Accurate Belief

You may not believe what you are about to read.

These last few days my mind has been on, belief. I know a lot of people who believe in God. I know a lot of people who believe in God, differently. I know a lot of people who believe in God differently and that it doesn’t matter what they believe, as long as they believe.

Does it matter what we believe? Do all roads lead to heaven?

A few centuries ago, Athens, Greece was a very religious city. At one time, there were literally thousands of different Idols within the city. It doesn’t amaze me that these people were confused about which god to worship… and so they worshipped them all. Also, just in case they missed a god – they erected an altar to an “Unknown God.”

Here it is 2012, some “intellectual types” who seem to be unable (or unwilling) to discover the truth about God and so religion gets relegated to a matter of personal taste rather than objective reality. Kind of like our tastes in clothes or the color of our houses.

Saying: It’s just a matter of your personal tastes. If you like Hinduism as opposed to Buddhism it’s no big deal! It’s like preferring Big Macs to Chicken McNuggets. And if there is a God… well He’ll understand. Everybody was just trying to reach Him in different ways. It shouldn’t make any difference – as long you’re sincere.

Jesus said: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12

The Apostle Paul told those living in Athens: “Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Aeropaus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.” Acts 17:22, 23

"Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by man's design and skill. In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. Acts 17:29,30

Do you catch what all this is saying? Jesus, Peter and now Paul are all telling us that God has no intention of being tolerant any more. In the past God overlooked such ignorance – but not anymore. People will not get into heaven by being Hindus. They won’t please God by being Muslims. They won’t get in the gate by flashing their Buddhist statue.

Intellectual types are fond of telling people that no one has the right to tell someone else that what they believe is wrong… it’s just not nice. What Paul is declaring is – it’s not nice NOT to tell people they are wrong. Judgment’s coming.

If people don’t recognize that what they believe is wrong, the consequences can be deadly.

You can’t be open-minded & tolerant when it comes to God. In just about every other serious field of knowledge – broad mindedness is not allowed.

There is no room for broad-mindedness in the mathematics classroom. It isn’t allowed any variation from exact accuracy, even for old time’s sake. The solution of the problem is either right or it is wrong.

There is no room for broad-mindedness in biology. If they are investigating a theory and – if one result out of a thousand is different from the rest – it will invalidate an entire theory.

There is no room for broad-mindedness on the athletic field. The game is to be played according to the rules with no favors shown for "charity’s sake.’

There is no room for broad-mindedness in the garage. The mechanic says the piston rings have to fit the cylinder walls within one thousandth’s of an inch – and that’s the way it has to be.

Those who would challenge our faith are fond of trying to get us to defend side issues:
1. Do you really believe God created the world in 7 days?
2. Do you really believe there was a flood that covered the whole earth?
3. Do you really believe Moses parted the Red Sea?


If the skeptic can get you side tracked into arguing about those things – you’ll have missed the point. The only proof God seems to be concerned with is Jesus. That’s what Paul meant when he wrote: “…I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and he crucified. 1 Corinthians 2:2

We don’t have to defend the Bible or any doctrine found therein. I mean, it’s important to know the answer to those questions, what we need to do is proclaim Jesus Christ.


For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength." I Corinthians 1:22-25