Salvation Through Christ Alone

In a society that seems to shift at the blink of an eye, we as Christians must hold fast to the true gospel of salvation. Salvation is through Jesus alone. Sadly, some of our Christian brothers and sisters, in fear of being labeled in-tolerant, are afraid to speak this truth. Jesus is the propitiation of our sins, the sins of those who believe. If there is another way other than through the cross and resurrection, then Jesus died in vain and the wrath of God is still upon us.

Jesus was asked by Thomas, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?" Jesus responded with, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:5-6)

"For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:21)

"In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." (1 John 4:10)

You will hear from many non-Christians that Jesus is not the only way. It is absolutely astonishing, not biblically speaking, but to me personally how many of our so called Christian brothers and sisters agree with this frame of teaching. God in the Ten Commandments tells us that we are to have no other gods before Him. Paul in Galatians 1:6-9 emphatically says there is no other gospel. So why? Why are so many in the church so quick to succumb to such heresy? I will give you three reasons why I believe we are seeing this push for tolerance.

1. Democracy
Democracy and the Bible are not synonymous when it pertains to truth. The Bible teaches absolute truth where democracy teaches a truth can be multi-faceted. I, in no way regret that we live in a democratic society but we must not allow it to effect our doctrine or theology of the Bible.

2. Emergent Feel Goods
There is a movement amongst many Christian churches that stray far away from any gory talk of the Cross. They would rather have a discussion about love and peace rather than propitiation, wrath, and conditional love. God's love toward us is definitely conditional on the work of the Cross in our lives. I am absolutely for hope, love, peace and all the cool benefits of being a Christian but Paul (the writer of 13 books in the NT, said the following, "that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death," Philippians 3:10)

3. Lack of Discipleship
Matthew 28:19-20 is considered the Great Commission. These verses encourage believers to go into all the world with the gospel of Jesus. The problem is most mission organizations and even churches are forgetting two aspects of the Great Commission. In these two verses we find a total of four mandates from Jesus to His disciples (believers). 1. Go and share the gospel 2. Baptize those who believe 3. Teach them the Bible 4. Make disciples who can go (Great Commission)
Most churches and denominations are really good at #1 and #2 but struggle to get to the other two mandates.

This article in no way is to judge any group of people or denomination but to remind myself and you that regardless of what the world or some churches teach salvation is found in only One, who is Jesus Christ. What a wonderful Savior, indeed!