O N L Y    O N E    S A V I O U R

                                By Tony Warren

     There is anger in the voice of many unbelievers. But their anger is
  not directed so much at christians, as it is at God. They most often
  say things like, If there is a God, why do children die, or why is
  there wars, or suffering. Their thinking is that God should stop it.
  What they don't "REALIZE" is that they are trying to make a God of
  their own, designed after what they think is best for him to do.
  God is not "SUBJECT" to man, man is subject to God. God doesn't have
  to answer to Man, Man has to answer to GOD. Questions like, why did
  God put me here if He's going to send me to HELL, this is the
  rebellion in the heart of man against God, which is what is really
  "SENDING" him to Hell. God is the creator of Heaven and earth, Holy.
  True, and Trustworty. It is "UTTERLY" foolish for Man to question
  Him like a suspect of some kind. That's like a criminal saying to a
  "RIGHTEOUS" judge, 'Sure I killed someone, but that's what I like to
  do. I don't deserve to be punished.' Shall the righteous Judge set him
  free? NO WAY! Not until the punishment has been paid. It's not God
  who is unrighteous in His judgements, it is man. Who is man to reply
  against God that He has done something wrong.
   The word of God declares,
      Romans 9:20
          "Nay but O MAN, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall
           the thing formed say to HIM that formed it, why hast thou
           made me thus?"

  The answer is "NOBODY!" and until we get that through our "THICK"
  skulls we have no chance of escaping the judgement. Salvation begins
  at that point. It's the realization that you can do nothing but throw
  yourself upon the Mercies of God, the Judge. And He will have
  compasion on you, He will abundantly "PARDON" you through the Blood of
  His dear Son, His Gift to us (who don't deserve it). You don't ask for
  it, You don't "GET" it. You're to proud to beg, The Lord Resisteth the
  proud. You get down on your Knees (HUMBLE YOURSELF) and say, Lord
  Forgive me, a Miserable rotten sinner, and the Lord will answer your
  prayers.
    But just as the lord is Merciful, He is also a God of Wrath. If you
  don't believe it, you just pick up the Old testament and start
  reading. I've got news for you! That's the "SAME" God, and He "WILL"
  Judge the unrighteous. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

    This Idea that God will save everyone is foolish and Crazy and
  comes out of man's desire to "MAKE GOD" in the image man would like
  Him to be. You see man "LIKES" his sin, but he wants to go to heaven
  also, so he makes this God who will allow him to do both. All he has
  to do is say, "I'm a Christian." But you see, that type of Church is
  not the true church, and that type of christian is not a true
  christian. God says,
          " He that says he knows me and KEEPETH not My word is a LIAR
            and the truth is not in him."
    STRONG STUFF!
  That's what GOD says. Now who are you going to listen to? The Church,
  The Pastor, Yourself, or GOD? Your church can't save you. And neither
  can these other religions that people find so exotic or new and
  different. Religion doesn't save us. We don't worship a religion. We
  worship GOD. I judge no man/Woman, I leave that up to God. My faith is
  not in the Corporate Church, but in the Invisible church, which is the
  Group called "TRUE" Believers. There "MAY" be many religions with
  some True believers in it, I don't know. There "MAY" be some believers
  in the catholic church, or the masionic Church, etc., because although
  your corporate church may have it wrong, it's possible you "MIGHT"
  still trust in Jesus as your saviour even though you sin in remaining
  in a unfaitful congregation. It's not my Job as a christian to judge
  other people on if they are saved or not. On the Other hand, My God
  has said there is Only "ONE WAY" to salvation. SIN, must be punished.
  And the penalty of sin is Death. Since we all sin, No one will escape,
  for GOD the Judge, is not Unjust like man the judge. Justice "MUST" be
  served. The Penalty must be paid. There is no Probation. There is no
  time off for good behaviour. There is no suspended sentence. A Holy
  GOD Demands that Justice "MUST" be served. The Penalty must be payed.

     Ony One GOD answers the question of How can this punishment of
  death, that justice demands, be paid. No Other God, religion,
  philosopghy, answers the "SIN QUESTION." Only one offers a "WAY" A
  substitute. A God/Man who if we knock, will come unto us and take upon
  Himself Our Sins, leaving us clean in the eyes of God. Laden with Our
  sins, He would willingly go and die, that we might escape death. No
  mere man could do it. It Would take a "GODMAN". God, because no mortal
  man could go to the cross with the sins of the world and die and be
  raised again. Man, because man sinned, man had to be the one to pay.
  "ONLY" a GODMAN could do it. In The History of the world, there is
  only "ONE" recorded GODMAN. The Lord Jesus Christ. Also known as The
  Way, The Truth and The "LIFE". Without our sins being paid for by
  Christ, they must be paid for by US! ...One "WAY" or the Other
      So, when anyone asks, what's the difference between the Christian
  faith (Not Religion) and "ALL" of the others, The Clear answer is that
  it is the only one that truly answers the SIN question. It is the only
  faith where the REQUIRED Death, for sin, is paid for. Without which,
  No one can be saved. That is why Our Lord Clearly stated, There is "NO
  OTHER NAME" by which men can be saved. Without the Penalty of death
  being paid, no one can be saved. And without a GODMAN paying it for
  us, we can't be saved. And there is Only been one GODNAN. The Lord
  Jesus Christ. No one will have an excuse come judgement day. not
  Athiests, not agnostics, nor snake Oil salesmen. For God knows the
  heart. He made it. He knows He put there a inner knowledge of Himself
  in their minds and in Creation.
      Once again. It's a matter of Belief. I believe that. All True
  Christians Believe that. That's what faith is. Many unbelievers say
  they are sick and tired of religions saying they are the only true
  religions. That Claim has to be examined in light of scripture and
  considered. Sin has to be paid for and someone has to do it. Only
  Christ can! End of debate about religions. They all come up lacking
  Compared to Christ's.
      I'm distressed to hear religions decieving people into thinking
  if they worship a cow they'll be happy in the hereafter. Or if they
  kill many people in the battlefild, they'll please god/Ali whatever,
  and be in glory. I'm mournful seeing people worship statues, smoke
  hallucinaginic leaves, talking to supposed spirits, drinking blood,
  etc. All in the name of some God that will bring them happiness when
  they die. Do I judge these people? No, That's God's job. My Job is to
  spread the gospel of Truth that they would at least hear the word.
  Tell them what the Lord God says. If they will hear, well, if not,
  It's all in God's hands. The Worst and the best I can tell them is
  what God says. There is no other name whereby men may be saved. I
  don't condemn them, I witness in truth that maybe they may hear.
  If not, God is in control. He knows those who are His Lost sheep and
  who are not. If I am persecuted and reviled for doing this, so be it.
  I'll count it a Blessing of the Lord. The Time for Salvation is "NOW"
  Make your calling and Election "SURE"
         "Lift up your heads, Redemption draweth Nigh!"

                       Peace,
                         Tony

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