Wow Gregor...I'm offline for a few days and this thread goes into fascinating tangents. It's hard to keep up sometimes.
My point, way back several days ago, was actually fairly simple.
First, God is the point. Jesus always pointed toward God. Jesus is the way, but God is the destination. Because God is so much greater than we are, we need a bridge to keep in contact with Him. Jesus is the bridge. With God but not Jesus, we're sorta there, but it's not a very fulfilling relationship because God is so distant to us, so far beyond our reach.
Second, if someone is already experiencing God, they're already looking in the right direction. They still need Jesus to make it fulfilling. But they're not far away.
Unfortunately, some religions actually get in the way of getting to that point of fulfillment through Jesus. I suspect that's what happens in Islamic cultures; the pressure keeps people from getting the whole thing.
In western cultures, however, it shouldn't take too much to move from belief in a loving, living God, to Christianity.
In Christ, and in the Lord, Ken. |
