Galatians 6:11-13
11 Notice what large letters I use as I write these closing words in my own handwriting.
12 Those who are trying to force you to be circumcised are doing it for just one reason.
They don't want to be persecuted for teaching that the cross of Christ alone can save.
13 And even those who advocate circumcision don't really keep the whole law.
They only want you to be circumcised so they can brag about it and claim you as their disciples.
(NLT)
There are many people and many religions that proclaim many things and many ways to be saved or that everyone is saved and all go to heaven. But there is only one way to heaven, there is only one way to God and that is through the cross of Jesus Christ alone. Even Jesus Himself said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me” and "You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose the easy way. But the gateway to life is small, and the road is narrow, and only a few ever find it." (NLT) And those who proclaim this one way will be persecuted for it. The world wants to resist this view because people in general want to take the easy way out. There is no easy way out. The road to Christ and the road we follow with Christ is hard but the blessings that come along the way and at the end of this life is worth every step. For what the world offers is temporary but Christ is everlasting and eternal. This life is not to done alone; this life in Christ is with Christ therefore we are never alone. This life in Christ is not to be lived without others but is to be done in a community of other believers in Christ. We are stronger together not apart. Do not give the enemy a foot hold. The enemy comes to scatter us to defeat us alone but together in Christ the enemy cannot defeat us. In Christ together we stand with Christ our Solid Rock.
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