PATHWAY TO GOD

   The pathway to God is through the word of the Lord, which is the Bible, and nothing else.
   For the Bible says,

   "So then, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

(Romans 10: 17)

      If we will believe in the word of God, then we will also believe that the pathway to God is not based on my church membership, nor is it based on my affiliation with a religious institution.

     Moreover, the pathway to God is not based on water baptism, nor in participation in rites, rituals, and traditions.

     The pathway to God is not based on my entrance to a temple, shrine, or cathedral, nor in the belief that I must go to building to meet God because God does not dwell in buildings made by human hands.

     Beyond this, my pathway to God is not based on whether my shirts and pants are starched and pressed, nor by the way I comb my hair.

     My pathway to God is based on God and not me, and not in the things that I do.

    God is interested in my soul and His relationship with me.

    For when I was without God and knew Him not, He came looking for me instead of me looking for Him.   

     "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of ourselves:  it is the gift of God:  not of works, lest any man should boast."  

 (Ephesians 2: 8-9) 

   In other words, we cannot save ourselves from sin because of the things we do.  If we could do that, then we would die on a cross for our sins instead of Christ.

   The pathway to God is through the word of the Lord, which is the Bible, and nothing else.