The answer is simple: One. However, it seems with today’s doctrines and creed books that there are many ways into Heaven. Why be baptized when you can simply accept Jesus in your heart, say a few words and be saved, or skip the full immersion and just get sprinkled with water. Due to my job, I’m in a different city every day. One day I might be bumper to bumper in traffic and the next, trying to dodge chickens crossing the road. I always have to use my GPS going between the country and the city. One thing I enjoy is finding that one route that will cut off drive time, even if it’s only ten minutes. However, while we may find alternate routes when driving, there is no alternate route to Heaven. In Matthew 7:13-14, Jesus said, “enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it”. Do you believe we can follow different roads to Heaven? The Bible only speaks of one way: the narrow way. There are doctrines (the wide gate) that God hates as seen in Revelation 2:15 which reads, “Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate”. Those who claim to believe in Jesus but don’t follow His commandments are on the wrong road (Luke 6:46, Matthew 7:21-23). When men choose their own ways, multiple roads are created. Yet, only God’s way is right. Proverbs 14:12 states, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death”. If people are on different roads, they are not all headed for Heaven! – Bryan Garlock
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