According to the Peace Alliance:
"There is currently a bill before the U.S. House of Representatives (HR 808). This landmark measure will augment our current problem-solving options, providing practical, nonviolent solutions to the problems of domestic and international conflict.
Domestically, the Department of Peace will develop policies and allocate resources to effectively reduce the levels of domestic and gang violence, child abuse, and various other forms of societal discord. Internationally, the Department will advise the President and Congress on the most sophisticated ideas and techniques regarding peace-creation among nations."
Sounds great doesn't it? However, this is a cause of concern for Bible believing Christians. One critic of the Department of Peace has warned:
"Right now in Washington DC, a group of New Age lobbyists are working diligently to get the government to establish what they are calling the U.S. Department of Peace. The chief lobbying organization--The Peace Alliance--was founded by New Age leaders Marianne Williamson and Neale Donald Walsch. In essence, the Department of Peace, should it become a reality, will be a means to enforce New Age based hate crime legislation.
The legislation could very well lead ultimately to what Barbara Marx Hubbard calls the selection process, which is based on the New Age belief in order to stop the crises and turmoil in the world, all must go along with the plan, and resistance of any kind will be intolerable. The spiritual reasoning behind it is that unless humanity is enlightened to realize its own divinity, the world will head into Armageddon, and those who are self-centered (biblical Christians) are the only ones standing in the way from the planet being saved. We, of course, know that God's enemy, the devil, hates the Gospel and the messengers of this Gospel of true peace (because of the atonement for sins by Jesus Christ)."
The Department of Peace sounds remarkable similar to the military type organizations in some of the end times movies, e.g. Revelation. Their purpose is to silence the Christians and force their compliance with the one world government and religion. Watch for this to be an issue in the Obama administration. The Peace Alliance is mounting a campaign to Obama to make this a reality. While Scripture instructs believers to pray for those in authority, it also exhorts us to warn the church of grievous wolves and false doctrines, and to defend the faith. Because so many Christian figures are leading countless people toward the New Age/New spirituality, I am compelled to continue these type of warnings. We know that salvation comes only to those who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior through faith by His grace and become disciples. Thus, while the United States and the rest of the world move closer and closer toward a false one world system and a false christ, I must continue to speak the truth in love and boldness, exposing false teachings and ideas for the sake of the saints.
Watch Marianne Williamson discuss this new department.
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You say, "We know that salvation comes only to those who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior through faith by His grace and become disciples."
How do you know? I mean, how do you really know for sure? Do you know simply because you were told or read that it's true? Other people have been told or read otherwise.
You may say they're wrong. But couldn't they say the same of you? And how would either of you know for sure?
What if what you believe is right for you, and what others believe (two-thirds of the world is not Christian) is right for them?
Would a God who so loves the world really condemn two-thirds of it?
What if the biblical writers made the declaration you espouse because they were speaking to followers of Jesus -- and for those followers, for those believers, the statement was true?
Is a girl who lives down the block from you wrong if she tells her father he's "the best Daddy in the whole world" when your daughter tells the same thing to you? How can both girls be right and you and the other father both be the best? Is it possible that what the girl down the block believes is true for her, and what your daughter believes is true for her? Is it possible your daughter is not wrong simply because another girl believes otherwise?
Dear Dr. Jenkins,
Thank you for your post and blog.
I can understand, based on the information you have, what your concerns are. Sadly, there has been quite a bit of misinformation and misunderstanding about The Peace Alliance floating about the blogosphere for some time, and I'm concerned that some of it has formed the basis of your current understanding.
If you or any of your readers would like to discuss the organization, the movement and the legislation, you are welcome to contact me at wendy[at]thepeacealliance.org or 410-997-1731.
I think that you will find this work is not at all about any particular religious or world view--"New Age" or otherwise. It is about applying the practical, pragmatic tools and techniques of nonviolent conflict resolution toward addressing the epidemic of violence that plagues our nation and our world. I look forward to discussing these important issues with you.
Sincerely,
Wendy Greene
Managing Director
The Peace Alliance
Gerry,
I would like to respond to your statement. The first thing that needs to be cleared up is that it is not Barry Jenkins that said that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior, it was Jesus himself that said it in John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, and the life, NO ONE comes to the FATHER but through me."
The problem with all these other religions is that salvation is based on good works in which mankind gets to boast. The problem is that all men sin and sin seperates us from God. Romans 3:23 "All men sin and fall short of the Glory of God." You see in this story God is the hero not you or anyone else. Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by grace you have been saved through FAITH, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." With Christ we all have equal inheritance of God's Kingdom.
As far as God condeming the world John 3:16-17 says it all "For GOD so LOVED the WORLD, the he GAVE his only BEGOTTEN SON, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not SEND HIS SON into the world to CONDEMN the WORLD, but that the WORDL through him might be SAVED."
So you see God does not want to condemn the world he wants to reconcile the world to him. As if it wasn't enough that the LORD of all creation humiliated himself by becoming a man of flesh and blood. He then let himself be judged, beaten, and murdered by his own creation so he could save the very creation that was killing him. I don't know a one of us that would ever humiliate themselves like Jesus did.
As far as 1/3 of the world being Christian, it is my opinion that you're vastly overstretching that number.
As far as your daddy comparison, I would have to save say that it's not even a parallel comparison. There is only ONE GOD. He identifies himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He is the great I AM or Yahweh in the Hebrew language.
The reason that Barry, myself, and others believe is because we have been touched by the Holy Spirit of God and when the Spirit comes over you it gives you the understanding and the truth about God's word. I can't explain it, I can just relay the message.
The message is Jesus Christ. He is the living Word of God. He is the manifestation of the Word of God. It is by and through him all of Creation was brought into existance and by him we are reconciled to the Father. John 1:1 "In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with GOD, and the WORD was God." So you see if Jesus is God's word then he must be God since the word is from God. God's word is God and God's Spirit is God. Father, Son, and Spirit are all the same and all in agreement and therefore all are God.
We can show you all the evidence that you'd like, but what it really comes down to is faith. Put your faith, trust and hope in the Savior and he will call you home someday. God has given all of mankind that choice to choose his way or to not choose his way. If people do not choose his way then they condemn THEMSELVES to an eternity of punishment. God has given manking the choice. To put it this way, if you decide to take a road that leads to you driving off a cliff then it's your fault for following that road, but if you choose to take the road that leads to Paradise then you go to paradise. It's the same way with God. He's put up a big sign that says Follow Me to Heaven yet people choose to go their own way.
I hope you ask God for forgiveness and put your faith in Jesus the Christ.
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