The same is true of spiritual laws. We are each beholden to our sovereign Creator God, whether we want to be or not, and whether we “believe” we are or not. Sincere belief to the contrary will not be any protection on the day of Judgment. And sadly, we have all broken God’s laws: we have all lied, stolen, dishonored our parents, failed to put God first in our lives, etc. We are without excuse. And, we are each born with a conscience, which attests to us from within the knowledge of right and wrong; not one of us can say we’re innocent. Our own consciences bear witness to us of our sins, by which we stand condemned. A price must be paid.

And thankfully, a price WAS paid, on the behalf of all who would repent and believe in Jesus, who paid for our sins by his death on the Cross. What glorious news, and what a glorious gospel. But emergents want to trade this precious pearl of the gospel, this supernatural truth, for cheap, man-made trinkets. The best man can come up with is always a system of works by which to achieve righteousness (and thereby ascend to heaven)…..whether that is:
Hinduism/Buddhism – through yoga, meditation, fasting
Islam – through mecca, prayers, Jihad
Wicca – through meditation, energy work, spells
Emergent/liberal “Christianity” – through extrabiblical spiritual disciplines, social justice, going green, etc.

But no rat wheel of “works” will ever be enough to grant a person entry into heaven. No matter how hard a person might try, there would always be the matter of sins already committed. The wages of sin is death. The price must be paid! Will we pay with our own life’s blood? Or will we let the blood of Christ make payment for us? It really is as simple as that.

As it is written: ‘Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offence, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.’ (Rom. 9:33)