“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me,” (John 14:6).
For the past 2,000 years, the words of Jesus as the way, the truth and the life have rung throughout the world, and that it is only by Him that anyone can truly experience eternal life. However, Pope Francis is no longer clinging to these words as the truth.
In his visit to Singapore, Pope Francis said that “all religions are a path to God,” according to the Christian Post.
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In the report by Crux now, Francis discussed the topic of religion by stating, “The are like different languages in order to arrive at God, but God is God for all…since God is God for all, then we are all children of God.”
These statements were said at a Catholic junior college during his meeting with young people of varying faiths.
“If you start to fight, ‘my religion is more important than yours, mine is true and yours isn’t,’ where will that lead us?” he said. “There’s only one God, and each of us has a language to arrive at God. Some are Sheik, Muslim, Hindu, Christian, and they are different paths…”
The Pope further encouraged young people to have interfaith chats with one another.
“For interreligious dialogue dialogue among young people, it takes courage, because youth is the time of courage in our lives…You can also have this courage and use it for things that don’t help you, or you can use it to move forward and engage in dialogue. One thing that helps a lot is to respect dialogue,” the Pope said.
While we should talk to people of other beliefs, Christians should not treat our faith as the same as any other religion. True Christianity is not just a religion, but rather it is a relationship with the Living God who suffered upon the cross taking the weight of our sins upon Himself and rising from the dead three days later, forever defeating death.
Remember, Jesus Christ is the way, the only way, to God. He is the only One where God Himself took up our sins. He is the only path that provides eternal life because He has conquered death.
Matthew 7:13-14 tells us, “Enter at the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who are going through it, because small is the gate and narrow is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” There’s only one way to heaven, only one true path to God: Following Jesus Christ.
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Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.