Monday, October 5, 2009

Intolerance or Correction?

Suppose you and I are on a plane in Denver, heading to New York. The only problem is, your intentions were to go to Seattle. Would you want me to tolerate the fact that you think you're going to going to Seattle and let you fly to New York, or had you rather me inform you that you're on the wrong plane? We both know that it would actually be very kind and respectful of me to correct you.

Let's suppose that you and I are going through life, considering what will happen after we die. I know that there is Heaven, and also that there is a Hell. I have no doubts about this. Would you want me to tolerate the fact that you are on your way to eternal suffering and just let you go there? Or had you rather me inform you of the way to eternal life? Without Jesus, we are doomed to an eternity in hell, but through Jesus, God offers us forgiveness and eternal life. Please accept Him.

1 John 2:22-23. "Who is the liar the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son had the Father also."

Romans 10:8-11. "The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart- that is, the word of faith that we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. For the Scripture says, 'Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.'"

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