Salvation cannot be based upon any church

Salvation cannot be based upon any church, or any creed, nothing but the Word of God, for it’s God’s Word. God’s Word is so perfect, that not one iota of It will ever fail. All the heavens will fail; the earth will fail

I Peter 1:24-25

The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth forever.

Now, we cannot base salvation upon prayer. As good as it may be, we cannot base salvation on prayer. For if that be so, the Mohammedans are saved; the Buddhists are saved; the heathens are saved. So it cannot be based on prayer, and neither can it be based upon experience. Salvation is not based on experience, ’cause people can have any kind of experience. The Mohammedans have experienced.

The Buddhists have experienced it, and every different religion has experienced it. And neither can salvation be based upon fasting, prayer, experiences, sensations, or sincerity. Many people say, “Well, it doesn’t make any difference just what I believe, as long as I am sincere in what I believe.” Well, if that be so, the Mohammedan is saved; the Buddhist is saved, and all the rest of them; the heathens is saved. For I say that they can outshine us any day, when it comes to prayer, fasting, sensations, or so forth; they can outshine us. And salvation does not pertain, or it is not based upon, any other thing but the Word of God; God’s got to say so. Salvation cannot be based upon any church, or any creed, nothing but the Word of God, for it’s God’s Word.

God’s Word is so perfect, that not one iota of It will ever fail. All the heavens will fail; the earth will fail. John said in the—on the isle of Patmos, “I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.” But God’s Word went right on, just the same.

By William Branham