Neutral: October 27, 2010

Today's Word for Wednesday October 27, 2010

NEUTRAL

DEFINITION

Not aligned with or supporting any side or position in a controversy.

SCRIPTURE
"He who is not with Me is against Me." Matthew 12:30

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

In a conversation with a group of friends the topic of religion came up. Some of us were believers and some were not. One of them said she believed there was some good in all religions; that way one had all the bases covered.

Anyone that believes that there is some good in all religions may be sincere in their belief but they are sincerely wrong. By accepting all religions as having some merit, people may feel they are remaining neutral. They consider themselves open-minded. We need only to read God's Word, the Bible, to see this is not so.

When it comes to Jesus Christ and God's plan of salvation, God has not given us the option of being neutral. No matter how much good one might see in any one religion, Jesus said that there is only one way to heaven.

In the fourteenth chapter of John we find Jesus, just before His arrest, preparing his disciples for His death. He tried to comfort them by telling them that He would be going to His Father's house and that He would be preparing a place for them there. Thomas said to Jesus, "Lord, we don't know where You are going, so how can we know the way?" Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father except through Me."

Jesus said that He is "the way and the only way to God, the Father." He did not say He was one of many ways. Those who think they can opt not to make a decision by remaining neutral must realize that by choosing not to accept Jesus they have chosen to reject Him. There is no middle ground with God. Not to act is to act. In the words of Jesus, "He who is not with Me is against Me."

There is no middle of the road, no neutral ground. Everyone is on one side or the other. We either stand with those who have accepted Christ or with those who have rejected Him.

Consider where you stand. Are you standing on God's side or on Satan's side?

LEARNING

Our memory verse for this week is found in I Thessalonians 5:18.

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

PRAYER

May my life be a testimony that I am standing on the Lord's side. Help me to be firm with those that I meet and talk to letting them know there is no neutral ground concerning where they will spend eternity.