Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Matthew 5:11


The most intolerant of men are those who prop themselves up before God upon the thrones of their religious traditions. They see any who vary from them in form or direction as heretic or cultish. They never take into account that their form of worship would be suspect other than within their own communion.

Do not misunderstand me; I am not a Deist. I believe with all that is within me that there is One God, One son who is fully man and fully God; who came and died for our sins providing the only path for the salvation of men and One Holy Spirit who is the instrument of God’s guidance. I believe Jesus when He said, “I am the way, the truth and the light, no man comes to the Father except through me.” John 14

I am speaking of we who claim to know Christ as our only Savior who war against one another for traditions sake. They (we) ignorantly say, “You don’t do church like we do, your faith is no good!” Or you question long-held practices of Christian worship, you must be a cult!” or “You read your sermons or sing the wrong songs or don’t sing at all, you must not love God as we do!” And God, who is ever present and eternally compassionate toward all His children, weeps.

The mark of Christian maturity is tolerance for another’s differences, including how they choose to worship Christ, unconditional compassion, as we each learn to live as Christ and acceptance, as we all wait for the return of Christ.

Let us each one work our own salvation with fear and trembling as Scripture dictates and let us each consider one another above ourselves. Amen

Amen