And what does that mean to me? Well, it made me think of Acts 4:12 where the Lord says through the Apostle Peter regarding Jesus the Christ: "There is no other name under heaven whereby we must be saved." Jesus Himself said in Jn. 14:6 "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one can come to the Father but through Me." Looks pretty clear to me. It is only through Christ and His sufficient, substitutionary, satisfactory atonement and resurrection that people are saved. That leaves out good works and every other religion. Like Jesus said in Mt. 7:13-14 "Straight is the gate and narrow is the way the leads to life, and few there be that find it. But broad is the gate and wide is the way the leads to destruction, and many there be that find that." Yet those of us that have been chosen, called and regenerated have nothing to boast/brag about. Because if God had not done that none of us would be saved. "For by grace are you saved through faith, AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES, it is the gift of God, not of works lest anyome boast" (Eph. 2:8-9; see also Tit. 3:3-5). Soli Deo Gloria!
That's the way the world looks at it. Many religions and many paths to God, most people think. But is that true? I mean, look at what we got: Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, Roman Catholics, Protestants, Baptists, and more. Which one is right? Now bear with me before jumping the gun about me lumping in Protestants and Baptists with that group. How do we respond and deal with so many religions? Is there really that many? I say no! Because when it really comes down to it, there are only 2 kinds of religions...Works and Grace, Self and Christ. The works/self way leads to condemnation, the Christ/Grace way leads to eternal life in heaven. There may be many founders behind all those religions, but the one thing they all have in common is the false belief that works completely or partly saves them. It doesn't matter what name is behind it (including Christian), if they believe that sacraments, ordinances, charitable deeds, or good works helps get t...
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