Do I have to believe in Jesus?

Do I have to believe in Jesus to go to heaven?

John 14:6

- How could the meaning of this verse be changed if Jesus had said…

• I am a way…

There are other ways to God than trusting Jesus.

• I am a truth…

There are other options about God that are also true; we don’t have to believe in Jesus.

• I am a life…

There are other ways to get a new life.

Pic‘n’mix

Have you ever been to the pic’n’mix sweets section in a shop?

Many people today look at life in this way. Just as there are many different kinds of sweets there are many different religions and a lot of people take bits from each. Can you do that? No you can’t because they believe different things.

God doesn’t want us to pic’n’mix. He wants us to follow Him alone and not others.

One thing that set Jesus apart from other religious leaders: he died and rose again. No one but God has the power over life and death-he is the only one true God.

That means that the claims that Jesus made about himself being the Son of God are true.

Because he conquered death and rose to life again:

· He can bring us back to God-he is the way

· He is telling the full truth about himself-he is the truth

· He is able to give us life-he is the life.

Yes I do have to believe in Jesus to go to heaven.

What Jesus said is very Good News, but there are a lot of people who haven’t heard or understood about Jesus.

· How can we let people know about Jesus at school, near our home, or anywhere else? - We can do it!

What about people in other countries?

· Who can let them know? - Missionaries in other countries tell people about Jesus too

· How can we help? - Praying for them, sending money, telling others about them, going ourselves!

Prayer: Thank you for making yourself known to me. Thank you for dying for me to give me new life. Help me to tell others about this new life.

Memory verse: Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given by men by which we must be saved.

Hindus believe there is a God but we can’t know him.

Buddhists believe there is no God.

Muslims believe Allah is God but he is not interested in us personally.

Some believe God is a force: partly good, partly evil.

Christians believe God is completely good and that we can know Him.