Sincerity, or Truth

When given a choice between a more difficult path and an easier one, people often select the easier one.

We have even come up with a term for it: “Taking the path of least resistance”.

On the surface it would seem like there is nothing at all wrong with this.

After all, why put forth effort if someone else provides what seems to be an easier alternative?

That has been the case with the topic of salvation for centuries.

According to scripture, there is only one path to salvation.

Jesus Christ is that path.

In fact, He is the only path.

Yet people, some of whom are quite influential, try to tell us otherwise.

They tell us that there are many paths that lead to God.

They tell us that it really does not matter what we believe as long as we are sincere in our beliefs.

Nothing could be farther from the truth.

What good is sincerity when one could be sincerely wrong?

What if someone offered me a glass that contained a clear, odorless and tasteless liquid?

I might sincerely believe that glass contained water and drink it.

What if it were not water, but instead a lethal poison?

The end result would be my death no matter how sincere my belief was.

Sincerity in one’s belief only matters if what one believes happens to be true.

The plain and simple truth is that Christ is the one and only path to salvation.

The fact that some choose not to believe this truth in no way diminishes it.

Some, especially those with influence, will counter that Christianity’s view is too narrow.

They may even say that they cannot accept a view that provides only one way to salvation.

Yet when you consider all the evils that man has committed throughout history, isn’t remarkable that God provided one way for us at all?

2 Timothy 4:3-4 (NET) - For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.

Blessings,

Jim Pokorny

The Other Brother Jim

Look for me at http://faithfulfeetteam.blogspot.com/ on Friday, November 6, 2015.

I’ll be back here on Friday, November 13, 2015

No Matter Where You Are

This time of year always causes me to reflect on change.

In the Northern Hemisphere we are now into fall.

Leaves are turning various shades of brown, red and yellow.

Soon the ground will be covered with them,

The temperature is also growing milder and this serves to remind me that winter is not too far away,

The opposite is true in the Southern Hemisphere where spring is in the air.

Winter is releasing its hold on that part of the world.

Everything there is once again turning green with the promise of renewed life.

To our way of thinking, changes of this kind seems gradual.

It takes an entire year to complete the cycle of seasons.

Other changes take place both more quickly and more often.

This is true when we change directions from North and South to East and West.

Half the globe is experiencing day and the other half night in a cycle.

It takes only 24 hours to complete this cycle.

These are changes with which we are somewhat aware.

Yet there are some things of which we are not aware at all.

You may need to sit completely still for this next part.

The speed at which the Earth rotates about its axis is close to 1000 miles per hour (1600 km/hr) at the equator.

The speed at which the Earth travels around the Sun is an incredible 66,000 miles per hour (107,000 km/hr).

The Sun (along with the Earth) is travelling around the galaxy at a staggering 483,000 miles per hour (792,000 km/hr)!

Just how fast is the galaxy moving (along with the Earth)? This speed turns out to be an astounding 1.3 million miles per hour (2.1 million km/hr)!

You see, even when you are sitting completely still you are still travelling at an incredible rate of speed even though you are not even the slightest bit aware of it.

Day or night, spring or fall, or even where you in the universe at any given moment based on its various speeds, God knows exactly where you are and what is going on in your life.

He not only knows; He cares.

Joshua 1:9 (NET) - I repeat, be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.”

Blessings,

Jim Pokorny

The Other Brother Jim

Look for me at http://faithfulfeetteam.blogspot.com/ on Friday, October 16, 2015.

I’ll be back here on Friday, October 23, 2015