Posted by
Jay Noble on Sunday, April 12, 2009 8:55:07 PM
In a nation gone mad with political correctness people are often unwilling to state the unvarnished truth. We don't want to offend anybody or seem to be "exclusive" or intolerant. A Christian who wishes to be obedient does not have that luxury.
The simply truth is, there is only one way to be saved: the man, Jesus Christ. "Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me." John 14:6. Who is this Jesus, that He can make such a statement? Simon Peter knew the answer: "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." Matthew 16:16
Either Jesus is the Son of God or He was a liar and a nut case. There's really no middle ground.
But the truth is that Jesus is the Son of God. If that makes your writer intolerant and not inclusive, so be it. As I read the Bible, Heaven will be an exclusive place, reserved for those who were obedient to God and have repented of their sins, placed their faith in Jesus, and surrendered to Jesus as Lord of their lives. Faith in Budda or Mohammed will not secure entrance into Heaven.
What must I do to be saved? "Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved." Romans 10:13.
"If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and belief in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation." Romans 10:9,10___
Time is fleeting. Don't let it get away from you. "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. " John 10:10.
P.S. On this Easter, praise God for the United States Navy, who this day successfully rescued an American held hostage by pirates.