I believe that in the last days, the doctrines of tolerance, falsely so-called, will be the very thing that takes freedom away from the people. Perry Stone, in his great book ” The Pope, The Eagle, And The Iron Sickle.” says this:  ”The universal cry now is for tolerance. We are being taught to accept everyone’s personal belief, to be tolerant of all religions and to not condemn anyone, even if their religion contradicts the Word of God. This pressure to be tolerant is especially intense among the “seeker-sensitive” mega-churches.  They invite people of other religions, such as Hinduism,  and Buddhism, to take the church’s pulpit and “share their faith” among the believers in the church. This kind of emphasis desensitizes people to false doctrine, and will enable a future false prophet to be successful in deceiving the masses with his counterfeit doctrine and miracles.”

Today, our critics label us as intolerant because we [Christians] hold to the absolute truths of the Bible. Our critics have changed the real meaning of tolerance. Webster’s New World Dictionary Of English[3rd ed.] defines tolerate as  ” to recognize and respect [other's beliefs, practices, and so forth] without sharing them” and “to bear or put up with [someone or something not especially liked".  Scripture also expresses this thought in 1 Cor. 13:7 where it states that "Love endures all things."

But today, a new definition of tolerance is being forced upon people. Thomas A. Helmbock, executive vice-president of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, states, " The definition of new... tolerance  is that every individual's beliefs, lifestyle, and perception of truth claims are equal.... Your beliefs and my beliefs are equal, and all truth is relative"[Helmbock,IT,2].

Today some are telling us that truth is inclusive. The fact is however, that all truth is by nature exclusive. If a thing is true, then its opposite is false or not true. Josh McDowell, in his excellent book,”Evidence For Christianity” likens it this way– It is true that Washington D.C. is the capital city of the United States Of America. It is also true that no other city in the USA can make that claim and be truthful because Washington D.C. is the capital city. Just because one city only is the United States capital does not mean that the people who affirm this truth are intolerant. A person may say that Detroit is the US capital city; does that mean then that his claim is equal to the person who affirms that Washington D.C. is the US capital city?  Of course not. It is plain to see in our country today that the people who don’t want to live by the moral truth of the Word of God, seek to change that truth and force the rest of us to accept it.

Christianity is a faith relationship with Christ but that doesn’t mean it is a blind faith. The overwhelming preponderance of the evidence stacks up that the claims of Christianity are, in fact, true. It is the person who refuses to believe in the face of strong evidence who is really intolerant. Because many don’t want to be held accountable by God for their actions, they try to create a god more to their own liking. Man wants to define his own standards instead of yielding to the standards set by God Almighty.

Do not be deceived by these false definers in these last days.

In the end, on judgement day, God; the real God of the Bible, and His Truth will prevail.

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