Wednesday, May 7, 2008

This is a prophetic picture




This is Bono from the band u2. He does not realize this is a prophetic picture. Anyone who accepts all religions is as this picture shows they are ..... IN THE DARK AND SPIRITUALLY BLIND!!

The scriptures say in Exodus 20:2-6 ,

"I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me." You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; For I , the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments."

Other religions worship other gods, they make idols of their gods, and they bow down to them and worship them. Coexist really means: Accept that there are other religions and let them be. Let them worship there gods without trying to convert them to the truth, to the true living God through his Son Jesus Christ. Live among them and tolerate there wickedness. Do not love them by preaching the Gospel to them so that they might be saved, rather love them by accepting they have found a different way than yours. THIS IS NO LOVE AT ALL!!!

Deuteronomy 6: 13-25,

Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land. Do not test the Lord your God as you did at Messiah. Be sure to keep the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you. Do what is right and good in the Lords sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land that the Lord promised on oath to your forefathers, Thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the Lord said. In the future, when your son asks you, "What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you?" tell him: "We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Before our eyes the Lord sent miraculous signs and wonders - great and terrible - upon Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land that he promised on oath to our forefathers. The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us that will be our righteousness."

These old testament verses apply to us today. In Matthew 5:17-20 Jesus said,

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the law until everything is accomplished. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commandments will be called great in the Kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of heaven."

Jesus is now our righteousness and reconciliation to God, our ONLY ACCESS to God. This is the Gospel, the good news that is to be taught to the whole world so that man can be reconciled to God, so that man can come out of darkness and into the light which is Jesus Christ. So that man can come out of his spiritual blindness, out of his spiritually dead state and see and be alive in Jesus Christ and stop worshiping false gods! Coexist does not mean (live peacefully with other religions) it means, (accept that others have found there own way!) Open your eyes and see the lie they are propagating!!

But now a righteousness from God, apart from the law, has been made known, to which the law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished - he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus. Where then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith. For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.

Now Jesus is our Righteousness and the fulfillment of the law of God.


Matthew 7:13-14

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road to leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

John 14:6-7 says,

Jesus said: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."

Jesus is the narrow gate. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life and no one can go to the father except through him!! An unbeliever, an idolater, a worshiper of false gods cannot pray to the true Living God because he is not in Christ Jesus through having faith in him. An unbeliever has no access to the Father because he in in darkness, he is blind and he is spiritually dead. We cannot coexist and leave these lost people in this state! We must tell them the good news and if they accept the grace of God which is his one and only Son Jesus Christ blood atonement through faith. Then they can be made ALIVE in Christ (Ephesians 2:5) and be a new creation in Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:17) When you are in Christ you want nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness you repent of idol worship and turn from your wicked ways and follow the ONE TRUE LIVING GOD. JESUS CHRIST. Then you are an ambassador making an appeal to those who are still in darkness to repent and come into the light and accept Jesus Christ through faith. You warn unbelievers that the wrath of God is coming to those who do not have faith in Jesus Christ. (Romans:18-32) Christ's love will compel you NOT to coexist but to witness and to convert Idol worshipers and unbelievers!! 2 Corinthians 5 and 6 just read the whole chapters they are great!

9 comments:

Joey B. said...

I love Bono! He is such a good example of living out Christ's love towards others, and how you can have faith in Jesus Christ but reach people in such a relevant and creative way! Thanks for your wonderful post!

Diane said...

Wow you really didn't get it did you.

Joey B. said...

Love is alive. I can feel it in the words you write. Sarcasm is alive, I hope you can pick up on it. You are a very judgmental person, with a very shallow view of God's mercy and grace.

Anonymous said...

Who the heck is joey b.?

Tarrelond said...

Someone who is scared and is using an anonymous name.

Diane said...

joey b, I did not come up with these views on my own. They are the views of God as revealed by Him in His word. Did you not read the verses I posted? I'm not being judgmental. I am simply restating what the Bible says!!

I wonder how you come to the conclusion that I have a shallow view of God's mercy and grace? Is it because I quoted what the Bible says about idol worshipers and unbelievers?? If so, your problem is not with me - it is with God and His word.

Joey, open up your Bible and read it. Read the books of Daniel and Revelations and *any* of the prophets. Then, read the book of John. God's mercy and grace are infinite for the believer, but for the idolater and unbeliever there is only wrath and judgment.

Repent and believe. Turn to the Lord Jesus for salvation and healing. After all, the person who tells you the truth is your best friend whether you like the truth or not.

P.S. - Does the "b" in joey b stand for blood?

Shellee said...

Hmmmm, I just noticed you had comments on this post. Interesting little back and forth here. When I read 'joey b.'s' second comment about you being judgmental and shallow I got so angry!! I'm protective of my big sissy! ;-)

It doesn't really seem like something Joey 'Blood' would say....but it very well could be.....

I just sent him a text asking him if he loves Bono.....I'll let you know. ;-)

Shellee said...

It wasn't Joey Blood.

Diane said...

Just wondering if it was because I don't know any other Joey B's