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Why is there no religious tolerance?


Introduction. The only way this question can be answered according to God's will is to allow God's book, the Bible, to speak to us.

The Bible teaches there is only one faith. Hear Paul, "One Lord, one faith, one baptism" (Eph. 4:5). The one faith, system of religious belief, is the word of God (Acts 6:7). Paul had once destroyed the faith, now, he wrote, he preached it (Gal. 1:23). The gospel system is totally adequate. The faith supplies all that is needed (2 Tim. 3:16, 17; 2 Pet. 1:3). Regarding the faith Jude wrote, "...contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints' (Jude 3, ASV). The finality and completeness of the gospel system is presupposed when John forbad adding unto or taking away from God's word (Rev. 22:18, 19, cf. Deut. 4:2, Prov. 30:6).

The Christian must not tolerate false teachers and error. John warned against going beyond Christ's teaching. He said those who transgress neither have Christ nor the Father (2 John 9). John also taught we must not tolerate false teachers (2John 10,11). If we "tolerate" them, we become "partaker of his evil deeds." Paul issued a two-fold commandment: "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them" (Eph. 5:11). There are limited areas of tolerance taught, but not in matters of error and immorality (Rom. 14; Gal. 2:4,5).

Conclusion. It takes the truth to make man free of the bondage of sin (John 8:32). Hence, there must be no religious tolerance of sin and error.

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