My Ideal Life

If I live day of my ideal life, I would be in Ephesus. It is one of the places where the first century Christians Churches are located. As we know from the Holy Scripture, the Ephesians are the ones who are explicitly told that salvation is “by grace through faith and this not come from yourselves, it is a gift from God.”[Ephesians 1:1-13; 2:8] I really want to know whether Saint Paul really supported the theology “Sola Gratia” as I believe it to be true. I am living in a place where my faith brought me. Nowhere inside me do I find myself worried, for the Lord promised me that He will never leave me in the midst of poverty. I am in the first century, the year when Saint Paul started to write his Epistles to the Christians. Day and night I dedicate myself in reading the bible and doing missionary works. Although during that day there will be persecution of Christians, I will be very ready to face them for the Lord promised me; not with my own tongue shall I answer but the Holy Spirit talking through me.

I will never be alone for whenever I face lonliness; I know that my Father in heaven is there to be with me and to guard me. I am spreading the Good News of the Lord, and that is the only work I have, for God predestined me to do so. Because Saint Paul is having no permanent address, therefore I can’t find him that day, I would choose to work with the Earliest Church Fathers-during this time the church is not yet called the “Roman Catholic Church”. I come not because I want to influence and change the doctrines, but to strengthen the Pillars of Evangelical Faith. Two of the hobbies I would have are reading the bible and writing apologetic arguments to counter those who are against my faith. Many people would question my faith because they believe that Protestants are heretics, in the sense that we have set some different beliefs from the Church of Rome. Although some of the doctrines of the Evangelical and Roman Catholic Church are being resolved, the gap between the two is still big for the conservatives.

The very reason why I want to be with the Ephesians is to prevent apostasy. I don’t want my brothers and sisters in Christ to be doing idolatry just like what some people are doing today. I will really be honored to be living with my ideal life, although it will only last for a day. But one thing is for sure, all I have now is based on my faith and predestination that comes from God. To God be the Glory!