Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. —John 14:6

Enter through the narrow gate Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. —Matthew 7:13-14

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. —Acts 4:12

World’s Top 5 Religions (according to social anthropologist —from smallest to largest)

they are grouped together 12% are so small they are grouped together as “Other”

Views of God: Not stressed Means to God: The Four Noble Truths #5 Buddism Followers: 376 million (6% of the world’s population) Views of God: Not stressed Means to God: The Four Noble Truths

Views of God: Pantheism #4 Hinduism Followers: 900 million (14% of the world’s population) Views of God: Pantheism Means to God: The transmigration of souls/ reincarnation View of the Afterlife: Moksha (“Release”)

#3 Secular “Non-religious” Followers: 1.1 billion (15% of the world’s population) Includes: agnostic, atheist, secular humanist, people answering ‘none’ or no religious preference. Half of this group is “theistic” but not religious.

Views of God: Monotheism Means to God: The Five Pillars #2 Islam Followers: 1.5 billion (21% of the world’s population) Views of God: Monotheism Means to God: The Five Pillars View of the Afterlife: Paradise

Views of God: Monotheism Means to God: Atonement/ Substitution #1 Christianity Followers: 2.2 billion (32% of the world’s population) Views of God: Monotheism Means to God: Atonement/ Substitution View of the Afterlife: Heaven

Do All Roads Lead to Heaven?

Every religion claims to be the only way.

Every religion has a different road map.

Almost all their ideas of the afterlife are different.

These religions represent essentially all of humanity, so probably the right choice is among them.

Some people ask, “Would a loving God let sincere people miss heaven?”

Would a loving God tell one region of the world a certain way was the only way, and then whisper to another region that that was wrong, and a different one was actually the right and only way?

How much more loving could God be than to create the way by giving His own life for us?

Of all the religions in the world, Christianity is the only one that claims God did the work, not us.

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, —Romans 3:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. —Romans 6:23

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God —John 1:12