Posted by
SABBOTT on Friday, July 06, 2007 4:41:22 AM
I sat in church a couple of Sundays ago and watched as a child was baptized and thought how wonderful my God is compared with the one worshiped by the followers of Islam. In my faith (Christianity) my God sent his son, Jesus Christ to earth to suffer and to die for my sins so that I can have eternal life. All I have to do to receive this gift is to believe and God even gives me this faith through his Word and Sacraments. Contrast this with young men, boys, women and girls being sent out to die for salvation in Islam by killing innocent people!
There are two kinds of religions in the World. One that says that I am a poor miserable sinner and can do nothing to contribute to my salvation (Christianity) and must rely totally on Christ's actions on my behalf and all the others that teach that I can somehow "earn" favor with their god through my "good works". There are no exceptions to this rule and Islam teaches the latter. They are not a sister religion to Christianity and should not be held out as such!
I feel fortunate indeed that God has chosen me to be one of his followers in Christ! What a wonderful faith compared to the yoke of slavery preached by others! Freedom is indeed precious!