Myth, 51

~ There Are Too Many Religions For Only One To Be True ~

The Myth  ~  There are so many creeds and ideals and all have their good parts.  It doesn’t seem to make sense that one is more important than others.

Logic  ~  Using that same concept one could say, “There are so many different counterfeit versions of money, it doesn’t make sense that only one version of money is real.”  If you take a test and there are multiple choices of answers provided it does not imply that any answer will do. 

Reality  ~  The Bible makes it clear that Satan is the master deceiver and father of lies.  He is constantly trying to distort or distract from the truth.  He does this with counterfeit religions and false teachers. 

“But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.  And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed” (2 Peter 2:1-2).

“You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do.  He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.  When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it” (John 8:44).

“Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?  He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.  Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also” (1 John 2:22-23). 

Scripture  ~  “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through Me’” (John 14:6).  “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.  I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10b).

Closing Comment  ~  If you score a touchdown you feel great.  But what if you ran the wrong way and scored for the wrong team?  Are you doing things God’s way or Satan’s way?  Are you sure?  If, when life is over, you find you were on the wrong end of the field the consequences will be enormous.  Maybe, just maybe, it is wise to listen to what your Creator says about eternal matters. 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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