Interfaith, Paul, Peter and the President of the United States

I don’t see it. I don’t see it anywhere. I looked high and low (for “interfaith” in the New Testament). I looked this way and that.

Oh, but I see persecution. Oh, but I see Christians hated and put out and rejected and turned upon and killed. And you know what it was for? It was for not being “inclusive.” I see THAT in the New Testament. That’s what I see. (Acts 7:54-60; Hebrews 11:35-38)

And if only we were around back then (in New Testament times). I mean, we could set Paul and Peter straight since they missed it. (Right?) And they could have avoided and they really didn’t need to endure the lashes and beatings ~ Paul (Acts 16:20-22) ~ and then being crucified upside down ~ Peter (John 21:18-19). If they just would have been more interfaith-minded and cooperative across religions.

I mean, they shouldn’t have said (let alone lived by) things like…

If any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed! (Galatians 1:6-10)

And there is salvation in no one else (except Jesus Christ); for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)

Oh, I know “interfaith” is defined and presented as different than “interreligious” and syncretism (“a union of different or opposing principles”), but that’s what happens. Ultimately, Christianity becomes watered down, compromised, irrelevant.

I don’t care if even the President of the United States asks you to take part in an interfaith ministry.

(I am not saying we ought not to love our neighbor. I am not saying that at all.)

(To read John MacArthur on the subject of interfaith, click here.)

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