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Will Christians Alone Be Saved?

"I am the way, the truth and the light, no one comes to the Father but by me," said Jesus.

Does this mean that only Christians can be saved? When Jesus said, "No one comes to the Father, but by me," what he meant was that the only way to enter into a relationship with God is by doing so as he did, namely, by loving God with all one's heart, soul and mind. And like unto this ... loving neighbor as self.

This was the attitude that Jesus brought to his relationship with others, rather than a self-righteous assumption that the stranger was unworthy of love unless and until the stranger accepted every one of his ideas or beliefs.

Another way of looking at is is this. God is love. If this is the case, then it is reasonable to suggest that the only way to enter into a relationship with God is by following the way of love. Clearly, people will differ in their understand of the specific contours of that "way," but defining it as Jesus did makes it perfectly clear that one's entrance into the kingdom of heaven is not a matter of saying the right words, or affirming the right creeds. What counts is the content of one's character and the animating spirit that guides one's behavior.

Further, it is my personal experience that many people outside the membership of our Christian churches have as close a relationship with God as we Christians do. I simply do not agree that being a Christian is the only way that one can know -- and love -- God.

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Charles Henderson

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The Rev. Charles P. Henderson is a Presbyterian minister and is the author of God and Science (John Knox Press, 1986).  
A revised and expanded version of the book is appearing here.
God and Science (Hypertext Edition, 2015).
He is also editor of a new book, featuring articles by world class scientists and theologians, and illustrating the leading views on the relationship between science and religion:
Faith, Science and the Future (CrossCurrents Press, 2017).

Charles also tracks the boundry between the virtual and the real at his blog: Next World Design, focusing on the mediation of art, science and spirituality in the metaverse.  

For more information about Charles Henderson.
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