Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God?
Are Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses Christians?
They all respect the Bible. They talk about God and Jesus just like Evangelicals do, so aren’t we basically on the same page?
That’s religion’s claim and it’s growing in popularity. But it’s an old lie with a new facelift. Instead of crashing the car, Satan simply adds water to the gasoline. It’s easier to eradicate Christianity by watering it down than by waging a frontal attack. So he convinces professing Christians that sincerity is all that matters and they become his best evangelists. After all, don’t all roads lead to the same place?
Jesus already answered those questions with a single statement: “Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.” (John 5:23) If we don’t honor Jesus as Savior, Lord, and God, we do not know God. Period. Because Jesus IS God. To cancel His eternal nature is to distort the character of the God we profess.
When we revere books written by men who declared messages contrary to the Bible, when we add or leave out words so the Bible says what we’ve decided it should say, we make Jesus less than He is and that dishonors the Father. Jesus is who He is: the eternal Son of God. We don’t get to redefine Him. He said that He came to earth to show people what God is like. He paid for our forgiveness with His own blood. Because of that truth, God declares, “This is my Son. Listen to Him” (Luke 9:35).
If a person or a religion does not honor Jesus Christ as equal with God,
they cannot come into the Father’s presence.