"We are not to go out into all the world and tell the nations that they might have a point.” — Douglas Wilson, So Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ
Christendom is not a collaboration. There is no crowd sourcing involved. The world does not need to feel better about its guesswork. It needs to hear the Good News of an alien righteousness freely offered by God on the merits of the perfect life, sacrificial death, triumphant resurrection, and glorious ascension of His one and only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Mark 16:15
And Jesus said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.”
All of creation needs to hear the proclamation. The world does not need a microphone. It needs to listen up. Its comments are not a consideration. There is no need for interfaith dialogue. There is one faith, one Lord, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all. (Eph. 4:5-6) There is no other faith with which to converse. There is only faith in Christ or unbelief. The nations do not have any points to offer. They are, in this sense, utterly pointless. Yet, taken in another sense, the nations are entirely the point.
Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Authority is not be gained by the nation's concession, but proclaimed as each nation's obligation. Jesus is Lord. Christ is King. The nations need to know because they are required to curtsy and should be getting themselves ready for the wedding.
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