Many Roads To Heaven?

Why should I, or any Christian, care what other people think about eternity?

After all, as Oprah Winfrey would say about God and faith, "If it brings her to the same point as it brings you, it doesn't matter whether she calls it God along the way or not... Does God care about your heart, or does God care if you call his Son Jesus?"

Um, neither.

First, denying Jesus Christ does NOT bring someone to the same point it brings a Christian. A non-Christian is NOT a Christian, so they are not at the same point.

Why does this matter? Although some believe that all religions are the same, or that there are many paths to heaven, Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me." (John 14:6). Christ Himself makes it clear: without understanding who He is, and trusting completely in Him (not one of the many man-defined paths to God), there is no hope.

Secondly, Oprah makes another common mistake: believing that people are basically good. Of course God cares about your heart, but He knows that without Christ, your heart is "deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked..." (Jer 17:9). God searches the heart. That's why it doesn't matter if you call his Son Jesus, as Oprah states. What matters is the condition of your heart, how you respond to that knowledge, and where you put your trust.

As we saw in the One From Column A, One From Column B post, men try to create many paths to heaven, but there is only one way: Repent from your sinful ways; cry out to God for His mercy; and put your complete trust and faith in Jesus Christ... The only way.