Adhere to Christian Faith

July 5

How should believers in Christ regard the tenets and doctrines of other religions and worldviews that do not spring from the teachings of the Savior? The policy in America is to be tolerant of all differing belief systems because freedom of religion is clearly stated in the Bill of Rights to be among those that cannot be abrogated.

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.

This is a comprehensive list and the free exercise of religion is listed first among them. It was recognized by our founders that doctrines and ceremony may differ among those who espouse Jesus as Lord and Savior, but He was the common link that held most of the religions practiced in the infant nation. While there was a very small representation of the Jewish faith who were among early patriots, the preponderance were believers in Christ.

While they were not all zealots in their religious convictions, most did believe the admonition of Paul in II Corinthians 10:5 which says, “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself against the knowledge of God and take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” Adherence to faith in Him was practiced to one degree or another by all those who valued freedom to the extent of rebelling against the super power of the day in order to attain it.