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Don't All Religions Lead to God? · Resources
John 14:6
Summary
Edwin Martinez, a missionary of fifty years, answers the series question head on: no, all religions do not lead to God. Jesus said he is the way, and Acts says there is no other name. Then he turns it toward you — is Jesus number one in your life, and are your words building this church or tearing it down?
Sermon Outline
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Do All Religions Lead to God? ▶ 0:00
Chaplain Drake opens from the Middle East and plays a clip of Lee Strobel on every other faith being spelled D-O and Christianity being spelled D-O-N-E. Then Edwin Martinez is welcomed home and tells of thirty days of evangelism in Spain in 1993, and of Mayan gods that never really left.
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Paul at the Areopagus ▶ 10:03
Acts 17 and the altar to an unknown god — Paul tells Athens they do not know the one they worship, and offers to introduce him.
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The Fastest-Growing Religions in America ▶ 11:42
Judaism, Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism are growing across the states, which is why the question needs an answer here and not only overseas.
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I Am the Way — John 14:6 ▶ 11:59
The congregation reads it aloud together, and Edwin invites even Presbyterians to a loud amen.
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No Other Name — Acts 4:12 ▶ 12:51
Salvation is found in no one else. That is the answer to the question, and Edwin does not soften it.
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What Happens After You Believe? ▶ 14:09
Luke 14 and its hardest line — anyone who does not hate father and mother cannot be my disciple.
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He Wants to Be Number One ▶ 15:09
The line is not about hatred; it is about first place. So ask honestly what you go to bed thinking about and wake up thinking about — cycling, sports, the news, work?
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Carry Your Cross ▶ 16:54
Jesus turns on a hill and asks the crowd that liked his food and his healings why they are following him.
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It Will Not Be Easy ▶ 18:32
A pastor friend has been jailed eighteen times for preaching. Our challenges are smaller and quieter — materialism, and everything that crosses out Jesus.
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Count the Cost, Build the Tower ▶ 20:25
Luke 14 and the builder who estimates before he starts. Edwin suggests the builder is Christ, building his church, and the bill is already paid.
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Are We Building? ▶ 22:51
Destroying a church is easy — one wrong word about a person, a leader, the church. James on the tongue, and the question of whether your words bless or tear down.
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Fifteen Women in Jalapa ▶ 26:17
A women's ministry shrank from sixty to twenty after the pandemic. Twenty women prayed for five guests to come. A hundred and fifty came, and people are still coming to Christ.
Key Points
- Every other faith system is spelled D-O — do enough and maybe you earn your way. Christianity is spelled D-O-N-E, because Jesus said from the cross that it is finished.
- Paul told Athens they were worshiping a God they did not know, and that is still true of a great deal of religion, including religion that calls itself Christian.
- Jesus said he is the way, the truth and the life, and Acts says salvation is found in no other name. There is no second route.
- "Hate father and mother" in Luke 14 is not a call to hatred. Scripture tells us to honor them. It is a claim to first place.
- Following Jesus is not easy anywhere. In some countries it means jail; here it usually means materialism and distraction.
- Christ is the builder who counted the cost and already paid it, and no one will laugh at this builder.
- A church is easy to destroy with one careless word, so the real question is whether your words build.
Quotable Moments
“You don't even know who you're worshiping.” ▶ 10:44
“He wants to be number one in our lives. That nobody else is going to take his place.” ▶ 15:09
“What is the thing that I go to bed thinking about? And I wake up thinking about? It should be Jesus.” ▶ 16:20
“I'm so glad I don't have to do anything. Because he's done it for us.” ▶ 22:35
“Are my words constructive? Uplifting? Not distracting? Not words that destroy. But words that bless and build up.” ▶ 23:45
Scripture
John 14:1-6 (ESV)
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Take It With You
- Jesus is not one way among many. He is the way.
- Whatever you go to bed thinking about and wake up thinking about is your number one. Name it honestly.
- Watch your words. They are either building this church or tearing down what others are building.
- You have a part in this. Twenty praying women filled a room with a hundred and fifty.
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