free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”
(Rom. 6:23).
The charge of “exclusivism” is only made by those who
improperly consider Christianity to be an ideological option
among a multiplicity of ideological options offered by men
(not God) through the centuries. Such a charge of
“exclusivism” will inevitably and always be made by those
who refuse to accept Jesus Christ as the only “life option,”
the singular solution to the sin problem, and the singular
source of salvation that restores mankind to God’s intent.
Unbelievers always demand other options so they can
employ their deified human reasoning to be the final judge
of what is acceptable or unacceptable, right or wrong, life
or death. They want to “play God.” Concurrent with their
charges of “exclusivism”, they will always argue for an
inclusivity that gives equal credence to all belief-constructs
or ideological options, claiming that all roads lead to the
same religious reality with variant expressions. This always
leads to relativism, allowing every individual to construct
their own truth, and declaring truth to be whatever they
perceive it to be. Again, setting themselves up as God.
The Christian gospel is not an ideological option
alongside many others. Rather, the Christian gospel is the
wallpaper
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