Many people believe that God / Heaven can be reached through many different paths or religions, a belief known as universalism.

In short, universalism asserts that each religion has a specific roadmap, and if you follow that path, it will eventually lead you to God, it is like climbing a mountain with many path all eventually  leading to the top.

But does universalism have any truth to it? I believe not because each religion, at its core, has certain fundamental beliefs that are contradictory to the nature & character of God and what He expects from us.

Despite the fact that all religions claim to worship a God and acknowledge His existence, they do not speak of the same God. All religions are only superficially the same but fundamentally they are different.

While respecting another person’s religious faith is noble, there is a much higher issue at stake here – the question of truth. While everyone might be sincere about their religious beliefs, they could still be sincerely wrong.

According to the Bible, truth is a matter of life-or-death, and can set us free (John 8:32).

Additionally, some argue that all religions teach good moral ethics, therefore they are similar. However, Christianity goes further by stating that God does a supernatural work of making spiritually dead people alive. Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:5, NKJV). This spiritual rebirth is unique to Christian teaching.

How does one become spiritually alive? The answer is only through Jesus Christ’s sacrificial death. When we trust in Christ, our sins are attributed to Him, and His righteousness is attributed to us. His righteousness justifies us (so we have a right standing before God) and enables us to be indwelled with the Holy Spirit, making us spiritually alive.2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV)

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

In conclusion, it isn’t difficult to see how different religions teach us different ideas about God. If Jesus was right (as Christians believe), others are wrong and cannot lead to the same truth or God. We must let the truth speak for itself.