Some people who profess godly fear are divided between
the Bible and/or the Book of Mormon, the many books of the Watchtower Society of the Jehovah Witnesses, the Koran and even Sacred Tradition as their standard
for spiritual truth. This article is written for such people in the hope that they will find God's
truth from the one and only source that He has given mankind. Friend, if you are in such a
category, please consider the following: There have been many religious leaders--men such as
Mohammed, Buddha, Confucius, Bahaullah, Zoroaster, Joseph Smith, Charles Taze Russell, etc., but Jesus stands
uniquely apart from all of them. There are four basic reasons why this is so:
These four truths set Him infinitely above all other religious leaders. Because of His
unique credentials and ultimate authority, we must, therefore, view the Word of God to be
whatever He says. So, what did Jesus say?
He said the whole law to the smallest detail would be fulfilled (Mt. 5:18); He said,
Scripture cannot be broken (Jn. 10:35); when praying to the Father, He said "your word is truth"
(Jn. 17:17); He quoted the Scriptures to rebuke the devil (Mt. 4:4,7,10 cf. Deut. 4) and to
substantiate His own behavior (Mt. 21:12,13); Jesus taught His words, which were recorded in
the first four books of the New Testament, will never pass away (Mt. 24:35); He said that people
are in error by not knowing the Scriptures and the power of God (Mt. 22:29). (This last reference
shows that the written Word of God is error-free. Also see Lk. 24:25,44.) By the way, He also
believed in a literal creation (Mk. 13:19), Adam and Eve (Mk. 10:6), Noah (Mt. 24:37,38), Jonah
(Mt. 12:40) and all other details from the Old Testament. In brief, Jesus Christ endorsed the entire
Old Testament. But he also promised the New Testament to be inspired when He said the Holy
Spirit would guide His disciples into all truth (Jn. 16:13) and teach all things and bring all
things to remembrance that Jesus taught (Jn. 14:26). This is important because of the following:
Peter, as one of Jesus' original Twelve apostles, was therefore directly guided into all
truth (Jn. 16:13). He said that Paul's writings were Scripture (2 Pet. 3:16). In doing so, he
indirectly endorsed approximately one-half of the New Testament which would be written by
Paul. Paul, among other things, endorsed the gospel of Luke by quoting from it (1 Tim. 5:18 cf.
Lk. 10:7). There are many overlapping truths stated in Matthew, Mark and Luke which are
thereby likewise endorsed. The gospel of Matthew was written by the Apostle Matthew who was
directly guided into all truth. Also, the Apostle John wrote five New Testament books. Getting
back to Paul, he wrote that Scripture, which included his own writings (according to Peter), as
well as the rest of the New Testament and the Old Testament, is final authority (2 Tim. 3:16)
and sufficient for everything the man of God needs (v. 17)!
Bearing all of this in mind, if any so-called inspired writings, "Sacred Tradition," church
council, creed or confession would teach contrary to the Bible, we must, therefore, reject it as
error, because of the ultimate authority of Jesus Christ!
Other religious books also claim to be the word of God, but this cannot be proven! The
Book of Mormon is an example of such. In it we see two contradictions, of many, when
compared to the Bible. Compare 2 Nephi 25:23 to Eph. 2:8,9, and Helaman 14:27 to Lk. 23:44.
Since we cannot have two divinely inspired truths in contradiction to each other, and the
Bible has already been established to be our standard of truth, then we can only conclude
the Book of Mormon cannot be from the same source that produced the Holy Bible. It must
therefore be rejected. There is no need to pray about the Book of Mormon, since it is
impossible for it to be from the same source that produced the Bible.
The Koran must also be rejected as inspired for the same basic reason. It teaches that
Jesus was just a prophet, no different than any prophet (Surah III, 84) which is refuted by Jn.
3:16; Mt. 3:11 and Rev. 17:14. Also, The Koran teaches that Jesus did not die on the cross
(Surah IV, 157, 158) which is refuted by Lk. 23:46 cf. Jam. 2:26.
Many sacred traditional beliefs such as veneration of images, the Rosary, Purgatory, Mary
being sinless and a mediator, infallibility of the Pope, sacraments for salvation, and others must
likewise be rejected, because they are all renounced by the Bible. See Ex. 20:4,5; Mt. 6:6-8;
7:13,14; Rom. 3:23, 1 Tim. 2:5; Gal. 2:11-16; Titus 3:5; etc. In fact, if you claim to believe in the
Bible then you must accept the Bible alone as authoritative and not tradition too, because that's
what the Bible teaches (Mt. 15:3-9; Col. 2:8)!
The Bible alone is the proven Word of God apart from other books that share the same
claim, but cannot prove that claim. It is also the only book personally endorsed by Jesus Christ.
The Bible, which is final authority, declares that Jesus is the only way (Jn. 14:6; Acts 4:12) to
be saved from Hell, a literal place of eternal punishment in fire (Mt. 25:41,46). We are to go
directly to Jesus for ourselves (Jn. 6:37; Mt. 11:28) in sincere prayer (Rom. 10:13), as the
repentant, dying thief did (Lk. 23:42,43). We must be willing to forsake our sins (Lk. 13:3; Acts
20:21), deny ourselves, take up our crosses daily and follow Jesus (Lk. 9:23). Remember,
Jesus made a one-time, never-to-be-repeated, blood sacrifice for all sins (Heb. 10:10-14). To
believe on Jesus for salvation (Jn. 3:16; 17:20; Acts 16:31) means to trust on, cling to, and rely
on Him for salvation, as the Greek shows. Dear reader, are you doing this?
You can have assurance of salvation now if you are "believing" on Jesus, 1 Jn. 5:12,13.
Study the Bible and act upon its message. Let its message take preeminence over any dream,
vision, experience, other religious books, etc. (2 Tim. 3:16). Your eternal destiny depends on
this! Where you will be 100 years from now and 100 trillion years from now depends on
what you do with the message of the Bible, which has been uniquely endorsed by the Lord
Jesus Christ Himself to be the only standard of truth that should govern our religious lives.
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The true plan of salvation is repentance towards God and faith in Christ Jesus (Acts 20:21). We prove our repentance by our deeds (Acts 26:20). The Lord Jesus taught the road to life is "hard" and only a "few" will find it (Mt. 7:13,14, NKJV). Many get saved, but afterwards fall away (Lk. 8:13; Jn. 6:66; 1 Tim. 1:19; etc.). In other words, after initial salvation we must endure to the "end" to enter the kingdom of God and escape the lake of fire (Mt. 10:22; Heb. 3:14; Rev. 2:10,11). Eternal life comes to the repentant the moment such believe on Jesus for salvation (Jn. 3:16; 6:47; 1 Jn. 5:12,13), but there is another important aspect of eternal life that many are totally unware of in our day because of the false teaching of eternal security. According to true grace teaching, eternal life is also a HOPE (Titus 3:7), yet to be REAPED (Gal. 6:8,9) in the AGE TO COME (Mk. 10:30) for only the ones who PERSIST IN DOING GOOD (Rom. 2:7) and DO NOT GROW WEARY AND GIVE UP (Gal. 6:9).
If a saved person sows to please his sinful nature he'll die spiritually (Rom. 8:13; Gal. 6:8,9). The prodigal is a clear example of this (Lk. 15:24,32). The end result of sin is spiritual death, so DO NOT BE DECEIVED (James 1:14-16). For more information regarding the believer's security, see our what's new page. Our 801 page book, The Believer's Conditional Security, is the most exhaustive and comprehensive refutation to eternal security ever written. It will not be refuted!
Because of the teaching of once saved always saved, grace has been taught as a license for immorality for so long, and without challenge, that when Scripture is quoted, such as 1 Cor. 6:9,10 or Rev. 21:8, it is disregarded, and the giver of God's Word is falsely accused of teaching legalism, bondage, works, etc. This reflects how truly dark are the days in which we live!
The ACID TEST question to know if a ministry or local congregation is teaching a license for immorality as condemned by Jude 3,4 is: Does true grace allow the sexually immoral in heaven? If their answer is "YES," avoid it like the AIDS virus! To sit under this teaching influence could mean that your soul and the souls of your loved ones will be eternally damned as a result. To support and promote such a ministry and teaching is to share in its wicked work (2 Jn. 9-11). This includes your financial donations! Flee from such a ministry or congregation and encourage others to do the same before it's eternally too late.
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