Religious tolerance is the work of satan!

A business and social networking site of which I am a member recently had a debate about whether religion should be kept out of school or not. Most of the participants (bulk of the participants are not Christian) felt that Christianity should be kept out of schools.

What surprised me though was that some of the Christians felt it should be kept out on the basis of not forcing religion down people’s throats and religious tolerance. I am a born again Christian who has many faults - I sin left right and centre and do my best to repent from these sins. The thing that concerns me is what Jesus said in the Bible. He said: "...Those that deny me on earth shall be denied by me before my Father in heaven." The Bible also says”every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess" the name of Jesus.

There are two issues I wish to raise in this article.

Respecting people’s right to religion and tolerance of these beliefs is the work of satan. In the interests of being nice and not offending people we as Christians are slowly falling into satan’s trap by accepting this behaviour. We make comments like, well *John ( an new age person) is so close to the truth all he has to do is accept Jesus Christ as his Saviour and everything will be fine. That is rubbish, *John is so far from the truth it is frightening! John is probably a nicer person than I am, however he is not born again.

The fundamental difference between Christians and non-Christians is the belief in Jesus Christ. It is not about being nice or doing good deeds. It is about accepting Christ and telling people about it. We do not get to heaven on good works; we get there by the Grace of God through Jesus Christ. We as Christians need to guard our minds against this, it is difficult but my suggestion is not to practice religious tolerance that is what satan wants! All you are doing is helping *John and every other non believer accelerate their way to hell!

When venting my feelings to a fellow Christian she quite rightly told me that we need to be an example as Christians to our fellow man. Where I struggle with this is the following: Yes we do need to be an example and live righteously, however we are human and are likely to fail. Why would any non-believer risk their own salvation by how I behave? The reality is that the whole human race is messed up, why pick on the Christians? If humanity is evil then you may as well hop the perch!

Just like our parents taught us as kids, don’t be influenced by your friends. My advice is to non-believers that are seeking the truth; don’t let my behaviour rob you of salvation and God’s blessings. Come to Jesus for yourself, not for me. I will face God’s judgment on judgment day.