(...continued) core Christian beliefs directly from the Bible, and the "call to evangelize" is a privilege for all Christians, not "the difficult thing" for just those "at some level". Secondly, Jesus Himself said, "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." (John 3:17-18) "What I believe in is that if I live my life as well as I can, that I will be rewarded. I don't presume to have knowledge of what happens after I die." (Barack Obama, April 2004) The Bible has knowledge of what happens to Christians and non-Christians after death: "Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire." (Revelation 20:11-15) "Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent." (John 6:28-29) "I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people, that there are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and that there’s an obligation for all of us individually as well as collectively to take responsibility to make those values lived." (Barack Obama, April 2004) The "many paths" in Barack Obama's brand of Christianity contradict the exclusivity of Jesus' declaration, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father EXCEPT THROUGH ME." (John 14:6, emphasis added). Note also that the "paths" in Barack Obama's Christianity leads not to a person but a "place", and to the "the Father" but a "higher power". "I think I have an ongoing conversation with God. Throughout the day I’m constantly asking myself questions about what I’m doing, why I am doing it." (Barack Obama, April 2004) If President Barack Obama has "an ongoing conversation with God", he should be asking God those questions; if Barack Obama is "constantly asking myself" those questions, the conversation he is having is with himself. In 2008, the Presidential candidate Barack Obama declared the following about his Christian faith to the Christianity Today: "I am a Christian, and I am a devout Christian. I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I believe that that faith gives me a path to be cleansed of sin and have eternal life. But most importantly, I believe in the example that Jesus set by feeding the hungry and healing the sick and always prioritizing the least of these over the powerful." (Barack Obama Christianity Today, January 2008) What is "most important" to Christians isn't feeding the hungry and healing the sick, but Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, which doesn't merely provide "a path" to be cleansed of sins; it is what cleanses Christians of our sins. As we await President Barack Obama's answers to our questions about his Christian faith, here is our rating of President Barack Obama, the Muslim influences on his religion, answers to questions and the Christian testimony of Congressional candidates.
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