"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby which we must be saved." (Acts 4:12, KJV)
The Greek word translated, "Neither," here is an "absolute negative." There is no room for "multiculturalism" in the Church, only the Culture of Jesus Christ and His "Law-Word." There is just, "none other name under heaven given among men...." The only "freedom of choice" here is to choose forgiveness or condemnation, life or death, Heaven or Hell.
If anyone takes the Bible seriously, he soon discovers that Christianity is an exclusive, intolerant religion. So is Islam. The difference, however, is that the rogue elements of Christianity which engaged in inquisitions, forced baptisms, burnings at the stake, finally gave them up. Inquisitions and the murder of those who refused to receive Him was never once sanctioned by Jesus Christ. You simply cannot say this about Muhammad, the Koran, and true Koran believing Muslims. Regardless, all throughout the Bible the, "neither," and, "none other," reality is fundamental to the decrees of God. They are not "The Ten Alternatives." Furthermore, you never find Jesus saying, "I am a;" It is always, "I am the...."
In the early 1930s, Inge Karding, a student in one of Bonhoeffer's lectures wrote the following comment about the mood in Germany after the rise of Adolph Hitler. "Among the public there spread the expectation that the salvation of the German people would now come from Hitler. But in the lectures we were told that salvation comes only from Jesus Christ." Most Americans and the nations of the world are still is in search of other "saviors." The rebellious will continue this pursuit until the culmination of the age in the ultimate "savior" of deception, the Anti-Christ. But, "Then comes the end, when [Jesus] delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power," and, "the kingdoms of this world"---------------------------- are no more.
Father, in Jesus' Name, keep me ever vigilant. Amen.
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"Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
"Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
