Satan is the god of this world and he has spread the lie that all faiths worship the same god but by different names. This inclusive message is so pervasive that 63% of Americans now believe it, including many Christians who should know better. If you’re a Christian who believes Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Bible is the unerring Word of God then you can’t reconcile that worldview with your faith. When you hear anyone, especially a fellow Christian, say that all faiths worship the same god push back immediately. Don’t let that statement stand without a defense. Don’t sin against God. You can disagree without being disagreeable. The three major figures of the Christian faith – Jesus Christ, the apostle Paul and the apostle Peter, all believed that faith in Christ alone was God’s exclusive way to heaven and they make that clear in the Scriptures. The apostle Paul makes it clear we are not saved by faith but through faith. God dispenses His saving grace through our faith in Jesus Christ and no other. When the righteousness of men is referred to in the Bible it means, “a right standing with God,” which is available exclusively to those who have faith in one name, Jesus Christ.
Acts 4:12 – (Peter speaking) – Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
Romans 1:17 – (Paul speaking) – For in it (the gospel) the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith (God’s to ours; we receive God’s righteousness through our faith in Jesus); as it is written, “The just shall live by faith (to live means to have eternal life).”
Allah is not Jehovah. They don’t have the same name and they don’t have the same attributes. The gospel of Jesus Christ is specific to one person, with one name, and we worship one God whose name is Jehovah. Salvation is a gift of God to those who believe in the gospel of Christ and to no other. Saving faith is the currency of heaven. Most of the world doesn’t believe in our Christ and our God and they are lost because God says they are. Human beings recoil at the thought of billions of people going to hell so they try to rationalize that fact by finding a way to get more people to heaven. It’s our nature to be inclusive when the clear message of the Bible is the exclusivity of Jesus Christ as the true path to God and eternal life in heaven. We’re trying to see heaven from our perspective and not God’s. God is perfect and so are His judgments so we must accept whatever God does as being in our best interests.
Romans 4:5 – (Paul speaking) – But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
Ephesians 2:8-9 – (Paul speaking) – For by grace you have been saved, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.