What About Other Religions?
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“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.
“In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
“If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
“And you know the way where I am going.”
Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?”
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
The Exclusive Claims of Christ
The Exclusive Claims of Christ
“And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”
For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.
He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
John 14:
“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.
“In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
“If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
“And you know the way where I am going.”
Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?”
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Jesus is the Only Way to Heaven.
Jesus is the Only Way to Heaven.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
What about other religions?
What about other religions?
Christian Science (Mary Baker Eddy): A man in tune with the Divine Consciousness, not the Christ. Furthermore, Jesus never did any supernatural miracles; he simply showed people their mental illusions of sin, evil, illness and disease. Christian Science says that Jesus did not die and his resurrection was only in a spiritual sense. Salvation Is Correct Thinking.
A man in tune with the Divine Consciousness, not the Christ. Furthermore, Jesus never did any supernatural miracles; he simply showed people their mental illusions of sin, evil, illness and disease. Christian Science says that Jesus did not die and his resurrection was only in a spiritual sense. Salvation Is Correct Thinking.
A man in tune with the Divine Consciousness, not the Christ. Furthermore, Jesus never did any supernatural miracles; he simply showed people their mental illusions of sin, evil, illness and disease. Christian Science says that Jesus did not die and his resurrection was only in a spiritual sense. Salvation Is Correct Thinking.
Islam: Created being. A prophet. Not God. Not the Son of God b/c God could never have a son. Jesus cannot save anyone, people are saved by Allah’s grace & good works.
Created being. A prophet. Not God. Not the Son of God b/c God could never have a son. Jesus cannot save anyone, people are saved by Allah’s grace & good works.
Jehovah's Witnesses: Jesus is Michael, the Archangel. He was the first creation of God. He came to Earth as a man, died on a stake, and rose from the grave invisibly as a spirit. Jesus then returned invisibly to Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1914 to head-up the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Salvation comes not through Jesus, but through good works and being in their organization.
Jesus is Michael, the Archangel. He was the first creation of God. He came to Earth as a man, died on a stake, and rose from the grave invisibly as a spirit. Jesus then returned invisibly to Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1914 to head-up the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Salvation comes not through Jesus, but through good works and being in their organization.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints (Mormons): Jesus is the spirit brother of Satan. He was once a human being like you and I, but through good works he evolved spiritually to become a god. However, Jesus is one god amongst a pantheon of gods, all of who were once human and evolved to become gods themselves. Jesus was born to Mary through physical incest when his father god had sexual relations with her. And Mormons teach that the blood and cross of Christ is foolishness and cannot fully atone for our sins.
Jesus is the spirit brother of Satan. He was once a human being like you and I, but through good works he evolved spiritually to become a god. However, Jesus is one god amongst a pantheon of gods, all of who were once human and evolved to become gods themselves. Jesus was born to Mary through physical incest when his father god had sexual relations with her. And Mormons teach that the blood and cross of Christ is foolishness and cannot fully atone for our sins.
Hinduism: Jesus is a holy man, as they do the leaders of other religions. He may even be an avatar, an embodiment of the supreme God. But he is not the one and only incarnation of God
Jesus is a holy man, as they do the leaders of other religions. He may even be an avatar, an embodiment of the supreme God. But he is not the one and only incarnation of God
Freemasonry: Jesus was only a moral teacher. He was no better than Buddha, Confucius, Moses or Mohammed. They deny that Jesus was the light of the world and claim that Freemasonry is the true light of humanity.
Jesus was only a moral teacher. He was no better than Buddha, Confucius, Moses or Mohammed. They deny that Jesus was the light of the world and claim that Freemasonry is the true light of humanity.
3 Questions Confronting Biblical Christians Today:
3 Questions Confronting Biblical Christians Today:
1. The Question of Sincerity.
2. The Question of Tolerance.
3. The Question of Truth.
The Law of Noncontradiction: if two statements about one particular issue contradict each other, then there are only two possible answers: (1) only one of them is true, or (2) they’re both false. They cannot both be true in the same sense and at the same time.
If Christianity is true, then every other religion is wrong, because Jesus claimed to be, “the way, the truth, & the life.”
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.