It was cold this morning so I decided to stop and get a hot chocolate. I pulled up to the drive through and ordered a large hot chocolate and was promptly told that the largest size they have is a medium. 'The largest size they have is a medium'. Does that sound odd to anyone else? How can you have a medium when you only have 2 sizes? There are things in this world that I just don't understand. As I was leaving with my 'medium' hot choclate I started thinking about an article I read yesterday in USA Today that puzzled me even more than the large/medium debate. The article was titled "More US Christians mix in 'Eastern', New Age beliefs". Now the title of the article is troubling enough for me. How can someone calling themself a Christian have 'New Age' beliefs? The article goes on to talk about how many americans change their religious affilitations many times during their lives, go from church to church trying to have their needs met, believe in reincarnation, believe hororscopes and that yoga is a spiritual experience. It gets worse! Toward the end of the article I read the following statement:
'Despite Americans' overwhelming allegiance to someone they call God (92%), in Pew's 2008 U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, 70% said "many religions can lead to eternal life," and 68% said "there's more than one true way to interpret the teachings of my religion."'
How can someone call themself a Christian and believe that there is more that one way to heaven? John 14:6 says, "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Now let me break that down for you, NO ONE goes to heaven without believing in and following Jesus Christ. Jesus is the ONLY way. People in this world will try to confuse us and try to get us to change our belifes to match theirs. We must stay alert and hold strong to what the Word of God says. We are not being intollerant when we say that Jesus is the only way. It would be more intolloerant to allow someone to go the Hell because you don't want to risk upsetting them with the truth. That is what Satan wants. He wants us to be afraid to stand up for our beliefs, he wants to confuse.
Ephesians 6:11
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.
2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, ...
The Bible is God's Word. Jesus IS the only way.
