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From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: How can a false religion be identified? – F.R.

A: A false religion is like the imitation of high fashion. The very presence of counterfeits proves the existence of the real. There would be no imitations without a genuine product. God’s original design has always had imitators and counterfeits!

Many philosophies and scores of religions have been invented to circumvent the Word of God, trying to make it appear that there is some other way [to God], but Jesus is the only pathway. People can have religion but not know Christ. It is possessing Christ as Savior that counts. Religion can be anything! But true Christianity is God coming to man in a personal relationship, and that is through His only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

There are many religions in the world, and they have developed because various people have had various ideas about God. Nothing could be more wrong than the old cliché that says any religion will do just as long as one is sincere. In no other area of life is there so much error, deception, and charlatanism as in religion. We must beware of religions that cut away parts of God’s revelation, add ideas of their own, and come out with various viewpoints that differ from God’s revelation in the Bible.

There are many bibles of different religions; there is the Mohammedan Koran, the Buddhist Canon of Sacred Scripture, the Zoroastrian Zend Avesta, and the Brahman Veda … they all begin with some flashes of true light, and end in utter darkness. Even the most casual observer soon discovers that the Bible is radically different. It is the only Book that offers redemption to us and points the way out of our dilemma.

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(This column is based on the words and writings of the late Rev. Billy Graham.)

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