How do I find out which religion is the right one?

By listening to all sides and testing them with the measure every person carries within, with sound reason and sincere fear of God. Part of this is an honest prayer that God may lead you to the right path.

Many people feel unsure because everyone tells them something different about religion. Some conclude that the truth cannot be found at all. Yet in everyday life we act quite differently.

Imagine you have to get to the town hall and do not know the way. One person points left, another points right. Nobody would sit down and give up the appointment because of that. You think, weigh things up, ask further and check which directions are correct. Religion deserves the same approach. Listen to all sides, compare and sift.

For this test God has given every person an inner touchstone. It consists of common sense and of the fear of God, the honest wish to do what is right because God sees it. Everyone is born with this capacity, whether they are called Jewish, Christian or anything else. The first verse above calls it the nature in which God created mankind.

A true religion must therefore satisfy the mind and the heart at the same time. It must not ask you to switch off your thinking, and it must not force anyone. Whoever checks whether a teaching is reasonable and whether it draws the heart towards God holds a good measure in their hands.

Finally, prayer belongs to the search. Whoever turns to God honestly and with complete devotion and asks Him for guidance to the right path will not be left without an answer. The last verse above promises exactly that.