Life as a Christian Woman

I will tell you up front that I am not a fan of so called “New Age” religion. I feel it is revisionist in its approach, much more concerned with making everyone happy as opposed to telling the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The scriptures are straightforward…

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.    John 14:6    New International Version (NIV)

The only way to Heaven, to God’s kingdom, is through Jesus Christ and his redemptive love. He came here, he took on our sins, he took those sins to the cross where he died in our place, he was buried and rose again on the third day. He ascended to the Father’s throne, and will return again. His intercession on our behalf is why we are saved, by his grace and grace alone.

There is no wiggle room. Christ did not say, “I am the way, the truth and the life, unless you find a better way. Oh yeah, and if you live a good life but don’t believe in me, that’s ok, my Father will overlook your unbelief and let you into Heaven anyway.”

Nope, folks, you gotta believe in one Savior, Jesus Christ. End of story.

So imagine my disbelief when I was directed to a video of Oprah Winfrey, who claims to be a Christian, saying emphatically that there are many paths to Heaven, that there isn’t just one way. And when an audience member stood her down and said, “What about Jesus?,” Winfrey’s response was an indignant, “What about Jesus!”

Oprah states her opinion that there are many ways to the “Truth”

The scary thing is that hundreds of thousands, if not millions, get their “theology” from watching Oprah. Her following is loyal and ardent. She is mesmerizing.

But she is wrong.

In the video, she repeatedly says that “there cannot possibly be one way” to Heaven. Yet the scripture says the opposite.

The danger in this type of theology is that many will follow it, will believe these lies that having a good heart matters more than believing in Christ as the Son of God.

A good heart should be a part of every Christian, but some rely on these good hearts to save them, which won’t happen. It’s like the old analogy: All beagles are dogs, but not all dogs are beagles. The message here would be: All Christians should have a good heart, but not all people with good hearts are Christians.

Numerous verses in scripture point out the fact that works cannot save us:

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesian 2:8-9 NIV

He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.  Titus 3:5-7 NIV

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. James 2:26 NIV

Frankly, to deny the scripture is to deny Christ.

If you want to know where to get your theology, you are in luck. As Christians, we can go straight to the source… God’s holy word, the Bible. When you immerse yourself in His word, there can be no misunderstanding.

His age is the New Age!