Shawn teaches that due to Jesus' total victory and the everlasting growth of the Kingdom of God, various religious perspectives, including Calvinism, Mormonism, Roman Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and even cults, may play a beneficial role in God's overall plan, despite doctrinal differences. This perspective encourages embracing peace, love, and understanding, acknowledging that having a perfect set of beliefs is unattainable in this life, and thus, fostering a more positive view of others' beliefs and actions.
Body-Building and Beliefs
Taped July 18th 2021
Aired August 2nd 2021
Because of my eschatologyStudy of “last things”—TGNN teaches all biblical eschatology was fulfilled in 70 A.D. More I used to think that only people who believed like me were acceptable to God in the things they did. Because of Yeshua’s total victory over all things and the Kingdom of GodGod’s spiritual reign—fulfilled and present, not political or future. increasing forever, and because all go to a heavenly destination now (with some entering the New JerusalemThe spiritual reality of God's fulfilled presence with humanity—replacing Sheol after 70 A.D. on high) and others choosing to remain outside of it, I am of the opinion that most people, perhaps even all, do actually contribute to this increasing Kingdom . . . in one way or another.
Viewing Differences in Beliefs
So, instead of seeing the Calvinists as enemies to truth perhaps I can begin to see them as providing a function in the world – whatever God deems that function to be. And instead of seeing the Mormon church as diabolical and Satanically run, since Jesus has had the victory, perhaps I should see it as useful – again, in whatever way the Lord God Almighty deems it so. The same could be said of Roman Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Protestantism and even the cults. Perhaps all of them, like notes on the piano – some melodic and harmonic and others dissonant and off-putting, lend to a balanced piece of music in the ear of God.
Embracing Differing Perspectives
This attitude, again possible by and through the victorious work of Jesus, liberates those who agree and enables them to see others and the things that they believe and do in a more positive light, and to see otherwise good people misguided by Men as purposeful, and therefore ultimately beneficial, to the Kingdom of God. We are NEVER ever going to rid ourselves of doctrinal differences and denominationalism. Men and women are always going to disagree about the things of God.
Conclusion on Beliefs
Because of this, perhaps we can assume that a perfect set of beliefs in this life is impossible for any one person to possess, and so therefore something better ought to step in and take hold of the lives of those who are His – Maybe it's peace, love and understanding and giving all people the benefit of the doubt?
