Bible Questions Answered:
“...I heard them say the church
should be inclusive in its approach to others. What are they saying
here?...”
Toby/ Auburn, Washington U.S.A.
To start right, let's be sure we know
what we are talking about.
Inclusive:
Covering or including everything: open
to everyone: not limited to certain people: including the stated
limits and everything in between.
Merriam-Webster
Exclusive
Not shared: available to only one
person or group: available to only a few people.
Merriam-Webster
The saving gospel of Jesus Christ is
all-inclusive, that is, it is open to all!
Isaiah 45:22 NKJV
“Look to Me, and be saved, All
you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
John 3:16 NKJV
For God so loved the world
that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
should not perish but have everlasting life.
Acts 2:21 NKJV
And it shall come to pass That
whoever calls on the name of The Lord Shall be saved.
Acts 10:43 NLT
He is the one all the prophets
testified about, saying that everyone who believes in Him
will have their sins forgiven through His name.”
Romans 10:13 NKJV
For “whoever calls
on the name of The Lord shall be saved.”
II Corinthians 5:14,15 NLT
14 "...Christ died for
all..."
15 He died for everyone
so that those who receive His new life will no longer
live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and
was raised for them.
I Timothy 2:3,4 NLT
3 This is good and pleases God our
Savior,
4 who wants everyone
to be saved and to understand The Truth.
Titus 2:11,12 NLT
11 For the grace of God has been
revealed, bringing salvation to all people.
12 And we are instructed to turn from
godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil
world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God,
II Peter 3:9 NKJV
The Lord is not slack concerning His
promise, as some count slackness, but is long suffering toward us,
not willing that any should perish but that all should come to
repentance.
I John 1:9 NKJV
If we confess our sins,
He is Faithful and Just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.
I John 5:1 NLT
Everyone who believes that
Jesus is The Christ has become a child of God. And everyone
who loves
The Father loves His
children, too.
Revelation 22:17 NKJV
And The Spirit and the bride say,
“Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who
thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life
freely.
How wonderful that, “whoever
calls on the name of The Lord Shall be saved.”
And that the gospel
message of salvation is open to “everyone.”
Now having said
that, we move on to the subject of the teaching of the church of
The Lord Jesus
Christ.
The teachings of The Lord Jesus Christ
are, exclusive!
Deuteronomy 4:2 NKJV
You shall not add to The Word
which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the
commandments of The Lord your God which I command you.
Deuteronomy 12:32 NKJV
“Whatever I command you, be
careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from
it.
Proverbs 30:6 NKJV
Do not add to His Words, Lest
He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.
Ecclesiastes 3:14 NLT
And I know
that whatever God does is final. Nothing can be added to it or
taken from it. God’s purpose is that people should fear Him.
Matthew 5:17-20 NJKV
17 “Do not think that I came to
destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but
to fulfill.
18 For assuredly, I say to you,
till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no
means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
19 Whoever therefore breaks one of
the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be
called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches
them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say to you, that unless
your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and
Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
Galatians 1:8,9 NKJV
(Godly Warning.)
8 But even if we, or an angel from
heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have
preached to you, let him be accursed.
9 As we have said before, so now I
say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you
have received, let him be accursed.
Jude 3 NLT
Dear friends, I had been eagerly
planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I
find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the
faith that God has entrusted once for all time to His holy
people.
Revelation 22:18,19 NJKV (Christ's
Warning.)
18 For I testify to everyone who
hears The words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds
to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in
This Book;
19 and if anyone takes away from The
Words of The Book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part
from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which
are written in This Book.
What is all of this
saying? It is saying, that in no way shape or form, may The Word Of
God, be compromised!
God is immutable,
that is to say, unchanging, and so His Word! And because He is
unchanging, and His Word is unchanging, it brings division among men.
Matthew 10:34-39
NKJV (Division)
34 “Do not think that I came to
bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
35 For I have come to ‘set a man
against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a
daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’;
36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be
those of his own household.’
37 He who loves father or mother
more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter
more than Me is not worthy of Me.
38 And he who does not take his
cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
39 He who finds his life will lose
it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
Luke 12:49-53
NKJV
49 “I came to send fire on the
earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50 But I have a baptism to be
baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!
51 Do you suppose that I came to
give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division.
52 For from now on five in one house
will be divided: three against two, and two against three.
53 Father will be divided against
son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter
against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and
daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
Hebrews 4:12 KJV
For The Word Of God is quick,
and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to
the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and
marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Revelation 1:16
KJV
And He had in His right hand seven
stars: and out of His mouth went a sharp two edged sword: and
His countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Revelation
2:12,16 KJV
12 And to the angel of the church in
Pergamos write; These things saith He which hath the sharp sword
with two edges;
16 Repent; or else I will come unto
thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my
mouth.
Revelation
19:15,21 KJV
15 And out of His mouth goeth a
sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: and He
shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treadeth the wine press of
the fierceness and wrath of
Almighty God.
21 And the remnant were slain with
the sword of Him that sat upon the horse, which sword
proceeded out of His mouth: and all the fowls were filled with
their flesh.
The Way of Jesus is
a way of division, the darkness from The Light, the false from The
True.
Matthew 7:13,14
NKJV
13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for
wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and
there are many who go in by it.
14 Because narrow is the gate and
difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find
it.
The Broadway
Church, is all inclusive in its gospel, and it is because its
gospel is constantly evolving, ever changing, all accepting, all
embracing, because absolute truth cannot be known, it is an never
ending search.
II Timothy 4:3,4
NLT
3 For a time is coming when people
will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will
follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell
them whatever their itching ears want to hear.
4 They will reject The Truth and
chase after myths.
The Broadway Church
explains as did Pilot... John 18:38 KJV “Pilate saith unto Him,
What is truth?..."
The Broadway
Church, can never know The Truth, because it has rejected Jesus
Christ who is...
John 14:6 KJV
Jesus saith unto him, I am The Way,
The Truth, and The Life: no man cometh unto The Father, but by Me.
The Narrow Way
Church, may be few in number, yes, but mighty in power and in deed,
for it lives and breathes the very Word Of God, and judges all things
by it!
Acts 17:10-12
NLT
10 That very night the believers
sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived there, they went to
the Jewish synagogue.
11 And the people of Berea were more
open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to
Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to
see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.
12 As a result, many Jews believed,
as did many of the prominent Greek women and men.
Dear friend, may
Joshua's words always be yours!
Joshua 24:15 KJV
And if it seem evil unto you to
serve The Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the
gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the
flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as
for me and my house, we will serve The Lord.
