(Genesis 35:2) “So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.”
The more I confront people with the Lord Jesus as the way, the truth and the life the more I realise how a social gospel begins more than ever to appeal to so many. Comments like it’s all the same God, it doesn’t matter what we call Him. It matters to such an extent that God Himself has infactically told us that He will not share His glory with another! Why would or why should He, there is no other God beside Him! This social tolerance that now will grow and begin to raise her voice with a vigorous determination is at the door waiting for the opportune time to make her grand entrance. She will cut an oppose all who will not tolerate the acceptance of all religions. If any religion discounts the work that our Glorious Saviour paid so dearly with His own life to save sinner, who where prior to salvation the enemies of God but now have enlisted in God’s army, we must, at all costs defend that selfless act of the Lord Jesus and we cannot and I will not accept any compromise on that truth. All have an opportunity to turn to Jesus repent and be saved, but they must come through the gate of Calvary, no other way will God accept! My encouragement for us all is to be gentle as doves but as wise as serpents, as the enemy is seeking to destroy the faith of the weak. But our Saviour will carry us through as He is willing and able, praise His name. However we must never succumb to the norm and demands placed on true believers to tolerate lies and accept them. There is only one way to heaven and God the Father and that is through his precious Son. His name is Jesus, not Mohammad, Buddha or the Dali Lama. The reason is very simple; all the other gods people worship never claimed that they died for sinner. It was the man Jesus who paid the price for sin by never sinning and yet He died for sinners. I appeal to you in love, as this reality will begin to become more taxing even to people living in democratic governments. We must be bold to confess our Saviour before all, especially those who oppose; it may even free them to believe. Everyone believes in something, even the atheist’s believe, they claim to believe nothing, which is not possible for we have been created with a searching soul. We must confess our Lord before men and He assures us that He will then confess us before His Father. (Matthew 10:32) “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.” I do understand that we do not all have the same function in the body of Christ, so for some it is a lot easier to declare our allegiance to Him before others. But I am praying even now, that you may even if with stammer lips, but with confidence make it clear to others, if and when the occasion presents itself to confess Jesus Christ as Lord, and for boldness to make no exceptions by entertaining foreign gods.
He is the Way, the Truth and the life...
There is no other way to God the Father, no other sacrifice will ever be accepted, you can sell all you have and give it to the poor and it will still keep you out of heaven if you come in the name of another god. Jesus Christ the Lord is the only sacrifice God has and will ever receive, thank you Lord Jesus for dying for me, when I behold the magnitude of your glory, although it has been veiled so that I only get glimpses of you glory, tears of gratitude and joy floods my soul.
“God’s got an army marching through this land with healing in their hand,” is the word of a song. I would like to change it slightly and say, God has got an army marching through this land and we have truth in our hands. Lets us be bold with it and declared to every lost religion that Jesus is able to save, but it must be on His terms! They must, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.”
Signing off
Tyrone
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