Today's air of tolerance causes more and more people to buy into multiple spiritual traditions. If one God is good, people think, then two must be better! Let me explain why that isn't a workable faith.
- Different religions truly point to different Gods. The Koran, for example, claims Allah is the supreme being. The Bible says its God runs the universe. The moment you look at the claims of these two beings, you can't say they are the same. The Koran denies the resurrection, the very event that defines Christ and Christianity. The character of Allah and the biblical God differ drastically.
- There is no such thing as two equal Gods. If two Gods are different --and if by definition God is the One who has ultimate power and to whom we have ultimate accountability--both can't be ultimates. And if one is all-powerful and the other less powerful, then why have two?
- If you have another God, then you don't have the biblical God. God doesn't tolerate rivals. He calls us to an exclusive relationship. While this may sound egotistical, God is perfect and wants none of us to give our lives to anything less than His perfection.
If the world of religion is like a supermarket, you can only choose one God to take through the checkout line. A real God is too big to leave room in your cart for anything else.
Zacharias, Ravi. "Why Not Hedge Our Bets?" Jesus Among Other God's. Nashville: Thomas Nelson. 2000. 128.
