Monday, February 11, 2013
Thoughts on the exclusivity of the Gospel in an age of tolerance
It is clear to most that we are living in the most tolerant age mankind has ever witnessed. The societal trends only give credence to the idea that extra freedoms and tolerance will only increase throughout the next century. It will therefore become more difficult for believers seeking to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ when the exclusiveness of His Gospel is a fundamental part of our belief. I believe that Jesus was God on Earth, sent from His Father to redeem a World fallen from the result of Sin. Jesus alone lived a perfect life worthy of communion with the Father, and by doing so He willingly took on the sins of all mankind so that, should we choose to place or faith and Hope in Him alone, we might become sons and heirs to the eternal Kingdom and live forever after within the Glory of the Father. The nomenclature of our Creeds speak to this exclusiveness. We declare in the Nicene Creed that we believe in "one God the Father" and "one Lord Jesus Christ...begotten, not made". There is no other object or being apart from God that is worthy of our praise and adoration, and believing that other means might save us from the penalty of our sins is complete folly. More than folly, it is damnable. Therefore, as the world becomes more unified in class and less exclusive, the importance of the exclusivity of the Gospel only becomes greater, and our calling as believers to spread the Gospel of our Savior becomes not diminished, but magnified as well.
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