"Without the shedding of blood is no remission." -
Heb_9:22
There are many religions, but only one deals with sin. Christianity alone deals with the concept of man as sinful, needing the forgiveness of God. There is one exception - Judaism. The ties of Christianity to Judaism are forever knotted - for Jesus Christ was born a Jew. This verse alone indicates the Jewish ties to Christianity (or is it reversed?). The Jew offered blood sacrifices that God might forgive their sins. The Christian has the blood of Christ, spilt willingly for the sins of those who believe in Him.
The idea that a religion is a preference is silliness. What is true is unalterably true. The thought that men can choose their truth is stupid. Those that choose wrongly will face eternal consequences. The Bible says that there is no remission of sin without the shedding of blood, and this is contextually pointing to the shed blood of Jesus Christ. The failure to take Jesus as one's personal and living Savior means there is no forgiveness of sins, and apart from that forgiveness is no eternal life. There is no hope of it. I for one, look with sadness, not disdain, upon those who blindly choose some other religion - or none. Their plight, however well-intentioned, is not good. It is a hopeless death to which they go, and a great disappointment they will face.
Oh, Christian, you may rejoice in this truth that Christ has shed His Holy Blood that your sins might be forgiven forever. How great a truth that is! Rejoice that you are, by your faith in the shed blood of Christ, in Christ Jesus! Your hope is certain because God dearly values the blood of His only Begotten Son. When that blood is applied to your sins by faith, God sees that, and will not forsake you.
Oh, Christian, you must tell others of this wonderful truth. Tell it clearly that they might not be confused, but believe and apply the blood of Christ to their sins. Tell it completely that they might trust not in their works or their religion but only in the blood of Christ. Tell it competently that they might seek no other pardon for their sins but the shed blood of Christ.
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