Why The Sum Of All Religions Can't Amount To Knowledge Of God

It seems logical to reason that one can achievesources (doctrines). However, Christ doesn't allow the
spiritual enlightenment through the acceptance andtaking of his materials to be added to a foundation
practice of the good aspects of every religion.that he did not supply. This is why he was very
However, like any other discipline, religion has adescriptive in what kind of content makes up his
foundation of core teachings that determine if one isfoundation.
even permitted to accept instruction from otherIn a nutshell, any foundation that denies and rejects
belief systems.him as the one and only Christ of God is identified in
It's interesting to note that the Protestant Biblethe Bible as being of the spirit of anti-Christ (1 John
actually aligns the building of faith in God to the2:22-23). Any foundation that denies and rejects his
construction of an invisible, but very real, building intodivinity is also identified as being of the spirit of
which the believer is to move permanently. Scriptureanti-Christ. Where does the Bible say this? The
even advises one to sit down and think over such ascripture of 1 John 4.1-3 speaks of the significance of
task before undertaking it, to determine if he reallyJesus' coming to Earth "in the flesh". "In the flesh"
wants to construct a sound structure that must notrefers directly to divinity--God in the flesh. How can
fail him later. Certainly if one cannot even plan aone be sure of this? In the very first verse of the
foundation, he can never hope to lay one. If heNew Testament book of St. John, it's recorded that,
cannot lay a foundation, he has nothing on which to"in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
raise walls, place a ceiling, and add barriers, making hiswith God, and the Word was God." Later, verse 14
building a fortress.of the same chapter (one), says that, "the Word
Jesus asked, "for which of you, intending to build awas made flesh." Having previously called the Word
tower, sitteth not down first and counteth the cost,"God", the reader is being plainly told that God came
whether he have sufficient (will power/desire) to"in the flesh".
finish it (KJV, Luke 14.28)?People continue to mix and mingle the beliefs,
What would cause the believer not to be able toteachings, and doctrines of various religions. However,
finish his building in Christ? Obviously, the lack ofwhen they attempt to include bits and pieces from
supplies would stop him. What are his supplies? Thethe doctrine of Christ which will not be broken into
teachings of the doctrine of Christ, in Christianity, arepieces, they end up with neither a foundation, nor a
his supplies, along with his willingness to follow them.building that is acceptable to Christ.
This is only one of literally a vast number ofJesus spoke plainly and authoritatively when he said,
scriptures that should cause a person to realize that"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
the materials used to construct knowledge of thecometh unto the Father, but by me (St. John 14:6).
sound doctrine, or building of Christ, cannot beChrist is the foundation for every believer in his word.
grabbed from any source. If this were not the case,These various believers cooperate with him in the
all the builder would have to do when he ran out ofbuilding on to that foundation. However, the
supplies is take from another source, in other words,foundation, completed structure, and adornment that
from any other doctrine.they work with, are all encompassed in the one and
One might suggest that a person then lay hissame doctrine.
foundation from materials not belonging to theAgain, the Bible teaches that, "other foundation can
restrictive doctrine of Christ. The logic would be thatno man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ (1
an inter-faith foundation would be a lot more flexibleCorinthians 3:11).
to accept the good building supplies from many