What is the purpose of human life? Are we here for a reason? Does
the Bible provide answers for these questions? What does the Bible mean
when it talks about repentence and conversion? Inside this booklet your
will find the answers to these questions.
"...Broad is the road that leads to destruction...and
narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it" (Matthew 7:13,14, New International Version).
Do you believe in many roads to salvation?
Although most churches have formal procedures for admitting believers
into their group, their practices differ greatly. Each seems to take
a different road. Even their baptismal ceremonies are different. Some
sprinkle or pour. Others fully immerse believers in a stream or lake.
Some groups baptize babies, while others do not. Still others believe
there is no need for baptism at all. Most claim to obtain their authority
from the Bible, yet they are widely diverse in their practices. Is there
biblical authority for such widely divergent beliefs and customs? And
does it really matter, to you or to God?
When you think about establishing a relationship with God, what comes
to your mind? Do you envision attending a revival meeting or following
a televangelist? How about prayer meetings or church-sponsored bingo
games? Perhaps your only contact with religion has been hard-sell door-to-door
evangelism or street-corner preachers.
With so many varying and contradictory approaches, it isn't surprising
that some people have become cynical of religion altogether. To some,
the idea that one can live forever surely must be one of those too-good-to-be-true
notions. To the hard-core cynic, baptism may sound like just an empty
religious term or quaint custom, and suggesting that it is a necessary
step for eternal life would seem preposterous. Others simply don't know
what to make of it.
