Isa
45:22 (ESV)
22
"Turn to me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth!
For I
am God, and there is no other.
NOTE: An
oft-repeated line in Isaiah is the second half of verse 22, "I am God and
there is no other." This is one of the criticisms of Christianity, its
exclusivity. The argument against exclusivity is quite feeble and nonsensical.
To believe that there are many ways to God and many views of God completely
misses out on the very definition of God. He is perfect. He cannot contradict
himself. God cannot encouraging working for salvation in one situation and
nullify it in another. And what standard would be used to work for salvation?
Would it not be God himself, that is perfection? Who could meet that standard?
Therefore no works-based salvation can make sense, unless God is less than
perfect. And if he is less than perfect, than he could be in error or lack
power or be confused, and really, he would not be God. No, the Judeo-Christian
God is consistent in definition. Some may point to supposed inconsistencies in
the bible, but those are people who have not studied or tried to understand the
message. They pull things out of context or without considering the whole book
or the genre or many other things, in order to justify their own pre-conceived
notions. They are in error and they are foolish.
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