Deutéronome 28, 64-65), puis son retour garanti dans le pays de la promess (Jérémie 16, 14-15), qui se réalisa effectivement au bout de presque 2000 ans, au moment de la fondation de l’Etat d’Israël en 1948. Aucun autre livre de l’histoire du monde ne présente un tel taux de qualité. Nous avons ainsi un critère extraordinaire à notre disposition pour pouvoir vérifier la vérité. Est-il possible que des hommes, ayant vécu répartis sur une période de 1500 ans, aient pu faire autant de prédictions aussi exactes? Se sont-elles réalisées par hasard ou ce phénomène n’est-il possible que parce que Dieu est l’Auteur de La Bible et qu’en raison de Son omniscience, Il a annoncé des prophéties dont l’accomplissement peut être vérifié au cours de l’histoire? Pouvons-nous concevoir ce que la réalisation de ces prophéties signifie? Nous allons essayer de l’illustrer au moyen d’un modèle. Essayons d’imaginer une assez grande fourmilière dans laquelle, au milieu des fourmis noires, se trouve une seule fourmi rouge. Il est facile de comprendre que plus la fourmilière en question est grande, plus la probabilité est petite de prendre, par hasard, la fourmi rouge (par exemple, les yeux bandés). La question est la suivante: Pour quelle quantité de fourmis la probabilité de prendre au hasard la fourmi rouge correspond-elle à celle de la réalisation fortuite de 3268 prophéties? Commençons par une évaluation grossière. Une baignoire pleine de fourmis suffirait-elle? Ou si on remplaçait toute l’eau du Lac de Constance par des fourmis, ou même le volume du globe terrestre? Le calcul nous montre que cela ne suffit pas. Que peut-on concevoir encore? Nous faut-il peut-être imaginer notre univers gigantesque et inconcevablement grand rempli de fourmis, ou éventuellement même deux ou trois de ces univers; ou peut-être cent (102) ou mille (103)? Le calcul mathématique surpasse toute notre imagination en nous révélant la quantité réelle de tels univers: il en faudrait 10896. Que signifie ce nombre immense – un, suivi de 896 zéros – d’univers remplis de fourmis jusqu’au bord? Que la probabilité que ces 3000 prophéties aient pu s’accomplir par hasard est pratiquement nulle. Les résultats de ces calculs mathématiques atteignent des dimensions si énormes et si hyper-astronomiques que notre esprit et nos facultés intellectuelles ne sont plus capables d’en estimer concrètement la réalité. Ce résultat étonnant peut donc se résumer comme suit: La «preuve mathématique-prophétique de l’existence de Dieu» permet de démontrer l’existence d’un Dieu omniscient et tout-puissant, d’un Dieu identique à Celui de la Bible. Il en résulte trois conséquences importantes: La Bible provient de Dieu et elle est vraie Pas un être humain n’est capable de formuler des prophéties qui s’accomplissent sans exception. Le véritable Auteur de la Bible est Dieu, omniscient et tout-puissant (2 Timothée 3,16). C’est pourquoi la Bible entière est vraie. Jésus exprime dans une prière à Son Père: «Ta Parole est la Vérité» (Jean 17, 17) et Paul déclare: «Je crois tout ce qui est écrit» (Actes 24,14). Il avait confiance en Dieu, même sans la «preuve mathématique-prophétique» de Son existence. Il n’y a pas d’autre Dieu que Celui de la Bible Pas une des preuves de l’existence de Dieu énoncées par le passé ne confirme l’existence d’un Dieu particulier. Elles sont toutes formulées de manière si générale que toutes les religions peuvent les utiliser à leurs fins. La «preuve mathématique-prophétique», par contre, renvoie clairement au Dieu de la Bible et à Son Fils Jésus-Christ. Une telle justification ne peut être fournie pour aucun autre dieu dans les autres religions. La Bible dit, à juste titre, que les hommes se sont inventé des dieux innombrables selon leurs religions: «Car quoiqu’il y ait ce qu’on appelle des dieux, soit dans le ciel, soit sur la terre, – et de fait il y a beaucoup de dieux et beaucoup de seigneurs, – néanmoins, pour nous, il n’y a qu’un seul Dieu, le Père, de qui viennent toutes choses, et pour qui nous sommes, et un seul Seigneur, Jésus-Christ, par qui sont toutes choses et par qui nous sommes» (1 Corinthiens 8, 5-6). Dans le Psaume 96, 5, la Bible réprouve tous les dieux des religions humaines: «Car tous les dieux des peuples sont de faux dieux.» Le culte d’idoles n’est pas une affaire neutre. Dans le récit de la tentation (Matthieu 4, 8-10), le diable exige que Jésus l’adore. Mais Il le renvoie en citant la Parole divine: «Tu adoreras le Seigneur, ton Dieu, et à Lui seul, tu rendras culte» (Matthieu 4, 10). Selon les déclarations du Nouveau Testament, l’idolâtrie est le culte des mauvais esprits, des démons (1 Corinthiens 10, 20), ce qui, finalement, ne fait que rendre au diable l’adoration que Jésus lui avait refusée de manière si véhémente. L’idolâtrie est aussi un péché qui exclut du Royaume de Dieu (1 Corinthiens 6, 9 et suivants; Galates 5, 20-21; Apocalypse 21, 8; 22, 15). L’Athéisme est réfuté L’Athéisme peut donc être réfuté de deux manières – à l’aide des lois naturelles de l’information et par la «preuve mathématique-prophétique». La Bible donne son avis sur l’idéologie athée dans le Psaume 14, 1: «L’insensé dit en son cœur: Il n’y a point de Dieu!» Il est dit en outre: «L’impie ne prolongera pas ses jours» (Ecclésiaste 8, 13). Non seulement les athées courent à l’échec, mais ils se trouvent, en plus, sur un chemin qui mène à la condamnation éternelle: «Celui qui ne croira pas sera condamné» (Marc 16, 16). Mais il existe un moyen de salut Il n’est pas dans l’intention de cet écrit d’accuser qui que ce soit pour la vie qu’il a menée jusqu’ici – soit-il adultère ou fraudeur, adepte d’une religion quelconque ou missionnaire de l’athéisme. Nous souhaitons bien plus attirer l’attention du lecteur sur les chemins qui mènent à la perdition et l’inviter à réaliser qu’il est possible à tout pécheur de faire un retour sur soi. Dans Jean 3, 17-18, se trouvent résumées les vastes conséquences que l’Évangile a pour nous. «Dieu, en effet, n’a pas envoyé Son Fils (Jésus) dans le monde pour juger le monde, mais pour que le monde soit sauvé par Lui. Celui qui croit en Lui n’est pas jugé; mais celui qui ne croit pas est déjà jugé, parce qu’il n’a pas cru au nom du Fils unique de Dieu.» Comme Dieu a mis dans notre cœur la pensée de l’éternité (Ecclésiaste 3, 11), nous ne pourrons jamais trouver de véritable satisfaction dans les choses de la vie terrestre. Nous sommes des créatures éternelles, notre existence n’aura jamais de fin.  Au-delà de la muraille de la mort, il n’y a que deux lieux de séjour – le ciel et l’enfer. Le premier est indiciblement beau, le second est d’une atrocité inconcevable. Dieu désire nous avoir un jour auprès de Lui au ciel. Pour cela nous avons besoin du Seigneur Jésus. C’est Lui qui nous ouvre la porte du ciel en nous délivrant de notre culpabilité et en offrant à notre vie une nouvelle perspective. Si vous avez le désir d’être sauvé et d’aller au ciel, vous devez vous détourner de votre ancien chemin où vous marchiez sans Jésus, et L’accepter dans votre vie. Il vous est possible d’effectuer ce changement de vie en l’exprimant dans une prière comme celle-ci: «Seigneur Jésus, je connais Ton Nom. Mais j’ai vécu jusqu’à présent comme si Tu n’avais jamais existé. Maintenant, j’ai compris qui Tu es, c’est pourquoi je m’adresse à Toi pour la première fois dans cette prière. Je sais maintenant qu’il y a un ciel et un enfer. Sauve-moi, je Te prie, de l’enfer où je mériterais d’aller à cause de ma culpabilité et surtout de mon incrédulité. Je souhaite être un jour au ciel avec Toi, pour l’éternité. Je suis parfaitement conscient de ne pas pouvoir y aller par mes propres mérites, mais seulement pas la foi en Toi. C’est parce que Tu m’aimes que Tu es mort pour moi sur la croix, que Tu as pris sur Toi mes fautes et as payé pour moi. Je T’en remercie. Tu vois toutes mes fautes, celles aussi que j’ai commises depuis mon enfance. Tu connais tous les péchés de ma vie – ceux dont je me souviens, mais aussi ceux que j’ai oubliés depuis longtemps. Tu sais tout de moi, Tu me connais parfaitement. Tu es au courant de tous mes états d’âme, que ce soit la joie ou la tristesse, le bien-être ou le découragement. Je suis devant Toi comme un livre ouvert. Tel que je suis et tel que j’ai vécu jusqu’à présent, je ne peux pas continuer d’exister devant Toi, le Dieu Vivant. C’est pourquoi je Te prie de me pardonner mes fautes. Je me repens de mes péchés devant Toi. Je Te prie de m’aider à abandonner tout ce qui ne Te plaît pas et de m’accorder de nouvelles habitudes qui soient sous Ta bénédiction. Ouvre-moi Ta Parole, la Bible. Aide-moi à comprendre ce que Tu veux m’enseigner et à trouver en elle de nouvelles forces et la joie de vivre. Dès maintenant, je veux que Tu sois mon Seigneur à qui j’appartiens et que je veux suivre. Donne-moi un cœur obéissant. Montre-moi, je Te prie, le chemin que je dois suivre. Je Te remercie d’avoir exaucé ma prière. Je crois à la promesse qu’en me tournant vers Toi, je suis devenu un enfant de Dieu et que je serai éternellement au ciel auprès de Toi. Je me réjouis de T’avoir déjà maintenant à mes côtés dans toutes les situations de ma vie. Aide-moi, je Te prie, à trouver des personnes qui croient aussi en Toi, ainsi qu’une église fidèle où je puisse écouter régulièrement les enseignements de Ta Parole. Amen. Directeur et Professeur e.r. Dr.-Ing. Werner Gitt

Gottesbeweise gewinnen in unserer Zeit eine ganz neue Bedeutung. Einige Gottesbeweise sind vom naturwissenschaftlichen Denken geprägt. So stellt sich die Frage: Gibt es vielleicht einen Gottesbeweis, der das Herz eines jeden Menschen erreichen kann? Die Liebe ist das Phänomen, wofür jedes menschliche Herz empfänglich ist – sei es ein Urwaldbewohner, der nie etwas von Wissenschaft gehört hat, oder ein Physik-Nobelpreisträger, der versucht, die Urgründe der Materie zu erforschen. Kann es sein, dass Gott sich in seiner Liebe offenbart hat und damit allen Menschen den Universalbeweis seiner Existenz und seines Wesens geliefert hat? In der Tat hat Gott das getan, und das soll in dieser Schrift gezeigt werden.   Dieu existe : la preuve par l’amour Dès l’Antiquité, on a tenté de „prouver“ Dieu, par exemple en produisant des preuves cosmologiques, ontologiques et téléologiques[1]. Ne nous méprenons pas sur l‘expression „ preuves de Dieu“, comme s’il était possible de prouver Dieu dans toute l’étendue de sa nature. Cela est compromis dès le départ, car « les pensées de Dieu et ses voies sont bien plus élevées que ce que nous pensons » (Ésaïe 55,8-9). Ainsi, il nous faut considérer, pour chaque moyen de preuve, à quelle qualité de Dieu celui-ci se réfère. Ensuite, il est primordial de distinguer entre preuves « dures » et preuves « molles » (non vérifiées par l’expérience). Les preuves dures s’appuient sur les lois naturelles et sont par là-même irréfutables. À l’aide des lois naturelles de l’information, on a pu prouver par des « preuves dures » certaines caractéristiques de Dieu, comme son existence, son omniscience et son caractère éternel. Un moyen de preuve bien spécifique est la preuve mathématico-prophétique de l’existence de Dieu[2]. Pour ce faire, on part des prophéties bibliques déjà accomplies, autrement dit, cette preuve dépasse de loin les conclusions qu’on peut tirer des lois de la nature. Ce moyen de preuve confirme le caractère véridique de la Bible et partant, désigne le Dieu de la Bible comme le seul Dieu qui existe. Seul un faible pourcentage de la population française témoignera avoir pris la libre décision de se tourner vers Jésus-Christ comme Sauveur et dispensateur de la Vie Éternelle. L’ancien chancelier allemand Willy Brandt (1913-1992) déclara, quelques jours avant sa mort : « Je ne sais pas si Dieu existe. Je laisse cette question ouverte. » Face à de telles incertitudes, les preuves de l’existence de Dieu prennent une signification toute nouvelle. Les moyens de preuve cités plus haut font appel à la pensée mathématique et scientifique, alors posons-nous la question : Y a-t-il peut-être quelque part une preuve de Dieu qui s’adresse au cœur de chaque être humain sans exception ? Il n’y a rien au-dessus de l’amour, c’est le phénomène auquel chaque être est sensible, que ce soit un indigène de la forêt équatoriale qui n’a jamais entendu parler de la moindre science, ou un Prix Nobel qui cherche à sonder les origines de la matière. Se pourrait-il que Dieu se soit révélé dans son amour et ait livré par là-même la preuve universelle de son existence et de son être à tous les hommes, et par là aussi à vous, cher lecteur, chère lectrice ? Oui, effectivement, Dieu l’a fait, comme nous allons le montrer à présent. Comment une personne vivant au XXIème siècle se représente-t-elle Dieu ? Le journaliste Jan Roß décrit dans un livre[3] la façon dont l’être humain contemporain se représenterait sans doute Dieu sans la révélation biblique : « Vraisemblablement comme un personnage de super-héros de bande dessinée, surdimensionné et surhumain, un Superman, Batman ou Spiderman cosmique, fort, indestructible, athlète et shérif à la fois, défenseur de l’ordre et du droit à l’échelle de l’univers. » Voilà le problème qui se pose à nous tous : comment croire en un Dieu que nous n’avons encore jamais vu et dont les qualités nous sont incompréhensibles, à nous les hommes ? Que nous apprend la Création sur Dieu ? En Romains 1,20, il nous est expliqué que « les perfections invisibles de Dieu, sa puissance éternelle et sa divinité, se voient comme à l’œil nu, depuis la création du monde, quand on les considère dans ses ouvrages. » Cela nous indique clairement qui est l’auteur de toutes choses, mais la Création ne nous livre pas une claire vision de Dieu. Dans la Création, on reconnaît une intelligence sans limites et une conception géniale de tous les êtres vivants, mais il existe un phénomène tout aussi vérifiable : la beauté se mêle à la laideur, le bien coexiste avec le mal, la lumière cohabite avec l’obscurité, la douceur côtoie la violence et l’amour la haine… Bien des peuples païens, et jusqu’à des théoriciens de l’évolution, qui ne connaissent pas la Parole de Dieu, sont parvenus, par l’observation de la nature, à la conclusion que Dieu, s’Il existe, devait être un Dieu mauvais. Le fait que, dans la nature, les plus forts tuent de façon bestiale les plus faibles pour survivre, est pour eux un argument sans réplique. L’inclination de l’être humain à suivre tantôt le bien, tantôt le mal, semble conforter cette affirmation. Ceux qui ne connaissent pas la Bible ignorent tout de la Chute due au péché, qui a vu une Création, déclarée „très bonne“ à l’origine, être entraînée dans la spirale infernale de la déchéance, ce qui a altéré aussi bien la nature de l’homme que le comportement des animaux. Si l’on ignore ce qui s’est passé lors de la Chute, on en tire automatiquement la conclusion que le bien et le mal doivent coexister de la même façon dans le cœur de Dieu. C’est de cette vision déformée de Dieu et de la Création – d’un point de vue biblique – que découlent probablement maintes coutumes païennes comme celle des sacrifices humains[4]. Mais le Dieu de la Bible, comment est-Il en réalité ? Toutes nos tentatives humaines de saisir la nature de Dieu sont vouées à l’échec. Il n’est que de voir l’incroyable diversité des représentations divines dans les religions de par le monde, et tous les développements philosophiques sur le sujet. C’est pourquoi Dieu vient se présenter Lui-même à nous. Bien qu’Il nous dise : « Car mes pensées ne sont pas vos pensées et vos voies ne sont pas mes voies. » (Ésaïe 55,8), Il cite ensuite, de façon compréhensible par tout un chacun, ses qualités qu’on ne peut déduire de l’observation de la Création : « Car Dieu a tant aimé le monde qu’il a donné son Fils unique, afin que quiconque croit en lui ne périsse point, mais qu’il ait la vie éternelle » (Jean 3,16). « Mais ma justice durera éternellement, Et mon salut s’étendra d’âge en âge » (Ésaïe 51,6). « Car l’Eternel est bon ; sa grâce dure à toujours, Et Sa fidélité de génération en génération » (Psaumes 100,5). « Maintenant, Seigneur Eternel, Tu es Dieu, et tes paroles sont vérité » (2 Samuel 7,28). « Eternel ! Ta bonté atteint jusqu’aux cieux, ta fidélité jusqu’aux nues » (Psaumes 36,6). « De loin l’Eternel se montre à moi : Je t’aime d’un amour éternel ; C’est pourquoi je te conserve ma bonté » (Jérémie 31,3). « Car Dieu n’est pas un Dieu de désordre, mais de paix » (1 Corinthiens 14,33). « Béni soit Dieu, le Père de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, le Père des miséricordes et le Dieu de toute consolation » (2 Corinthiens 1,3). Qui pourra jamais dire de lui-même qu’il possède ne serait-ce qu’un seul de ces attributs divins ? Même l’amour qui embrase si souvent le cœur de beaucoup s’éteint souvent comme un feu de paille. On ne rencontre d’ordinaire une telle bonté qui atteint aux cieux et une telle fidélité envers les humains, que dans les contes et les mythes. Dans le désert de ce monde en proie aux guerres, la paix s’avère n’être qu’un mirage qu’on poursuit. Ne parlons même pas de la sagesse - comment, sinon, des Prix Nobel eux-mêmes pourraient-ils se faire les chantres de l’idée selon laquelle l’inimaginable complexité du vivant serait uniquement due au hasard et à l’évolution aveugle de la matière ? C’est un mot bien précis, agapê en grec, qui décrit l’amour divin. Cet amour est inconditionnel, empreint de bonté, de justice, de considération, de compassion, de douceur, de paix, fondé sur la vérité et ayant un caractère éternel. On peut définir la différence entre amour divin et humain comme suit : « L’amour humain aime l’autre parce qu’il est comme il est. L’amour divin aime l’autre, peu importe comme il est. » L’origine de l’amour Si l’amour n’est pas un phénomène reproductible scientifiquement par l’être humain, d’où vient-il donc ? Aucun scientifique ne peut l’expliquer. Ceux qui pensent que toute vie est apparue au cours d’un processus évolutif devraient logiquement en conclure que l’amour aussi a dû apparaître au cours de l’évolution. L’amour ne serait alors qu’un petit jeu arbitraire de particules de matière. De même que l’information ADN des cellules ne peut surgir d’elle-même au sein de la matière, mais a besoin d’un programmateur doué d’intelligence, de même l’amour nécessite une source. Il n’y a alors qu’une alternative : il a été créé par un sage Créateur. Et ce Créateur nous dit qu’Il est Lui-même la source de cet amour qui définit son essence même, comme l’affirme le verset de 1 Jean 4,16 : « Dieu est amour ». Comment Dieu s’est-il révélé à nous ? 1. Dieu Lui-même vient vers nous Dans aucune autre religion, il n’est question dans son panthéon d’un dieu qui soit un jour venu parmi les hommes. Le seul qui l’ait fait, c’est le Dieu de la Bible – Il a quitté Lui-même son royaume céleste et nous a visités sous forme humaine. « … Jésus-Christ, lequel, existant en forme de Dieu, n’a point regardé comme une proie à arracher d’être égal avec Dieu, mais s’est dépouillé lui-même, en prenant une forme de serviteur, en devenant semblable aux hommes » (Philippiens 2,6-7). Dieu est venu en personne vers nous à travers Jésus, le Fils de Dieu. Il s’est authentifié sans équivoque et de façon incomparable comme Dieu Lui-même, à travers la toute-puissance qu’Il a exercée sur les forces de la nature, les maladies et même la mort. Il est venu au secours de quiconque venait à Lui, a pardonné à quiconque venait à Lui avec le fardeau de son péché. Qu’un aveugle l’implore, Il lui rendait la vue. Il guérissait même ceux dont la médecine disait que leur maladie était incurable. Et en dépit de tous ces bienfaits, les gens l’ont rejeté : comment est-ce possible ? Jésus le fait comprendre dans une parabole où les gens expriment leur rejet par ces mots : « Nous ne voulons pas que celui-ci règne sur nous » (Luc 19,14b). En Luc 7,33-34, Jésus déplore Lui-même l’indifférence et l’hostilité avec lesquelles ses contemporains l’ont traité. « Car Jean Baptiste est venu, ne mangeant pas de pain et ne buvant pas de vin, et vous dites : Il a un démon. Le Fils de l’homme est venu, mangeant et buvant, et vous dites : C’est un mangeur et un buveur, un ami des publicains et des gens de mauvaise vie. » Peu importe la façon dont Dieu se révèle, la plupart des êtres humains réagissent avec indifférence ou dédain. On peut observer que rien n’a changé à l’heure actuelle. Comment aurions-nous réagi à la place de Jésus ? « Puisque les humains me rejettent, eh bien, je vais retourner auprès de mon Père au ciel ! » Mais ce n’est pas ce que Jésus va faire : Il va rester sur terre et accomplir une œuvre extraordinaire : 2. Il fait toujours ce qu’Il nous a enseigné de faire Un tel concept nous est étranger. Aucun fondateur de religion n’a mis en pratique ce qu’il a enseigné à d’autres, et même ceux qui croient en Jésus-Christ n’arrivent pas toujours à observer ce qui est enseigné dans l’Évangile. Là-dessus, Jésus est unique !! En Romains 12,15, il est écrit : « Réjouissez-vous avec ceux qui se réjouissent ; pleurez avec ceux qui pleurent ». C’est aussi ce qu’a fait Jésus : aux noces de Cana, Il a fait la fête avec les invités, mais lorsque Lazare est mort, Il a vu la douleur de Marie et des Juifs qui l’entouraient et Il a pleuré avec eux (Jean 11,33). La Bible enseigne que nous ne devons pas pécher. Et pourtant, nous l’avons tous fait : « Si nous disons que nous n’avons pas de péché, nous nous séduisons nous-mêmes, et la vérité n’est point en nous » (1 Jean 1,8). Quelles que soient les exigences que la Bible pose, Jésus les a honorées en tout point. Il n’a, en revanche, jamais péché : « Car nous n’avons pas un souverain sacrificateur qui ne puisse compatir à nos faiblesses ; au contraire, il a été tenté comme nous en toutes choses, sans commettre de péché » (Hébreux 4,15). Lorsque Pierre a demandé à Jésus en Matthieu 18,21 : « Seigneur, combien de fois pardonnerai-je à mon frère, lorsqu’il péchera contre moi ? Sera-ce jusqu’à sept fois ? », Jésus lui répond au verset suivant : « Je ne te dis pas jusqu’à sept fois, mais jusqu’à soixante-dix fois sept fois. » Il ne voulait pas dire précisément 490 fois, c’était plutôt une façon de dire : toujours ! Cette déclaration de Jésus peut être un puissant encouragement pour nous. Si Jésus exige de nous que nous pardonnions en toute occasion, alors nous pouvons être sûrs que, si nous nous tournons vers Lui, ou après que nous nous sommes convertis à Lui, Il nous traitera de la même façon. 3. Dieu se donne Lui-même entièrement Dieu est allé encore plus loin pour toucher les cœurs incrédules de ses créatures. Jésus, le Fils de Dieu, est allé de son plein gré à la croix, sans poser aucune condition aux hommes. Il l’a fait uniquement par amour et par grâce pour sauver ses créatures de la perdition éternelle. Jésus a porté à la croix la peine que nous avions méritée à cause de nos péchés. Les paroles de Jan Roß décrivent de façon très juste l’abaissement de Dieu à la croix [5]: « La vision d’un corps d’homme mourant, ou déjà mort, cloué au bois représente l‘antithèse absolue de ce qu’on imagine être le pouvoir, la force et la perfection. Le contraste avec notre perception commune du divin ne saurait être plus criant ni dérangeant... Le Dieu qui est né dans une étable et qui est mort à la croix, qui s’est plus que quiconque abaissé à s’empêtrer dans le terrestre et le temporel, est paradoxalement le moins susceptible d’être une idole fabriquée par ses adorateurs. Personne n’aurait imaginé ni choisi un Dieu comme ça. » De même qu’un papa met en garde son enfant de ne pas jouer avec le feu, de même Dieu exhorte sans cesse les humains à quitter le chemin de la perdition éternelle. En fait, le miracle de l’amour de Dieu, tel que Jésus nous l’a démontré, devrait faire fondre tous les cœurs endurcis et nous amener à accepter le cadeau divin. Face à un monde en grande partie impie, Dieu ne cesse de réitérer son invitation d‘amour : « Crois au Seigneur Jésus et tu seras sauvé ! » (Actes 16,31). Lois naturelles et amour de Dieu Nous savons, grâce à la physique, que les lois naturelles sont formulées de façon sujette à la critique, mais qu’elles doivent cependant résister à tout test. Elles deviennent valides sans exception après avoir passé avec succès l’épreuve de feu de la réalité tangible. La Parole de Dieu est également sujette à la critique et doit être éprouvée en pratique. Comme les lois de la physique, l’amour de Dieu a aussi le statut d’une loi naturelle. Nous trouvons une parole prophétique sur l’amour de Dieu dans ce verset du Cantique des Cantiques 8,6 : « Car l’amour est fort comme la mort, la jalousie est inflexible comme le séjour des morts ; ses ardeurs sont des ardeurs de feu, une flamme de l’Eternel. » Ce principe est sujet à la critique, il peut en principe être réfuté. Mais la croix de Jésus a constitué le « test de résistance » de cette loi de l’amour de Dieu. Jésus a démontré totalement cet amour par sa vie, sans jamais laisser place à l’égoïsme. Ce qu’Il a fait, Il l’a fait avec un amour désintéressé pour les hommes. Cet amour allait-il si loin que même la mort fût impuissante à l’arrêter ? À la croix, la tentation était grande de faire échouer ce principe de l’amour inconditionnel. La première attaque est venue des hauts dignitaires d’Israël : « Le peuple se tenait là, et regardait. Les magistrats se moquaient de Jésus, disant : Il a sauvé les autres ; qu’il se sauve lui-même, s’il est le Christ, l’élu de Dieu ! » (Luc 23,35). C’était une tentative de faire échouer l’amour de Dieu. Si Jésus était descendu de la croix, la déclaration ci-dessus aurait été réfutée. Sur ces entrefaites surgit la deuxième attaque pour réfuter l’amour de Dieu « qui est aussi fort que la mort » : « Les brigands, crucifiés avec lui, l’insultaient de la même manière » (Matthieu 27,44), des brigands dont l’un se tourne plus tard vers Jésus et que Celui-ci sauve dans son amour infini : « Je te le dis en vérité, aujourd’hui tu seras avec moi dans le paradis » (Luc 23,43). La troisième épreuve non plus n’a pu faire capoter l’amour de Dieu : « Les passants l’injuriaient… Que le Christ, le roi d’Israël, descende maintenant de la croix » (Marc 15,29+32). Jésus aurait pu descendre de la croix, mais Il ne l’a pas fait. L’amour de Dieu se révèle bien plus puissant que la mort ! C‘est uniquement par le fait que Jésus soit resté sur la croix que nous pouvons être sauvés par son sang versé (1 Pierre 1,18-19). Preuves de Dieu et salut Accepter une preuve de l’existence de Dieu, c’est déjà avoir franchi un grand pas. Mais il vous faut faire un pas de plus, celui de la foi qui sauve. Une fois que nous avons compris qu’il existe un Dieu tout puissant et omniscient, qui s’est approché de nous à travers le Seigneur Jésus dans son amour sans limites, nous sommes en mesure de L’accepter de tout notre cœur. Jésus, le Fils de Dieu, veut devenir notre Ami, notre Sauveur et notre Seigneur. Acceptez-Le aujourd’hui dans votre cœur, car Il vous invite dès à présent : « Voici, je me tiens à la porte, et je frappe. Si quelqu’un entend ma voix et ouvre la porte, j’entrerai chez lui, je souperai avec lui, et lui avec moi » (Apocalypse 3,20). Jésus a promis formellement qu’Il accueillerait quiconque viendrait à Lui : « Je ne mettrai pas dehors celui qui vient à moi » (Jean 6,37). J’explique comment vous pouvez le faire en pratique dans l’article « Comment je donne ma vie à Jésus » sur wernergitt.de/comment (version en français). Werner Gitt Docteur en sciences de l‘information Ingénieur physicien Directeur et professeur émérite de l’Institut de Physique de Brunswick  ________________________________ [1]   wernergitt.de/les preuves de Dieu : cosmologiques = ayant trait aux lois de l’univers, ontologiques= ayant trait à la nature de Dieu, téléologiques= ayant trait au fait que le monde a été créé pour un but [2]   Ebd., p. 301-314 [3]   Jan Roß : La défense de l’homme – le besoin de Dieu Rowohlt Berlin, 2012, p. 93 [4]   https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrifice_humain [5]   Jan Ross, p. 94 et 102

Der Aufbau des menschlichen Körpers liefert uns erstaunliche Informationen. Einige Details wie das Blut, die Zellen, das Gehirn und einiges mehr werden näher betrachtet. Wir erkennen daran, dass der Mensch zweifellos eine geniale Konstruktion ist. Es ist darum unvernünftig, anzunehmen, dass wir das Ergebnis eines planlosen Prozesses sich selbst überlassener Materie sind. Ohne die Annahme einer Schöpfung verrennen wir uns im Dickicht evolutionärer Gedankensysteme und werden der Wirklichkeit nicht gerecht. Die ausführliche wissenschaftliche Argumentation steht in dem Buch »Faszination Mensch« von Werner Gitt, CLV-Verlag, Bielefeld, 3. Auflage 2015, 155 S., ISBN: 9-89397-649-3. L’homme - une construction géniale? Tout au long de notre vie, nous traînons après nous une question essentielle : d’où venons-nous, au fait ? Etroitement liée à elle, d’autres questions s’enchaînent : Pourquoi vivons-nous ici un certain temps, et après, qu’y a-t-il ? Notre existence est-elle irrévocablement anéantie, ou bien existons-nous pour toujours et à perpétuité à un autre endroit ? Il n’y a que deux réponses comme solution à ce problème : Modèle A : les théoriciens de l’évolution et les athéistes nous disent que nous sommes issus seulement à partir de la matière, en un processus sans aucune stratégie, ni intelligence, ni but, et cela au cours de millions d’années. A la mort, tout s’arrête, il n’y a pas non plus de Dieu auquel nous devrions rendre des comptes. Modèle B : à cela s’oppose la déclaration de la Bible selon laquelle un Créateur omniscient et tout-puissant nous a voulus et créés dans un but précis. La mort est bien le point final de la vie terrestre, mais en même temps, le début de la vie éternelle, car notre auteur voudrait jouir de notre communion au ciel. Ces interprétations sont si éloignées l’une de l’autre que l’une d’elles doit nécessairement être fausse. Laquelle de ces déclarations se révèle-t-elle être fiable au vu des connaissances du 21ème siècle ? Regardons de près quelques organes des sens et autres éléments marquants de notre corps, et examinons si leurs concepts sont dénués de sens ou s’ils comportent des caractéristiques intelligentes ? Parallèlement, considérons quelques affirmations pertinentes de la Bible. Après l’examen de chacune de ces parties du corps humain, nous déciderons si le point doit aller au modèle A ou au modèle B : Le toucherréparti sur toute la peau Sur un centimètre carré de peau nous avons, qu’on le croie ou non, 6 000 000 de cellules et 5000 éléments tactiles qui permettent le toucher. Tout ce que nous ressentons, la chaleur, le froid, si quelque chose est lisse ou rugueux, la douleur, tout est transmis au cerveau à partir de chaque point de la peau. Ceci nécessite un réseau extrêmement dense de phases conductrices d’informations et un codage ingénieux pour que, dans le cerveau, tout soit perçu de manière juste et au bon endroit. Ce réseau à l’extérieur du cerveau a une longueur de 380 000 kilomètres. Qui a planifié ce réseau, qui a posé ces conduits en une technologie des plus élaborées, qui a imaginé une programmation du cerveau capable d’identifier tout cela ? Un système aussi ciblé et aussi intelligent ne peut pas résulter de quelque chose construit sans objectif! Le point va de toute évidence au modèle B. L’oreillel’organe des sens à la technique de mesure la plus exacte L’oreille humaine possède la capacité insoupçonnée d’entendre des différences d’énergie acoustique de l’ordre de un à un billion (= 1012). Aucun appareil technique n’y arrive sans sélection de la plage de mesure. La sensibilité de l’oreille s’étend jusqu’à la limite physique du possible. Elle l’atteint par une triple conversion du signal, de mécanique à hydraulique, puis d’hydraulique à électrique. Le même son arrive d’abord directement au tympan et après un tour dans le pavillon de l’oreille, il y revient cinq millièmes de seconde plus tard. A partir de ces quatre mesures, le cerveau produit deux autres signaux par corrélation. Grâce à ce calcul génial du cerveau, c’est comme si nous entendions avec six oreilles. Cette technique sophistiquée permet une analyse acoustique capable de reconnaître la direction, l’origine et le mouvement des sources sonores à tous les niveaux de l’espace. De plus, dans une conversation à plusieurs personnes, nous pouvons faire passer à l’arrière-plan ce qui est moins important, et faire volontairement ressortir autre chose. Aucun appareil technique ne le réalise. D’où vient cette construction géniale ? Un processus sans objectif peut-il produire une telle performance ? Bien sûr que non ! Le psalmiste donne une réponse courte et juste : « Celui qui a planté l’oreille n’entendrait-il pas ?» (Psaume 94, 9). L’oreille n’est pas le résultat d’un processus évolutif, mais résulte de l’acte génial d’un Créateur. Pour cette raison, le point est accordé au modèle B. Le sangun moyen de transport universel Le sang remplit des fonctions vitales. Grâce à la nourriture, chaque cellule est alimentée par lui en combustibles, oxygène, vitamines, hormones et chaleur. De même, les produits du métabolisme ainsi que de la chaleur en sont évacués. Le sang est continuellement en mouvement pendant toute une vie, il se maintient dans cette boucle infinie, le cœur se remplissant à chaque seconde de sang, qu’il renvoie aussitôt. Les globules rouges sont une particularité du sang ; dans chaque goutte (= 30 mm3) il y en a 150 millions. Ils se ravitaillent en oxygène dans les poumons et y déchargent en même temps le résidu du gaz carbonique (CO2). Les globules rouges contiennent l’hémoglobine, composé chimique vital hautement spécialisé, qui entre en action dès le développement embryonnaire. Au stade du fœtus (à partir du 3ème mois), le besoin en oxygène change ; une autre espèce d’hémoglobine est nécessitée, dotée d’une autre composition chimique. Peu de temps avant la naissance, toutes les fabriques chimiques travaillent à plein régime pour procéder au passage à l’hémoglobine adulte. Les trois sortes d’hémoglobine nécessitées ne peuvent pas avoir été trouvées à tâtons par voie évolutive, parce que la plupart des autres variantes ne pourraient pas transporter assez d’oxygène, ce qui mènerait à une mort certaine. A trois reprises, le corps a besoin d’une machinerie biologique différente pour le type d’hémoglobine exigé, qui doit aussi en changer la production au moment voulu. D’où provient une machinerie aussi compliquée ? Toute idée d’évolution est vouée à l’échec, car il n’y aurait aucune chance de survie pour des stades intermédiaires à demi terminés. Ce point aussi va de toute évidence au modèle B. Les cellulespierres de construction pour une maison de 100 billions d’éléments Saviez-vous que le corps humain est constitué d’à peu près 100 billions de cellules, dont chacune est composée de 10 000 fois plus de molécules que la Voie Lactée a d’étoiles ? Sachant que notre Voie Lactée comporte au moins 100 milliards d’étoiles. Si quelqu’un voulait compter jusqu’à ce nombre (1014), en le faisant nuit et jour au rythme d’une seconde par chiffre, une vie humaine ne suffirait pas. Le temps nécessité serait de trois millions d’années ! Scientifiquement, il est absolument inexplicable comment des quantités si énormes de cellules s’organisent en un organe vital. Quel est le programme qui réalise la croissance ? Personne n’a pu l’approfondir jusqu’à présent. Si toute notre science ne suffit pas à le comprendre, comment la stratégie sans but de l’évolution veut-elle l’atteindre ? Ici aussi, le point est accordé au modèle B. L’ADNune technique de mémorisation inégalée par les ordinateurs A l’intérieur des cellules, dans leur noyau microscopique, le matériau le plus précieux du corps est conservé – le génome, l’information génétique. Tout ce qui est nécessaire à la construction du corps (p. ex. la construction des organes et des membres, la fabrication de toutes les composantes chimiques) y est méticuleusement programmé. Essayons de nous représenter concrètement la densité de l’information quasiment incroyable qui se trouve dans la molécule d’ADN. Imaginons la quantité de matériau d’ADN pouvant tenir dans une tête d’épingle. Nous pourrions y mémoriser 15 billions de livres de poche de 160 pages. Posés les uns sur les autres, cela donnerait un tas de livres 500 fois plus haut que la distance entre la terre et la lune. Devinez quel modèle reçoit ce point ! Le cerveaula formation la plus complexe de l’univers Le cerveau est l’organe central supérieur de notre système nerveux qui dirige, surveille et coordonne presque tout ce qui se déroule dans notre organisme. Il recueille et exploite les impressions de nos sens, il les mémorise et opère en retour des réponses adéquates. On ne connaît presque rien du traitement de l’information proprement dit dans le cerveau. Une seule chose est certaine : il doit y avoir un grand nombre de programmes ingénieux qui traitent, calculent et coordonnent toutes les informations qui entrent et sortent. Tout doit fonctionner en temps réel et en traitement parallèle. Nous ne savons pas comment les souvenirs sont mémorisés et rappelés. Nous ne savons pas non plus comment nous avons de nouvelles idées et comment fonctionne la coopération interactive avec l’âme, notre partie immatérielle. Le cerveau compte environ 100 milliards de neurones. Leur nombre est de l’ordre du nombre d’étoiles de notre Voie Lactée. Chaque neurone est relié par des synapses à des milliers d’autres neurones. C’est un réseau de la plus haute complexité. Dans ce cas aussi, le point gagnant est pour le modèle B. La perceptiondans ce monde et dans l’autre La fonction des organes des sens de notre corps actuel disparaît à la mort. La mort est-elle ainsi la station finale absolue, comme les athéistes et les représentants de l’évolution le prétendent ? La Bible y répond par un NON clair et net ! D’après le plan de Dieu, nous sommes des êtres éternels dont l’existence ne sera jamais anéantie. Dans Luc 16, Jésus raconte l’histoire de deux hommes dont la vie terrestre prend fin à leur mort physique. Immédiatement, ils se retrouvent, pleinement conscients, dans le monde de l’au-delà. Pour l’un d’eux, Dieu n’avait joué aucun rôle dans sa vie, tandis que l’autre, Lazare, se savait porté par Dieu. Jésus décrit les deux situations après la mort : « Le pauvre mourut et fut porté par les anges dans le sein d’Abraham. Le riche aussi mourut et fut enseveli. Dans le séjour des morts, il leva les yeux ; et, en proie aux tourments, il vit de loin Abraham et Lazare…» (Luc 16, 22-23). A la mort, ils quittent tous deux le monde et se retrouvent dans des lieux complètement différents. Bien qu’ils aient vécu auparavant dans la même ville, leur lieu de séjour actuel est totalement différent. L’un d’eux jouit de la gloire, et l’autre se trouve en un lieu de supplice. Pour aucun de nous la vie ne se termine à la mort biologique. Nous avons une source d’information digne de foi à ce sujet. A la résurrection, le corps terrestre est transformé en un corps éternel : « Ainsi en est-il de la résurrection des morts. Semé corps naturel, on ressuscite corps spirituel» (1 Corinthiens 15, 42+44). Pour notre corps éternel, la Bible nomme deux endroits extrêmement différents : le ciel et l’enfer, autrement dit, le lieu de la gloire dans la proximité de Dieu, et le lieu de la damnation, loin de Dieu. Si nous voulions décrire le ciel et l’enfer, nous pourrions le faire à l’aide des sens : ce sont, tous les deux, des endroits de perception – ou bien nous jouissons éternellement de la beauté, ou nous vivons éternellement l’horreur. Notre lieu de destination dépend de notre positionnement par rapport à Jésus-Christ, plus précisément, si nous croyons en Lui et Le suivons, ou non. Dans ce cas aussi, le point est accordé au modèle B, car les athéistes n’ont aucune source d’information pour leur conception. Qu’est-ce que l’homme ? Aux quelques détails que nous venons de voir, il apparaît nettement que l’être humain est une construction géniale. La raison ne nous permet donc pas de supposer que nous soyons le résultat d’un processus hasardeux à partir d’une matière livrée à elle-même. Sans l’acceptation d’une création, nous nous fourvoyons dans les broussailles du système de pensée évolutionniste et ne rendons pas justice à la réalité. Selon Romains 1, 19, en contemplant ses œuvres, on en arrive impérativement à conclure de l’existence du Créateur, car « …les perfections invisibles de Dieu…se voient fort bien depuis la création du monde». Il est compréhensible que tous les points devaient être accordés de toute évidence au modèle B. D’après la Bible, la création de l’homme a un plan pour base : «Faisons l’homme… » (Genèse 1, 26). La réalisation de ce plan lui succède immédiatement : « Dieu créa l’homme à son image. » (Genèse 1, 27). Le Nouveau Testament nous introduit plus profondément dans la pensée créatrice et nous dit au sujet de la personne du Créateur : « Car en lui (Jésus-Christ) tout a été créé dans les cieux et sur la terre, ce qui est visible et ce qui est invisible » (Colossiens 1, 16). Il est dit de Jésus : « Dieu l’a établi héritier de toutes choses et c’est par lui qu’il a fait les mondes » (Hébreux 1, 2). Dans Jean 14, 6, Jésus prononce la phrase radicale : « Je suis le chemin, la vérité et la vie (éternelle) ; nul ne vient au Père que par moi ». Il est ainsi l’unique porte qui conduit au royaume céleste. Lui seul a payé sur la croix pour nos manquements envers les commandements de Dieu. Il est donc vrai que : « Celui qui croit au Fils a la vie éternelle» (Jean 3, 36). Demandez au Seigneur Jésus le pardon de vos péchés pour que vous puissiez échapper au jugement de Dieu. Acceptez-Le dans la prière comme votre Créateur et Sauveur personnel et suivez-Le. Directeur et Professeur Dr. Werner Gitt L’argumentation scientifique se trouve plus en détail dans mon livre : « Merveilles de l’être humain », Éditeur : CLV, Bielefeld, 1ère édition en français 2003, 148 pages, ISBN : 2-8260-3454-5

Wer freut sich nicht über einen persönlichen Brief mit einer liebevollen Einladung? Wussten Sie, dass die Bibel als Brief Gottes an uns bezeichnet werden kann? In ihr spricht uns Gott eine Einladung ganz besonderer Art aus. Über die Wahrheit der Bibel gibt es zuweilen heftige Diskussionen. Jede Debatte über die Herkunft und das Wesen der Bibel bleibt letztlich wertlos, wenn das Wort Gottes uns nicht zur persönlichen Anrede wird. Selbst dem flüchtigen Leser der Bibel fällt sofort auf, dass das gesamte Neue Testament Briefcharakter trägt. Gott, der Urheber dieses Briefes, sendet ihn uns aus einem einzigen Grund: Er möchte die Menschen, die sich im Sündenfall von ihm entfernt haben, zurückgewinnen. Er möchte, dass keiner verlorengeht und startete mit dem Kreuz von Golgatha die größte Rettungsaktion der Weltgeschichte. Dieses Traktat eignet sich besonders gut zur Weitergabe an suchende Menschen! La plus grande des invitations Une lettre d’amour pour nous Lequel d’entre nous ne se réjouit pas de recevoir une lettre personnelle, accompagnée d’une aimable invitation ? Savez-vous que la Bible peut être lue comme une lettre que Dieu nous adresse ? Dans celle-ci, Dieu invite d’une manière toute particulière. De vives discussions sur la véracité de la Bible sont toujours actuelles. Tout débat sur l’origine et la nature de la Bible reste sans valeur, si la Parole de Dieu ne nous interpelle pas personnellement. Même un lecteur superficiel notera que tout le Nouveau Testament est écrit sous forme de lettres. Vingt et un des vingt-sept livres de celui-ci sont identifiés par leur titre comme des lettres ou épîtres : p. ex. l’épître aux Romains, aux Galates, aux Corinthiens. L’évangile de Luc et les Actes des Apôtres apparaissent, dès les premiers versets, comme des lettres. Le dernier livre de la Bible lui-même contient plusieurs courtes lettres (Apocalypse, chapitres 2 et 3). Ce ne peut être un hasard si l’évangile de Jésus-Christ nous est annoncé avant tout sous cette forme. Une lettre n’est pas un recueil de formules rébarbatif, un code de lois stérile, un livre d’étude froid ou un dictionnaire énumérant des faits les uns après les autres. Une lettre est le message écrit le plus personnel et le plus individuel entre deux personnes qui s’aiment. On se connaît, on s’estime et on partage les émotions de son cœur. On prend part aux soucis et aux joies de l’autre, étant assuré de la compréhension du destinataire. La lettre est un signe d’intérêt personnel, d’affection. Le Nouveau Testament, la Bible tout entière, sont à lire comme des lettres d’amour de Dieu envers nous. Dieu nous aime, Il nous connaît personnellement, c’est pour cette raison qu’Il s’adresse à nous sous cet aspect. Il connaît le poids de nos fautes et de nos péchés, et accorde à chacun de nous son pardon. Il sait que nous sommes des êtres humains qui errons sans but, c’est pourquoi Il nous donne un but éternel. Il connaît notre état de perdition, c’est pour cela qu’Il nous offre la vie éternelle. Il sait quand nous sommes découragés et que nous avons besoin de réconfort, de consolation et d’encouragement. Il connaît les dangers qui nous menacent, c’est pourquoi Il nous avertit, nous donne orientation et conseils. La Parole qu’Il nous adresse est toujours concrète, directe et utile. Lisons-la donc avec respect et prière. Celui qui aborde la Bible de cette manière en recevra de grandes bénédictions, celui qui la lit dans un esprit critique n’en tirera aucun gain. La préoccupation de Dieu Dieu, l’auteur de cette lettre, nous l’envoie pour une seule raison : Il voudrait regagner les hommes qui se sont éloignés de Lui à cause du péché. Il ne veut pas qu’un seul périsse et, à la croix de Golgotha, Il a démarré la plus grande opération de sauvetage de l’histoire du monde. Le pont qui nous relie à la maison du Père a été établi en la personne de Jésus. Dorénavant, Il cherche des « panneaux indicateurs » parmi nous. Il a besoin de témoins qui racontent aux autres comment ils ont trouvé le salut. Il lui faut des collaborateurs, des personnes qui prient, des disciples qui deviennent ses envoyés pour annoncer la joie. Il a besoin de porteurs d’espoir dans un monde d’angoisse et sans repères, résigné et sans issue. Il cherche des personnes qui apportent son amour dans un monde de haine, de disputes et de guerres. Il cherche des missionnaires qui annoncent l’évangile dans leur proche entourage, mais d’autres aussi qui partent aux bouts de la terre. Il cherche des enseignants, des bergers, des évangélistes. Il en cherche qui annoncent la Parole par oral et d’autres par écrit. Bref, pour Dieu, il n’y a pas de chômeurs. Personne n’est superflu. L’auteur de la lettre attend une réponse Avec quelle impatience attendons-nous la réponse quand nous avons envoyé une lettre ! Combien plus Dieu ! Il nous a déclaré son amour, non seulement en nous écrivant une lettre, mais surtout en accomplissant une œuvre pour nous. Le prix du rachat de nos péchés a été des plus élevés: « Le Christ s’est offert Lui-même en sacrifice pour expier nos péchés, afin de nous délivrer » (Galates 1,4). Nous avons été rachetés par le précieux sang de Christ (1 Pierre 1,19). L’épître aux Hébreux nous interpelle : « Comment échapperons-nous en négligeant un si grand salut ? » (Hébreux 2,3). Dieu attend donc notre réponse personnelle. Que pensons-nous de son offre de salut ? Notre réponse peut s’exprimer par la prière. Nous pouvons Lui dire que sa lettre nous est bien arrivée. Que nous voulons saisir la main qu’Il nous tend en Jésus et invoquer son nom pour notre salut (Romains 10,13). Nous signalons la réception de sa Parole par des actions de grâce et des louanges. En lisant régulièrement sa Parole (Josué 1,8) et en réorientant notre vie d’après elle, nous devenons nous-mêmes une lettre, lue par d’autres. Que notre « vie lue » soit une lettre de Dieu et en invite d’autres par ce moyen ! « Notre lettre c’est vous-mêmes, une lettre écrite dans notre cœur, que tout le monde peut connaître et lire. Il est évident que vous êtes une lettre que le Christ a confiée à notre ministère et qu’il nous a fait écrire, non avec de l’encre, mais par l’Esprit du Dieu vivant, non sur des tablettes de pierre, mais sur des tablettes de chair, sur vos cœurs. » (2 Corinthiens 3,2-3). Ce n’est qu’en lisant la Bible comme une lettre d’amour que nous entrons en étroite relation avec Lui. La connaissance est une bonne chose, mais l’amour en est une meilleure. C’est de cette relation que Jésus parle dans Jean 10,27-28 : « Mes brebis écoutent ma voix, je les connais et elles me suivent. Je leur donne la vie éternelle, jamais elles ne périront et personne ne pourra les arracher de ma main. » Celui qui a entendu la voix du Bon Berger sait qu’elle est inimitable. Celui qui suit ce Berger est passé de la mort à la vie. Il a la vie éternelle. On nous attend ! Au cours de notre vie, nous recevons de nombreuses invitations. En commençant par les invitations des enfants à leur fête d’anniversaire. Comme adultes, nous sommes aussi conviés à toutes sortes de fêtes, jubilés, fêtes de fin de travaux, fête des voisins, garden-parties, noces. Il y a ensuite des événements plus rares pour lesquels les invitations sont des plus prisées : réceptions officielles, décernement de prix Nobel, couronnement royal. Toutes ces fêtes ont quelque-chose en commun : Elles ne durent que peu de temps, souvent un seul jour ou même une seule soirée. Plus la fête est exceptionnelle, plus l’invitation est importante. Il y a toujours un nombre limité de participants. La Bible parle aussi d’une invitation à une fête. Par contraste à toutes les fêtes que nous connaissons, cette fête dure éternellement. Celui qui reçoit est le plus élevé et le plus grand qui existe : Dieu Lui-même. Dieu organise un grand repas de noces, une fête de la joie. C’est là l’essence du ciel : la joie éternelle, la communion éternelle avec Dieu, la présence éternelle de Jésus. Le ciel n’est pas une certaine condition du monde, une communauté de peuples, un régime politique organisé d’un point de vue économique ou même une vie ascétique dans un cloître. Tout cela est le résultat de systèmes idéologiques humains. Dieu, Lui, veut nous donner la vie dans toute sa plénitude, ici-bas sur la terre, en avant-goût, mais au ciel d’une manière si parfaite et si inconcevable que Paul ne pouvait s’exprimer qu’en ces mots : « Ce que l’œil n’a pas vu et que l’oreille n’a pas entendu, ce que l’esprit humain n’a jamais soupçonné, mais que Dieu tient en réserve pour ceux qui L’aiment » (1 Corinthiens 2,9). Dans Luc 14, 16-24, les caractéristiques de cette invitation pour le ciel nous sont décrites dans une parabole : 1. Qui est invité ? Dieu ne fait aucune exception quant aux conviés. C’est là l’inconcevable de ce message : pour Dieu chacun est digne de venir à Lui. Il ne s’informe ni sur l’origine, ni sur la profession, la couleur de peau, l’âge, ou le niveau d’éducation. 2. Combien de fois sommes-nous invités ? Dieu n’en reste pas à une invitation unique. Il interpelle à plusieurs reprises. Dans la parabole, il le fait par trois fois. Concernant le salut, la plus grande importance est donnée à l’urgence de la décision : « Aujourd’hui, si vous entendez la voix de Dieu, ne vous endurcissez pas. » (Hébreux 3, 7-8) 3. Comment sommes-nous invités ? Les trois invitations de Luc 14 redoublent d’urgence à chaque fois. S’il est dit d’abord : « Venez maintenant, tout est prêt » (verset 17), l’appel devient plus pressant à la deuxième « Dépêche-toi ! » et « amène ici… ». A la dernière, il est dit : « Fais en sorte que les gens viennent ! ». Dans le Nouveau Testament, le mot « anagkazo » se retrouve neuf fois et peut être aussi traduit par « forcer ». Il s’agit donc de tout autre chose que d’une timide prière. Le serviteur a recours à toute la force de sa personnalité, tous ses moyens de persuasion pour inviter avec vérité, amour, douceur, courtoisie, persistance et persévérance. Il doit être parfois plus que clair pour mettre les hommes en garde. 4. Quel est le nombre des convives ? Toutes les personnes conviées de la parabole ont refusé l’invitation après réflexion personnelle, pour avoir accordé de fausses priorités. Aussi triste qu’il soit, le verset 24 décrit l’amère vérité pour ceux qui n’ont pas répondu à l’invitation : « Une chose est sûre : pas un seul des premiers invités ne goûtera à mon festin. » Ils ont été appelés, mais ne sont pas venus. La fête a lieu sans eux. Ils resteront éternellement dehors ; la Bible désigne cet état de perdition du mot « enfer ». L’invitation de Dieu s’adresse encore aujourd’hui à chacun de nous. Quelle est votre décision ? La salle de fête sera remplie de toute manière. La Bible parle d’un nombre complet, donc d’un nombre connu de Dieu. Quand la dernière place sera occupée, il n’y aura plus d’invitations. Dans Jérémie 8, 20, nous trouvons une illustration de cet état dans l’image de la récolte : « La moisson est passée, l’été est terminé et nous ne sommes pas sauvés. » 5. Pourquoi sommes-nous invités ? La raison est vite trouvée. Dans 1 Jean 4, 16, il est dit : « Dieu est amour. » Sa nature est amour, et cet amour est aussi la source de tout l’amour qui existe parmi les hommes. Dans Jérémie 31, 3, Dieu nous interpelle directement : « D’un amour éternel, Je t’aime, c’est pourquoi Je t’attire par l’affection que Je te porte. » Dieu proclame encore : « Aussi vrai que je suis vivant, le Seigneur, l’Eternel, Je ne prends aucun plaisir à la mort du méchant, Je désire qu’il abandonne sa conduite et qu’il vive ! » (Ezéchiel 33,11). 6. Comment cette invitation est-elle reçue ? C’est Jésus qui nous ouvre l’accès au ciel, car « c’est Lui que Dieu a offert » (Romains 3, 25a) et sans Lui, personne ne vient au Père (Jean 14, 6). Il pardonne tous les péchés et Il purifie de toute mauvaise conduite, si nous les Lui confessons d’un cœur honnête (1 Jean 1, 9). Par la prière, en abandonnant à Jésus notre vie avec tous ses péchés et ses fautes, nous acceptons son invitation : « Ils ont cru en Lui ; à tous ceux-là, Il a accordé le privilège de devenir enfants de Dieu. » (Jean 1,12). Ce n’est que revêtus de l’habit de noces, qui nous est alors accordé (Matthieu 22,11 ; Apocalypse 3,4 ; 7,9 ; 7,14 ; 19,8), que nous avons accès au ciel. L’amour de Dieu est universel. Il n’y a en Lui aucune partialité, aucun préjugé, pas d’amour sélectif. Dans son amour, Il accepte tout le monde. Cette étendue est d’une dimension incroyable, et pourtant elle a une limite que la Bible ne cache pas : celui qui refuse l’invitation, celui qui ne se confie pas au Seigneur Jésus, est perdu pour toujours. L’auteure hollandaise bien connue de la littérature chrétienne, Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983) a écrit de façon remarquable dans « Gefangene macht er frei » : « Nous pouvons tous aller au ciel Sans la santé, sans richesse, sans gloire, Sans connaissance, sans culture, Sans beauté, sans joie, Et sans 10 000 autres choses, Mais nous ne pouvons pas aller au ciel Sans Jésus-Christ. » Si, après la lecture de ce traité, vous avez compris que Jésus est le seul chemin pour votre salut, et si vous désirez dorénavant Le suivre de tout votre cœur, vous pouvez vous y engager par la prière suivante : « Seigneur Jésus, j’ai lu aujourd’hui que je ne puis aller au ciel que par Toi. Je voudrais être un jour au ciel auprès de Toi. Sauve-moi de l’enfer auquel je serais condamné à cause de mon péché. C’est parce que Tu m’aimes que Tu es mort pour moi aussi à la croix et que Tu as porté le châtiment de mes péchés. Tu vois toutes mes fautes – depuis mon enfance. Tu connais tous mes péchés, tous ceux dont je me souviens, mais aussi tous ceux que j’ai oubliés depuis longtemps. Tu connais l’état de mon cœur. Je suis devant Toi comme un livre ouvert. Tel que je suis, je suis incapable d’aller au ciel, car j’ai vécu sans Toi jusqu’à présent. Je Te prie de me pardonner mes péchés que je regrette de tout cœur. Viens dans ma vie et renouvelle-la. Aide-moi à abandonner tout ce qui n’est pas correct devant Toi et accorde-moi de nouvelles habitudes qui soient sous ta bénédiction. Donne-moi accès à ta Parole, la Bible. Aide-moi à comprendre ce que Tu veux m’enseigner et donne-moi un cœur obéissant pour que je fasse ce qui Te plaît. Dès maintenant, que Tu sois mon Seigneur. Je veux marcher à ta suite, montre-moi le chemin que je dois suivre dans tous les domaines de ma vie. Je Te remercie d’avoir exaucé ma prière et de ce que je peux être un enfant de Dieu qui sera un jour au ciel auprès de Toi. Amen. Dir. et Pr. A. D. Dr. Werner Gitt