Satan is the god of this world and he is making progress convincing most of the world that belief in Jesus isn’t the exclusive path to heaven; that there are multiple paths to heaven. You know you’ve lost that battle when 57% of evangelical Christians agree with Satan. What are we Christians who know the truth to do when even our fellow Christians fall for this lie? Decide what is essential for our salvation and remain united and steadfast in its defense. Let’s review our essential core beliefs so far:
- Acceptance of Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior is the only path to heaven.
- The Holy Bible is God’s Word and absolute truth. We are to obey God’s commands.
- Same sex marriage is an abomination to God. It’s a fact of life but we don’t have to agree with it or accept it on a personal basis.
Let’s face it, good people have differences of opinion because we all have different life experiences. Always respect the opinions of others on nonessential questions that have no bearing on your eternal destiny. Agree to disagree without animosity. We should adopt the maxim of seventeenth century theologian Rupert Meldenius who said, “In essentials, unity; in nonessentials, liberty; and in all things, charity.” When the topic of religion comes up everyone except atheists will fall into one of four categories. You need to be aware which group they fall into.
Universalism – Everyone who has ever lived goes to heaven no matter what they believe or what they have done in their life. That means Genghis Khan, Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin are in heaven after killing millions of innocent people. That means Jesus died on the cross for no reason.
Pluralism – All religious people go to heaven regardless of which religion it is. This group doesn’t clarify who gets to decide what a religion is and what is not.
Inclusivism – They believe Jesus is the only means to salvation but they accept the gods of other religions to be only Jesus by another name. The key element is everyone is not required to personally accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Satan and his demons also believe Jesus is the way to salvation but they cannot accept Him as Lord and Savior.
Exclusivism – This is we Christians who exercise personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior as the only true path to heaven and eternal life in the presence of Jehovah God. We believe most people will be condemned to hell including all the sincere followers of other religions. Personal faith (trust) in Jesus is all that’s required for our salvation. Every other world religion, except Hinduism, is also exclusive. They all declare that they’re also the one and only true path to heaven. Everyone cannot be right. There can be only one true path to God and that is through Jesus Christ and the Christianity faith. Only Christianity has a body of irrefutable proof where all others religions do not.