Sunday, January 28, 2007

God...wants......

What does God expect us to do for other cultures and faiths?
On Mark 16:15-16 Jesus said "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. Also on Matthew 28:19, Jesus says "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." From both verses, we can see that God expects us to preach his word around the world and make many believers that would also pass on his words. We should trust God that he would lead our way and because he loves everyone, even sinners, he would like all Christians to spread his word. In any circumstances, God expects us to spread his word around the world as Don Richardson was willing to give up his own life to spread Christianity to the Sawi village. Jesus did not only give orders to his disciples to spread Christianity, but he wants all Christians to be willing to spread his word even if the other person is from a different culture or has a different religious faith. Don Richardson himself was able to change the Sawi village faith by adopting the Sawi lifestyle. It is difficult to preach to others when the culture is different, but God created humans to glorify him. There is only one way to God and that is through Jesus. There is no other way. No other religion would help you go to heaven. God expects us to share our experience with God with other people, so that they can become believers as well. For our purpose in life was to glorify God and follow his path....

2 comments:

hyangsoo, said...

hey my zagi <333
I enjoyed reading your post, and I came to comment here just like I promised :D kkk
I fully agree with you that God wants us to spread his word, and I totally admire what Don Richardson did because he was risking everything by going to the Sawi tribe. I don't think I have that much faith yet to go that far for God. What do you think?
And another question! What happens if God's beliefs conflict with what a certain culture believes? Should we enforce Christianity on them? Do we have a right to so?

African Globe Trotters. said...

Great questions Hyangsoo. When you become a Christian you don't lose your culture - your perspective changes. Mrs.Mc.