One Way

 "Jesus answered, 'I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'" John 14:6

"This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world." 1 John 4: 2, 3

    I learned a new word today: Chrislam. What I have learned about this word is so vehemently opposed to Christianity that I must write about it. 

    Chrislam is not a religion but rather a blending of two, just as its name suggests. The essential concept of it says that Christianity and Islam are compatible, that a person can be a Christian and a Muslim at the same time.

    There are those who believe these two groups worship the same God, have similar teachings and moral ethics and, since Jesus is mentioned in the Qur'an, Islam seems to be compatible with Christianity.

    Let the buyer beware! At the very core of this lies the Deity of Jesus Christ, who is, the Christian believes, God incarnate. At Christmas, we sing of Immanuel which means, "God With Us" because the second person of the Trinity laid aside His glory and came to "draw all people to Myself" when He was lifted up on the cross. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1)

    Islam rejects this very idea, calling it blasphemy and polytheism, denying Jesus's  deity and His death on the cross. Knowing this, can a person be a Muslim and a Christian simultaneously? Never!

  Take up your sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, and use it to expose such gaily wrapped packages of lies. There can be no "interfaith" discussions for me because there is only one way to God and that is through Jesus Christ.

"Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist - denying the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also." 1 John 2: 22, 23 

"I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist...If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them. Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work." 2 John 7, 10, 11