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Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by OKDnigeria: 1:06pm On Mar 16, 2019
Many people have criticized Christianity and believers in Jesus Christ as being too narrow-minded because we preach that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation. They point to the numerous other religions of the world and say, "How can your way be the only way?"

One of the answers to this question is that Jesus himself declared that He was, in fact, God in the flesh.

I and the Father are one. ( John 10:30 , NASB)
He who has seen Me has seen the Father… ( John 14:9 b, NASB)

Jesus did not give Christians any other option but to preach that it is only through faith in His sacrificial death on Calvary that we can receive salvation from our sins.

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." ( John 14: 6, NLT)

Jesus claimed to be God. We have to judge his statements about himself as either true or false.
The great British writer, C. S. Lewis, explained in his well-known book, Mere Christianity , "A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher; he'd either be a lunatic -- on a level with a man who says he's a poached egg -- or else he'd be the devil of hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God; or else a madman or something worse."

"You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come up with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to."

So Jesus was either a madman, a liar, a myth, or He really was -- and is -- the Son of God.

It's Not About Me
Some people believe that all the religions in the world are basically the same. But that simply is not true. Christians, Jews, and Muslims believe in a personal God who has revealed Himself to mankind. Buddhists and Hindus believe God is impersonal and unknowable. But God cannot be both personal and impersonal -- both concepts cannot be correct.

But Christianity is also different from all other religions of the world in one other vitally important concept -- the idea that God reached out to man to save him because man was helpless to save himself.

Every other religion in the world is based on man's efforts to reach God. These world religions teach that man must somehow do righteous deeds or perform religious service in order to become good enough for salvation. In order to be saved a person must pray a certain number of times, in a certain manner, facing a certain direction. Or he must wear a particular type of religious garment. Or he must visit a certain religious shrine or temple. Or he must worship in a particular way.

Some religions require sacrifice and even the infliction of pain upon a believer in order to become holy in the sight of God. Some extreme religions require adherents to beat themselves with whips or rods to show their devotion to God. Some require pilgrims to crawl on their knees a certain distance in prayer in order to earn righteous points with God. Some religions require worship on Friday; others on Saturday; and others on Sunday.

But in all of this, the striving after righteousness is based on the religious activity of the man or woman. In every other religious system besides Christianity, a spiritual scale hangs over the head of the individual, with all of the sins they have committed on one side and all of their righteous deeds on the other. The person never knows whether they have been good enough, or prayed enough, or worked hard enough to earn the righteous points needed to counter their earned sins.

But the Christian Bible teaches that man is a sinner and could never earn salvation by what he or she did.

As the Scriptures say, "No one is righteous—not even one." ( Rom. 3:10 , NLT)

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. ( Rom. 3:23 , NLT)

We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. ( Is. 64:6a, NLT)

The apostle Paul makes it clear that salvation is available only through the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made when he carried the sins of the world on the cross.

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. (2 Cor. 5:21, NLT)

Jesus never sinned. So He was the only one who could pay the price and carry the sins of all people who ever lived upon himself on the cross. He was the sacrificial lamb who took upon himself the sin of the people.

This salvation comes only through the grace of God toward man, and we can only receive it by faith -- not by any deed that we could ever do.

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. ( Eph. 2:8-9 , NKJV)

No matter how good you are; no matter how religious you are; no matter what you do for God, you can never be good enough, or holy enough to earn salvation.

Any plan of salvation that is based on the efforts of man is doomed to failure. But the Bible tells us that salvation has been made available to us because Jesus came to earth and bore our sins on the cross.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ( John 3:16 , NKJV)

All we have to do is believe and receive what Jesus did to bring salvation to us. God has given us the grace to receive salvation; all we have to do is open the door by faith.

Receiving the Free Gift
Jesus Christ declared himself to be the Son of God, the Savior of the World. Now you need to decide how you will respond to his call to "follow me." He declared that He alone is "the way, the truth, and the life -- no one can come to the Father, except through Me."

Will you take the next step now? Will you trust Him to be your Lord and Savior?

Put your life into His hands now. Do what He asks you to do. His yoke is easy and His burden is light. He asks you to believe in Him. He asks you to honestly confess your sins to Him and to receive His complete forgiveness. He has a special gift that He wants to give you -- eternal life.

http://www1.cbn.com/questions/jesus-only-way-salvation

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Auki: 3:23pm On Mar 16, 2019
Well package paganism.

Worship only He that created you and your forefathers of old. He that ur soul will return to, that is Lord of the Worlds.

Assigning divinity to Jesus is sheer paganism. Pauline Christianity that is now main stream is never tought by Jesus nor those his early followers do what u are currently doing. Jesus never asked mankind to take him and his mother as an object of worship instead of the Lord of the Throne.

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by OKDnigeria: 9:54pm On Mar 16, 2019
Auki:
Well package paganism.

Worship only He that created you and your forefathers of old. He that ur soul will return to, that is Lord of the Worlds.

Assigning divinity to Jesus is sheer paganism. Pauline Christianity that is now main stream is never tought by Jesus nor those his early followers do what u are currently doing. Jesus never asked mankind to take him and his mother as an object of worship instead of the Lord of the Throne.



I and the Father are one. ( John 10:30 )
He who has seen Me has seen the Father… ( John 14:9b)

Paul didn't make the above statements, Jesus did. Actually, Jesus claimed to be God, and that's why the Jews killed Him.
"Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the Sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God".
John 5:18 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/jhn.5.18.KJV

That said, what the article is trying to say is that Jesus is the only one who paid for sin. No other religious leader or prophet paid or even claimed to have paid for man's sin. Only Jesus Christ!

If you don't believe in Jesus or accept that He died for your sins, your sins remain with you and you will pay for them yourself. And the wages of sin is death, eternal separation from God, that is hell fire!

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by soberdrunk(m): 8:17am On Mar 17, 2019
Quick Maths, there are "234 million Christians" in China with a population of over 1.3 billion, according to this statement it means we already have over "1 BILLION "confirmed" Hellfire candidates from China alone......... angry

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Kentuforchrist(m): 8:18am On Mar 17, 2019
Weather the haters of Christ likes it or not Jesus is the only way and nothing can stop Him the haters are just been brainwashed by the devil himself

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Reference(m): 8:18am On Mar 17, 2019
Yes.

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Nobody: 8:18am On Mar 17, 2019
Yes, Jesus is the only way to Nibiru. grin

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by coolestchris(m): 8:19am On Mar 17, 2019
is Toyota Camry the only car that can take you to work

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Pamtoye(m): 8:19am On Mar 17, 2019
Yea of cos... Who else??

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Ruddyman(m): 8:20am On Mar 17, 2019
Yes....I repeat Yes ....

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Nobody: 8:20am On Mar 17, 2019
YES OOOOO.
NOT ONLY THAT HE IS THE PERFECT WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE.
GOD BLESS YOU.

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Nobody: 8:21am On Mar 17, 2019
Too long for me abeg undecided

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Is04970: 8:21am On Mar 17, 2019
The short answer is Yes.

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by imamabi(m): 8:21am On Mar 17, 2019
Kentuforchrist:
Weather the haters of Christ likes it or not Jesus is the only way and nothing can stop Him the haters are just been brainwashed by the devil himself

You talk like you are sure you are on the right path.

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by dhardline(m): 8:21am On Mar 17, 2019
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is definitely the only way.

Just as you have rightly stated all other religions demand man's

effort which any sincere person will know that his efforts is

totally not sufficient to take away the sin and guilt within.

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by mumin4sure(m): 8:21am On Mar 17, 2019
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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by StevenJay01(m): 8:22am On Mar 17, 2019
The concept of the WAY has been misconstrued as it is being interpreted literally. Jesus never started a religion. If you follow his teaching which is simply loving your neighbor as your self and loving your creator,you are following the way.

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Nobody: 8:22am On Mar 17, 2019
Jesus is an illusion. Heaven is a prey. They both don't exist.

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Darkseid(m): 8:23am On Mar 17, 2019
Kentuforchrist:
Weather the haters of Christ likes it or not Jesus is the only way and nothing can stop Him the haters are just been brainwashed by the devil himself
This is the problem with most Christians, most of y'all act retarded. Instead of arguing with proofs and maybe convince the OP to believe, you are here shouting haters up and down. If Jesus was truly God then his death is meaningless; because he had a million years to prepare for it and knowing fully well that he will come back alive. The funniest thing is that Jesus you claimed died for y'all didn't even want to die at all grin grin

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by imamabi(m): 8:23am On Mar 17, 2019
Better don't narrow your knowledge to Christianity alone... Coz you will only see things in Christian way.

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by GR8ST(m): 8:23am On Mar 17, 2019
Yeah. To the Christian heaven, just like Allah is to the Muslim 7 virgins.
Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Win12345: 8:23am On Mar 17, 2019
No one has known the Father except through the Son.
You can only know God or go to Him through the Son he has sent.

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Nobody: 8:25am On Mar 17, 2019
religion won’t take you to heaven
God never created religion
Men did
Your character is the only way to heaven and guess what it’s innate

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Truefaith: 8:26am On Mar 17, 2019
This is very good material. I pray it be used by God to bless someone.

Jesus did not give Christians any other option but to preach that it is only through faith in His sacrificial death on Calvary that we can receive salvation from our sins.

Not only Christians, but every human being on earth.

Every man, woman and child MUST confront the issue of Who the Lord Jesus Christ was when He was here.


All false religions say He was not God.

The Jehovah's Witnesses say He was a created being, albeit the first created being; the Pentecostals and the Charismatics say He was an "anointed man", no different from any of their other "anointed ministers" walking the street. The New Age Cults such as Mormons, Christian Science, Religious Science, Eckankar, Islam and the occults say He was a "way-shower", a teacher, another guru.ALL OF THESE ARE FALSE RELIGIONS. ALL

He, in John 8:24 says ALL who do not believe He was God (The I AM of the Bible) is lost and would die in their sins.



Hebrews 13:8 says Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever; the unchanging attribute only God can lay claim to.


Who do you think the Lord Jesus Christ was?



Your answer determines where you will spend eternity.



https://www.thetruechristianfaith.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-born-again/

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by KDK(m): 8:27am On Mar 17, 2019
Jesus is the only way to heaven. None of the other religions have laid sole claim like Jesus did
in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” He is not a way, as in one of many; He is the way, as in the one and only.

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by elotajohn1(m): 8:28am On Mar 17, 2019
I get confused daily by that. If other Religion are not preaching of the way to God is through Jesus, then why did God allow mankind to have the knowledge of creating other Religions?

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by InaNla(f): 8:29am On Mar 17, 2019
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by Seetto: 8:33am On Mar 17, 2019
God turn himself as a man to his creature in the name of son to be ridiculously molested and strip half naked and be nailed on the cross like a dying monkey hung on a tree along side condemned thieves, only for him to cry to who, why have you forsaken...

Christianity is the greatest scam....think bro

Claim that Jesus died on the tree to wash away your sins...

You died and found yourself in hell fire, Jesus crucifixion on the cross is as useless as anything...

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by CrownFemi: 8:34am On Mar 17, 2019
Jesus also said I and disciples are one... Does that mean the disciples are also God??

During Moses' reign, he was the way to salvation. Whoever believe him and obey the commandments given to him will also have salvation.

David to was the way during his time.... Likewise Abraham, Noah, Joseph to mention but few.

Jesus doesn't possess the attitude of God.... I mean what kind of God is he who doesn't know the hour, who can not do anything by himself except what he was told to do.....

Jesus is a servant of God and not God.... The earlier the Christians realize this the better for them...

I mean how can an innocent being be crucified for people's since This doesn't make any sense at all....

God almighty has possessed the ability to forgive since without human sacrifice. Read Ezekiel....

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by CAPSLOCKED: 8:36am On Mar 17, 2019
RELIGION IS A BURDEN.
INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT GETTING A LIFE, A HELPFUL PARTNER, AND WAYS TO MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT LIVABLE..
PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT HEAVEN AND HELL AND DEMONS, AND OTHER THINGS THAT DON'T EVEN EXIST.

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Re: Is Jesus Christ The Only Way To Heaven? by finalboss(m): 8:42am On Mar 17, 2019
Smh

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