Are your Big Ends on the way out?

During a discussion I was having at work with a few of my work colleagues they asked me,
“How can you believe in Jesus when so many people don’t? Surely it’s a case of the majority is right and you’ve just got it wrong.”

Well I was a little flummoxed for a bit until a picture came to mind.

There was a man who went to pick his car up from the garage.
When the mechanic handed over the keys he said,
“I’m afraid I have to tell you that I think you have a problem with your big end bearings, and it would be a good idea if you booked your car in to have them replaced.”

At this point a number of mechanics all piped up saying,
“You’re not telling him that, are you? Look, we’ve listened to the engine and it sounds fine to us. There’s no need to have any work done as there’s nothing wrong.”

Well, the customer now has a decision to make.
Does he believe the one mechanic who says that there is work that needs to be done or the number of mechanics who say that the engine is fine?

The thing is, the one mechanic had heard an engine like this before and it was the big end bearings, so he did know what he was talking about, where as the others just hadn’t.
The one mechanic was right, this time.

My friends did see what it was I was saying and stopped laughing at me quite so much at this.
One of them also pointed out to me that if the customer didn’t believe the one mechanic and drove his car out of the garage then he would probably find that his car would break down in time.

This, I thought was an excellent point that I just hadn’t seen, but was valid and parallels can be drawn from it.

You see, if you keep thinking that Jesus isn’t real and choose not to believe in him, just because the majority don’t, then there will come a time when you will have to pay the price for not believing in him.

It will be a hard price to pay.

As a Christian I believe that all who do not accept and believe in Jesus Christ will be sent away from him when they come to the end of their time on this earth. They will not be welcomed into heaven with Jesus but sent away to hell, a place of great sorrow and suffering.

I’m not writing this just to say “YOUR GOING TO HELL” and all the doom and gloom that goes with it but to try and say “Please look into who Jesus is and make an informed decision about who he is.
It could be the most important decision you ever make.”

So, who do you think Jesus is?
Did he even exist?
Was he just another man, or was he who he claimed to be, …. God?

Father,
I ask that you help all those who don’t know you yet, to say yes to You.
Help them to see You clearly, to know that You ARE REAL and that You do care for them, and Love them.
Amen