Have It Your Way
According to QSR Magazine, “Variety is the name of the game when it comes to
pleasing today’s consumers. Digital cable offers hundreds of channels,
satellite
radio has hundreds of stations, and with the Internet, the possibilities are
endless. Soon consumers might also have that kind of choice when it comes to
beverages in quick-service restaurants.”
Jamie Hartford reported in the same QSR article that the Coca-Cola Company is
testing fountain drink technology that can dispense more than 100 branded
sparkling
and still beverages from a single freestanding unit. The technology enables
customers to choose their beverages and flavoring(s) via a touch screen
located on
the front of the dispenser. *
Burger King proclaims, “Have It Your Way.” Similarly, one of the
marketing pitches
for Coca-Cola’s new drink dispenser is “Drink it your way."
These are catchy slogans, but as Brad Price** has pointed out,
unfortunately these
slogans reflect the way many people approach life in general, including
religion and
God Himself: “I want it MY way.”
However, “MY way” is not “GOD’s Way”!
“MY way” leads to SIN which separates us from God (Isaiah 59:1-2) and
places us under condemnation of DEATH (Romans 6:23). It is ONLY through “God’s Way” that we
can find forgiveness and eternal life (Ephesians 1:7).
The world says, “Have it YOUR way,” and suggests that there are a variety
of ways
from which to choose, all equally viable. However, when it comes to
forgiveness and
eternal life, there is only ONE WAY: God’s Way!
Brad Price states: “If we examine the Bible, we find an unusually strong
emphasis on
the word "ONE." Under the Old Testament era God selected just ONE special
nation to
be His people (this was Israel). When the church was instituted, God gave
it a
SINGLE foundation (1 Corinthians 3:11).”
Even multiple religious bodies claim to have God's approval even though
they espouse
a variety of baptisms, faiths, Lords, and Gods (gods). In contrast, the
Bible says:
“There is ONE body and ONE Spirit, just as you were called in ONE hope of
your
calling; ONE Lord, ONE faith, ONE baptism; ONE God and Father of all, who
is above
all, and through all, and in you all.” – Ephesians 4:4-6
Jesus set the record straight when He said, “I am THE Way, THE Truth, and
THE Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).
The Saving Message is not “Have It Your Way”; it’s “Have It GOD’s Way.”
Won’t YOU submit to HIS will and be saved today? :angel:
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