There are not Enough Eggs in the World!

You have heard that oil and water don't mix right? That is true. Water is a polar molecule, oil is nonpolar, and there is nothing to cause them to stick together. Put them both in the same vessel and shake them up, and in no time they separate out again. But, if you add an emulsifier in with them, it will bond the two so they will not separate out. Eggs are common emulsifiers and responsible for such concoctions as mayonnaise and creamy salad dressings that you don't have to shake up.
Have you seen this bumpersticker? I have seen it several times, and I know that Preacher Dave has referred to it a couple of times in messages. It is made most popular by Bono and his band U2. It sounds nice. Much like the refrain of Rodney King after the riots denouncing his abuse at the hands of the LAPD, "Can't we all just get along?!"

This is the modern tolerance movement. A hundred years ago, tolerance meant that we lived together and respected the right of others to religiously believe whatever they wanted. Fifty years ago, tolerance was redefined by the popular culture as repecting other's religion as equally valid and good. If you don't do that, you are intolerant, a bigot, and just an all around bad person. Now in the beginning of the third millennium after Christ, we have the COEXIST movement. If you are unaware of its meaning, check out their own definitions:

Their tag line is, "Coexist rather than trying to convert." This is syncretism run amok. Friends, let me say it simply, "There ain't enough eggs in the world!" Try as they might, the world's vain philosophies and so-called religions will not stick to the Kingdom of God. Jesus did not stagger up the bloody hills of calvary merely to establish another cheap, equally valid, emotion and tradition-based religion in the world.

Now, I am not saying that we are to lambaste those with other beliefs, but we must not think, say or act as if world religions are just as good or valid or hopeful as the Body of Christ. I am echoing the words of the Apostle Paul.

"And I say this that not anyone should beguile you with enticing words... Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Beware lest anyone rob you through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ. " Colossians 2:4-8

COEXIST claims they are driven by love to unite all people groups. I contend this is neither love nor unity. Love requires the truth. The Bible uses love in the sense of seeking the best for others. Can a lie or half-truth really be in the benefit of anyone, especially when considering matters of eternal life and death? And uniting with the world can only destroy the unity of the Body of Christ. That is the point Paul was making.

"Coexisting" may be the way of the world, but it is not God's way. Where are the Daniel's of our generation, willing to stand up for God despite any threatened consequences or name calling? Where are the Moses' who dared to say to Pharaoh that bondage was not acceptable for God's people? Where are the Ester's who would risk their own lives to stand in the gap for the people of God? Sadly, they are few and far between. Who will stand up and proclaim the words of Jesus?

I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father, but through me. John 14:6

You better believe that God is watching and waiting and wanting to open His floodgates upon such a people.