This morning I went to my weekly Tuesday morning bible study in which we are studying the book of John. We finished up chapter six and and went all through chapter seven. The man leading the study brought up some pretty scarey statistics about the organized church denomination in which he is a member of. He said that out of all the church leaders who took the survey (elders, deacons, etc.) only twenty five percent believed that Jesus is the only way to eternal life in heaven. The same question was asked of the preachers, and only twenty two percent of them believed that Jesus is the only way to eternal life in heaven. Lastly, the same question was asked at seminaries to teachers and professors and only twelve percent of them believed that Jesus is the only way to eternal life in heaven. This is a very established and relatively old denomination in the protestant faith. I'm not going to say which denomination it is but they have also become very politically correct. The sad thing is that if this church decides to leave the organized denomination, which I think they are trying to do, they could lose the building and grounds in which they have been meeting for a long time.
The first thing's first, Jesus said in John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
He didn't say You really should believe in Me, but if you don't, that's OK, come on to heaven any how. Come one come all. He said "no one comes to the Father except through Me." This is very simple and plain black and white, there is no grey area. If anybody says there is any other way to heaven they are a fool and a liar, and the truth is not in them! It's frightful to think that the gospel can be preached but not believed by those preaching and teaching it.
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