Consequences

Warning- I said I was Christian and I meant it, so fasten that seat belt.

Today I received an email from a friend that listed some current plans and trends of certain churches who call themselves the "Emerging Church." So what, you say? The "plan" is to merge Christianity with Islam. (Chrislam)Yep, you heard it right, some churches are pushing to merge the two religions in the name of "ecumenical love." Problem is, that's not love, it's political correctness. Not very correct, either. It's once again man's plan to "fix" a problem.

We should all exhibit love and compassion for people of all religions. We are ambassadors for Christ- doesn't mean we sell out our citizenship to try to schmooze the people. We should be kind and gentle, yet strong. We should not be legalistic morons who beat them over the head with our Bibles. But we also must remain true to our faith and our love of the Lord. We can't do that if we become a stew of different beliefs.

REAL love starts at the cross. That's not a religious statement, it's an action taken by God to reach people who are separated from Him. By Jesus' sacrifice, the walls were knocked down so that anyone can have a relationship with the Father. Without the cross, there is no real relationship to Him- it becomes head knowledge and works rather than personal and life-giving. We don't need to merge anything because God already did it at the cross. Man was given the access point to merge with the Living God via the Holy Spirit because of Jesus. And that's the only "merging" that really matters.

Anyone can do good works. Anyone can have head love and even heart love for others. God wants hearts that have compassion for people, but with love of Christ first (our "first Love"). From that foundation all actions flow. Anything not done in that foundation doesn't have true love in it. It's just man trying to make himself look good.

These churches are trying to make themselves look good. They are trying to mitigate the differences by destroying the foundation of the faith. Paul warned us it would happen. (1 Timothy 4, 2 Timothy 3). We need to pay attention. This is a harbinger of things to come. Stay tuned.