The Exclusivity of Christ, Part 2

One cannot believe in Jesus, or exalt Him in status, apart from the good news that He brings. What is that good news? Simply that He is the only Way to God - through faith in Him there is a restored relationship and eternity spent with God. If Jesus laying down His life for us in order to restore that relationship (as in Him doing all the work; and we simply accepting God's grace - a free gift through Him) is not the only Way to God, then what Jesus brings is no longer good news. Why? 1) Because we no longer have assurance of salvation; 2) He is not really the only way and is therefore a liar- and is therefore not good (I shutter writing such a lie!) ; 3) there is more to salvation than God's grace to us, more than His free gift to us, meaning that we again take on a yoke of earning our way to perfection (God), which we cannot do. I have only mentioned a few, but there are many more reasons why if Jesus is not the only Way to God, then there is no more good news. Paul states it well in Galatians when he says, "Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort? Have you suffered so much for nothing- if it really was for nothing? Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard? Consider Abraham: ' He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness' " (Galatians 3:3-6).



Therefore, let no false religions or false prophets lead you astray to any other doctrine apart from the exclusivity of Christ for eternal salvation. It is both beautiful and necessary. If there were many ways to God, or even one other way apart from Christ, then Christ is a liar, and we are all lost. Do not let any "religious system" exalt Christ in any way apart from that way which is due Him: the only way to God! If someone does not believe this truth which He said about Himself, then they call Him a liar, and therefore have no part with Him. Within that do we see the eternal implications in the exclusivity of Christ.