All Roads Lead To God
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Key Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 ¶ The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
Have you ever been lost? There are a lot of roads in this world and even some dead end streets. Every road leads somewhere so Even if you are lost you’re still headed somewhere.
Life, like taking a trip in a car, is not too complicated. Every road leads to a predictable destination and even if you’re lost you are still headed somewhere … somewhere you, or anyone else can predict with certainty just by simply checking a roadmap.
Eternity, like life here on earth, is also predictable.
Have you ever heard the quote, “All roads lead to
God is the eternal hub of the universe and as such, no matter which road we choose to take leads us to Him.
All roads lead to God!
This week I came across some interesting facts while searching the CIA’s website. (Everyone has their hobbies …)
Lets look at some current World Facts together:
The CIA World Fact Book
| Population: Languages: | 6,602,224,175 (July 2007 est.) Mandarin Chinese 13.69%, Spanish 5.05%, English 4.84%, Hindi 2.82%, Portuguese 2.77%, Bengali 2.68%, Russian 2.27%, Japanese 1.99%, Standard German 1.49%, Wu Chinese 1.21% (2004 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14 years: 27.4% (male 931,551,498/female 875,646,416) |
| Median age: | Total: 28 years |
| Population growth rate: | 1.167% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 20.09 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: | 8.37 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female total population: 65.82 years 2.59 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| Religions: | Christians 33.03% (of which Roman Catholics 17.33%, Protestants 5.8%, Orthodox 3.42%, Anglicans 1.23%), Muslims 20.12%, Hindus 13.34%, Buddhists 5.89%, Sikhs 0.39%, Jews 0.23%, other religions 12.61%, non-religious 12.03%, atheists 2.36% (2004 est.) |
| Updated: | Last update April 17, 2007 |
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/xx.html
A lot of information, A lot of people, A lot of roads in life
And yet I say all roads lead to God, even the atheism road which denies the existence of God.
Buddhist belief teaches Four Nobel Truths and an Eight Fold Pathway which leads to the end of all pain. Siddhartha Gautama was a man who lived in the 500’s BC in
The Hindu religion involves a caste system and a series of reincarnations in differing forms of life to practice and prove one’s worth in efforts to merge with the ultimate reality through works, knowledge and devotion to achieve nirvana and live a peaceful escape from the cycle of reincarnation.
Islam embraces Mohammad as the last and greatest messenger of God who received the Koran dictated to him and his disciples by the Angel Gabriel. Muslims believe in one God, Angels, Resurrection and Eternal Judgment, Prayer, Fasting, Giving and Jihad. Jihad is the sixth religious duty which requires one to give their life to defend or spread Islam. If a person dies in this manner, without respect to any other fact, they will be immediately escorted into Paradise and allowed to experience special sexual pleasures which are prohibited here on earth and in
Judaism follows the first five books of the Old Testament, called the Torah, as law. Jews believe they have a covenant through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and are heirs to the land promised them by God. Heaven is their future by covenant and keeping of the Law. They await a coming Messiah which will set up His Kingdom and deliver them from all persecution and bondage forever.
Christians come in many forms and believe the Jesus is the Son of God. However, many who call themselves Christian embrace non-Christian doctrines such as: Dual Covenant Theology; The Brotherhood of Man; Ultimate Reconciliation; Universalism; and Mormonism, just to name a few.
With so many roads to God, which one is right?
The fact is, All roads lead to God.
Romans 14:10b For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. (NKJV)
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. (NKJV)
The question is not will everyone see God but rather what will God say when He sees you?
Everyone gets to God but what does God do with you when you get there?
All roads do lead to God but not all roads lead to heaven.
Every religion other than New Testament Christianity demands that one work to prove worth and earn a relationship with God to gain entry into heaven.
The Apostle Paul tells us that we do not earn but rather are given this relationship with God by grace through our faith.
Ephesians 2 NKJV
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
We are saved by grace through faith so then where do works come in? Are works important? Much, in every way!
Revelation 20 NKJV
11 ¶ Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.
14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
Which Book of Life is this? … Well, glad you asked.
Revelation 21: 27 But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. (NKJV)
The Lamb … Who is the Lamb?
Look into every religion you wish, there is but One Lamb, His Name Is Jesus! No one else even lays claim to Him as Lord and Savior except Believers in Jesus as Messiah and Christ.
What are His demands?
His demands are simple:
Believe in Him
Call upon His Name
Love His Father God more than you do yourself
Love others as much as you do yourself
If you will do these things, you will gain heaven and rewards throughout eternity.
How long have you heard and when will you believe that only the blood of the Lamb will save your soul.
Believe in Him and call upon His Name right now.
He will save, He will set free and He will secure your soul for all eternity.
