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WHO HAS THE TRUTH? By Nyron Medina


“How do you know which is the true religion?” This is the BIG question many people are asking. There are so many religions and they keep multiplying. This has caused much confusion. People do not know who has the truth. Another vocal class claims that all religions have the truth and that many are the ways that lead to God. They say that all religions serve only one God, but in their own way. But this claim is NOT TRUE at all. Jesus Himself said” “I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me.” Jn 14:6. This excludes all other religions and narrows down our choice to Christianity. Peter, Jesus Apostle said: “… Jesus Christ of Nazareth… neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:12. Now if all religions lead to one God, then Christianity is certainly excluded by its teachings, for why would that one God set Christianity apart as the ONLY TRUTH of Salvation? Even within the brackets of Christianity we have so many different religions. How can we know which one is the truth? We need not dismay. If God is a God of the Truth unfolding Himself to man, He must show Himself. He must reveal the truth to us. God says: “To the Law and to the Testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isa 8:20. “He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.”
Prov 28:9. Here we are told that without the law of God there is only darkness and religion must speak according to the law if they are to have light. That means they are not to “…Break one, least of these commandments or to teach men so… (but they are to) do and teach them…” Matt 5:19. We are even told that in those so called Christian religions where men turn away from hearing the law of God, even their prayers are abomination to God. This narrows down the choice of true religion to those who KEEP THE LAW OF GOD. This includes the Seventh Day Sabbath because God said to Israel (who is also spiritual …PS 73:1; Rom 2:28, 29 Gal 3:7, 29). “Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep; for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.” Ex 31:34. This includes the Gentiles that through faith becomes spiritual Israelites (Ex 20:10; Isa 56:6-8; Rom 4:9-12). Thus the true religion will keep the Seventh Day Sabbath, because “there remaineth therefore a rest (Sabbath) to the People of God” Heb 4:9. So “…whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” Jam 2:10. But even among the various Sabbath keeping religions, the point as to who actually keep the Sabbath in “Spirit and in truth” Jn 4:24, will be determined by the ideological context of their teaching as they relate to the philosophy of the Sabbath, because, we are to “do and teach” according to the law and not “speak against” it. God Himself said, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy… for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is…” Ex 20: 8-11. This is telling us that the Sabbath is also a sign of God’s Creatorship ability. So when an alleged Sabbath keeping religion tells us that we will actually become like God…. And that we shall be able to
actually create like God then that religion though holding on to the forms of the Sabbath is teaching against the meaning of the Sabbath and is thus not keeping it. The same rebuke goes for any religion that exalts a phonetic sound as the name of God as if that will save. They limit God to a sound and thus is doing away with the Creatorship. Their God is a sound of a name and not the true living God who alone can create, and who is thus the God of the Sabbath. The fact that all religions do not serve God is made clear by these texts which reveals that God's true people are a Remnant (Isa 11:10-12; Joel 2:23-32; Rom 8:24-28; Rev 3:7-10; Rev 14:12). Satan’s war is against those only who have the truth, hence the bible says: “And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” Rev 12:17. The remnant keeps the Law of God, thus it is those who keep all God’s commandments through the grace of Jesus Christ – the Remnant have the truth. THE END

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