Only the Truth Is True
By Victor Zarley of TheFinalHarvest.org
My cousin, Myron sent me a link to an article that was published in the New York Times on the day after Christmas. Writer Charles Blow shared some data that stopped me dead in my tracks. I’m only going to share the results of the survey and discuss the ramifications. To see the whole article, go here.
“70% of Americans said that they believed religions other than theirs could lead to eternal life.” I don’t believe eternal life a good phrase to use in this statement because most people believe in eternal life—it is just a matter of WHERE we’re going to spend it that matters. But, if the question was meant to bring out that most Americans think it doesn’t matter what you believe, you’ll still go to heaven, then it raises some interesting additional points. Since Jesus, in the Bible, says there is no way into the Kingdom other than through Him, then many people also doubt that the Bible is the word of God. And yes, according to additional questions in this same survey, only 39 percent of the people believe that the Bible is the word of God.
We at the Final Harvest believe our God breathed the Bible into existence and loved us all so much that He sent His only begotten son to die in our place, taking away all our sins and giving us eternal life with Him. We cannot deny the amazing setup God performed to help us see this truth. How the Old Testament foreshadowed the coming of the Messiah uncannily and how the New Testament revealed Him. We recognize that if that survey mentioned above, is accurate, we are part of a minority that believes that God gave us free will and we blew it in the Garden of Eden. And, since then, we have tried to run things by our own puny standards and we have failed miserably.
We humans have tried to make our lives happy by striving for materialistic things and have found that when we hunger for things of the world, and obtain those things, we are never satisfied. We get temporary highs from our many toys. But then, as the excitement fades, we always want more! We have tried writing our own rules, making our own laws that we must follow, but find that we, being fallen, do not have much of a heart for those who have nothing. We, in error then, make laws that oppress the poor, exempting the rich.
Why do we think we can take care of ourselves so well? What has our track record revealed? Are we living in a spiritual utopia? Are we filled with benevolence and mercy and love, no longer exhibiting the carnal traits the world is famous for? I’m sorry, we’re not. And this is what is so hard for us to realize: We need help. The Bible, God’s word, provides it. It has a track record that far exceeds what man has accomplished on his own. And Jesus? The gift He gave us stands head and shoulders above all the gifts people have given in this world. He gave us Himself for our eternal salvation.
So it makes me wonder, “Who are we blogging for?” Is there anyone out there who might be inspired by the truth as found in God’s word, the Bible? Or are most people living by their own standards, their own “truths” and do not support the idea of their being one truth who came to live among us 2 millennia ago?
We recognize that in this multi-cultural society most feel there are many ways to God and that one “truth” is as good as another. But, though we are to love one another with the love of Christ, we at The Final Harvest believe we must stand firmly in the one truth because only one truth is true (or, think about it, truth in general will mean nothing).
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