Lesson 67: Jesus, The Only Way
The terms “exclusivity and narrow-mindedness” as applied to Christianity are based on commands from God regarding the means He provided for us to come to Him.
If Jesus was only a moral person, an enlightened man or a prophet but still only a man, none of it would make sense.
But Jesus is the only founder of a world religion who claimed to be the Son of God, a claim He supported by raising the dead, healing the sick and Himself, rising from death. All of Jesus’ miracles and His resurrection were witnessed by many people, proving His deity. His statement about being the only way to God, makes Christianity the only true religion. This is not man’s choice but God’s command.
It would make no sense for God to give a separate means of coming to Him by means of Islam, Buddhism, Hindu, or being a good person.
God didn’t provide multiple ways for people to satisfy God’s wrath against sinners. John 3:16 quotes “for God so loved the world, He gave His only Son”. If God had provided multiple ways to come to Him all that Jesus sacrificed for our salvation would be for nothing. Such is not the case and the other arguments make no sense.