Before I came to college, I heard of the belief that some people have in which every religion is the correct religion. When I first heard that, i thought it was insane. But I can easily understand why people would believe it, and I'm having a hard time not believing it myself. Most religions preach love and peace. Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Judiasm, Hinduism, etc. When you really look at what each one believes, it revolves around loving your God and loving/taking care of those around you. Muslims even believe that they worship the same god of Christianity. Which, it's hard for me to not believe that, either. Then I think about the statement in 1 John which says, "God is love." It doesn't say, "God has love" or "God loves everyone" but it says, "God IS love". The way I understand that is that God is the epitome of Love. If God = love does love = God? Gandhi wasn't a Christian but he followed God and loved and lived how I believe God wants us to live. So if Gandhi lived out love in a radical way, did he not then, in a sense, live out God? The Christian God? Because, God is love. God isn't a certain kind of love. God IS love. But then I'm reminded of the words of Jesus: "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man comes to the Father except through me." So, in order to meet God, to commune with God, one must believe that Jesus is the Son of God, right? That's how I understand it. And this is where the conflict is born. If God is love and there are many non Christians who live amazingly Christian lives (much more so than most "christians"), are they still not in communion with God? Do you have to believe that Jesus is the Son of God in order to be "saved"? And I'm not talking about just "good" people. I know that there are alot of good people in the world that aren't in communion with God. I'm specifically talking about those of other religions who worship one god, love him, love others unconditionally, believe in forgiveness and reconciliation, and help the needy in the name of Love -- in the name of their god. Is that not my God, too? Is that not God? God is love. I do not understand.
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- baby_unvamp
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
- I'm 21 from Oklahoma. I was a Bible and Religion major but now I'm attending Oklahoma City University and I'm back to being "an artist". My hair hasn't been it's natural color since I've been in Junior High. I am so completely in love with Jesus. I'm very open-minded but I'm also strong about my beliefs.
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- My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever - Psalm 73:26
- Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him." - Lamentations 3:21-24
- There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus - Galatians 3:28
- But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. - Romans 5:8
- He took her by the hand and said, "Talitha koum!" (which means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!" - Mark 5:41
- Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, "Let me take the speck out of your eye" when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. - Matthew 7:3-5
- No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. - Matthew 6:24
- I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore, be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. - Matthew 10:16
- And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. - Joel 2:28-29
- Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have not compassion on the son she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you. - Isaiah 49:15
- He must become greater; I must become less - John 3:30
4 comments:
Sad post to read, i have been wondering how to comment now for days.. maybe take a break from the world and pray? read one of the gospels, romans, acts & revelation..
how/why did you start believing in the Bible when you did?
The difference between all those religions and Christianity is that Jesus was killed taking the world upon his shoulders and then ressurected. . .Bhudda is still dead, Jesus was just a prophet in muslim history and they don't want to acknowledge him as God and skip it all, hindus all have their own idols and gods they worship in ever region, and Judiasm is still waiting for the Messiah unless they are fullfilled prophesied Jews like the Messianics.
It says that Jesus is the way the truth and the life. Therefore ignoring Him is ignoring truth and makes us dead in spirit. I actually have a few muslim friends (my hs was filled with them) and in reading the Quran as they do, I asked them things about their religion and there is such a twisted perception of it. verses to ponder
Gal 1:8-10 "But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned! Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ."
2 Corinthians 11:2-6 "I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough. But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those "super-apostles." I may not be a trained speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. "
Thanks, Victoria. I have always been able to reaffirm my faith by remembering that Jesus is the only truth becuase he DID ressurect... but I seemed to have forgotten that important bit of information. :D
I think we always need His reassurance each day. I know I do. it's hard.
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