4. Churches on an average are about the same in piety and consecration, but so long as they teach contradictory doctrines they cannot all be right, but may be wrong. Therefore you should examine for yourself and be sure you are guided by God's Word rather than by inherited traditions which perpetuate sects (Mark 7:6-13).
The following guide to salvation, which I take from one of my circulars used in gospel work, has the merit of being taken entirely from the Word of God, except the word "warning" and the few words in parentheses. If it is in harmony with the context, and we sincerely believe it is, then it is an infallible guide, and those who follow it cannot be mistaken.
"These men are the servants of the most high God which show unto us
THE WAY OF SALVATION"
(Acts 16:17).
"WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?" (Acts 16:30; 2:37; 9:6).
"Believe (unbeliever) on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved" (Acts 16:31). (See also Acts 8: 12, 37; Mark 16:16; Rom. 10:9-11, 17; John 3:18; 20:31; 1 John 5:1.)
WARNING.—"He that believeth not shall be damned" (Mark 16:16).
"Repent (believers) and be baptized for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost" (Acts 2:38). (See also Acts 8:22; 26: 20; Luke 24:47; 2 Cor. 7:9, 10.)
WARNING.—"Except ye repent, ye shall all perish" (Luke 13:5).