Which Church Is The Right Church?
The Roman Catholic Church?
"The one True Church established by Christ is the Catholic Church. All are obliged
to belong to the Catholic Church in order to be saved. When we say, `outside
of the church there is no salvation,' we mean that those who through their own
grave fault do not know that the Catholic Church is the true Church, or knowing
it refuse to join, cannot be saved."
Baltimore Catechism, Lesson 12, pp. 29, 32
"The Holy Roman Church believes, professes, and preaches that `no one remaining
outside of the Catholic Church…can become partakers of eternal life; but they
will go to everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels,
unless before the end of life they are joined to the Church.'"
Council of Florence
"We are compelled by virtue of our faith to believe and maintain that there
is only one Catholic Church…Outside this Church there is no salvation and remission
of sins."
Pope Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctum
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?
The Mormon Church "…is the true and living church upon the face of the whole
earth, with which I, the Lord, am well pleased…."
Doctrine and Covenants 1:30
"My object in going to enquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects
was right, that I might know which to join…I was answered that I must join none
of them, for they were all wrong…all their creeds were an abomination in [God's]
sight…."
Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith History 2:18-19
"Mormonism is the one and only completely true and officially recognized religion
by the Lord."
MR Hunter, The Gospel Through the Ages, p. 28
"If it had not been for Joseph Smith and the restoration, there would be no
salvation. There is no salvation outside of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints."
Bruce McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p. 670
The Jehovah's Witnesses?
"Is not the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society the one and only channel which
the Lord has used in dispensing his truth continually since the beginning of
the harvest period?"
Watchtower, 1 April 1919, p. 6414
The Watchtower organization is "…his [Jehovah's] sole visible channel, through
whom alone spiritual instruction was to come…."
Watchtower, 1 October 1967, p. 590
Outside the true Christian [i.e. Watchtower] congregation, what alternative
organization is there? Only Satan's organization…."
Watchtower, 1 March 1979, p. 24
"…come to Jehovah's organization for salvation…."
Watchtower, 15 November 1981, p. 21
The Seventh Day Adventists?
"But the SDA Church is still the one repository of God's truth. Nowhere else
may it be found…our God designates the SDA Church as his remnant church."
Remnant Herald, Apr 1996, p. 13-14
"There is but one church [SDA] in the world who are at the present time standing
in the breach, and making up the hedge…"
Testimonies to Ministers, p. 50
Well, Which One is Right?
These are but four of the many religions of our day that claim to be the ONLY
true church or the ONLY true way of salvation for mankind - no wonder the average
person is fed up with religion! The Bible however makes it crystal clear that
true salvation is NOT through any church or religious group, but through a Person!
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh
unto the Father, but by me. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there
is none other name [i.e. than Jesus] under heaven, given among men, whereby
we MUST be saved." (John 14:6; Acts 4:12)
Beware of those groups who claim to be "the only way" - Jesus is the ONLY way
into heaven for it is He who came to earth and died on the cross to pay for
your sins. The Bible says, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory
of God." (Rom. 3:23) Every one of us has an imperfect heart in the sight of
God - though in different degrees, we are all sinners who fall short of God's
standard of perfection. "The wages of sin is death" (Rom. 6:23) as all sinners
"will have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which
is the second death." (Rev. 21:8) What an awful thing to look forward to! The
Lord in his mercy did not want to see you have to pay for your sins in hell
forever, so "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us." (Rom. 5:8) The man or woman who is willing to admit that
they are a sinner, who will repent of [i.e. turn from] their sins, ask God's
forgiveness and who will put their faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ
will be saved from their sins and from hell! "For whosoever shall call upon
the name of the Lord, SHALL BE SAVED!" (Rom. 10:13)
Joining a church will not get you to heaven - not our church - not ANY church!
There is no deed you can do that is good enough for God to overlook your sins.
"For by grace are ye saved through FAITH; and that not of yourselves: it is
the GIFT of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Eph. 2:8-9)
The options are only two: 1) trust in your own good works, your religion, your
church, yourself or your way and end up in a real place the Bible calls hell;
or 2) trust totally and only in the Lord Jesus Christ and the promise that He
makes to save your soul - this is the only way to obtain God's forgiveness and
eternal life!
If you want to be assured of receiving God's forgiveness, avoiding hell and
living with God for ever in heaven, please sincerely pray something similar
to the following:
"Dear God, I know that I am a sinner and that I deserve to go to hell. Please
forgive me of my sins and save me. I believe that you died on the cross and
rose again from the dead to pay for my sins. The best way I know how, I want
to trust in you alone to save me and I ask you now to be my Lord and Savior
as you promised in the Bible. Thank you for saving me - Amen!
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