Do you know the difference?

Is it real or is it fake?  That's the question..... The bigger question is when it comes to Religion and eternity, do you know the difference.

Sometimes it's easy to tell the difference:

and sometimes it's not:

So how do we know the difference?  How do we know what is right or wrong?  How do we know if it is real or fake?  How do we know?  HOW DO WE KNOW?????

"The evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and i know about Paul, but who are you?" Acts 19:15

People get scammed everyday.  An email encouraging you to send money to a foreign country to get rich.  A guy knocks on your door trying to sell you steaks at a ridiculously low price.  A TV add promises a pill to help you lose weight without doing a bit of diet or exercise. 

Unfortunately people get scammed by religions everyday.  So how do you know?  What are we supposed to do to check them out?  How do we know if they are the genuine article?

The answer to that question and basically any question when it comes to eternity and organized religion is this:  what do they do with Jesus.  Is He recognized as the only Son of God, the ruler of the universe, and the ONLY way to salvation?  If not, I would go elsewhere.

In the verse i mentioned above, the evil spirit knew who Jesus was (of course he did) and knew who Paul was (because he was a known follower of Jesus), but yet he wasn't sure of who the one was who was trying to cast him out.  The key was they weren't using Jesus, they where trusting in themselves.  There are alot of religions that are trusting in themselves, trusting in their "good works", trusting in someone as a mere human being to get them into heaven.  Not gonna happen.

Only one way, and His name is Jesus.  KNow Him and trust Him.  If your religion doesn't, move on.

Have a great weekend.

Chris