EVA:The Analyst - Which Religion is RIGHT?  by Neil D. Cameron

   (How to settle your own satisfaction the age old question, WHICH
RELIGION is RIGHT?)

   Where there is ignorance of God's Word, all false religions hrive,
and in the same proportion that the Bible has been eglected by the
people of out nation these cults have ncreased.

   All false cults deny the most outstanding fundamentals of the
cripture and THERE IS NO SURER WAY OF DETECTING A FALSE RELIGION han to
make one's self acquainted with these fundamentals and ee what they
have to say about them, and when they deny them, sk by whose authority
they refute God's Holy Word.

   An Analyst takes a substance, the quality of which it is his job o
determine and by applying certain chemicals in a way known to is trade
is able to tell what this substance is made up of and hereby judge if
it is good or bad.

   In most industries, analyzing the raw material in order to etermine
its genuineness and purity is extremely important to revent disastrous
results in their finished products.

   These same rules apply exactly to spiritual things, say for xample
the analyst referred to becomes concerned about his soul's welfare and
wisely decides to set out and see what must be done o assure its
eternal safety. After months of inquire and looking nto many of the
religions of our modern day he becomes onfused for awhile, then being a
man of wisdom decides to test heir merits in exactly the same manner
that he tests materials oming into his factory. Taking the Bible which
he sincerely elieves to be the infallible word of God, he makes a list
of ome of the main fundamental truths and using these as the lements of
analysis, he sets out to apply them to the different eligions and note
the reaction on each.

   The first to go into his ""Test Tube" was one of the well known nd
very much publicized cults of our day to which he applied ohn 1:14, 18,
1 John 1:7 and Psa. 9:17. As he applied these Elements" of truth, they
were violently expelled., He had any other "Elements" which he could
have applied to this cult, y the results of the above tests were
sufficient to condemned it.

   All the religions he had contacted were put through similar ests,
and whereas a number of the responded to SOME of the Elements", were
extremely violent when tested by others, herefore they had to be put on
the condemned list.

   Seeking truth in this systematic manner is most -0pleasing to od,
and the results worked identically the same as his xperiments in the
laboratory, so he culled out one after nother, until he found the old
time religion where every undamental truth he applied to it, responded
with perfect armony. He did not have to look further, he knew by
experience hat he had found the genuine and pure article, then with
erfect confidence came to God in GOD'S WAY and got the Peace nd Joy of
sins forgiven, God's Spirit bearing witness with his pirit that he was
born again, he became a new creature in hrist Jesus.

   That is a practical, applied wisdom, could anything be more
easonable, unbiased and free of bigotry or selfishness?

   In contrast, a foolish man trusting to he own understanding would o
whole heartedly into any religion that happened to appealed to im
without testing it by the whole Word of God and in all incerity promote
and defend it and refuse to listen to those who ould advise him to
apply the test of God's whole Word to the oundation of his faith and in
the end stumble into an eternal ell to pay for his folly.

   With such an important thing as the Eternal Destiny of our
ever-dying soul at stake, would it not be wise to test our onfidence
and see what it is grounded upon? For FACTS are hard hings that are not
in any way altered by our beliefs, sincere r otherwise.

   "Examine yourselves whether ye be in the faith" (2 Cor. 13:5) If you
do not believe the Bible to be the infallible Word of od, then you are
in the same position as the analyst would be ithout chemicals, but if
you are seeking after light and truth, aith will come by reading the
Scriptures uninfluenced by any erson or doctrine and asking God's help
and guidance.

   If you are a sincere, open-minded person and wish to know beyond
doubt, whether the doctrine you are following is strictly ccording to
God's plan, there will be no difficulty if you read he doctrine or
creed of your religion in the light of the criptures, instead of
reading the Scriptures in light of your eligion. Failure to observe
this vital rule is where so many incere people have been deceived by
false cults. Beware of an-made keys to the Scriptures.

   "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable or
doctrine" (2 Tim. 3:16).

   Given here is a list of fundamental Scripture truths or Elements" by
which you and analyze a religion to determine if t be true of false,
get a Bible and look up these quotations nd apply them to the doctrine
you may be interested in to see if t will stand the test of God's Holy
Word.

   In making your analysis, it is one of the utmost importance to
emember this rule - "anything added to or subtracted from the cripture
in compiling a doctrine, is putting the wisdom(?) of an in place of the
wisdom of God and must necessarily bear His urse."

   There are no exceptions to this rule, therefore it should be a imple
matter to detect false doctrine.

   GOD (Father) John 4:24; Matt. 28:19; 1 Tim. 2:5; Gen 1:26; Gen.
11:7; Gen 1:1; att 3:16-17; Deut. 4:35; Isa. 44:6

   Christ (Son) John 1:14, 18; John 1:1; Matt. 1:18; Isa 7:14; Col 2:3;
1 Tim. :16; Rom. 1:14; 1 Cor. 15:17; Heb. 7:25; Acts 1:11; John 14:3;
att. 25:13; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 1 Tim. 2:5

   Holy Spirit (the Comforter) John 15:26; John 16:8; John 16:13; Acts
2:1-4; John 14:26; Matt. 8:19

   Sin (the Curse) 1 John 3:4; 1 John 5:17; Rom. 14:23; James 4:17;
John 16:8-9; om. 3:10, 23; Pas. 51:5; Jer. 17:9; 1 John 1:8,10

   Atonement (the Blood) 1 John 1:7; Matt 26:28; 1 Pet. 1:19, 20; Eph.
1:7; Rev. 1:5-6; ev. 17:11; Col. 1:20; Eph. 2:13; Heb. 9:7,22; Gen.
4:3-5

   Salvation (New Birth) John 1:12; John 3:7; John 3:18, 36; Titus 3:5;
Eph. 2:8-9; Rom. :24; John 6:29; Rom. 10:4; John 20:31; 1 John 4:15;
Acts 4:12; 1 or. 3:11; John 3:16; Isa 1:18

   Retribution (Hell) Matt. 25:41, 46; Matt 5:29; Rev. 20:12-15; Dan.
12:2; Matt. 22:12; k. 9:43-44; Rev. 14:11; Heb. 9:27; Psa. 9:17; Rev.
21:8; Luke 6:24

   WARNINGS 1 Tim. 4:1-3; 2 Tim. 3:1-9; 2 Tim. 4:3-4; Matt. 15:13-14;
Gal. :9; 2 Cor. 11:13-15; Matt. 7:20; 2 Pet. 1:20; Luke 13:3; Prov.
9:1; 2 John 9; 2 Pet. 2:1-22; Isa. 8:20; Rom. 16:17-18; John 4:6; 1
Tim. 6:20-21

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