Being Catholic Or Baptist Does Not Make You A Christian

John 3:1-3, “There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Jesus warned in Matthew 7:13-15 and Luke 13:23-24 that MOST people will not enter into Heaven in eternity. Luke 13:23-24, “Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.” The dear Savior in no uncertain terms exclaimed in John 3:3b, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Being a Catholic doesn't get you to Heaven. Joining a Baptist church doesn't get you to Heaven. You can join every church in your city, and give all your earthly possessions to them, and serve in the church all your life, but still die in your sins and go to Hell forever. You must experience the new birth, which is by faith alone in the Gospel (Good News) of Jesus Christ.

I read that there are an estimated 350,000 church in the United States. In my humble opinion, it would be a wonderful thing if 99% of them closed their doors forever. I dare say that only 3,500 of those 350,000 churches are worth salvaging! In all likelihood only about 350 of those churches are worth saving. It is now VERY difficult to find a doctrinally sound, soulwinning, people-loving, King James Bible only, local church that contends for the faith.

The average church today is merely a glorified social club. The rest are religious cults that are wrong on the Gospel, falsely teaching that to get to Heaven you must forsake your sinful bad habits, follow Christ, or surrender all to be saved. In sharp contrast the inspired Holy Bible teaches that Christ died for our sins, and all we need to do to be saved is BELIEVE that Jesus did it all for us. John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”

Tragically, someday at the Great White Throne of Judgment (Revelation 20:11-15), billions of the dead will stand before God the Father and be sentenced to the everlasting Lake of Fire. John 3:18 says that the unbelieving are already condemned, because they have not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God (John 3:36). Time is running out friends! No amount of religious devotion, sacrifice and good deeds can rescue a guilty sinner from the eternal damnation and punishment of Hell. All unregenerated sinners go to Hell forever without rest or hope. The choice is yours alone to make.

The “Gospel” in the Scripture is defined as three things in 1st Corinthians 15:1-4:

1. Jesus DIED on a cross to pay for our sins.
2. He was BURIED.
3. Jesus RESURRECTED three days later from the dead.

Any admitted guilty sinner who by faith (childlike reliance, trust) BELIEVES these three facts is immediately, irrevocably and permanently saved. You have God's promise of it in Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” Being Catholic, Mormon, Jehovah's Witness, Seventh-Day Adventist, Church of Christ, Lutheran or Roman Catholic doesn't make you a born-again Christian, it makes you religious. Religion is the worst thing that ever happened to this world, because religion never saved anybody! John 3:3b, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”