Well, that is certainly optimistic, given man's track record in that regard. The only way to stop the rot is to get rid of those who cause it. That is what Armageddon is for.....it is the war that will end all wars. It is the forces of good and evil in one final showdown....and we already know who the losers are.
More beliefs… I am sure you can find some verses that you believe support that belief, there is a whole Bible to pick from so practically any belief that Christians want to hold can be supported by the careful selection of Bible verses. The logical implications are obvious but it is the nonbelievers who see them.
You can believe whatever you wish....but it won't make it true. If you back the wrong horse in this race, you lose everything you have staked on it. It’s a big gamble, but I believe that we are all being tested, and where we put our faith tells God who we are and whether we qualify as citizens of his incoming kingdom. It isn’t about labels, it’s about obedience.....it always has been.
The exact same thing applies to you but you’re not worried and I’m not worried because we both believe we are right; but we cannot both be right.
Jesus likened the time of his return to the days of Noah....filled with violence and immorality. He said that even though Noah warned the people of God’s intentions, “they took no note until the flood came and swept them all away.
Jesus was certainly right about that and of course Baha’u’llah said the same thing about the times we live in.
“Please God, the peoples of the world may be led, as the result of the high endeavors exerted by their rulers and the wise and learned amongst men, to recognize their best interests. How long will humanity persist in its waywardness? How long will injustice continue? How long is chaos and confusion to reign amongst men? How long will discord agitate the face of society?… The winds of despair are, alas, blowing from every direction, and the strife that divideth and afflicteth the human race is daily increasing. The signs of impending convulsions and chaos can now be discerned, inasmuch as the prevailing order appeareth to be lamentably defective. I beseech God, exalted be His glory, that He may graciously awaken the peoples of the earth, may grant that the end of their conduct may be profitable unto them, and aid them to accomplish that which beseemeth their station.” Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, pp. 216-217
”......there was only one place of safety and everyone outside of the ark, perished. What is the lesson? Only those who obeyed in all things, as difficult as they were, survived. (
Matthew 7:13-14)
The question is who we are called by God to obey in this age, who will survive and who will perish.
Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
It says that
few find the small gate and the narrow road that leads to life. But 2.4 billion people have found Jesus because that is how many Christians there are in the world.
I believe that those verses applied to Christians of 2,000 years ago when
few had found Jesus but those verses are do not apply to Christians of today. Given 29% of people in the world are Christians many have entered through that gate so it must be a wide gate and a broad road, not the narrow gate that few find.
Whenever a new Messenger of God appears, He is the narrow gate by which we can attain eternal life. I believe that in every new age, the religion at the narrow gate is the new religion God wants us to find and follow, because it has the message and the teachings and laws that are pertinent to the present age.
Jesus told us to enter through the narrow gate because the narrow gate is the gate that leads to eternal life. But it is not that easy for most people to find this gate and
It is narrow, so it is difficult to get through because most people are steeped in religious tradition or attached to what they already believe. If they do not have a religion, most people are suspicious of the new religion and the new messenger. If they are atheists they do not like
the idea of messengers of God or they think they are all phonies.
LOL...Spong? Really? I don't care what others believe or what doubts they entertain.....I know what I believe from years of study, and I have no reason to doubt the writings inspired by my God.......do you doubt the writings of your prophet? Are you willing to stake your life and future on the words of a man who had no credentials....a mere mortal who had no way to prove who he believed himself to be. Jesus himself warned about false prophets who would mislead many. Jesus and his apostles are our prophets. The entirety of God’s word is our textbook. We need nothing else.
I was not suggesting that you doubt what the Bible says or that you believe what any man says, but I do suggest that you take a long hard look at the Bible and what is written in those pages and what it means.
The Bible is believed by 29% of the world population who are Christians but they all have different beliefs. That means that the Bible can have more than one meaning and that means that you might not know the correct meaning, even though you believe you do.
Baha’is do not have the same problems as Christians in deciphering the meanings of Baha’u’llah’s Writings because Baha’u’llah appointed interpreters of His Writings through His Covenant and their interpretations are authoritative and easy to understand.
That is absolutely true. They cannot all be right and this ties in with what Jesus said.....he foretold that at the judgment....
"Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of the heavens, but only the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will. 22 Many will say to me in that day: ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them: ‘I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!’" (Matthew 7:21-23)
Many who claim Jesus as their Lord will come to bitter disappointment as those whom Christ has NEVER known and whom he rejects entirely......and those who follow the teachings of false Christs, will not fare any better.
Time will tell.....won’t it?
The hundred-dollar question is why you believe you are right and the other Christians are wrong, why you believe that you will be among the ones to whom Jesus will say “You are one of the ones I KNEW.”
Time will tell.
