Jesus Christ - The only way...for us?

What happens to someone who has limited knowledge of the Gospel. Do they go to Heaven or Hell? Also, what about those people who haven’t heard of the Gospel and are not Christians? Do they go to Heaven or Hell?

Many people subscribe to the “Wider Mercy” view. This ideology states that God’s mercy can and does extend to other people of different kinds of faiths. God will save Muslims, Buddhists, Jews, Hindus, and all around just “good people”. The Wider Mercy view is inclusive of other people outside of the Christian faith. God wouldn’t send someone to Hell who has never heard the Gospel….would He? Many people, even professing Christians, will say something like, “Jesus is the right religion for me. I believe that this is way for us (Christians), but God’s mercy might include others.”

Well let’s quickly examine the claims of Scripture to see if that is true or not.

Isaiah 42:8 - Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is no one like Me,

Before we go any further let’s make sure we all agree on one thing. There is only one God! The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Spirit is God, three personages, but one God, according to the Scriptures. Agreed? Great, moving on…..

Acts 4:12 - And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.

What name are the Scriptures referring to here? Jesus Christ, of course. How many other ways of salvation are there? None. Is there another name by which any man or woman can be saved? No there is not…according to the Scriptures

John 14:6 - Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

By Jesus’ own words there is no such thing as “multiple choice”. With this statement alone Jesus removes Himself and sets Himself above any way to be saved other than through Him alone. If Jesus is the truth of God (John 1:14) and the life of God (John 1:4) then everything else is false (a lie) by default. Something cannot be true and false at the same time. This violates the law of non-contradiction. Again, according to the Scriptures Jesus is the only way to the Father.

1 Timothy 2:5 - For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

According to the Scriptures how many mediators are there? One. A mediator is one who reconciles differences between disputants. Jesus did this for sinners when He suffered and died on the cross. He paid the debt for sin that was amassed toward a Holy and Righteous God. Who is this ONE mediator? Jesus Christ! Not Muhammad, not Buddha, not Joseph Smith or another other false idol.

There are only two religious paths. The broad road that leads to destruction and everlasting torment or the narrow road that leads to everlasting life with God (Matthew 7:13,14). If there are other ways for someone to get to Heaven then why would God have to give up His son for sinful mankind? Why would Jesus, who is God in flesh, have to step off of His throne and stuff Himself into the likeness of human flesh and suffer a horrible, bloody, brutal death by the cross? If other paths can lead to everlasting life with God why would He do that? I’ll tell you why He did. Because it is just as Jesus said, He is the only way to salvation. You cannot find everlasting life in anything else but the Messiah that God sent to this Earth. You cannot pay the price for your lying, stealing, lust, and total selfishness. Only God can satisfy God’s law. Have you broken God’s law? The 10 Commandments? God will forgive you if you call on His name and repent. You are commanded to do that (Acts 17:30,31). There is only one who rose from the dead and He is Jesus Christ. He is the “I AM”…

I am the bread of life – John 6:35
I am the light of the world – John 8:12
I am the door – John 10:7,9
I am the good shepherd – John 10:11,14
I am the resurrection and the life – John 11:25
I am the way, the truth, and the life – John 14:6
I am the true vine – John 15:1,5
I am the I am – John 8:58

Christian, do you believe that people can find God even though they are a Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, etc? If so then why be a Christian? Could you be something else? Why evangelize? If multiple paths to God exist then why would He tell us to go into all the world to preach the Gospel? Christian, do you believe the Scriptures? I certainly hope so. The Bible plainly tells us that there is only one way and that way to God is through Jesus Christ. Do you believe that? If not, then just reject the whole thing because you cannot blend the two. Either God is right or He is wrong. Either He is faithful to us by giving us truth or He has given us a lie. It cannot be both ways! According to the Scriptures God offers only one way of salvation to mankind? Are you preaching and teaching that to others? Can you boldly proclaim that to others? Of course you can…but will you?