RE: Interesting survey of Evangelical beliefs in USA
October 8, 2016 at 4:35 pm
(This post was last modified: October 8, 2016 at 4:36 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 7, 2016 at 3:50 pm)Lek Wrote: God accepts the worship of all religions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam.Really, are you sure it;s the same god, then....that commanded people to kill anyone who believed in another god? All religions, you say? I can worship pagan gods and get a ticket through the pearly gates from the big man himself?
Self-identified evangelicals
Finding:
46% of self-identified evangelicals agree or somewhat agree with this statement.
Since I claim to be one to take on all questions, I'll take the very first question from the survey or any others that anyone wishes and I'll tell you what I think. Jesus never spoke of his followers in terms of religion. He spoke of his followers and those who were not his followers. So in truth, Jesus never stated whether or not God accepts the worship of say, Buddhist, or of any religion. What he did say is that God desires a pure heart, which is a heart that truly seeks him. So the issue isn't what religion a person is, but whether the worshiper is a seeking him with a pure heart. That Buddhist who is worshiping may be seeking him and may, in fact have found him, but has never read the bible or heard the name of Jesus. God may have plans to lead him to read the bible eventually, but we're all at different points in our journey toward God.
Some christians view faith in Christ as a religion. They follow him, and he lives in them. They have salvation through Christ, to which the bible probably has led them, but they have different thoughts on the issue of God accepting the worship of other religious members. This doesn't mean that the bible has taught them wrong, but rather that it is silent as to the specific issue that is being brought up by the question. I believe he would accept their worship if their hearts were pure, but others who don't think that a person can know Jesus without knowing his name, think God won't accept their worship.
Of course there is only one right answer to the question, but that's okay. We two disagreeing christians both have Christ, and God is either accepting the worship of people of other religions or he is not, no matter what we ourselves believe.
I think you may be.......mis-representating ..... your god, a bit, here.
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