Now that it is 2008, many people are going to say things to make fun of God and the Bible all the more. They will claim all this stuff that is not true. They will say that "no matter what your religion is that you can get to heaven because you are religious and a good person." The Bible shows us how this statement and various others are lies of the devil, Satan, the enemy of God. The Bible tells us that no one is good in Romans 3:11 "There is none that seeketh after God, none that doeth good..." No amount of being nice to others, or religion can save you.
There was a religious ruler/leader in the Bible-a Pharisee-who thought that religion could save him. His name was Nicodemus. Nicodemus is mentioned in John Chapter 3. "Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish council. He came to Jesus at night and said, Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him. In reply Jesus declared, I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. How can a man be born again when he is old? Nicodemus asked, Surely he cannot enter a second time inot his mother's womb to be born! Jesus answered, I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to the spirit. You should not be surprised at may saying, You must be born again. The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or wher it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit. How can this be? Nicodemus asked. You are Israel's teacher,said Jesus, and do you not understand these things? I tell you the truth,we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still people do not accept our testimony. I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe;how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? " John 3:1-12 Verse 14 tells us "...so the Son of Man must be lifted up," Jesus told Nicedomus that he had to be "born again" spiritually by accepting him -Jesus Christ-as his personal Savior to enter "the kingdom of God" -heaven.
No matter what any one says this year, 2008, or next year,and so on, God is always right. Man is wrong. Jesus is the only way to heaven! There has been no other way and never will be no other way up to heaven!
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