Man stands condemned because of his position before the holy God of the Bible (unsaved as opposed to saved). Most men profess to believe in some kind of a God, but it’s a god of their own making or one that has been passed down to them by tradition. All men know deep down in their soul that there’s a God whether they admit it to themselves or not. I know this because the Bible says God put eternity in the hearts of men so they would seek him. All religions have their own god or gods so how do we find the one true God? How can we be sure we have the right God? We have to see which religion bears fruit we can see with our own eyes. We need to see which religion has a body of evidence to support it.
Psalm 46:10 – Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
Is there a plethora of books being published today touting how much these false religions and false gods have changed the lives of their followers? No. All false religions and false gods stand mute before Jehovah, the true God. The fruit of Christianity has been revealed in books, in churches, on television and by the personal testimony of millions of people who have had their lives changed through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The real God of creation would not have made the universe without revealing himself to man so that we can know him. The real God of this world would have made himself known so man can praise and worship him and glorify his name. Jehovah God has done this for us and much more. Those who believe in Jehovah have testified to the truth of God and I add my testimony.
John 8:32 – (Jesus speaking) – And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 1:14 – And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
When I look at Islam I don’t see any fruit. I don’t see a body of evidence to support Allah as god. Muhammad was the founder of Islam and he’s buried in a grave somewhere. Allah was originally the name of the moon god of one of the ancient desert tribes of present day Saudi Arabia. Muhammad borrowed the name Allah when he started his new religion and then spread it throughout the region by the sword. Islam is a religion spread by fear and subjugation. A true God has no need to use force to gain converts. The Koran was written by Muhammad whereas the Holy Bible was written by God himself. The same thing applies to Hinduism and their many gods and to Buddhism. Their founders are also buried in a grave somewhere and their holy books were written by men. Christianity is the only religion that has an overwhelming body of evidence to prove Jehovah is the one true living God of this world.
Isaiah 45:22 – Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God and there is no other.
Only Jehovah has revealed himself to man through his written Word. The Bible contains more than 1000 prophecies, over 500 of which have been fulfilled and documented as fact. All the other false religions combined have not produced even one fulfilled prophecy because they can’t. They’re fake. Only Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity, is not buried in a grave somewhere because he is risen. Jesus is God in the flesh who came down to earth from heaven to redeem mankind from their sins by his sacrificial death on the cross. Jesus now sits at the right hand of the Father in heaven and is the Lord and Savior of all who believe in his name. Those who believe in Jesus have eternal life.
John 11:25-26 – (Jesus speaking) – I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.
John 14:6 – (Jesus speaking) – I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
The problem is all the followers of the false religions of the world think their god is the right one. Satan has blinded them to the truth of God. Common sense tells us there can be only one God, only one path to heaven. Millions of these followers of false religions die every day thinking they’re going to heaven because someone told them they would if they followed a set of prescribed rules. They never checked it out themselves to see if their religion was the real deal or not. They just blindly accepted what they were told. Just imagine their shock at the moment of death when they suddenly find themselves in hell. It doesn’t have to be that way. Just imagine their terror when they stand before the Great White Throne of Jesus on the last day to be judged and they realize their fate is to reside in the lake of fire in pain and torment forever. This fate can be avoided. The unbeliever will say, predictably, that they didn’t know about the true God. The point is they could’ve known if they had taken the time to look. God left an easy to follow trail of bread crumbs leading straight to salvation for all searchers after the truth of God. We must seek the true God.
Matthew 15:14 – (Jesus speaking about the Pharisees) – Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.
Luke 6:39 – (Jesus speaking) – Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?
Isaiah 43:11 – I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no Savior.
How do we, who know the truth, tell everyone else they’re chasing after false gods without offending them? How do we get unbelievers to understand that Christianity is the true faith and our God is the one true God? How can we get them to listen to us and have an open mind about this? The leaders of these false religions either know they’re fake or Satan has blinded them. Either way, they make their gods mysterious and unapproachable and followers are never allowed to question their faith and they never know whether they’ve done enough to achieve heaven or not because the leaders themselves don’t know. The followers of these false religions are kept on the treadmill of false hope which ultimately leads to condemnation from Jesus, who will judge unbelievers on the last day.
Isaiah 45:5 – I am the Lord and there is no other; there is no God besides Me.
Isaiah 1:18 – Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord, though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isaiah 43:12-13 – I have declared and saved, I have proclaimed, and there was no foreign god among you; therefore you are My witnesses, says the Lord, that I am God. Indeed before the day was, I am He; and there is no one who can deliver out of My hand; I work, and who will reverse it?
All these false religions in the world are sponsored by Satan and they’re nothing but a spiritual shell game without a winner. They’re all designed to keep man from finding the true path to God and the shining light of the gospel message of Christ and eternal life. These fake religions are just a form of idolatry that God hates and condemns. Those who dare to question the tenets of these false religions are then ostracized and threatened with death or serious bodily harm because their leaders can’t afford for their followers to find out they’re fake. It’s a sad case of the blind leading the blind straight to hell. Christianity is the truth of God and only Christianity welcomes everyone of all faiths to come evaluate and decide for themselves if our faith is the truth of God. Only Jehovah God says, “Come let us reason together.”
John 1:12 – But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.
John 5:24 – (Jesus speaking) – Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
Let me be clear, the unsaved person is condemned before God and their ultimate fate is to be thrown into the lake of fire on the last day for eternity. In this world you are either a child of God or you are not. Those who receive the gospel message of Christ and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior are saved unto eternal life. They become children of God and the Holy Spirit indwells them forever. In the final analysis, there are only two groups of people in the world: those who have the Holy Spirit (saved) and those who have not the Spirit (unsaved). There are no other possibilities.
Proverbs 11:14 – Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
You cannot have a saved man without the Spirit and you cannot have an unsaved man who has the Spirit. One of the spiritual truths of heaven is that God requires the Holy Spirit to be on the inside us when we are saved and before we are sealed as God’s own possession and our names are entered into the book of life. Our selection for the kingdom of God is irrevocable. Our destiny is to be in God’s presence in heaven forever. The evidence for our faith is overwhelming so unbelievers have no excuse when they stand before Jesus on the last day for judgment on how they conducted their lives while on earth.