The biggest lie that Christians are faced with is the lie that there are many paths to GOD.
Jesus said “I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me”. John 14:6 NIV
With the faith being watered down to be more “seeker sensitive”, to be all inclusive, the core of our belief is under attack. Keep in mind that Christianity IS already as inclusive as it gets. No, you say? You don’t believe me? Check this out.
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” NIV
“God so loved the world”, that means everybody. “Whoever believes in him”, means everybody.
Romans 10:13 and Acts 2:21 – “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” NIV
Everyone means just that, everybody. What then is the name of the Lord to be called on so that anybody and everybody can be saved? His name is Jesus.
Acts 4:12 “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." NIV
Salvation is available to everybody who puts their faith in Jesus. The choice is yours! There is nothing more fair, more democratic, more all inclusive than this.
Until the next time may the LORD bless us and keep us, in Jesus name I pray.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
“I Stand at the Door and Knock”
Rev 3: 20 “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” NIV
This scripture is often used when witnessing, usually as one of the final texts before asking somebody to receive Christ as their Lord and Savior. Today I want to take this a step further.
I ask that you meditate on this scripture and ask yourself where you are in your relationship with Christ. Do you just hear him knocking and have your ear pressed up against the door listening, wondering if you should open it? Are you afraid to open it because you fear you are not ready or aren’t good enough to face your savior? Have you at one time opened the door gladly and embraced him on the threshold but yet are afraid to let him all the way into your house?
If you are a believer and have been for sometime, maybe, just maybe, you have only embraced HIM, or, just let him within the threshold but you are still holding back from letting him all the way in. Be rest assured he knows everything about you and saved you anyway so why are you holding back?
Meditate on these things and pray that the Holy Spirit gives you clarity. Be still, listen and grow.
Until the next time, may the LORD bless us and keep us, in Jesus name I pray.
This scripture is often used when witnessing, usually as one of the final texts before asking somebody to receive Christ as their Lord and Savior. Today I want to take this a step further.
I ask that you meditate on this scripture and ask yourself where you are in your relationship with Christ. Do you just hear him knocking and have your ear pressed up against the door listening, wondering if you should open it? Are you afraid to open it because you fear you are not ready or aren’t good enough to face your savior? Have you at one time opened the door gladly and embraced him on the threshold but yet are afraid to let him all the way into your house?
If you are a believer and have been for sometime, maybe, just maybe, you have only embraced HIM, or, just let him within the threshold but you are still holding back from letting him all the way in. Be rest assured he knows everything about you and saved you anyway so why are you holding back?
Meditate on these things and pray that the Holy Spirit gives you clarity. Be still, listen and grow.
Until the next time, may the LORD bless us and keep us, in Jesus name I pray.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Diversity and Disagreement Without Disunity
In the past I have written about problems I have with various “ologies” and “isms” that some thought came off as heavy handed criticism. That was not my intent. At this point in time I feel led to point out that we can have diversity in the body of Christ without disunity and that we can disagree on secondary issues yet still be united as one in the body of Christ.
Here is the bottom line for me: If you believe the BIBLE is the inerrant word of GOD, believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, believe Jesus is the virgin born son of GOD, that he died for our sins, rose on the third day, and that by putting your faith and trust in him and all of these things, you are saved and are my brother or sister. Anything added to this is “people stuff”.
I could probably write a book on this subject but keeping things simple sometimes is best.
John 17: 20-23
My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.”
Until the next time, may the LORD bless us and keep us, in Jesus name I pray.
Here is the bottom line for me: If you believe the BIBLE is the inerrant word of GOD, believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, believe Jesus is the virgin born son of GOD, that he died for our sins, rose on the third day, and that by putting your faith and trust in him and all of these things, you are saved and are my brother or sister. Anything added to this is “people stuff”.
I could probably write a book on this subject but keeping things simple sometimes is best.
John 17: 20-23
My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.”
Until the next time, may the LORD bless us and keep us, in Jesus name I pray.
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