No Other Religion!

NO OTHER RELIGION

BY ROBERT B. MACDORMAND

In the midst of the turmoil in the world we have the answer to
the world's problems. It is simple. We are to follow one person,
Jesus Christ, and not turn aside and follow anyone else. There
are many other voices in the world besides His, but His words are
life to us. Any words that do not agree with His words will bring
death.

There was one Remembrance Day service I remember very well. There
were members of the Canadian military there, veterans, cadets,
members of the scouting movement, police officers, political
leaders and the general public. A Protestant minister spoke at
the assembly. Most of his sermon I agreed with. He spoke about
the history of the Canadian military in various wars of the past
and the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. He stressed the need for
peace as much as possible between us and the Muslims, with which
I would agree. However, he said something I could not agree with.
He called Islam "our sister religion".

I believe that statement goes against what the Bible says.
We must not water down our faith by accepting humanistic
teaching. We are not all the same. There is a sharp division
between Christians and the rest of the world. Christianity has no
sister religions. Islam, Judaism, and the other non-Christian
religions do not have the keys to eternal life. Only Jesus Christ
has those keys. Non-Christian religions, and some religions that
call themselves Christian, believe in the same thing: working
your way into God's favour by religious practices and charitable
works. They hope to have eternal life because of their service to
God and man. The Bible, however, says eternal life cannot be
earned. It is a free gift given by God (Romans 6:23). We only
have to reach out and accept it by faith. Martin Luther preached
this message centuries ago. It is not by religious practices, but
by faith in the Son of God that we receive eternal life. Jesus
said "He that believeth on me hath everlasting life." John 6:47.
This is such a simple concept that even a child can understand
it, and yet most of the people in the world fail to grasp it.
Christians do good works and serve God because God is their
Father, not because they are trying to earn eternal life.
Our world is filled with wars. There are wars between nations,
between ethnic groups, between people at work, between
neighbours, between husband and wife, between father and son,
between mother and daughter. The list goes on to permeate our
world. This is the result of Satan's rule of the planet. In the
midst of this, Jesus says, "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they
shall be called the children of God." Matthew 5:9. There is a
misconception that if we accept all religions we will have peace.
This is a great lie. There can be no lasting peace in the world
until the entire world worships Jesus Christ. This will happen
when Jesus Christ returns.

Accepting all religions is a great error, but there is another
error that is even worse. It is the belief that all religions are
wrong, that there is no God, and that the way to peace is by
getting rid of all religions. Russia and China fell into that
error when the communists took over, and the bloodshed that
resulted was abominable. The histories of Russia and China are a
double witness against atheism. Atheism does not work. It does
not bring about peace, only oppression and cruelty. Russia and
China have never paid for their sins, but the day of reckoning is
coming. They are both building their strength at this time,
Russia by its oil wealth, and China by its economic dominance in
the world.....

As for the Israel nations, we are in over our heads and we will
be involved in the next World War centered in the Middle East. We
may be less than twenty years away from it with the unrest in
that part of the world and Iran's nuclear aspirations.
Nevertheless, we know that peace will come to this earth in a way
that the world does not expect. The divine invasion of the planet
is approaching by Jesus Christ and the angels, and his power is
beyond comprehension.
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From the November 2011 "Thy Kingdom Come" - a publication of the
Association of the Covenant People, Burnaby, B.C. Canada.
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The Gospel of John and the words of Christ the Messiah are very
plain: there is no way to eternal life but through Jesus the
Christ. There is no way into the Kingdom of God but through the
one door - Christ Jesus. Jesus said He was the way, the truth,
and the life. He said He was the light, that no-one could come to
the Father but through Himself. There is no salvation in any
other way, but through Christ Jesus. It is just that simple. Now
you might be asking "What about all those who never heard the
name of Jesus, who knew nothing about Him; what about those who
never had the Word of God, the Bible presented to themselves?
You need to go to my website and study my studies called "Called
and Chosen - When?" and "The Great White Throne Judgment."
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