Hey everybody, you're listening to a new beginning, which is a podcast made possible by Harvest

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at Greg at Harvest.org. Again, it's Greg at Harvest.org. You can learn more about becoming a Harvest

Partner by going to Harvest.org. Is Christianity just another religion? Pastor Greg Lourys is no.

He explains a key difference between Christianity and other religions of the world. If you were to

sum up religion in one word, it would be the word do. Do this and you'll reach Nirvana. Do this

other thing and you might get to heaven. If you were to sum up Christianity in one word, it would be

the word done. It's done. It's finished. It's completed because of the death of Christ on the cross.

Amazing grace, definitely the stone. Again, you can't hold me at you for seeing it. This is the day

that we will all forget. In spite of the fact that eternal life is a free gift from God,

paid for by Jesus' death at Calvary. Some accept that gift and some don't. That's startling to

believers. Heaven or hell, take your pick. Yeah, I just don't think heaven's the right fit for me.

Well, today on a new beginning, we'll take a look at that choice and how people each make the

choices that lead to life or death. Pastor Greg is presenting an enlightening series in the book of

Acts called The Upside Down Life.

This is the day that day when life begins. I'm going to look at two men in the Bible that are

placed side by side, Saul of Tarsis and Simon the Magician. One had a real conversion. The other

did not. And this is a reminder that time will tell if a person is really a believer. Acts chapter

9, definitely one of my favorite stories in the Bible. Verse 1, Saul was entering threats with

every breath and he was eager to kill the Lord's followers. So we went to the high priest, he

requested letters, adjusted the synagogues and Damascus asking for their cooperation and the

arrest of any followers of the way. Underline that phrase, the way. He found there. He wanted to

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