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“Supreme Beings”—continued from previous page
hijacked by Christianity. 13 — Brian
McLaren (emerging church leader)
F
SUMMATION
or those who are His true worshippers,
Zechariah 14:9 is a wonderful hope;
and for those who claim that God can be
worshipped in the names of the supreme
beings of the nations, the verse is a dire pre-
diction. Those deceived ones have forgotten
that there is only One Name under heaven
by which men may be saved.
In his name (Jesus Christ) the
nations will put their hope.
(Matthew 12:21)
Not in other names like Allah, Baal,
and I’o.
[A]nd repentance for the
forgiveness of sins will be
preached in his name to all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
(Luke 24:47)
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Only those who believe in the name
of Jesus Christ will have eternal life.
(John 20:31)
All the prophets testify about him
that everyone who believes in him
receives forgiveness of sins through
his name. (Acts 10:43)
The whole Bible testifies of the salvation
in the name of Jesus Christ.
And this is his command: to believe
in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,
and to love one another as he
commanded us. (1 John 3:23)
There is only One God, YHWH, and
always has been. The angels are not gods,
humans are not gods, the demons are not
gods. There is only One God eternally
existing in Three Persons, Father, Son and
Holy Spirit.
“Well said, teacher,” the man
replied. “You are right in saying
that God is one and there is no other
but him. (Mark 12:32)
The true proclamation of the Gospel
must be done in Jesus’ name, not in the
name of the false demonic “supreme
beings” of the nations. There is no other God and no other
Name.
Yet to all who did receive him, to
those who believed in his name, he
gave the right to become children of
God. (John 1:12) [Y]et for us there is but one God, the
Father, from whom all things came
and for whom we live; and there is
but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through
whom all things came and through
whom we live. (1 Corinthians 8:6)
Only those who have believed in the
name of Jesus Christ, Yeshua Ha-Mashiach
(Jesus the Messiah), become the children of
God. All men are the creation of God but
only through the Son can anyone become
a child of God.
But these are written that you may
believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the
Son of God, and that by believing
you may have life in his name.
Volume 7—No. 5
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ENDNOTES:
1. Archie C. C. Lee, “ God’s Asian
Names: Rendering the Biblical God in
Chinese” (SBL Forum, n.p. [cited Oct
2005]. Online: http://sbl-site.org/Article.
aspx?ArticleID=456).
2. Edward W. Desmond, “Interview with
Mother Teresa: A Pencil in the Hand Of
God” ( Time Magazine , December 4, 1989),
pp. 11, 13.
3. “Word to the World interview with
Daniel Kikawa” (February 16, 2006, #9).
He has also promoted that the name of God
in Hawaii is I’o.
4. Rick Warren at the 2005 United Na-
tions Prayer Breakfast, September 2005.
Quote is from transcript of Warren’s talk that
was provided to Lighthouse Trails Publishing.
See also: “Rick Warren Speaks about Purpose
at United Nations” by Rhonda Tse ( Christian
Post , September 14, 2005, http://www.chris-
tianpost.com/article/20050914/21340_
Rick_ Warren_Speaks_about_ Purpose_at_
United_ Nations.htm);
5. Leonard Sweet, Quantum Spirituality
(Whaleprints, United Theological Seminary,
1991), pp. 129-130.
6. Henri Nouwen, Sabbatical Journey (New
York, NY: Crossroad Publishing Co., 1998),
p.51, as cited in A Time of Departing by Ray
Yungen.
7. Foundation magazine (a YWAM publi-
cation), May/June 2000, p. 39.
8. Victor Kazaniian, JR, Episcopal Life
Forum , June 1998, p. 20.
9. Peter Kreeft, Ecumenical Jihad (San Fran-
cisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 1996), pp. 30, 79.
10. Graham Jefferson, “Hour of Power;
Program is a platform we use to help people”
( USA Today, March 23, 1989), citing Robert
Schuller.
11. Robert Schuller, My Journey (San Fran-
cisco, CA: HarperCollins, 2001), p. 501.
12. Robert Schuller ( Possibilities Magazine ,
Summer 1986), p.12.
13. Brian McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy
(Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004), p.
293.
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