by Robin Schumacher, Christian Post
A man was on a bridge, intending to jump and end his life. Another man saw him and cried out, “Don’t do it! God loves you. Do you believe in God?” The conversation then went on like this:
First man: “Yes.”
Second man: “Are you a Christian or a Jew?”
First man: “A Christian.”
Second man: “Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?”
First man: “Protestant.”
Second man: “Me, too! What franchise?”
First man: “Baptist.”
Second man: “Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?”
First man: “Northern Baptist.”
Second man: “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?”
First man: “Northern Conservative Baptist.”
Second man: “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?”
First man: “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region.”
Second man: “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?”
First man: “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912.”
There was then a slight pause, after which the second man shouted “Die heretic!” and pushed the first man off the bridge.
Maybe it’s Premillennialism vs. Amillennialism. Or Arminianism vs. Calvinism. Or young earth vs. old earth. Or ransom theory of Christ’s atonement vs. penal-substitution.
Take your pick, debates and divisions occur all the time in Christianity over matters of doctrinal belief. But when it comes to true saving faith, is there a must-have set of things a person must believe to be saved?
Moreover, once you settle on what a person must accept to be a Christian, then you’re staring the next question right in the face: why do you believe that? And then comes the final question: what difference does that make in your life?
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