( ...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"
as President Barack Obama claimed.
Secondly,
God the Son 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)
Unlike President Obama, 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 Barac k Obama's
brand of Christian ity
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 Barac k Obama's
Christian ity leads not to a person but
a "place", and not to
"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 Barac k Obam a has "an ongoing conversation with
God", he should be asking Go d those questions; if he is "constantly asking myself"
those questions, ( continued...)
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