Today,
the reply shares some points on the salvation from GOD, who is a
spirit, that does not seem to appear among Buddhist, Sikhs and many
other belief systems. In accordance with the holy writings,
Christians acknowledge Jesus Christ as sent from GOD to fulfill
sacred proclamations, promises, and prophecy. It is written: Acts
4: 11-12, KJV: 11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you
builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 Neither is
there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under
heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Also, 1st
Corinthians 3: 11-14, KJV: 11 For other foundation can no man lay
than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build
upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay,
stubble; 13 Every man’s work
shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it
shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s
work of what sort it is. 14 If any man's work abide which he hath
built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. A writer in
the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality
who uses the ID “Johnny Uzumaki” (Level 1 with 2 points, a
member since October 23, 2015) posted the following:
Jesus
is the way but not the only way to god( see description)?
Update:
If someone loves God, then God loves him back. God does not care
which religion you belong to as long as you love Him and remember
Him. God will not destine anyone to hell just because he or she is
not a Christian. Furthermore, Jesus never said that if you belong to
a religion other than Christianity, you will be destined to hell.
Respectfully, this notion is introduce by some missionary Christians
in order to convert people to their religion and appease their
numbers.
Update
2: Sikhs believe that salvation can be
attained by anyone who meditates on God regardless of their caste,
color, class, gender, or religion. God is not bound by boundaries, He
is omnipotent. Sikhs believe that Sikhism is the simplest, most
straightforward way of realizing the present of God, to be One with
Him, and attain salvation, but in no way Sikhs claim that Sikhism is
the only way to attain salvation.
Update
3: Similarly, Sikhs do not believe that Jesus is the ONLY way to
attain salvation. Before Jesus was born, people who worshiped God
attained salvation. Dhruv is one of many devotees who attained
salvation before Jesus was born. If Jesus is the only way to attain
salvation then how did the people who existed before Jesus attained
salvation? After Jesus was born, many people who did not even know
that Jesus existed attained salvation in India.
Update
4: In thirteenth and fourteenth century, when people in India did
not even know that Jesus existed, the devotees of God attained
salvation in India. (Note: Europeans did not discover India until
fifteenth century). Among those devotees that attained salvation are
Naamdev Ji, Kabeer Ji, Sain Ji, Dhana Ji, Ravidas Ji and many more
whose hymns are in the Holy Scripture, Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
Update
5: In their hymns they have written about
their longing to meet God, how they worshiped to meet God, and
finally attained salvation. Furthermore, the way they took to meet
God is the same way Jesus showed to Christians, which is to worship
and meditate on God, be sinless, renounce greed, lust, ego, anger and
arrogance.
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come,
see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his
disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth
before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great
joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. (Matthew 28: 6-8,
King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Divine Revelation Not Showmanship (02/03/2019);
Satisfying Creation and Law (01/22/2019); Why Punishment After Death?
(11/23/2018); GOD Has Come Down (10/09/2018); Jesus Paid It All
(04/04/2018); Yes, Jesus Did Die (04/01/2018); “I Am The
Resurrection” (03/25/2018)
“Johnny
Uzumaki”, on this day acknowledged as Resurrection Sunday, I am
sharing with you the same answer respected by sinners throughout the
world who already have willingly turned to Jesus Christ as their
Savior, and have become developing and mature Christians. There are
multiple streams of sacred knowledge and divine truth that
make Christian belief “one of a kind,” and “the only way.”
In Christian belief, divinity is acknowledged as the origin and
source for all that exists, for life (all that exists is not living),
and for the necessary transformation of the living to exist in an
ongoing eternal relationship with GOD. More than simply the
sacrificial death of a human on the cross and his being raised from
the dead must come into view.
Sin
opposes the continued existence of sacred law, of the Lawgiver, and
all divine order. Mankind’s
relationship with immortal, incorruptible divinity as a life
companion now is interrupted by death and mortality that result
through the operations of sin that are inherited as the human
condition. On the basis of mechanical process and natural law,
mankind can not overcome the limits of finite apprehension;
consciousness anchored in appetite, sensation, emotion/mind; temporal
duration; and human self-will
(we also say, determination; might; willpower). Sin is
contrary to divine prerogative, eternal purpose, and the sovereign
will of the Creator. Even so, sin may dominate awareness and
self-will in created beings and living creatures; and sin is no
ordinary material thing that may be eliminated by a simple divine act
of destruction.
There
must be a fresh endowment to mankind of the life essence (we
also say, breath; spirit; word) that was imparted from the makeup of
GOD to establish the first “living soul.” Included are faith,
holiness, joy, longsuffering, lovingkindness, personhood, wisdom, and
wrath against sin. Through operations by GOD made possible by the
appearance of Jesus on the earth, those who become “born again”
are to live on the earth and “grow up again” as living vessels
filled with divine substance. Believers are to become mature/ripe
for harvest from the earth when Christ will appear (we say, Advent;
the Rapture; the Second Coming). Thus, the process of GOD promotes
experience such as decision-making, discovery, gradual growth,
fellowship, learning, repentance, sharing, study of the holy
writings, unselfish service, and suffering. Consider again the
following that uses language from the Bible:
1.
1st John 4: 1-10, King James Version (KJV): 1 Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of
God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that
confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God:
and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard
that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 4 Ye
are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater
is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They are of
the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth
them. 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is
not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and
the spirit of error. 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love
is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this
was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his
only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent
his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
2.
2nd Timothy 1: 7-10, KJV: 7 For God hath not given us
the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of
me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the
gospel according to the power of God; 9 Who hath saved us, and
called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but
according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ
Jesus before the world began, 10 But is now made manifest by the
appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and
hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 3. John 3: 16-21, KJV: 16 For God so
loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but
that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on
him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is
come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light,
because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil
hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should
be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that
his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.) Even
so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according
to your faith.
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