By Dr. Haddon W Robinson
In the marketplace of ideas, all vendors have equal rights to sell what they believe. But that doesn't mean all their ideas are equally right.
Christians proclaim that Jesus is the only way to God, not because they are bigots but because they believe it is true. They take at face value His claim that He alone is the true and living way to God.
"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, Except through Me." Many people shrug off the claims of Jesus as the only Savior of the world by saying, "Well, that's all fine and good, but you have your way to God and I have mine."
Jesus stood such thinking on its head, when He said, "I am the way ... No one comes to the Father except through Me." If Jesus' claims are true, they are true for everyone. If they are false, the sooner we are proved wrong and put on the right road, the better. As C.S. Lewis put it, "Christianity is a statement which, iffalse, is of no importance, and, if true, is of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important."
There are no two ways about it. Jesus doesn't ask for our vote as the most appealing candidate for Savior of the world. He simply states His lordship of the universe, and demands our allegiance. Does He have yours?
*Dr Robinson writes for the Radio Bible Class, Grand Rapids, MI. His affirmation of the Bible's truth about Jesus is a solemn reminder in this day when all roads are supposed to lead to God, and are so affirmed even by a minority of ELCA clergy. Reprinted from Our Daily Bread, 12/22/99