Are There Many Paths To Heaven?

Bold in Scripture verses
is for emphasis.

True Christianity is different
from every other religion in
the world because God’s
Holy Word, the King James
Bible, teaches us that we
cannot do anything to
save ourselves from
ending up in hell. Why?
We will find the answers
to that question as we
go through this Bible
study.
God tells us that we do
not get saved by our
works of righteousness
(good deeds, baptism,
religious ceremonies,
prayers, tithes, etc.), but
we are saved by his
grace. Grace means
God’s unmerited or
unearned favor
toward us.

Ephesians
2:8 For by grace are
ye saved through
faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift
of God:

2:9 Not of works, lest
any man should boast.

Other world religions
believe that you have to
do good stuff to work
your way to heaven.
Some think they are
'making points' with
God’ by requiring strict
attendance at church,
synagogue, or a
mosque a certain
amount of times
without fail. Others
require that you go
through man-made
religious ceremonies
or follow man-made
church traditions.
Others require you
to pay money to earn
your way to heaven,
etc., etc. All of these
different ways of
so called 'earning
salvation' are saying to
God, “I can save myself
without You, God!”

But the how many good
deeds, how many prayers,
how much money, how
many religious ceremonies
or how many church
traditions must you do or
pay or whatever in
order to earn your way to
heaven? The poor
people in those religions
do not know the answer
to those questions and
so they have to worry
their whole lives if they
will make it to heaven or
not when they die. How
sad. Unfortunately God
says that once we die
it is too late to be saved
from our sins. God's
Holy Word says that
once we die we face
Jesus Christ at the
Judgment! But please
keep reading because
there is Good News
coming.

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

Romans 14:10
But why dost thou judge
thy brother? or why dost
thou set at nought thy
brother? for we shall
all stand before the
judgment seat of
Christ.

Some religious leaders
believe in physically
forcing people to accept
their religion. Other
religious leaders give
advice or say 'wise'
things to accumulate
followers. But none of
these religious leaders
could offer payment for
our sins.

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

Jesus Christ, the
Sinless Son of God,
died on a cross to pay
for our sins. Three days
later he rose from the
grave and was seen by
more than 500 people!
He is alive and in
heaven!

Now back 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
else? The answer is
because our relationship
with God the Father in
heaven is broken
because we are born
with a sin nature that
we inherited from Adam,
the first man that God
created. God is a Holy
God and cannot be
in the presence of our
sin.

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

So that means that none
of us can ever get to
heaven because God
says we have all sinned.
But please keep
reading because there
is Good News coming
later in this Bible study.

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:

But, God loved us so much
that he wanted to make a
way for us to be saved
from our sins so we
could spend eternity with
him! So God sacrificed
his Sinless Son, Jesus
Christ, to die on the
cross in our place to
pay for our sins. And
when God raised Jesus
from the dead, he
showed us that he had
accepted Christ's death
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. [*The definition of
propitiation is 'PAYMENT
IN FULL'.]

John 3:16 (Jesus said:)  
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, baptism, etc.)
are as filthy rags to Him
because we would still
have to be SINLESS
to get into God's Holy
Heaven; reminding us
that those activities
WE DO CAN NOT
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, like the
wind, have taken us
away.

Salvation is a free gift
from God. A gift is not
something you have
to work for; it is given
freely to us.

But a gift is not ours
unless we accept it.

We can only get into God's
Holy heaven GOD’S WAY,
NOT OUR WAY! This is
what makes Christianity
different from every other
religion in the world! We
cannot do anything to
save ourselves!!!

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

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 be nailed
to the cross for no reason!
That would be a cruel God!

But God is a loving God
and does not want us
worrying our whole lives
whether we will make it
into heaven or not. This
next verse is one of my
favorites because it
declares that we can
KNOW NOW that we
have eternal life the
minute we accept
Jesus Christ as our
Saviour.

The Catholic Church
says this is ‘presumption’
to ASSUME we HAVE
eternal life now. That is
not presumption!
That is trusting our very
loving, heavenly Father’s
Holy Word for what He says
that WE CAN KNOW NOW
whether we will get into
heaven or not so we don’t
ever have to worry where
we will go when we die.
That is a LOVING GOD!
And we can trust God's
Holy Word (the King
James Bible) because
God cannot lie.
(Titus 1:2)

1 John 5:13  
These things have I
written unto you that
believe on the name of
the Son of God; that ye
may know that ye
have eternal life, and
that ye may believe on
the name of the Son of
God.

There is so much freedom
in knowing for sure that
you will go to heaven when
you die! Then you don’t
ever have to be afraid of
what comes after death
again!

This next verse was
very special to me for
when I had double
breast cancer surgery...
I was joyous, not
because I wanted to
leave my loving, godly
husband, but because
I knew that if I did die, I
would immediately
go to be in the
presence of my
loving Saviour Jesus
Christ in heaven, and
that my dear husband
would join me when his
time on this earth was
over!

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.

And now how to get
saved from your sins
and go to heaven when
you die:
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 (Trust) 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's work on the
cross, 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. I am
repeating this verse
because it has been
a comfort to me, and
I hope it will bring
comfort to you.

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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