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Daily readings to help you see Jesus' light in your life
by Selwyn Hughes
Pluralism's Persuasiveness
"The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God
..." (v. 20)
-- For reading & meditation: Galatians 2:11-21
The argument presented by pluralists that Christians must view their
religion as one among many, and Jesus as only one Savior among
others, must be firmly resisted. It may sound arrogant to say so but
it is nevertheless a fact that Christianity is unique, absolute,
definitive, ultimate, and final. Critics of the uniqueness of
Christianity can be very persuasive. "The world is under great
threat," they tell us, "because of environmental pollution, economic
injustice, and many other problems. Nothing that divides us,
including our religions, should be considered as important as the
need to live together in harmony." Another emphasis is on the need to
study comparative faiths. There is a sense in which understanding
what other people believe is useful, but not until the claims of
Christianity are seen to be definitive and final. Christianity is not
a comparative religion; it reveals God's one and only way of entering
into a personal relationship with Him. The text before us today in
the Amplified Bible reads: "The life I now live ... I live by faith -
by adherence to and reliance on and [complete] trust - in the Son of
God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me." Bishop Leslie Newbigin
put it well: "If it is really true, as it is, that 'the Son of God
loved me and gave himself up for me,' how can I agree that this
amazing act of matchless grace should merely become part of a
syllabus for the 'comparative study of religions'?" Christ is not
first in a class; He occupies the category all by Himself.
PRAYER:
My Father and my God, may the Person of Your Son become as real and
as precious to me as He is to You. And teach me more about Him so
that I can make clear to others why He is a Savior beyond compare.
For His own dear Name's sake. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Acts 4:1-12; 1 Tim. 2:1-6; 1 Cor. 3:11
1. What did Peter declare to the Sanhedrin?
2. What did Paul declare to Timothy?
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