If Not Obedience, Judgment.

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana

The bible is full of examples of cause and effect. For Israel, as they drifted away from the laws passed down from God through Moses and conformed to the standards of the nations around them (Ezekiel 11:12), they drew the wrath of God and paid the price for their disobedience.

Canada and the world are on a slippery slope of a declining moral standard rushing towards an "enlightened" model of diversification, open acceptance and tolerance that is very much in conflict with the bible. Is Canada truly better off with the legalization of abortion, gay marriage and the declining influence of God and church in our society?

And if the Old Testament reveals the history of our relationship with God, we can't seem to agree as to what our new relationship with God should be. To a Catholic, no law is required beyond your allegiance to the church. Adhere to the 7 sacraments and you are assured entrance into heaven. To a Protestant, (particularly evangelicals), the law was impossible to keep. Confess your sins, pray the "sinners prayer", be baptized, love God, call on the name of Jesus Christ, be a good person, win the world through your participation, spread the Gospel and you will be with God forever in heaven. Here's a little ditty I came across from a "Reformist" entitled "Mainstream Christianity Wrong on Salvation". Their view is the law is just as relevant today as it was since it was handed down....

http://www.voicesinthewilderness.net/diary.jsp?DIARYID=13

And to the rest well....many will tell you to pack your sunscreen because your just SOL.

So if God is "the savior of all men..." as spoken by the apostle Paul in 1 Timothy 4, why has corporate religion failed so miserably to deliver on God's promise?

One Church!

In an article written by Bethe Dufresne appearing on TheDay.com newspaper web site published October 3, 2005, Bethe reports on the message delivered by His Eminence Methodios, Metropolitan of Boston to the Greek Orthodox Church faithful.

Bethe writes…


“Known for his ecumenical outlook, the metropolitan emphasized what he sees as a need for Christian denominations to rally around what unites them instead of squabbling over what divides them….Any alliance that includes the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches and some 500 Protestant denominations would be a powerful force, he said, in a nation he regards as increasingly distant from the Gospel teachings.”


While no Christian would deny that a single Church with God at its head, of one accord in truth, would be a power without equal, I wonder, since we can no longer agree on what is true, “would an alliance require compromises of truth for the sake of unity?”

This leads to what is becoming a recurring follow on question here, “does the truth really matter?”