Misrepresentation #3

There is only one valid faith.

All faiths are valid to an extent. When Moses approaches Pharaoh in Exodus chapter 7 he is told by God to throw down his staff and it becomes a snake. Then Pharaoh summons his sorcerers and they are able to do the same thing. This was also the same case with water to blood and the plague of frogs. I had to go back and read this again. I always grew up knowing that God allowed Moses to do these great things but never realized that the sorcerers could do it as well. How was this possible? Where did they get their power from?

I could say it was the work of demons or something, though that area I lack some knowledge in, but I think their is a better answer. If we look further into the plague incidents we see that the magicians can no longer conjure up these tasks. So their faith is valid, but only has a limited amount of power. Perhaps God allowed the sorcerers to have these powers for this very reason. To prove that his power was supreme. His power held the most weight. Its not a far stretch to think this is how God operates. In the book of Job Satan has to ask for permission before he is allowed to harm Job. So God allows "harmful" things to happen so that his power may be known to man by redeeming their situations. Therefore anything "perceived" to be harmful can be redeemed.

How is Christianity the most powerful? Because our God has taught us that striving to die for our fellow man so that they may know his love is the most powerful and noble task a Christian can attain. If we as Christians strived to LOVE our fellow man to death, no matter race, religion, or social status, we would be more than conquerers.