Trying Faith

God must really be trying me. Yesterday I was able to share the Gospel with a friend at work via e-mail. He is around 35 I would guess. He had many questions and said he is really searching "religiously" lately. It was an awesome opportunity and I have been praying for his salvation. He was very open to what I had to say.

Today, I was chatting with another friend at work. He is 23. He asked why life had to be so messed up and I told him it was so we would see our need for God. He said that is just wrong. I explained that if life was how we wanted it, there would be no need for God (aside from getting into Heaven - which I didn't get a chance to explain). He said God's purpose was to create us. I said yes, but he created us to glorify him. He thought that was pretty conceited of God to make us for that purpose. I told him He is God and can create something for whatever reason He chooses. He tried to use the example of Artificial Intelligence and that if he created something, it would be pretty selfish for him to expect it to worship him alone and not choose to worship others. I asked him what else he expected us to worship. We are all on the same level as human beings. Why would we choose another human being to worship? I told him there is only one God. He said he will have to reconcile that with God someday and I told him someday he will get that chance, but by then it would probably be too late.

We unfortunately didn't get a chance to finish the conversation because I had to get back to the office and he needed to get back to the warehouse. Please pray that I have more opportunities to witness to these 2 friends as I have a burden for them, and that I will know what to say. I have invited them both to a BBQ my church's small group is having at my house, and I know at least the younger one plans to take off work to come.