Friday, June 12, 2015

Only One Truth

Who taught you to lie?  Who taught you to be selfish?  Who taught you to want?  Who taught you the emotion of anger?  Think carefully about it, and you’ll realize that the answer is no-one.  We don’t teach our children when and how to lie, we teach them to tell the truth.  We don’t teach them to hoard their toys but rather to share their toys.  We don’t teach them to be rude or disrespectful, we teach them to be polite and use their manners.  We don’t teach them to want material possessions and desire new things, we teach them to be grateful and thankful for what they have.  I know not one parent that train their children to be more angry each day, but we teach them to be joyful and choose happiness in the face of adversity.

We are born with these sinful characteristics, all of which are complete opposite of the characteristics that God desires in His children.  Romans 3:11-12 tells us,
There is none righteous, not even one;
11 There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God;
12 All have turned aside, together they have become useless;
There is none who does good,
There is not even one.”

So, what then are we to do?  If indeed we are all born into sin, with inherent sinful characteristics that prevent us from achieving heaven and eternity with the Father, why are we born?  I don’t care how good of a person you are, who you have helped, how much you have given to charities, how many trips you’ve made to the shelter or to a foreign land to help starving children, how many homeless people you have given a dollar to or how many times you’ve given food to the hungry.  These are not the things that get you into heaven or erase the sinful nature of your life.  Ask yourself how many good things are required to offset a lustful thought?  What good thing must you do to reconcile the jealousy, greed and anger that wells up in your mind each day?  You see, sinful actions, as judged by the law of Lord (10 Commandments), are not reconcilable through actions or doing good things.  It is stated in 1 John 3:4-5,
4Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
5 You know that He {Jesus} appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.”
 
This is the challenge facing every one of us from the moment we are conceived.

So what is your plan for reconciliation?  If you believe there is something other than redemptive grace provided through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, than please let me know.  The Bible tells us the path of salvation is through the Son, Jesus Christ, and only through Him (1 John 2:1-2, And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2 and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins”)  If you have an opinion that there are other methods of salvation, than I would like to understand your Biblical reference which demonstrates this redemptive process.  Many will acknowledge that Christ is the Son of God, but then will comment that other’s beliefs are just as valid and that all religions point toward the same God.  In stating this, many will then deduce that as long as they believe in the same God, their path to salvation is just as valid.  If indeed this is your perspective, how can you claim to be a Christian (follower of Jesus Christ)?

A belief in Jesus Christ, as Savior and Lord, mandates acceptance of His deity and thereby His word as 100% truth.  It very clearly states in several places but most knowingly in John 14:6,
“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, 
and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
I for one believe the Word is God breathed and Holy inspired writing and therefore truthful.  I ask that you carefully consider your position if you believe there are multiple ways to heaven, seriously open your heart in prayer tonight and ask that the Lord make very clear to you that this is a lie of the Evil one.  Then, with this realization, you can in turn can help others come to the same perspective.  We are God’s children and in that role we have a responsibility to be truthful to those who are blinded by the world.  We must share His gospel and truth with them. Be blessed my friends.

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