newchapterx2 Posted March 18, 2013 Group: Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 7 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 6 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/16/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/25/1951 Share Posted March 18, 2013 What happens when we begin questioning the most basic truths of God? When we start to entertain thoughts of the possibilities of other ways to the Father besides through the death and resurrection of His Son, we are already dangerously far from the unequivocal basis of our faith. With all the “Christian” teachings available to us in this time of pseudo-intellectualism, we have strayed so far from Biblical truth, we are simply being led by our own ideas and feelings. At a time in history when we desperately need to stay anchored in the basic truths of salvation through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we are seeking more complicated reasons for God’s love and faithfulness. Any time we start to believe God’s love for us is based on our own worth apart from Christ, we are walking on the thin ice of worldly wisdom. If our feet are shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace, we will not walk upon that ice, knowing that we will come crashing through into the icy waters of death. Paul said in his letter to the Corinthians, “I have become all things to all men.” (1Cor.9:22). Does this mean that he took on the worldly attributes, mannerisms and habits of those to whom he was presenting the gospel? No, but he did use their cultural mindsets and customs to bring a point to them. While in Athens, a place where many gods were worshiped, Paul used the altar that had been erected to honor “the unknown God” to teach them about the one True God. (Acts 17:16-34) He never condoned their idol worship, but used it as a cultural point of contact to bring the truth of Jesus Christ to them. He never compromised the message; he merely used what tools were available to bring them to an understanding of the One who held their fate in His hands. Paul didn’t tell them that their idols would eventually bring them into the right place in God, he told them that they needed to truly know “the unknown God”, and the way to know Him was “by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead” (Acts 17:31). The Man whom he raised from the dead is still the only way to God the Father. Nothing has changed that fact in the last 2000 years and nothing will ever change it. There is only one pathway to God, and it is, has always been and will always be through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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