Man’s Search

for God
 What is Religion?

 Is man’s striving to find God and establish

a friendship and union with Him.

 Is sometimes used interchangeably with

“faith” and “belief system,”
“Way of life”
Top 10 Worlds Religion in 2017

1. Christianity
2. Islam

3. Hinduism
4. Buddhism
5. Sikhism
 Top 10 Worlds Religion in 2017

6. Judaism
7. Bahaism

8. Confucianism
9. Jainism
10. Shintoism
 Name of Religious Population Scripture
groups
2.3B (32%) Bible
Christianity
1.6B (23%)
Islam
1B (15%) Upanishads & Vedas
Hinduism
400M (7%) The Tripitaka
Buddhism
30M (0.4%) Guru Granth Sahib
Sikhism
20M (0.3%)
Judaism
8M (0.15%) Kitab- al-aqdas
Bahaism
7M(0.1%) 5 classic books w/c is holy
Confucianism book of Confucianism
4.5M(0.06%) Jain Agmas
Jainism
4M(0.01%) Nihon shoki & the Kojiki
Shintoism
Religion gives
an answers to
man’s deepest
problems.
Men somehow realize
their dependence on
higher power.
God himself put this
restless into man’s
heart
 In what manner
should we approach
the various
religions?

- should be
approached with
sincere respect.
 However, the various
religions are but man’s
uncertain grouping toward
God (Acts 17:27) along with
many beautiful elements and
sometimes sublime
institutions, they contain also
grave errors and even immoral
practices. The teaching of
various religion often
contradict to one another
 Moreover, man has always been
conscious of being a sinner and
therefore incapable of attaining
spiritual perfection by himself. He
needs at least the pardon of God
against whom he has sinned. He looks
to God for this as well as for help in
approaching all problem.
 God wonderful answer found In
Jesus Christ, the son of God who
“when establish time had come”
 Jesus Answered, “I
am the way and the truth
and the life. No one
comes to the Father
except through me.
John 14:6