Thursday – Letters

Reading – Romans 10

Highlight Verse:

“I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭2‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Paul spoke this about the people of Israel. They loved God but missed the coming of the Messiah.

There are many religions and denominations in this world. Each one is convinced that theirs is the correct theology.

Which is the right one?

I’ve always said that when we get to heaven, each one of us will likely find out something that was wrong with our theology.

It is so easy to misinterpret Scripture. But there are certain truths that are more obvious than others.

• God created everything.

• He sent His only Son Jesus to pay the price for our sin so we could spend eternity in relationship with God.

• That gift of salvation is by grace alone, not because of anything we do but by whom we trust by accepting that gift.

• Jesus died and was resurrected and then ascended to heaven.

• He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell with us and help guide us through this life.

These and probably a couple I’ve missed (this isn’t a theology class) are the essentials. There is room for disagreement on other tenets of theology.

We should not let our zeal for theological details to get in the way of the redemptive work of Jesus, no matter how convinced we are that we are right.

I’ve seen too many churches drive people away by overemphasizing beliefs that are unique to them.

And I’ve seen unstoppable revival when churches unite behind the truth of the Gospel.

Does your unique viewpoint ever get in the way of drawing people to redemption in Jesus?
Have you found ways to work with those with different takes on non-essential theology?
How did each situation work out?