Sermon On the Net

Who’s right?,,,,,,,,,,What’s right,,,,,,,,,,Am I right or am I wrong?

 

I pray this letter finds you all in good health, both spiritually and physically. Bunny and I are doing fine. The three questions above are simple enough but yet very profound in their ramifications for each of us. We are all aware technology inundates us with information so much so that it is actually overwhelming at times. Whatever you want to know can be found somewhere. It is so much easier, today, to gather and spread information and the speed at which it can be disseminated is awesome.

 

The reason I am telling you things you already know involves those three questions. I just finished reading a book, as part of my research, called Fast Facts on False Teaching, written by Ron Carlson and Ed Decker. It is worth stopping any reading you might be engaged in at the moment and read this one. I am going to highlight some of its content but you need to read it yourself. You may not have heard of the authors until now but I promise you will know who they are. Their work is an answer to the following questions:

 

1)     Is Atheism right?

2)     Is Buddhism the true religion?

3)     Is the theory of Evolution right?

4)     Are Freemasonry and the Masonic Lodge  right?

5)     Are Hinduism, Yoga and Reincarnation right?

6)     Is Islam right?

7)     Are Jehovah Witnesses right?

8)     Is the Korean messiah, Sun Myong Moon right?

9)     Is Mormonism right?

10) Is the New Age movement right?

11) Is Prosperity theology right?

12) Is Transcendental Meditation right?

13) Are Satanism and the Occults right?

14) Is Judaism right?

15) Is Roman Catholicism right?

16) Is Biblical Christianity right?

 

These are many questions, indeed, and each one needs an answer if we are to know who or what is right. The authors of the book I mentioned give us the benefit of their research in 255 pages of worthwhile reading on each of these subjects, except Judaism. Please remember they said these were fast facts probably meaning much more could have been written. I have no intention of trying to duplicate their work; instead I will attempt to point out a basic truth for each one.

 

Each one was instigated or created by a person who claimed to have had a revelation from God. I don’t know and perhaps the authors don’t either, the origin of Atheism, but for an Atheist to be right would mean that he or she would have to possess an infinite knowledge to know the absolute. As Ron Carlson stated, that person would have to be God Himself. Buddhism was created by Sidhartha Gautama, a man. Evolution is a theory created and perpetrated by men such as Darwin. The chapter on evolution is hilarious, a must read. Freemasonry and the Masonic Lodge was created and expanded upon by a man. Hinduism is man made. Islam was created by Muhammad, a man. Charles T. Russell created the Jehovah Witnesses, again a man. Sun Myung Moon claims to be the messiah. Mormons claim Joseph Smith as their founder. The New Age movement, in my opinion, was created by Satan using multiples of people over time. Transcendental Meditation’s founder was Maharashi Mahesh Yogi. Judaism is based on the Old Testament, not necessarily in its entirety, because if they believed everything in the Old Testament they would not have any difficulty accepting Jesus as their Messiah. Roman Catholicism has the Pope, a man. There is a common thread in all of the above and that is all of their doctrine is man made with some using those parts of the Bible that suit their purpose.

 

Finally we come to Biblical Christianity whose origin is God. One might say that I am taking liberty and being boldly presumptuous, well you are right. The evidence I present to you is contained in a book called the Bible, written by 40 different authors over a span of 1500 years, without one word of contradiction. What verdict do you think would be rendered in a court of law? One point I must make here is that Biblical Christianity’s doctrine is taken from the entire Bible, without exception; and adding nothing and taking away nothing. I don’t know of any work that has the credentials of the Bible. People listen to and many believe the media, television, movies, etc. My goodness, believe in and spread the Good News; this is what God wants and it makes Him happy.

 

Am I right? The last question each one must answer him or her self. I pray you are right because eternity is a long, very long time.