These days we’re being asked to be tolerant of a lot of things. In fact, many Christians want to go along with the culture and permit a variety of behaviors that have long been recognized by the church as un-Biblical. And we’re asked to recognize that truth might vary according to your world view, and there are a lot of different paths to God.
Except there aren’t. John 3:35-36 says, “The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.”
This is the thing that makes our culture hate Christianity: ours is a supremely exclusive faith. There aren’t multiple ways to God. There is only one. There aren’t multiple perspectives on truth, there is one absolute truth. Right isn’t what we decide based on how we feel; right is decided for us by the God who created us. Salvation can be found only in the cross of Jesus Christ.
We hate the idea of condemnation because we want everyone to be OK, but there is a stark truth to be found in scripture. If you want to be saved, Jesus is your only hope. Any wavering or “what about” or “but this” means God’s wrath remains on you.
It’s sobering and scary, but if we don’t believe that, then pretty soon we’ll accept almost anything.
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