Day 85: "Inclusive" Religion

Acts 2:1-13; Deuteronomy 13-14; Job 10

Even when God does amazing things, there will be people that won’t see the beauty of the Lord or the power of his hand. There will be people who, even with the evidence right in front of them, they will deny the existence and involvement of the Lord.  In the story of Pentecost in Acts, there were people that thought the disciples were drunk.  They went from all speaking one language to speaking probably hundreds, a feat not mastered in a mere moment, and people blamed it on something completely stupid.  Peter addresses the crowd, but we will read that tomorrow to see what he says.

There is a movement today of “inclusive religion” or “tolerance” that is completely against the Bible.  Here in Deuteronomy, Moses tells Israel, to love God with all of their hearts, be completely faithful to him, and worship him with fear and trembling.  This is not an invitation to add to the Christian faith, to share religious beliefs with other religions, or be complacent with our own faith or the mixing of good and evil.  Some Christians think they are being loving by accepting other religions and worship practices that are not Biblically based and actually supporting those things.  They are right, everyone has a choice, and people will see the Lord differently.  However, to not believe in Jesus Christ’s as God’s only son, born of the virgin Mary, who died on a cross and was raised in three days for the salvation of all, is not to be a believer, a follower, or to be saved.  That is the truth of God’s word and there is no other way.  Yes, God is a loving God, more than anything else, but he is also just and holy and deserving of the most pure and humble worship.  The God of the scriptures does not say, “do it whatever way you want and I’ll love you anyway.”  He is extremely specific.  Anyone who spends any time reading the Bible would see this.  We were made for him, he he is the Creator, not the other way around.