Are there many ways to Heaven?
There’s so much confusion about this and there’re people who think that there’re many ways to Heaven. Jesus said specifically of himself in John CH 14: 6. “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. There aren’t multiple paths to God. There aren’t many ways to heaven. Some people say well, all paths lead to God. That’s a total lie, it’s a deception, it’s not the truth. Jesus is the only way to the father. If there was any other way to have salvation, God would not have gone to the expense, or to the effort to hurt, and the pain that he suffered to become a man and live among us and then suffer our sin and our punishment in his own body. “Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed” (1Peter 2:24). The only reason he did that is because there was no other way. And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among people by which we must be saved [for God has provided the world no alternative for salvation]” (Acts 4:12 AMP). It doesn’t matter how good you think you are; you aren’t good enough to earn salvation and go to Heaven. The Bible says in Romans 3:23 that “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”.Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[b] Christ Jesus our Lord”. There’s a payment that comes for our ungodliness. There’re people who don’t hear these things and there’re so many people who are comparing themselves with other people and thinking that comparative to other people, I’m a relatively good person. You must understand that other people are not your standard. Jesus is your standard and if you aren’t as perfect as Jesus is, then you need a saviour. You need to recognise that it’s not about you being good and doing good. You just need to come to the end of yourself and say, ‘oh God have mercy on me a sinner’. You need to call out and put faith in what Jesus did. You even need to go beyond just asking God to save you and asking for mercy. You need to believe that he’s already paid for your sins and done everything that’s necessary. All you must do is just sign your name to this deal. Jesus has already come and signed his name to it and paid for your sins. All that is needed is your cooperation by putting faith in Jesus and when you do that you become a brand-new creature. Jesus even said that therewill be many people who will come and say ‘Lord, Lord, haven’t we lived a good life, haven’t we done this, haven’t we done that’, and he’s going to say depart from me you workers of iniquity I never knew you. Here’s what Jesus said in Mathew 7: 21-23; 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your nameperform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’ 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. That’s more than just saying those words, but if it’s from your heart,and with your mouth you say Jesus I make you my Lord, Iturn my life over, I trust you and you look to Jesus and you believe that he paid for your sins, you will be saved.. Jesus has already paid for your sins; He is the only way to heaven. 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 and have right standing with the Lord. That’s the promise of Romans chapter 10 verse 9 and it’s really that simple.
Are all religions leading to God?
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.