Luke 7:26 But what went ye out to see !

2Pe 1:2 ASV - Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;   The good news ,the true gospel is the knowledge of God and Jesus came to show us the father . Jesus told Phillip you know the way,     I am the way the truth and the life and religion has distorted the way and the truth and the life of Christ .  Religion has absolutely nothing to do with the gospel the good news .   Gal 1:8 ASV - But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema.
Religion has no fruit unto righteousness ,    Religion is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence  Many religions have narratives, symbols, and sacred histories that are intended to explain the meaning of life and/or to explain the origin of life or the Universe. From their beliefs about the cosmos and human nature, people derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle.   Do we see anything about grace or mercy here ,  man today has a saying,  All roads lead unto God.  Jesus said he was the only way unto the Father.  There is only one gospel and that is the only way unto God . Does it not say Jhn 3:16 ASV - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.  I am speaking to you today about a choice one that will either cut you off or bring you in.  Man has distorted the truth they have added to and taken away from this truth. But I see a hunger in people today that can not be filled except through that truth . Babel was mans distorting the truth and looking for another way unto a god but not the true God.  Man does that today saying there has to be another way unto God .  Many religions abuse the hungry and helpless ,  its proven in history that the way to control man is through a religion have them believe its the only way and they have to come through that order to find heaven.     Luk 13:25 ASV - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;  The word whence or where ,   he is saying I do know who's family you are from , My father is not your father you are not of the house of God  .   Only one religion has a cross to exemplify Gods order . Jesus said it many times unless you pick up your cross and follow me or you cannot be my disciple .
All religions are bound to this earth ,  earthy and still of a corruptible nature .  The life of Christ was the Fathers doing he sent Jesus into the world and whoever believes in him ,    Jhn 1:12 ASV - But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:    Believe  Greek: pisteuo
Belief, Believe, Believers:
"to believe," also "to be persuaded of," and hence, "to place confidence in, to trust," signifies, in this sense of the word, reliance upon, not mere credence.
Act 8:14 ASV - Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
Act 8:15 ASV - who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:
Act 8:16 ASV - for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Act 8:17 ASV - Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. 
 Repentance had come to them ,Godly sorrow for their past sins a change of mind , Now they needed the Holy spirit to empower them to walk in that repentance . It says Samaria the people of Samaria , the promise is to all that believe even to the ends of the earth.  Jesus died for you to receive this promise of the Holy Spirit.  It comes by way of the word of God , of a broken and contrite heart .

  Act 19:1 ASV - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples:
Act 19:2 ASV - and he said unto them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they said unto him, Nay, we did not so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit was given.
Act 19:3 ASV - And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.
Act 19:4 ASV - And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him that should come after him, that is, on Jesus.
Act 19:5 ASV - And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Act 19:6 ASV - And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Act 19:7 ASV - And they were in all about twelve men.

Act 2:33 ASV - Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he hath poured forth this, which ye see and hear.
Act 2:37 ASV - Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?
Act 2:38 ASV - And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Act 2:39 ASV - For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.
As I stated earlier the religions of the world are of this earth ,earthy . They have no remedy for escaping the bonds of this earth . And as you read there is only one way ,  With the heart man believes unto salvation you must repent with your heart .  Rom 6:3 ASV - Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Rom 6:4 ASV - We were buried therefore with him through baptism unto death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
Baptism is more than getting wet , it is more than joining an organization .  It is not just something you do to appease some one .   Do you see what it says baptized INTO Christ Jesus baptized unto his death .   This is talking about son-ship ,    Rom 8:14 ASV - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.   People must see that Christ was not only the son of God he was also the son of man born of flesh and blood just as we. He had to be the perfect sacrifice . He suffered he was hungry he became thirsty.      Hbr 5:7 ASV - Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
Hbr 5:8 ASV - though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;
Hbr 5:9 ASV - and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;       Luk 22:42 ASV - saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.      He was the son of God and in his flesh he was just as you and I , And we will walk that same road and we will drink that same cup ,  that is what the cross is for to put to death the deeds of our flesh ,      Gal 5:16 ASV - But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Gal 5:17 ASV - For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.
The Holy Ghost  comes only through repentance just as Peter told the ones in Acts 2 
Do you have the Holy Spirit in you,  does Jesus abide in you . Its not by works of the flesh its by righteous living and the fruit we manifest .   Acts 19 when Paul heard these men speak he knew they did not have the Holy Spirit , if the tree is holy it will manifest the fruit of Christ. It says they were disciples they were repentant in heart but they need the power of the Holy Ghost . Jesus said I come and abide IN you .  
Jhn 15:4 ASV - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.  

Gal 3:26 ASV - For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.                                     The only way to enter into the kingdom of God is to die to self and be filled with the Spirit of God .  How do you do that ? when the Holy Ghost has come he will guide you into ALL truth .  The father has taken it all out of your hands to be saved , only through Christ will this come . Our righteousness is as filthy rags Isaiah 64:6  

2Pe 3:3 ASV - knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,
2Pe 3:4 ASV - and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
2Pe 3:5 ASV - For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;
2Pe 3:6 ASV - by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
2Pe 3:7 ASV - but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
2Pe 3:8 ASV - But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
2Pe 3:9 ASV - The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2Pe 3:10 ASV - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

We are called unto the kingdom of God not of the Earth ,  religion will destroy many .  The bible says that  Hbr 6:1 ASV - Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
Luk 8:14 ASV - And that which fell among the thorns, these are they that have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to Perfection.

 Phl 3:10 ASV - that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;