of options. Thus he can “play God” in making the choice of
“acceptable” or “unacceptable.” If a singular either-or
choice is presented, this “wisdom of the world” (I Cor.
1:20) inevitably complains of “exclusivism”,
Singularity of solution does not of necessity imply
exclusivism. Do we complain to the scientific physicist of
cosmology, “I cannot/will not accept the singularity of your
‘Big Bang theory’ of cosmological origins, because it is
exclusivistic”? “I demand a spectrum of options from
which to choose, or perhaps to form my own eclectic
amalgam of opinions.” No, for singularity does not imply
exclusivism.
The message of the Christian gospel is that the singular
God (“God is one” – Deut. 6:4) sent His singular (“only
begotten” – John 3:16,18; I John 4:9) Son on a singular
redemptive mission (cf. Jude 1:3) to earth in incarnational
identification with man (cf. John 1:14; Phil. 2:6-8). The
Son offered up Himself (cf. Gal. 2:20; Heb. 7:27) as the
singular (“once and for all” – Rom. 6:10; Heb. 10:12)
sacrifice to take upon Himself the death consequences of
man’s sin, and make His singular eternal life (cf. I John
5:12,13) available to all mankind. That is why Jesus says, ‘I
AM the way, the truth, and the life; no man comes to the
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