The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life - Why It Is Wise to Examine You Religion

 We have good reason to think seriously about our standing with God. Why? Because the evidence proves that God will soon destroy the wicked and establish his righteous new system. So we need to ask: "Am I worshiping in the way that he approves?" It is not any man but God, who is the judge of what pleases him. To get God's viewpoint, we need to go to the Bible. There he plainly tells us the course to follow if we want to gain eternal life. (Proverbs 3:1. 2) If we take to heart what he says and apply it in our lives, it will result in marvelous blessings for us, both now and in the ages to come. 

When we examine what the Bible says on this matter, what do we find? Does it teach that the hundreds of millions of persons who practice religion in so many different ways are all pleasing to God? Does it show that all religion is good? To enable us to know how he views the matter, God had this plain statement recorded in his Word: "Broad and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are the ones going in through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are finding it." (Matthew 7:13, 14) How clearly those words answer our questions! They show that many people are not worshiping the true God (not the traditional god) in a way that pleases him. Only a few are on the road leading to life. 

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