The Greatest Escape
Hindu’s
Escape the Wheel of Life and Death (Bhavacakra)
Buddhist’s
Eliminate Suffering
Buddha, The Word (Eightfold Path) – Desire causes suffering, cease desiring to
escape suffering
Confucian’s
Salvation is basically personal growth… becoming a junzi (good person)
Taoist’s
Merge your personal Essence (te) with The Dao. Become one with the way!
Shinto’s
Purify yourself using water and rituals at a shrine.
Dean Halverson – Follow a series of specific steps to receive purification for yourself.
Muslim’s
Salvation will come to those who chose to submit to Allah on the Day of Judgment. If
your good deeds outweigh your bad deeds then you will be saved. You can receive
forgiveness from Allah for your sins if you ask Him, and He chooses to give it.
Surah 3:133-136 – Allah offers forgiveness to those who do good, and ask Him for it.
Seventh Day Adventist’s
Psalms 51:5 – I was sinful at birth, since my mother conceived me.
Romans 3:23 – All have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory.
James 4:17 – Sin is knowing what is right and not doing it.
Romans 7:18-24 – I know what is right, but I still end up doing wrong. There are two
laws at work inside us. We can’t do right at times even though we try.
John 3:16-17 – God sent His Son Jesus Christ to save us!
Genesis 3:22 – In Eden man sinned by disobeying God. Before that he didn’t know
Evil at all.
Romans 5:12 – Through that one man: Adam, sin entered the world. Through Jesus,
it was defeated.
1 John 1:9 – If we confess our sins, God will forgive us and purify us.
Ephesians 2:8,9 – We have been saved by faith in Christ’s grace… not our works.
Acts 16:30-31 – There is a lot that comes with being a Christian or joining a church,
but truly becoming saved is as simple as believing in the Lord Jesus Christ!