Throughout the
World there are many different religions of which each one of them believe that
theirs is the only one that is correct in their beliefs. There are about twenty
major religions in the World, I say major only because they exceed in numbers
of people above most of the other religions that exist. Without a doubt
Christianity has the most number of people, followed by Islam, Hinduism and
Buddhism in number of members.
Though Christianity is by far the largest, it
is not the oldest. The oldest being Judaism which began many hundreds of years
before any other. Judaism began as God introduced Himself to them and set forth
certain conditions of worship as He began to deal with them as a Nation under
what we know as the old Covenant conveyed to their nation through Moses.
But now God has
brought forth a New Covenant under which He makes Himself know to each one of
us as individuals and not as a Nation as He did with the Nation of Israel. God
did not bring forth this New Covenant to just Israel, but for all the peoples
and Nations on the Earth.
Throughout all the religions in the World,
including Christianity and Judaism, there are many differences in teaching and
the beliefs of the people that are not as important as the Gospel of Christ.
Whether you believe or disbelieve certain doctrines or dogmas that are taught
by individual assemblies of people, nothing is as important as the teaching
brought to the World by the only begotten Son of God Jesus Christ and our
belief in the truth of His message.
The Gospel of Christ
that was brought to us from God spells out the only way we can be saved from
eternal damnation and achieve eternal life with God and with Christ. That good
news of the Gospel tells us that God sent His only begotten Son into this World
to save all people who would believe the message that Jesus preached.
Because of this Word of God not being accepted
and believed by the majority of the people on the Earth, Heaven will not be
crowded. Hell has enlarged its mouth to receive all of the unbelievers and the
people of all of these other religions who have refused to accept the Gospel of
Christ.
Jehovah, the God of
the creation of Heaven and Earth and all that is in it has given every Nation
in the World the opportunity to hear and believe the Gospel of His Son.
It is God’s will that all of His Word, as is
recorded in the Bible, should be understood by all of us and preserved in our
heart. There are many differences in our beliefs, not only in Christianity, but
among all the religions of the World and none of these differences will prevent
us from inheriting eternal life except one. That one is the belief in the
Gospel of Christ.
Unless a person accepts that Gospel and
believes with all their heart, they will be lost. It doesn’t matter if a person
calls themselves a Christian, a Jew or associates themselves with any of the
other religions of the World, Heaven is not their destination at the end.
