http://www.omaha.com/article/20111214/NEWS01/712149898#land-buys-a-big-tri-faith-leap
“He said people from the related Abrahamic faiths “should and can be working partners in the service of God.”
When Jesus said “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), how does that fit into the above quote? Were we called to be working partners with the other “Abrahamic” faiths? Or were we called to preach the Gospel to the uttermost parts of the world, to make disciples for Jesus the Christ.
No faith in Abraham or any other prophet will bring Salvation to anyone. Jesus goes on to say:
7 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.” 8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. 12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask[c] anything in My name, I will do it. 15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
Jesus, while admonishing Philip for not recognizing the Father is showing us that we recognize the Father by the work and commandments we are called to as disciples of Christ. We were not called to compromise and fellowship with other faiths that do not preach Christ as Saviour, but to simply preach Him who was crucified for our sins.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they[a] made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul,[b]and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors. (Is 53:4-12)
Brother,
I was not to suprised to read this. The Episcopalian “church” is openly apostate. Unlike some baptist or nazarine churches where you may fine some true brethren / elders – I dont think their are many left in the episcopalian system (unless of course they are of the naive – I will change it from the inside mind).
Another church that is openly apostate is the united methodist church and some baptist denominations. Openly supporting homosexuality, interfaith unity, and such.
In Christ-
Jim
Amen Brother, I’m not so surprised to see this unholy union so much either. What surprised me was seeing it in my own “back yard”. If this is happening in the middle of America, then things have progressed far faster in apostasy. Tolerance of other religions is one thing. Building bridges between other religions and “christianity” is quite another.
yeah, you would expect to see this kind of thing in southern California…