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Guess who I saw and what I see?

My friend invited me over for a movie with her last night at a shopping mall nearby. I agreed and took a bus to the mall to meet her. Since it was peak hour, the bus was slowly getting crowded and the roads were also beginning to get jammed. Then I saw two young guys dressed in white shirts and black pants got onto the bus. They were holding some brochures and what looked like bibles.

Being familiar with their 'costume', my guess was they were either JWs or Mormons. Since there wasn't any seat left, they stood during the ride but I could see them 'surveying' the passengers in the bus and finally one of them sat down next to an elderly man when there was a seat available. He quickly struck up a conversation with the man and started sharing about his beliefs.

Later the other guy did the same with a younger guy who sat in front of me. I kinda eavesdropped on what he was sharing and I heard him say that their 'bible' is a little different than the 'holy bible' and they want to share what they believe to be the 'truth'.

When I heard that, the thought ran through my mind, "Why should your Bible be a little different than the Holy Bible?" Indirectly they are saying the Holy Bible isn't the truth and theirs is the "truth".

But what I saw that day is two guys working for their "salvation" because they believe their salvation is earned by works. That is the "truth" that they believe. What the Holy Bible tells us is that "salvation is by grace"....but sadly those who is "saved by grace" seldom "work out their salvation". We are saved to do "work that is set out for us" but we seem to take it for granted. Are we doing the work we are supposed to be doing? Are we sharpening the tools we have been given?

Although I do admire how these two guys intentionally going out to "save" people, they are preaching a different "Jesus" than what the Holy Bible portrays. To me, many different 'gospels' and many different kinds of 'Jesus' can be preached, but only the Jesus portrayed in the Holy Bible is truly unique. Jesus, the son of God, came to save us cause no one else could and so that no one else can boast that they "worked" their way to heaven.

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