Monday, June 28, 2010

One God, One Way ©

One God, One Way.

Exodus 20:1-3
1 And God spoke all these words:
2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3 "You shall have no other gods before me.
John 14:6-7
6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."

There have always been skeptics. Those who say believing in one God is judgmental and dogmatic. They think they are being open minded.
Poet Steven Turner put it this way in his poem, the Modern Thinkers Creed.
Jesus was a good man just like Buddha, Mohammad and ourselves.
We believe that all religions are the basically the same, at least the ones we read were.
They all believe in love and goodness.
They only differ on matters of creation, sin, heaven, hell, God and salvation.

These skeptics want to know why God is so unreasonable to demand you follow him alone. Here are some ifs.
If the God of the Bible did create the Heavens and the Earth as it is written,
If He caused the Great Flood, used the 10 plagues to lead the 12 Tribes out of Egypt, divided the Red Sea, gave his people the 10 commandments, and took them to the Promised Land,
If He sent Jesus, the Messiah, as a sacrifice for or sins as prophesied in the Old Testament,
Why would He allow us to worship whatever manor of philosophy or worldly thing that suits our fancy?

Because we all come from one creation, one origin, all faiths around the world have minor similarity. It would make more sense for all religions to be wrong than for all of them to be right. If you believe you have an immortal soul, and you want to follow the one and only true God, you will want to make a wise decision based on facts and not feelings or what is convenient.

Jesus is unique. Of all spiritual leaders of all beliefs, He is the only one to sacrifice himself for the salvation of all who follow him. Jesus answers the four major questions of life.
1. Origins: Where did I come from?
2. Purpose: Why am I here?
3. Morality: How should I live and why do bad things happen?
4. Eternity: What happens when I die?
Believing in the God of the Bible and his Son, Jesus Christ is a rational decision.
Psalms 53:1 The fool says in his heart, "There is no God.
Exodus 20:5 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,

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