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Every Other World Religion Is A Lie

Some people are of the belief that all religions are different pathways to the same destination. Some people will say “ I respect all religions because they are all different ways to GOD”. Now course as Christians we don’t believe this because Jesus clearly says:

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

Jesus makes it clear that HE and ONLY HE is the way to GOD, and that every other religion is false. And that every other purported way to GOD is a lie, but Jesus and HE alone can get you to GOD.

However, I always found it interesting that although Jesus makes it clear that HE and only HE is the correct way, every other religion seeks to incorporate something about Jesus into their religion.

If you ask a Muslim they will tell you that Jesus is “Isa” in the Quran and that he was one of the Prophets of GOD. If you ask a Hindu they will tell you that Jesus was a Sadhu and that he was one of the enlightened people who spread a message of love. If you ask a Buddhist they will tell you that Jesus was one of the ascended masters. Everyone seems to think of Jesus as a “Good guy” but at the same time they deny who Jesus said that he IS. Is Jesus a Prophet and also a liar when he said that HE is the Son of GOD? Was Jesus a Sadhu or a liar when he said that He is the ONLY Way to GOD? Was Jesus just an Ascended Master but also a liar when he said “Before Abraham Existed I did”? Which is it?

What all other religions who agree with a portion of the teaching of Jesus will not tell you is that Jesus spoke against them all. And Jesus called all the earth to repent from their religions, and traditions, and turn to him, because Only HE(Jesus) could get you to GOD. Every other path and every other way is a trick from the devil and not a path that will ever get you to GOD.

Acts 17:30
“Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent”

Faith in Jesus Christ and the teachings of Jesus Christ can not be compared to any other religion out there. The teachings of Jesus are distinct from those taught by every other group.

Here is another example:

Every other religion believes that you will get a good afterlife or go to Heaven if your good deeds outweigh your bad deeds. Ask a Muslim how to get to paradise they will tell you that you must keep from doing evil and do good deeds and Allah will judge your good and bad deeds. Ask a Hindu how to achieve salvation and they will tell you “There is one of three ways: the way of works, the way of knowledge, or the way of devotion.” And they will also say you get to heaven by Good deeds and chanting the name of God. Ask a Buddhist and they will tell you that you ascend by doing good deeds and practicing Buddhism then you will ascend stage by stage. Ask a person in Judaism how to get to Heaven and they will tell you that you must keep God’s 613 Laws in the Torah.

All these religions teach that it is by your own works and efforts that you will enter into Heaven. But what does the Bible say? How do Christians get to Heaven?

Ephesians 2:8-9
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”

The Bible says that salvation is a free gift from GOD for those who put their faith in Jesus Christ. Salvation is a gift for those who put their faith in the work Jesus did on the cross when He died for the sins of the whole world. We are not saved by our OWN works, we are saved by the work that Jesus did for us. No other religion teaches a free gift of salvation by a Loving and merciful God. Every other religion teaches that a man must try his hardest and hope in the end that his good deeds are more than his bad deeds.

In Closing:
Let me ask you this… Let’s say hypnotically there was a man who robbed a bank, and then he took all the money from robbing the bank and used it to buy food and clothing for widows and orphans. Does his good deed outweigh his bad deed? When he stands before the judge and the judge asks him “How do you plead guilty or not guilty?” Can he say “Not guilty” because of his good deed? Or must he still face judgment for the crime he committed despite the good deed he did afterward?

There is no good deed that washes away bad deeds. A man’s good deeds maybe be good, but doesn’t he still have to face punishment for his bad deeds? Who’s going to pay for the wrong that he has done? Either he must pay for his crime or someone must stand in his place and accept his punishment.
This is where faith in Jesus becomes important, because when a judge asks a Christian “How do you plead? Guilty or not guilty?” The Christian is going to say “I plead the blood of Jesus because Jesus has already taken the punishment that I deserve.” And then the Judge must let you go free because your sin has already been paid for.

The Bible says “The Wages of Sin is Death”

Romans 6:23
“For the wages of sin is death, but the [a]gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Therefore if you’ve committed at least one sin in your life then you must pay for it with your own blood. Your life is the price of your sin. However, Jesus came down to earth and paid for our sins with HIS Eternal Life so that all who believe in him will not perish but be saved.

This is why the Gospel of Jesus Christ is so important. Those who reject the payment that Jesus paid for their sins will have to face death and pay for it themselves. Repent today and put your faith in Jesus. There is no other way.

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God bless you all who are in Christ Jesus.

Eddie Fews

Before I Was A Christian…

Before I was a born-again Christian I was just a casual Christian. I was Christian because my family was Christian and Christianity was a part of my upbringing and culture. I grew up going to church, singing songs, and saying my prayers when I woke up in the morning and before I went to sleep. I was baptized in water as a teenager, had read some of the Bible, and thought I had a good understanding of what Christianity was all about. I was just like most Christians that I had met in my life, Sunday Christians, Christians by association, Christians because my ID Card says I’m Christian, Culturally Christian, never studied the whole Bible but only memorized my favorite Psalm Christian, etc. I thought I was a Christian but I didn’t know what it meant to be a Christian until later in my life.

When I became an adult and left home I stopped going to church, I prayed sometimes but not as frequently and I just started focusing on being a good person. I thought a good Christian was someone who was a “good person” However I didn’t learn until later that the Bible says

Romans 3:11-12
“There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. 12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.”

There are no “Good persons” by GOD’s standard. A good person is only a good person by his own standard, he has become his own judge, he has become his own GOD and he has decided that he has the authority to determine what is good and what is bad. The Man who thinks he’s a good person is usually the worst person out of all because he’s blinded to his own sin. The Person who knows they are not good is more likely to seek for help and in seeking help they might find GOD.

Here is one example: Let’s say there are two men who are alcoholics: One man says “I’m not an alcoholic, I just enjoy drinking. I can stop drinking anytime I want, I only drink because I choose to. And the other man says “I am an alcoholic and I have a problem. I need help.” Which one of the two men is more likely to live, and which of the two is more likely to die? The man that knows he has a problem will live of course, but the man blinded to his own addiction will die if he doesn’t become like the other man.

This is what people who think they are good people are like. This is the way that I was the majority of my life. I was kind to others, I supported my family, I was generous to those in need, I carried myself with respect, I prayed, and stayed away from trouble, and focused on my goals. People looked up to me and most people that knew me would also call me a good person. By the standards of the “world” I was a good person, but I cut deeply in my heart the day I discovered that the standard of GOD was not the same as the standard of this world.

The Bible says what is highly esteemed among mankind is an abomination to GOD(Luke 16:15). God does not love the things the world loves and does not approve of the things the world approves of. So although the world approved of me, in the eyes of GOD I was filthy and deserving of death. I learned that a Christian isn’t a person who goes to church on Sunday but still has their own goals, hopes, and ambitions. A Christian is someone who has surrendered everything in them to GOD and decided to deny themselves and follow Jesus.

When I was a false Christian I had a journal that I would travel with that contained all my goals and ambitions, and everything I wanted to accomplish in life. The journal was filled with my life plans and each month I was accomplishing more things that were written in the journal. However, the day I became a Christian was the day I took that journal and set it on fire and looked up to the sky, and said “GOD.. I don’t want this journal anymore, I don’t want my own goals and ambitions. I don’t want my own life plan. I want your plan for my life. Let your will be done in my life. I surrender my own will to do your will GOD” From that day on my entire life changed.

Luke 14:33
“So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.”

When Jesus called his disciples he told them “Follow me” and they left everything behind and followed Jesus. This standard has not changed. It doesn’t mean Jesus will physically require you to give away all you have, but it does mean that from your heart you must renounce all you have and put it in his hands. You must be willing to give it all up if he asks for it, from a heart that is completely surrendered to the will of GOD.

A Christian isn’t a person who has their own culture and traditions, and Christians have made all their cultures and traditions the traditions of Jesus only. A Christian has surrendered it all; their tribe, their culture, their possessions, their desires, their goals, their bodies, and everything else. They have renounced everything from their heart and chosen to follow Jesus. A Christian no longer identifies with titles and identities that come from this world, they only identify with the title and identity of Christ. We cannot mix the things of this world with Jesus. Jesus said we can only serve one master (Matthew 6:24).

A Christian is not someone who is defined by his own good deeds. The Bible says that our righteous deeds are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). A Christian is a person who knows that he is a sinner in need of a Savior. Christians understand that the wages of sin is death and that if they sin only once, they deserve to go to hellfire like the greatest sinner on earth. A Christian understands that Jesus died to pay the death price they deserved for sin, so that they could be saved. A Christian inherits the righteousness of Jesus because our own actions have fallen short of the glory of GOD. A Christian is now a righteous person because of faith in Jesus Christ and him alone.

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God bless you all who are in Christ Jesus.

Eddie Fews

“Allah” Is NOT An Arabic Word That Means “GOD”

Today I will be writing about the word “Allah” and why I never used that word, and why I think Christians in Muslim countries should be cautious about using the word “Allah”.

As many of you already know I am currently living in Indonesia and in Indonesia the word “Allah” is used for GOD. However “Allah” is not an Indonesian word, Allah is an Arabic word that has been incorporated into the Indonesian language because of the prevalence of Islam in this nation. The same as words like Anggur & Kismis, Selamat & Kabar, and even the names of the days of the week in the Indonesian language are actually Arabic words that have been incorporated into the Indonesia language. And although most of these words present no issue, the word “Allah” is a little different than the rest of the Arabic words.

I originally took an interest in this topic after moving to Indonesia from America and noticing the Indonesian Bible used the word “Allah” to describe GOD. This troubled me because I knew that the word “Allah” wasn’t just an Arabic Word for GOD as some people think, but the word Allah had a deeper history. I have even prayed with former Muslims and seen the evil spirits behind the name Allah come out of people’s bodies.

Have you ever noticed that Muslims never translate the WORD Allah into “GOD”? If you at the Quran in English, French, Indonesian, Arabic, Russian, Chinese or any other language, almost every word is translated properly except the word Allah. If the word “Allah” only meant “GOD” or “The Divine Most High GOD” then why not just translate it to GOD or The Divine Creator? Of course, because the word “Allah” is not only a word, it’s the actual name of a Deity. And that Deity is evoked by the mention of his name.

With a little research what you will find is that Arabic has been around for more than 2,500 years, however, Islam has been around for 1,400 years. Making it clear that the word “Allah” predates the religion of Islam. Allah is actually one of several ancient pagan Deities that was worshiped by pre-Islamic Arabs. Allah was known before Islam as “The God of The Moon & The Stars” which is why all over Indonesia and many Islamic nations you can still find the Moon & Stars symbolism on top of many mosques. Allah was a pagan deity that had “Three Divine Daughters” named “Al-lat, Al-uzza, and Manat” and they were all worshiped before those who created Islam turned their beliefs into a Monotheistic Religion.

Pre Islamic Arabs worshiped many different deities the same way polytheistic religions do today. They had a different God for this and a different God for that. For example: A God of the sea, A God of the Wind, A God of Nature and more. Allah was just one of their many deities, and HE was the god of the Moon & stars as is still prevalent in islamic symbolism. Many use this symbolism without even knowing the truth about its origins. However, in different parts of the word some more knowledgeable Muslims reject this symbolism because of the truth of its origin.

There are some Muslims who like to argue that the word Allah” is similar to the words “Elohi, Eloi, Eli or Alaha” have roots in Aramaic and Hebrew but this is also false and is based on a pretense that is heavily debated and not agreed upon by many scholars and linguists. There is no conclusion there.

In Closing:

The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 8:5-6

“For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.”

This teaches us that in the heavens there are many different gods that people can call on and these gods when invoked by their names can give people an emotional experience. However as Christians, we serve the ONLY TRUE GOD who created all things and is above all, and the ONLY way to THE GOD ABOVE ALL is through JESUS CHRIST his only begotten Son.

Satan has many workers in the spiritual realm deceiving people with an emotional and religious experience. And when people call on the names of the evil spirits and devils that do the will of Satan they can evoke the dark power of those deities. And allah “the god of the moon “is just one of the many deities that different religions are calling on today.

Our GOD isn’t just the god of the Moon. Our God created the Moon, the Sun, The Earth, The Heavens and All that is in them. Our GOD is the GOD of ALL creation, and the only way to reach our GOD is through Jesus Christ his son who paid for our debts in his own blood so we could be saved and reconciled to GOD. Put your faith in JESUS alone who is the only way to the true living GOD.

That’s all for today guys.

God bless you all who are in Christ Jesus.

Eddie Fews