(1 Corinthians 8:4-6 MSG) Some people say, quite rightly, that idols have no actual existence, that there’s nothing to them, that there is no God other than our one God, (5) that no matter how many of these so-called gods are named and worshiped they still don’t add up to anything but a tall story. (6) They say–again, quite rightly–that there is only one God the Father, that everything comes from him, and that he wants us to live for him. Also, they say that there is only one Master–Jesus the Messiah–and that everything is for his sake, including us. Yes. It’s true.
Remember I said we began a study in Leviticus?
The children of Israel had left Egypt, a land of many gods, to follow the one true God.
My insight or thought from this: How great to not have to deal with multiple deities. Have you ever worked for multiple supervisors? I had a job where the two bosses above me consistently told me to do contrary things. They were battling each other, and I was caught in the middle. To please one you did this; to please the other you did that.
How great to not have to wade through the do’s and don’ts of multiple gods. How great to not have to learn the rituals of multiple religions. One true God.
We once had a workshop at the factory where the battling supervisors were. In one of the games we played, multiple tables were set up with a group at each table. You began at your table with one set of rules, but at the designated time you switched tables and unknown to us the rules were changed from table to table but we didn’t know this.
This would be like listening to all the religious formulas of the world’s numerous gods. We would be continually trying to find the way to heaven or trying to find the formula to please God, but the rules would always be changing from religion to religion. There is no religion that comes close to the consistency of Christianity. None. Nothing comes close. Nope.
But this consistency makes sense after all. We may struggle with our will, we may be stubborn and rebel and fight God, but we don’t have to guess the direction. We don’t have to search multiple reference books or pray to multiple deities. The Way is very clear indeed.
(John 14:6 NCV) Jesus answered, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.”
(Acts 4:12 NIV) Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.
