On the surface, it seems like I'm fighting a losing battle. I'm losing my cousins to the other religion that runs in the family–Buddhism. With relatives so eager to tell me about how good buddhism is and bad mouthing Christians, I sense fear when I want to tell them about the goodness of God and His Son. I fear souring the family ties, I fear that I won't be able to talk to them about Jesus in a loving manner.
Deep down in my heart, I know that I am not losing at all. Turning vegetarian, burning joss sticks and papers, and keeping to a strict rules set down by other people do not earn anyone a place in the kingdom of God. What we do will never be enough for us to enter God's kingdom. I repeat, what we do will never earn us a place in God's kingdom, because it will never ever be enough. It is only through Christ that we can. Christ is the one who died for our sins and he is the one who has risen from the dead to be at the right hand of God. It is through Jesus Christ, the propitiator, that we can enter the kingdom of God.
Believe in Jesus and you will be guaranteed a place in heaven. It is not about what we do, but what Christ has already done.
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