When two persons in love decide to build a home together in a matrimony, it is a new adventure as well as challenge that brings them into a crossroad of decision-making. The two if come from different religion or denomination, often have to choose which one to adhere from that point on as a family. At times when awkwardness arises due to arguments, couples choose to take the middle path or a totally outside path instead. But is that a smart, even a correct way to go?
As the change to accept the other denomination means to embrace a different set of beliefs, the idea that different path but same God enters the argument. This argument sounds like it has a noble cause but then some questions come to mind such as "What does it mean to follow God?" "Can we call ourselves Christians yet be ignorant to His will?" "What then is the will of God?" "On what basis are we to make our decision of which faith to follow?" - that compels us to dig deeper to know the true meaning of being Christians. These are some of the questions we would ask when we are confronted with the concept of many forms of religion or branches of Christianity but one God. The argument on this concept defends the need to compromise for the other person's belief for the necessity to maintain peace; otherwise you would be labeled an extremist.
One bible verse that we could consider in this matter is in Mathew 7:21 that goes, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of
heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (NIV). What is it trying to tell us? What does the verse really mean? How will this verse help me in my decision-making? The study of this verse is potentially overwhelming. There is a lot to explore to come to a thorough explanation on this single verse. It takes openness to the power of the Holy Spirit to speak to us in no way that its revelation of truth will be defiled by our own precomposition.
