Just me trying to be honest with God.

Friday, April 18, 2008

Willing to be Unpopular

There is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 2Tim2.5 ESV

One popular talk show host recently disclosed that though she still professes to be a Christian she believes that there is more than one-way to God. Because of her popularity this has caused quite a stir among professing Christians. It is unpopular in our day to say that Jesus is the one mediator between God and men, or to be politically correct, between God, men and women. Yet, what is left to the Christian when Jesus Himself said that no one is able to come to the Father unless they come through Him.
We are told that it is arrogant to tell others that Christ is the one true way to God because this inevitably means that we are saying that the rest of the world is wrong. This doesn’t mean that Christians believe that everyone else is wrong about everything. It does mean that as followers of Christ we accept His view of His own unique role in bringing us back to God.
This might seem arrogant at least from one point of view. But consider how humbling it is to tell a friend the truth because you love them, even when you know your popularity with them will wane. And while we must not confuse our call to love others with our desire to be loved by them, we are told to offer the truth of Christ humbly and meekly not with an in-your-face arrogance. 4/18/2008 ts