Is Christianity the Only True Religion?

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Old Testament Reading The Old Testament reading is Isaiah chapter 45, verses 18 through 23. Isaiah 45, 18 through 23, the Lord tells the people of Israel that He alone is God, that there is salvation in no one else but Him. So let’s hear the word of God. For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens, he is God, who formed the earth and made it. He established it. He did not create it empty. He formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other. I did not speak in secret in a land of darkness. I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, seek me in vain. I, the Lord, speak the truth. I declare what is right. Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together, you survivors of the nations. They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a God that cannot save. Declare and present your case. Let them take counsel together. Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no other God besides me, a righteous God and a Savior. There is none besides me. Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God and there is no other. By myself I have sworn, from my mouth has gone out in righteousness, a word that shall not return. To me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear allegiance. New Testament Reading And now turn with me to John chapter four, John chapter four, or 14 rather, John chapter 14. For our New Testament reading, this is our sermon text as well. John chapter 14, verses 1 through 7. John 14, 1 through 7. Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am, you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going. Thomas said to him, Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way? Jesus said to him, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you do know Him and have seen Him. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. The Offense of the Exclusive Claim There have always been all kinds of reasons why people have objected and continue to object to the Christian faith. But in our world today, perhaps the one thing that people find most problematic about Christianity is the fact that Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation. Now, we as Christians have always believed and taught this, not because we just like the idea, but we have believed and taught this because this is what the Bible teaches. According to the scriptures, there is only one way to know God. There is only one way of salvation. There is only one path to heaven, and that is through faith in the Son of God, Jesus Christ. We’ve heard the words of Jesus in our sermon text from the Gospel of John. He declared this truth to us. He says, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. And we could add many other text to this one to show that there is salvation and no one else but Jesus. For example, in Acts chapter 4 verse 12, the apostle Peter declares, and there is salvation and no one else for there is no other name given among heaven or given among men under heaven by which we must be saved. No other name but the name of Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5, for there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. And so, when the church of Jesus Christ, when we as Christians declare that Christ is the only way of salvation, or when we say that Christianity is the only true religion, we are only saying what God has declared in his word. However, in the minds of many people today, to make that claim, to say that Jesus alone is the way to salvation, or to say th

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