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The confusion as to which is the true religion has been going on for centuries. In 1stKings chapter 18 verses 21, the prophet Elijah confronted the people and asked them, “How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him.” The God of Elijah (the Christian God) and the prophets of Baal, which amounted to four hundred and fifty men, were put to the test. The test was that two bullock, one for Elijah and one for the prophets of Baal were laid on wood, with no fire for a sacrifice. The God when called upon, who answers by fire: will be the true and living God. The people then agreed. The prophets of Baal called on him from morning until evening with no answer from Baal. In 1st Kings chapter 18 verses 36-37 states, “And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. Hear me, O lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.” The fire then came and burned the sacrifice. All the people then said, “The Lord, He is the God; the Lord, He is the God.” The prophets of Baal were taken to the brook Kishon and killed.
In the secular world there is a form of life style called ‘alternative lifestyle,’ where persons believe basically in one self, doing what please them. A Christian way of life is guided by the word of God and in the keeping of His commandments. Persons of the world have also fallen prey to idolizing philosophers. One must realize that philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom. In the Christian faith, wisdom is the principal thing in life, which can only be given to one who fears God. Wrong choices are made every day due to the lack of wisdom. There is a saying that, “if you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” I pray that those of you who are in the valley of decision as to which religion to follow, can attempt to try and comprehend the supreme depths of Christianity and make a firm commitment to follow Christ.
Roderick R. Mckenzie
Roddie30@hotmail.com
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Roderick R. Mckenzie Sr.
I am a writer in Nassau, Bahamas and I feel that my work is good enough to go to the world market. To the world, my writing may seem to be secular and opinionated but, all of my work is divinely inspired by God with Biblical references to prove it. My goal is to teach as many people about Christianity as possible. As a freelance writer I would also like some exposure to the writing market and a possible job as a Christian writer on the Internet.
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May God bless messengers of God. Ed Viswanathan | Dec 26th, 2002
I salute Mr. Roderick R. Mckenzie firm faith in the deity of Jesus Christ. May God bless him.
World is far better of due to the self less sacrifice of millions of Christian missionaries around the globe. I am not even fit to walk on the sands on which Mother Theresa walked upon.
All religions preach LOVE and COMPASSION but unluckily people kill each other in the name of their personal God and religion.
Lord Buddha and Jesus taught the world to fight HATRED with LOVE.
Lord Buddha taught centuries before the birth of Jesus Christ "Hatred is not conquered by hatred at any time, but hatred is won by love; this is an eternal truth" .
Jesus Christ spoke volumes, when he said "LOVE THY ENEMY [Luke 6:27]"
The Love Jesus Christ was propagating is beyond all human emotions . It is very spiritual.
Hindu scriptures state BY SENDING POWERFUL THOUGHTS OF LOVE TO YOUR ENEMY, YOU WILL BECOME A POWER HOUSE OF LOVE.
Hindu scriptures also state ANY THOUGHT YOU MAKE, CIRCLES AROUND YOU, LIKE BEES AROUND A FLOWER. So if you have thoughts of love, those thoughts will circle around you. The same goes for hatred thoughts. If you develop hatred thoughts, it will come back to you and destroy you like a boomerang!
There are many ways to attain SELF-REALIZATION and Christianity is one of them.
God said in the Hindu Bhagavad Gita:
"Call me, by what ever name you like;
Worship me in any form you like;
All that go to ONE & ONLY supreme reality."
EKAM SAT, VIPRAH BAHUDHA VADANTI [Rig Veda 5000 B.C.]
Truth or God is ONE, but men describe it in different ways.
We have to find ways to come together, irrespective of what religion we follow.
amiahindu.com
Thanks but i wonder Gideon | May 3rd, 2004
dear friend
our lord and saviour Jesus the christ son of Mary and Joseph declared boldly and spoke in public that ' iam the way the truth and the life, no one gets to the father except through me' then what of the other prophets and spiritual leaders like budha, mohamed, dai lama and many other leaders that are found in every ethnic community or group? you talked of the divisions in christianity, why are they there? was jesus human, divine or both and if both, how? who are these philosophers that people have fallen prey to? in what ways have they idolised or what do you mean by idolizing?
when were the gospels written and how did christianity start? what is the difference between the story of the people of israel's search for meaning of life and existence and the stories of the rest of the peoples in the world? all along people have been looking and searching for meaning in life, for reason for existence and for the best way of life. we live in a world marred with suffering, evil and many other natural disasters. some people live lives that are totally useless and un apetizing, for example, the residents of fallujah in Iraq at the moment., it is now 2000 yrs since christ died and rose from the dead, afterwhich the cult that was christianity was accepted in the roman empire and everything was interpreted in terms of christianity. people were told to live dualistic lives with a stress on purifying the soul and projecting toward heaven other than living here and now. we are told that the world will come to an end when the lord jesus comes again, how this things?
let us keep working in the vineyard of the lord our God but as conserns secularism and religions, we better be careful. it would be nicer to teach people to live in love, for that was the message of christ, other than promoting christ directly. we should not be ashamed of our lord and saviour but we should also bear in mind that this are interpretations and stories that have come down the lane with history. Jesus must have been trully inspiring but how sure can we be that history was not biased and that somehow in one way or another, someone did not mis-interprete our lord and teacher and eguated him to God in an ontological sense other than in a mystical sense just as we are sons and daughters of the lord in the mystical sense! where is heaven? is there satan and how does he work especially incases where someone is born with a certain trait like lying or stealing or just harming others and grows up with it to death? if there is a satan, who is more powerful, jesus, God or satan? pray for me for i do not like questioning but can we es cape such like guestions?
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