If you worship God does it matter what your religion is?

Question

I.e does it matter if you worship Jesus, Mohammad, Budda etc as long as you have got a faith of some kind?

Answer 1

Not according to Jesus Christ.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
For we ... worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

For through him we ... have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.





Again, true faith is a gift of God, it comes from God Himself and is revelation.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.





Jesus, Mohammad and Budda, whom you name, are all in direct opposition to each other, to love one is to hate the others, and to hold to one is to despise the others.


Further, on the reasoning you give you could have a misguided faith in anything, but that would not be honouring to God.

Also, how can you worship something you do not know?




No, you have a responsibility to seek out the truth and not to do so is equivalent to rejecting the truth.

It must be that the true God will guide the true seeker.

Answer 2

You may have heard certain faiths say that there is only ONE God. They are right. We should only therefore worship the creator who made us as the creator determines our destiny. Now many people have a problem with the name of the creator/God in which they worship. Being a Christian, i believe that God the Father created the world through and for Jesus Christ. Because of Christ's crucifixion, mankind can only enter heaven through Christ. So if we do not worship Christ we cannot be guaranteed entrance into the kingdom of heaven. Many people will disagree but this is my belief. Out of all mankind who have ever existed Jesus is the only one who ascended into heaven. Jesus was always there from the beginning. I hope this helps.

Answer 3

God is a jealous God and there will no other Gods before me and the aspect of religion who r u really worshippin cause when u come down to it is mohammad or budda gonna to take u to heaven ...Jesus died on the cross for our sins and blood covers all and u have to be a believer in Jesus

Answer 4

The God would supply an similar message to all cultures, societies and peoples in a way that each and each and every might want to comprehend and with no hardship settle for an similar, which, in actuality and in deed, seems the reality. all the international's significant religions teach a prepare of wakeful expertise of the nature and reality of Being and the expression of worrying and compassion in course of all that exist with an emphasis on those who're maximum in favor. namaste

Answer 5

If God is God then why does it feel that we need to worship it at all. If God exists (by the way I do believe He does) then in honesty he does play and toy with us and in doing this has given rise to many many religions. In effect they are all just different avenues to the same God. By the way you cannot include Buddhism as this is a way of life not a religion in which following Buddha's words they achieve Enlightenment.

Answer 6

God's word says, One Faith, One Lord. Religion is mans search for God. The Kingdom of God is when He finds it.
Levals of understanding and different cultures are part of lifes journey. If you seek you will find and if you ask it will be given. Look for the real facts if you are interested and check out what the Sciences, History and The Holy Bible say.
Yes it matters!

Answer 7

Not unless truth matters. Buddhists do not in fact worship God, nor do they claim to. Many other faiths worship their own concept of God, but if their concept is inaccurate, and obviously most of them must be, then what they are worshipping is not God but a non-existent entity. Therefore they are in effect worshipping "nothing".
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Answer 8

yes it does and by the way there is no person who worships Mohammad because he was just human and Buddhists do not worship a God.

Answer 9

It does matter if there is only one true God. (and their is only one God). Wouldn't mean much if you worshipped a god that doesn't exist or is dead because then he or it wouldn't be god at all. Jesus said "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one can come to the Father (God) but by me." Everybody body can't be right and everybody, most definitely, does not worship the same god.

Answer 10

To be saved, you have to be accounted perfect. The only way to do that is to believe that Jesus Christ died because of your sins in your place, thereby 'giving' you his perfection in God's sight. People who do that do the most difficult thing of all- give up control of their lives to God.

You can't do this as a Hindu, Buddhist or Pagan, because those people don't even believe in Christ. You can't do it as a Muslim, because Muslims do not believe that Jesus died. You can't do it as a Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox, because those people, despite what they may say, think that Jesus' sacrifice was not perfect, and that it needs to be added to with human effort. In fact all faiths except faith in Christ's perfect sacrifice are the attempt to reach God with human goodness, which is completely impossible.

So other religions offer an easy way, but it is not the way of salvation.
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Answer 11

ultimately perhaps not, but you need to make an informed choice of which religion you wish to follow.

it would be contradictory to accept all religions, so you must prefer one over the other. In order to that you must know the reasoning behind why you decided to follow that religion. And you must have done that only after fully researching and satisfying you own soul.

So in conclusion, where you have used reason and logic to understand and reach your decision then it no longer matters which path you take.

And God knows best the matters of you heart and mind, so he is the better Judge in the end