There is no other salvation, there aren’t many paths leading to God. Some people think that Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, Harikrishna and Muslims are all seeking the same God. That’s not true. All these people who are saying you are okay so far as you believe in something, and you are being kind and nice to other people are not telling the truth. Those telling people these things are sending people to hell because what it’s doing is, making people trust in their own goodness instead of trusting in a saviour. And don’t ever think as long as I’m good, I’ll be able to go to heaven. No, none of those things are true. You and I were all sinners, and we were all on our way to hell.
True Christians are followers of Jesus. Jesus paid our sin debt because there was no other way. There is no other way to God or to Heaven and until you turn from yourself, and turn from trusting in your own goodness, and turn from any other religious system, and you only put faith in Jesus, there can be no true salvation. There can be no true way to heaven or to God. There’re people reading this right now that are being upset with what I’m saying. This is upsetting you because you think well, ‘I’m a good person and I thought that God was going to accept me’. It’s not based on your goodness; it’s all based on Jesus alone. Jesus is the only way to have relationship with God the father. He is the only way to heaven. He paid the price for our sins because there was no other payment that could be made. “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
If you are trusting in yourself or any other system to be right with God, then you are on your way to hell. You are not going to be accepted. I don’t care if you’re better than me, you need the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ.
I’m speaking to people who are a part of some religious system, and you are trusting your religious observances for salvation. You’re trusting your own good works and other things and what I’m saying is really bothering you because some of you think, well, ‘what about all these people who haven’t ever heard about Jesus’? You need to know that there’s an intuitive knowledge of the Lord on the inside of every person. It says in Romans chapter 1 that God has revealed himself and shown every single person their need for a saviour. We are all without excuse. “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse 21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened ” ( Romans 1: 20-21).
You may be one of those people who believe that there’s a God. You may even have a love for God but that doesn’t mean that you’re accepted. You must put faith in the saviour. Jesus suffered the rejection of God. He suffered the wrath of hell, he suffered all of these things, but he didn’t let it overcome him. He overcame them and he rose from the dead and now he is offering salvation to anyone who will receive it. And how do you receive it? The Bible says in Romans chapter 10:9 that If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:10-13).
That’s more than just saying those words but if it’s from your heart and with your mouth will say ‘Jesus I make you my Lord, I turn my life over, I trust you’ and you look to Jesus and you believe that he paid for your sins, you shall have right standing with the Lord.. So, if you will confess that with your mouth and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you shall be saved. That’s the promise of Romans chapter 10:9 and it’s really that simple. Jesus has already paid for your sins; he suffered the rejection of his father. He said ‘Lord, why have you forsaken me’. And it’s all because of our sins. Just put your trust in Jesus and receive the gift of salvation. This is powerful, what I’m saying, and there’re people reading this today that have been trusting in your rituals. You’ve been trusting in your religious observances; you’ve been trusting in your holiness, but you haven’t been trusting in Jesus. Do so now.