Which Church Saves? [Brochure]

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“Must we become Protestants in order to be saved?”

“No, my friend. I wouldn’t waste my time trying to convert you to Protestantism.”

“But you don’t believe that either the Roman Catholic or the Greek Orthodox Church can save a soul, do you?”

“No, I don’t.”

“Well then, I am a Roman Catholic and my friend here is a member of the Greek Orthodox Church, neither of which you say can save our souls. But you are a Protestant, and yet you don’t seem to think it’s necessary to turn Protestant to be saved.”

“That’s correct. I have never asked any Catholic, Greek or Roman, to turn Protestant.”

“I don’t understand. Don’t you believe that Protestantism can save a soul?”

“No, I don’t. Protestantism has no more power to save a soul from an eternity in hell than Catholicism has.”

“Well then, how can a person’s soul be saved? There are only three great Christian churches!”

“Let me repeat: None of the three—the Roman Catholic, the Greek Orthodox, or the Protestant Church—can save a person’s soul from an eternity in hell. No church can save, but the LORD JESUS CHRIST can save!”

“JESUS?”

“Yes, my friends, you can be saved, not by the Church, either Catholic or Protestant, but only through one person, and that Person is the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s beloved Son.”

“I am amazed that we have never heard this before!”

“So you see, it would do you no good to become Protestants, for there are thousands of Protestants who are not saved—thousands who have embraced Christianity but have never accepted the Christ of Christianity!”

“Is that why we have not found peace? Is there no peace in Catholicism?”

“No, sadly, there isn’t, and there is none in Protestantism either. Peace is found only in Jesus. Religion cannot save a person’s soul; only Jesus Christ can.”

“But are you sure of this?”

“Yes, I am positive, because this is what God says: ‘Neither is there salvation in any other [Protestant or Catholic]: for there is none other name [Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, or Protestant] under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved’ (Acts 4:12). ‘Thou shalt call His name JESUS: for He [not the Catholic priest nor the Protestant minister, but HE—Jesus Christ] shall save His people from their sins’ (Matthew 1:21).”

“Then what should we do?”

“God says, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved’ (Acts 16:31). And when you have taken that step, He promises, ‘As many as received HIM, to them gave He power to become the sons of God’ (John 1:12).”

“But will He accept us?”

“Here is His kind and compassionate answer to that question: ‘Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out’ (John 6:37).”

“Thank God! That is really good news!”

“Jesus loves you so much that He died for you. When He hung on the cross, He paid the penalty for the sins of every man, woman and child who would personally believe that He is the Saviour of sinners. Then come and accept Him; trust His work and death on the cross that has made payment for your sins. Receive Him now as your Saviour and know that you are saved, for He will ‘have mercy’ and He will ‘abundantly pardon.’ ”

“Amen, amen, I say unto you, that he who heareth My word, and believeth Him that sent Me, hath life everlasting; and cometh not into judgment but is passed from death to life.” St. John 5:24.

“By grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God; not of works that no man may glory.” Ephesians 2:8-9.

O.J. Smith

(Scripture quotations above are from the Douay-Rheims Bible, a traditional translation authorized and approved by the Roman Catholic Church. This article is available in a variety of other formats and languages. Enquire)