Do All Religions Teach The Same Thing?

Christianity is different from 
other religions because the 
Holy Bible (KJB) teaches 
us that man cannot save 
himself by anything that 
he does. Why? We'll get 
to that further down in this 
Bible study.

Titus
3:5 Not by works of 
righteousness which we 
have done, but according 
to his mercy he saved us, 
by the washing of 
regeneration, and 
renewing of the Holy 
Ghost; 

3:6 Which he shed on us 
abundantly through Jesus 
Christ our Saviour; 

3:7 That being justified 
by his grace [God's 
un-earned favor towards 
us], we should be made 
heirs according to the 
hope of eternal life. 
Other world religions 
believe that you have to 
go to church every week 
or every time the church 
opens, or pray in a certain 
way, or in a certain place, 
or a certain number of 
times a day, or wear 
certain religious clothing, 
or do righteous deeds 
(good works), or attend 
religious ceremonies (i.e.,
baptism), or pay a certain 
amount of money to be 
saved to get into heaven, 
etc. All of these ways are 
just man's way of working 
their way to heaven to 
earn their salvation.

The big question for all of 
these other religions is 
how many prayers, 
how many good works, 
how much money, or 
how many religious rites 
or practices must you 
do before you KNOW 
that you will get to 
heaven? No one can 
answer that, so the 
people in those religions 
have no hope that they 
will get to heaven until 
after they die; and 
then God says it is 
too late to be saved! 

Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed 
unto men once to die, 
but after this the 
judgment:

Proverbs 11:7  
When a wicked [God 
says we are all sinners] 
man dieth, his expectation 
shall perish: and the hope 
of unjust men perisheth.

Some religious leaders 
believe in physically 
forcing people to take 
their religion. Other 
religious leaders give 
advice, or say "wise" 
things. But none of 
these religious men
could offer atonement 
(payment) for your sins
and mine. 

All of the religious 
leaders of these other 
religions are dead and 
in their graves! 

Only Jesus Christ, the 
Sinless Son of God, 
could be the substitute 
to pay our sin debt. And 
the awesome part is 
that Jesus Christ rose 
from the dead and is 
alive today, sitting at the 
right hand of God Almighty 
in heaven! Jesus Christ
is alive and was 
witnessed by over 
500 people at one
time after His 
resurrection from the 
dead! 

1 Corinthians 15:6  
After that, he was seen of 
above five hundred 
brethren [believers] at 
once; of whom the 
greater part remain 
[are alive] unto this 
present, but some 
are fallen asleep [died].

Now to that question I 
asked in the beginning 
of this post. Why can't 
we be saved by our 
good deeds or religious 
ceremonies or whatever? 
The answer is because our 
relationship with God the 
Father in heaven is broken 
because we are sinners. 
God is a holy God and 
cannot be in the presence 
of sin. 

 Habakkuk 1:13(a)  
Thou [God in heaven] 
art of purer eyes 
than to behold evil, and 
canst not look on iniquity: 

 So that means that 
no one could ever 
get to heaven 
because God says we 
have all sinned! Yikes!

But please keep reading
because there is good
news coming!

 Romans 5:12  
Wherefore, as by one 
man [Adam] sin entered 
into the world, and death 
by sin; and so death 
passed upon all men, 
for that all have sinned:

Romans 6:23  
For the wages of sin is 
death; but the gift of 
God is eternal life 
through Jesus Christ 
our Lord.

 But, God loved us so much 
that he made THE ONLY 
way for us to be saved from 
our sins so we could spend 
eternity with Him in his holy
heaven! God the Father in 
heaven sacrificed his only 
begotten Sinless Son, 
Jesus Christ, to die on the 
cross in our place to pay 
for our sins. 

 And when God resurrected 
Jesus from the dead, God
showed us that he had 
accepted Christ's blood 
sacrifice on the cross as 
full payment for the sins 
of everyone in the whole 
world! 

 1 John 4:10 
Herein is love, not that we 
loved God, but that he 
loved us, and sent his 
Son [Jesus Christ] to be 
the propitiation* for our 
sins. 

*propitiation = 
payment in full. 

 John 3:16 
For God so loved the 
world, that he gave his 
only begotten Son, that 
whosoever believeth in 
him should not perish, 
but have everlasting life. 

God says that "all our 
righteousnesses" (good 
deeds, prayers, tithes or 
donations, religious 
ceremonies, religious 
activities, etc.) are as 
filthy rags to Him; 
reminding us that those 
activities, i.e. baptism,
cannot save us from 
our sins and get us 
into heaven.

 Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an 
unclean thing, and all our 
righteousnesses are as 
filthy rags; and we all do 
fade as a leaf; and our 
iniquities [sins], like the wind, 
have taken us away. 

 Salvation is a free gift from 
God. A gift is not something 
you pay for or that you have 
to work for. A gift is free. 
But a gift is not ours unless 
we accept it. This is what 
makes Christianity different 
from every other religion 
in the world! We cannot 
do anything to save 
ourselves! God said so! 
Think about it! If we 
could earn our way to 
heaven, then God the 
Father in heaven 
sacrificed his only 
begotten Sinless 
Son, Jesus Christ, 
to die for no reason! 
That would be a cruel 
heavenly Father and 
God!

 Now the very good news 
of how to get saved from 
your sins God's Way and 
go to heaven when you die...
God's Holy-Spirit-inspired, 
Preserved Word, the King 
James Bible, tells us that 
God says there is only 
one way into His Holy 
heaven. 

How Can I Get To Heaven?

How can I be saved 
from my sins and know
that I will go to heaven
when I die? God's Holy 
Word, the King James 
Bible, tells us how:

Agree with God in  
heaven that you are 
a sinner and need a 
Saviour. GOD SAYS 
WE ARE ALL 
SINNERS. But keep 
reading because 
there is Good News 
for you: 

Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, 
and come short of the
glory of God;

Be willing to turn from 
your sin (repent). 

Acts 17:30  
And the times of this 
ignorance God winked 
at; but now commandeth 
all men every where to 
repent: 

Believe that Jesus 
Christ, the Sinless Son 
of God, shed his blood
on the cross to pay 
for your sins and 
mine, was buried, 
and that three 
days later He rose 
from the dead. 

Romans 10:9  
That if thou shalt confess 
with thy mouth the Lord 
Jesus, and shalt believe 
in thine heart that God 
hath raised him from 
the dead, thou shalt 
be saved. 

Repent of trusting in 
anything or anyone 
other than Jesus
Christ (i.e. baptism, 
good works, idols,
false gods, $/tithes, 
man-made church 
rules or traditions,
or religious 
ceremonies) to 
save you.

Titus 3:5
Not by works of
righteousness which we 
have done, but according 
to his mercy he saved us, 
by the washing of 
regeneration, and 
renewing of the Holy 
Ghost;

Jesus said that we do 
not get to heaven by our
good works (stuff we
have done). See verses
7:22 and 7:23 below!

Matthew
7:21 Not every one that 
saith unto me, Lord, 
Lord, shall enter into 
the kingdom of heaven; 
but he that doeth the 
will of my Father which 
is in heaven. 

7:22 Many will say to 
me in that day, Lord, 
Lord, have we not 
prophesied in thy 
name? and in thy 
name have cast 
out devils? and in 
thy name done 
many wonderful 
works? 

7:23 And then will I 
profess unto them, 
I never knew you: 
depart from me, ye 
that work iniquity. 

Accept God's Free 
Gift of eternal life 
through his Sinless 
Son, the Lord Jesus 
Christ. It is a free gift 
to you, but it cost Jesus
Christ his life! You do 
not have to work to 
earn a Gift - It is free!

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is 
death; but the gift of 
God is eternal life 
through Jesus Christ 
our Lord.

Ask Jesus Christ to be 
your personal Saviour 
and Lord of your life.

Romans 10:13 
For whosoever shall 
call upon the name 
of the Lord shall be 
saved. 

So, if you did that and
sincerely meant it,
then you are now a
Christian! Welcome
to the family. 

Romans 10:9  
That if thou shalt confess 
with thy mouth the Lord 
Jesus, and shalt believe 
in thine heart that God 
hath raised him from 
the dead, thou shalt 
be saved. 

And when you die, you 
will go straight to heaven
to be with Jesus Christ 
forever and ever! The
following Bible verse
is one of my favorites.
It gave me comfort when
I went through double
breast cancer surgery
for I knew that if I died
on the operating table
I would immediately be
in heaven with Jesus!
Knowing that is why I
no longer fear what 
comes after death. 
What freedom there is 
in knowing that.

2 Corinthians 5:8  
We are confident, I say, 
and willing rather to be 
absent from the body, 
and to be present with 
the Lord.

One note to all dear 
Catholics: The Catholic
church says that it is 
wrong to believe that 
you can know you are 
saved before you die. 
Please think about
this: God is a God of 
love. After all he sent
his Son to die for your
sins so you could be
with him in heaven for
eternity! That is love!
Why would a God of love
want you to worry all of
your life whether you will 
go to heaven or hell when
you die? God in heaven 
wants us to have peace 
and joy in this life as we 
live for him and draw 
others to him as their 
Saviour. Only a cruel 
God would want us 
worried and stressed 
about what comes after 
death. But GOD LOVES
YOU and wants you to 
have peace knowing that
you are saved now and 
can know now that you 
are going to heaven when
you die! Please trust your
loving heavenly Father's 
Holy Word (the King James
Bible) when God tells you 
that you will be with Him 
after death if you trusted
Jesus Christ as your 
Saviour!

And now that you have 
become a Christian, it
is important to learn how
to live a life that glorifies
God in heaven who gave
you the Gift of salvation.
Link here to my Bible
study on 'What Do I Do
Now That I Am Saved?'

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