Posted by
Matthew Wells on Sunday, February 11, 2007 10:27:58 PM
Baptists may have some problems with the beliefs of Catholics, and vice-versa, but they both believe that Christ is their savior. Evangelical Christians may differ on some things from Mormons, but they both believe the Bible is the Word of God and that the Holy Spirit is our comforter and our guide. Faithful followers of these and the most other Christian sects may differ on how to achieve or aspire to, or arrive at the kingdom of heaven but they all have the same goal; and they believe that loving and serving our neighbors is how to show our love of God. So we should of course all work to strengthen and help each other.
Let’s not be like the Sunnis and Shia, and up until recently Hamas and Fatah. Since the common goal of these groups is to see us subjugated or dead it is in our best interest that they don’t work efficiently together to accomplish their common goal. Conversely it is in our best interest to work together to defeat Islamic jihad, and darkness. And to bring the light of God to the world.
“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” 1 Cor 1:10
At a time when there are many millions all over the globe willing to sacrifice their physical lives in order to serve the beast that is Islam, that gets its authority from Satan (Rev 13:2), by wiping Christianity and if necessary Christians from the face of the earth,
we need to focus on the common ideals that we hold and stand shoulder to shoulder in the service of God.
Additionally we should be enlisting the alliance and support of non-Christians who are earnestly and honestly seeking to bring light and goodness into the world, whether they are Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, or Scientologists. If anyone is earnestly and honestly seeking truth and dedicated to doing good works we should consider them our friends and allies, despite our differences.
“I will give unto every one of you according to your works.” Rev 2:23.
If, in our eyes, we find some slightly, or greatly, lacking spiritual enlightenment or following the teachings of a false prophet we should do what we can to educate them, perhaps with passion but also with humility.
One of the most common traditions of man is to find fault with and chastise each other. But it is important to keep our eyes on the real enemies we face, namely Islamic jihad and those who give power to that beast (Rev 13:12), such as: the ACLU, the United Nations, the French government, many of our liberal politicians and professors, etc., etc.
As true servants of God we can’t waste valuable time and resources denigrating Buddhists because of the actions of a couple of dictators currently behaving badly toward Christians, or Mormons because of a false prophet (Warren Jeffs) who calls himself a Mormon and controls a tiny sub sect of that larger group. It would be equally unfair to equate David Koresh with Christianity, or Charles Manson with Scientology. There are bad apples in every bunch.
For the most part any religion is better than no religion. With religion a person is at least seeking enlightenment and has a moral base. There are a few exceptions though. Satanism and Islam for example. Satanism is relatively inconsequential to the average person. For one thing there aren’t that many of them and for another their actions most often account to nothing more than mixing a few herbs trying to cast some spells. I don’t know about you but I don’t think I have ever been harmed by a ritual performed by a Wicca nut. Islam is another story.
With over a billion Muslims in the world and probably at least that many blind infidel supporters there are innocent people being slaughtered and abused around the world on a daily basis. This is a religion that should be recognized as an enemy to God and his children. This is not the case of a small sub sect gone wild. These are actions obedient to the teachings of the Koran and the Hadith. And actions in direct defiance to the will of God as the more fortunate of us understand it.
Let’s not be politically correct and continually call this enemy names that modify and obscure it from our vision like ‘radical Islam’ or ‘Muslim extremists’. If they’re not radical or extreme they’re not being obedient to their scripture. That’s like a person living a life of adultery, hatred, and sedition calling himself a Christian.
The only way to defeat this enemy is to receive God’s seal and get our names written into the book of life.
“And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Rev 13:7, 8
Let’s not be distracted by our differences, and stand together with all of God’s children who are worthy of Him. And let us earn our white robes of righteousness by standing and working together, in defiance of Islam, instead of at odds with each other like the Sunnis and Shia.
Matthew Wells