Answers to Tough Questions

Isn't this Intolerant and Narrow-minded?

It's Jesus who said, "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but through Me." We didn't make that up; Jesus did. That may seem intolerant to someone who thinks that it is intolerant to make exclusive claims to truth. But there is nothing intolerant about making exclusive claims to truth (see The Truth Behind Tolerance) and there is ample historical evidence to verify that Jesus claimed He was God and rose from the dead to validate that claim. If Jesus is God then what He said is true.1

Some people think God is being narrow-minded if Jesus is the only way. But the issue is: "Why is there any way to God?" God has been gracious and merciful to provide us with a way back to a personal relationship with Him even though we have rebelled against Him. If humankind could have reached God by any other way, God would never have sacrificed His only Son. Instead of wondering why there aren't more ways to God, the appropriate response would be to marvel that there is a way, and accept it with humility and gratitude.

Footnote:

1. See Michael Horner's articles "Did Jesus Really Rise From the Dead?" and "Who Did Jesus Think He Was Anyway?," available from Campus Crusade for Christ, Canada. See also W.L. Craig's ""Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics," Crossway Books, 1994, chapters 6-8.

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