I wanted to provide some quick commentary on my prior post, Pew Survey: Most Christians Say Non-Christian Faiths Can Lead to Salvation. This won’t take long, but it is important. If you call yourself a Christian, much less an evangelical, you must consider what it is you believe. So, just in case you take a Pew survey such as the one referenced above, please consider the following:
God sent His Son, Jesus to this earth. Jesus, who was God incarnate, was bruised, battered, and beaten to a pulp. When He was already close to death, He was nailed to a cross. He died and suffered God’s wrath so that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life. And all of this He said, was because He is the only way.
Consider the following verses:
- Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.
- Therefore Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
- Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. — Hmmm, did he say “no one”?
We must accept that Jesus is in fact the only way. No religious or belief system will work.
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