French respects the freedoms given to all by God to believe (or not believe) in any religious faith.
French Mackes is not ashamed of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is a statement of his personal faith:
The Bible is the infallible Word of God and is entirely true. All religions that contradict the Bible are false.
The earth is approximately 6,000 years old and the earth and all life on it were created by God in six literal days. God created the first man named Adam. Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is false and is of Satan.
The Lord Jesus Christ is God’s only begotten Son. Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus never sinned. Jesus taught people and performed many miracles. Evil people conspired to kill Jesus. Jesus died on the cross. God raised Jesus from the dead. Jesus appeared too many people after His resurrection. Later, Jesus ascended to Heaven. Jesus will return to earth. Everyone should prepare for His return.
All human beings, with the exception of the Lord Jesus Christ, are sinners.
Everyone who has reached the age of accountability will one day face Judgment. Each person's personal sin separates them from God and, if unredeemed, will one day condemn each person to the fires of Hell for eternity.
The only way to escape the fires of Hell for eternity is to repent of sin and believe upon and follow the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus paid the price for sin on the cross when He died. A Christian believer accepts the substitutionary atonement of Christ's sacrifice on the cross which covers his or her personal sin and restores that person to fellowship with God.
Heaven and Hell are real literal places. Everyone will spend eternity in either Heaven or Hell. Only through the Lord Jesus Christ can anyone spend eternity in Heaven.
I, French Mackes, made a decision to repent of sin and believe upon and follow the Lord Jesus Christ. I have been baptized as an adult in full immersion baptism. I am a member of a Christian Church in Virginia Beach.
All Christians should strive to carry out both the “Great Commandment” from Matthew 22 and the “Great Commission” from Matthew 28.
Matthew 22:36-40
"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"
Jesus replied: “`Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: `Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Matthew 28:18-20
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
