IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, JANUARY 24, 2018
THE PROBLEM WITH PLURALITY
Like the ringing of church chimes on a Sunday morning, the voice of God is clear: “I the LORD am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob" (Isaiah 60:16). God speaks in righteousness and declares what is right and true. His word proclaims: “For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord and there is none else” (Isaiah 45:18).
God indeed speaks for himself when he states that He alone is God: “I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else (Isaiah 45:5,6 KJV).
We are now living in the twenty-first century of compromise. The culture believes that it is evil to make moral judgements of right and wrong. The culture almost demands diversity and open mindedness with regard to one's belief system. Many in the Church are moving away from the truths of Scripture, rejecting the laws of God; preferring an obscure middleground that is not even related to the true Church. When we proclaim salvation in Christ alone we are seen as offensive, abrasive, combative and even rude.
Nevertheless, there's a really big problem with proclaiming anything other than salvation in Christ alone. This is the problem: Salvation outside of Christ, isn't salvation at all. We must trust in the One who made the earth by himself. We must trust in the One who atoned for our sins on the cross. We must trust in the One who is the only Savior of mankind. We are saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation. We won’t be ashamed or confounded for all of eternity, according to the truth recorded in Isaiah 45:17. God is so clear on this: Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. Isaiah 44:80
The Church just can’t get this wrong: Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12 )
Jesus is the Holy One and our One and Only.
Even if man chooses to not agree with God and decides to be right in his own eyes, God has already settled the matter and a Day is coming when the government that is on our LORD’s shoulder will be the only government politically correct. For when the day of the LORD comes the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD and his name ONE (Zechariah 14:9). Of Jesus, we can be sure of this one thing: “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11).
