How many times do I come across new truth that has always been there? After all these years in the Bible, I still continue to find new revelation, confirmation, and correction to my convictions, doctrine and opinion.
Today it came in the form of confirmation. (see Family Lost post from May 26, 2010).
1 Cor 10:20-21 says:
what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.
See for yourself:
Are “Idols” not the same thing as other gods? Take Buddha for example. He is used as an example of an avatar (embodiment of God) in Eastern religion, and people sacrifice food to his image.
This is settled for me. I thought I learned it through personal experience; I went through reading the Upanishads, and struggling through the claim that they are ancient scriptures, older than our Christian Bible. When I realized the truth of the source of these false “deities”, along with my uncle’s declaration that Christ was the most recent avatar, I formed my own conviction about this as posted in the previous posts, but this scripture puts this issue to bed.
I can preach it, I can teach it, and I can shine the light boldly as Christ did when he said, “all who came before me were liars and thieves” and “there is no other way to the Father, except through me”.