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Do all religions lead to God?
Well the answer is Yes. All paths of life that we take will end when we stand before God.
The Bible says that each person has a day appointed when they will die and after that they will be judged (Hebrews 9:27) - they will stand before a holy God and He will judge them according to their sins.
Many would say that religions are like paths leading up the mountain. The paths take different routes but they lead to the same end.
Maybe you’ve heard this old story before:
A small group of blind men encounter an elephant. Each man makes an observation based on touching a certain part of the elephant.
One grasps the trunk and says “it’s a snake!”
Another touches one of the elephant's legs and says, “it’s a tree.”
A third man finds the tail and says. “It’s a rope!”
The fourth blind man discovers the elephant’s side and says, “it’s a wall!”
Each blind man is describing the same thing: an elephant. Yet each describes the same thing in a radically different way.
The story is told to reveal that the different ideas in different religions are equally true, with each religion showing one part of a bigger picture. Generally people like the idea of this because it means that no one can be offended and told they are wrong. But in actual fact when you think about it all the blind men were wrong. The storyteller told us it wasn’t a tree or a rope - it was an elephant. The storyteller is claiming to be the only one to know the absolute truth in stating that the bigger picture is an elephant.
The Bible doesn’t say ‘you just believe whatever you want to - it will be OK in the end!’ The Bible doesn’t say that there are many ways to get right with God. The Bible says that no one is right with God and there is only one way that people can reach God. That way is through Jesus Christ.
The Bible says that there is a way that seems right to a person but in the end it leads to death. (Proverbs 14:12)
People can be very sincere in their religion or their beliefs and we must respect one another. And all people have a right to choose what they believe. But whoever we are we can all, at times, be sincerely wrong.
Jesus said, “I am the way the truth and the life.” He didn’t say He was one of many ways. He claimed to be the only way. He went on to say - “No one can come to God the Father except through Me.”
The Bible says that all people will one day stand before God. But, from what Jesus said throughout his life, as recorded in the gospels, if we want to stand before Him when we die and be accepted, we need to come to God through Jesus.
The Bible says this: “to all who did receive him, (Jesus), to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” So all religions do lead to God, but the Bible is clear - only those people who have accepted Jesus Christ as THE only way will have their sins forgiven and enter into eternal life with God. You see, when Jesus died on the cross, he took upon himself the judgement that our sins deserved.
Do you believe this? Will you accept what God has provided for you?
We all have this decision to make.
Do all religions lead to God?
Well the answer is Yes. All paths of life that we take will end when we stand before God.
The Bible says that each person has a day appointed when they will die and after that they will be judged (Hebrews 9:27) - they will stand before a holy God and He will judge them according to their sins.
Many would say that religions are like paths leading up the mountain. The paths take different routes but they lead to the same end.
Maybe you’ve heard this old story before:
A small group of blind men encounter an elephant. Each man makes an observation based on touching a certain part of the elephant.
One grasps the trunk and says “it’s a snake!”
Another touches one of the elephant's legs and says, “it’s a tree.”
A third man finds the tail and says. “It’s a rope!”
The fourth blind man discovers the elephant’s side and says, “it’s a wall!”
Each blind man is describing the same thing: an elephant. Yet each describes the same thing in a radically different way.
The story is told to reveal that the different ideas in different religions are equally true, with each religion showing one part of a bigger picture. Generally people like the idea of this because it means that no one can be offended and told they are wrong. But in actual fact when you think about it all the blind men were wrong. The storyteller told us it wasn’t a tree or a rope - it was an elephant. The storyteller is claiming to be the only one to know the absolute truth in stating that the bigger picture is an elephant.
The Bible doesn’t say ‘you just believe whatever you want to - it will be OK in the end!’ The Bible doesn’t say that there are many ways to get right with God. The Bible says that no one is right with God and there is only one way that people can reach God. That way is through Jesus Christ.
The Bible says that there is a way that seems right to a person but in the end it leads to death. (Proverbs 14:12)
People can be very sincere in their religion or their beliefs and we must respect one another. And all people have a right to choose what they believe. But whoever we are we can all, at times, be sincerely wrong.
Jesus said, “I am the way the truth and the life.” He didn’t say He was one of many ways. He claimed to be the only way. He went on to say - “No one can come to God the Father except through Me.”
The Bible says that all people will one day stand before God. But, from what Jesus said throughout his life, as recorded in the gospels, if we want to stand before Him when we die and be accepted, we need to come to God through Jesus.
The Bible says this: “to all who did receive him, (Jesus), to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” So all religions do lead to God, but the Bible is clear - only those people who have accepted Jesus Christ as THE only way will have their sins forgiven and enter into eternal life with God. You see, when Jesus died on the cross, he took upon himself the judgement that our sins deserved.
Do you believe this? Will you accept what God has provided for you?
We all have this decision to make.
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