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Jun132011

Is Christ the Only Way?

There is an assault on the exclusivity of salvation of Christ in the church today. For example, there are some who believe that the Jews don't need Christ, they only need to be faithful to the laws of Moses. This position is known as "Dual Covenant Theology." Here is a definition.

Dual-covenant theology is a liberal Christian view that holds that Jews may simply keep the Law of Moses, because of the "everlasting covenant" (Genesis 17:13) between Abraham and God expressed in the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament. 

When Jesus spoke John 14:6 his audience was Jewish, He was addressing Jews.

6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Yeshua/Jesus was saying that He is the answer to all of our questions about God. He came not only to pay the ultimate price for our salvation with His life, but He also came to demonstrate character of God. When you read the first chapter of Colossians you will find these words, "He is the image of the invisible God" "For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell," so the Apostle Paul knew that Jesus was a unique person, not just a good humanitarian, He was God in the flesh. This is what sets Christ apart from all the religions in the world, He claimed to be God. Jews have a hard time with this, because how can a holy God take on flesh?

And why not? Again going back to the first chapter of Colossians it says, "all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all thing hold together."  The Apostle Paul attributed the foundation of creation to Jesus Christ, and as creator, He could easily become flesh, and dwell among us. This is not a far fetched concept for God to do, in fact, it was illustrated in an earlier reference to the character of God who has a desire to dwell among us.

Exodus 29:45-46

45I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God.  46And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.

God was always seen as dwelling among the people of Israel through the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle first, and then in the temple. 

I don't have a problem with people of this world having an issue with the exclusivity of Christ, because they don't know Him.  What bothers me is when Christians compromise on this point saying, that God is so loving, that He will create a way for other religions to get into heaven. God in His creation demonstrates diversity in what He creates, but when it comes to salvation He is a one way God. The sacrifice on the cross was His only source for salvation, and nothing can compare to it's  claim that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.  Truth is found in one man, and Him alone, and that man is Jesus Christ, who came into this world to love it, die for it, and someday return to it. Don't compromise on this point, eternity will be determined by this claim. 

Keeping it honest and truthtful....K

Here is an example of compromise and how some religious thinking can be all wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXEvmFt1C3Q

If Jesus is the only way truth and the life, why not say it....make it clear, here is how Christianity is compromised.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwL1DThtxYg&NR=1

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