Sermonette for Saturday
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well; the devils also believe, and tremble. James 2:19
If you and I could see inside the demonic world today, we would see no atheists! All of Satan’s evil hordes have no doubt about the reality of God and about His omnipotent power. They know that He is the only true God, and they know that He will one day consign them forever to the bottomless pit. They live in perpetual fear of Him. And yet, this belief and trembling does not enhance their characters one bit. They are just as evil and just as opposed to good and that which is of God as if they had no such belief or fear. Why is it that there are those today who claim to believe in one god who want their beliefs elevated to the same status as those of us who believe in the one true God? Is their god the same as ours?
We need to be very clear that the God of the Bible is not the god of the Koran, despite attempts by the Moslems to impose this false impression on us. Ted Haggard, head of the National Association of Evangelicals in the US, said, ‘The Christian God encourages freedom, love, forgiveness, prosperity and health. The Muslim god appears to value the opposite.’ Mr. Haggard is right. Any examination of those two books will reveal vastly different descriptions of Deity. From cover to cover, the Bible presents the Son of God, given in love to a lost world, that He might redeem a people for His Name. The Bible tells of a God of love, a God of holiness, a God unchanging and eternally faithful. The Koran reveals a changeable god of hatred, revenge, cruelty, repression, and tyrannical religion. There can be little doubt that the god of the Koran is Satan.
The Bible speaks of the god of this world, who is blinding the minds of people. Sounds to me like the Allah of the Moslems. Would we ever agree to allow the worship and devotion to Satan to become part of what we accept as right and normal? Then neither should we accept or endorse anything related to Mohammedanism. Be not deceived; mingling Islam with Christianity is victory for Satan and his Moslem minions. It will destroy whatever good is left in our world.
Do you believe in one God? Will you stand up for the one true God and stand against the false? -Jim MacIntosh