Where is the true Religion?
The best way to answer this question, is to ask another question. Where was the true religion in the first Century? Since the Christ was the founder of Christianity, and the one leader and one teacher at that time, then it would follow, that the true Religion today, would of necessity have to be led and taught by him today, as well, since the Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever, said the Apostle Paul. {Hebrews 13:8} {Matthew 23:8-12}
Did Jesus show us how to identify the true Religion by anything he had stated? Yes! He Did! Notice his conversation with the Samaritan Woman:
19"Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem." 21Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." {John 4:19-24 NIV}
While Jesus walked this, earth because he was the way of the truth as he said, while his followers followed him they would be led into the truth, because he directly taught them all the truth. {John 14:6;15:15}
Because Jesus himself was personally on the scene he could tell her true worship had already begun, but was to come again. He told the Woman just how his Father wanted to be Worshipped; and he pointed out the true worshippers would worship with spirit and with truth. Notice he paired Spirit and Truth together. That of course was very significant, as John shows:
6"This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth." {1 John 5:6 NIV}
So, wherever the true Religion is today, it is led by the Holy Spirit in such a way that all of the followers of this true Religion would know the Truth, Believe the Truth, and Teach the Truth, as guided by the Holy Spirit that testifies to the truth.
Of course Jesus isn't personally on the scene now, so how would any today come to be worshipping in spirit and in truth as rerquired? Because Jesus did say, 'and the time was coming that the true worshippers would again Worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth. For the Father was looking for such like ones to Worship him.'
At the ascension of Jesus he received the promised Holy Spirit, and could, as he did at Pentecost, pour it out on his followers to equip them to carry out his command to Baptize people of the Nations, teaching them all the things he had commanded them. While doing that he said he would be with them. {Matthew 28:18-20} {Acts 2:33}
Now, rather than on earth, we have Jesus at the right hand of his Father in the Spirit Realm; but still the one leader and one teacher, nothing has changed other than his location using as he does the Holy Spirit to bring those worshipping in Spirit and in Truth, to a full and complete knowledge of his Fathers word.
Some believe if Jehovah didn't have an earthly Organization today, there would be no one to guide and direct those worshipping in Spirit and in Truth, but that is faulty reasoning.
Jesus had no trouble teaching Paul or John by means of Revelations from the Spirit realm after his ascension in the first Century; that is equally true now. {Galatians 1:1`1,12} {Ephesians 3:3} {Revelation 1:1,2}
That is exactly the way the teaching is done now, today. one needs only to read the following list of Scripture to see the truth of that. {John 14:15-17,26;16:13} Then, today, one can be anointed with Holy Spirit, and needs no one to teach him because the Holy Spirit teaches one all things, without the aid of any human teacher.
Most today have a problem believing Jehovah doesn't have a visible earthly Organization; but due to the fact that the teaching is all done now from the Heavenly Spirit Realm, by means of the Holy Spirit in the hands of the Christ a visible earthly organization is not needed any longer. That idea is difficult to get used to because every Religious Organization is Organized by appointed officials. A case in point, is the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, that themselves claim to be God's visible Organization on earth today. Making such a claim as that shows they do not understand the Book they claim to be custodians over. Otherwise they would know what I am revealing here; which obviously they do not, revealed by said claim.
As to exactly where, all of these one are who are receiving this teaching by Holy Spirit, it cannot be said; only to say they are scattered to the four winds, from one extremity of the Heavens to the other extremity. We could not know where exactly, but the Christ who gathers them, at his coming, with the aid of his Angels will know exactly where each one is, when he gathers them at his coming. Matthew 24:29-31 will explain that to you.
Wherever they are though, altogether, they represent the one true Religion; those Worshipping Jehovah in Spirit and in Truth.
Was you to have an encounter with one of them, in a spiritual discussion, you would know by the Knowledge this one would be in possession of, just who it was. {Matthew 24:24} {Revelation 7:1-4;12:17} Be extremely careful if you do: Matthew 25:40,45,41} Wannabe