THE EXCLUSIVITY OF JESUS CHRIST

“Jesus said to him (Thomas), ‘I am THE way, THE truth, and THE life. No one comes to the Father (in heaven) except through Me’”

John 14:6

“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved”

Acts 4:12

“Yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live. However, there is not in everyone that knowledge…”

1 Corinthians 8:6-7a

So, what do we mean by “exclusivity,” (a big word, for sure)?  Looking at my desk dictionary, I find this word synonymously used for “sole, unshared, unique, individual, personal, and private” (The Oxford American Desk Dictionary & Thesaurus).

In other words, there is no one else in this universe more unique than Jesus Christ. There is no other belief-system or person that matches Him, no one who even comes close! He is uniquely God and God alone! He is the only one in all of history and eternity who is the God-Man (100 % God and 100% man)!

And that, all in one body!

Here is how he is far different (and superior to, I might add) than any other religion in the world (past, present, or future):

1. He claimed to be God AND proved it by His resurrection.
2. No one can offer salvation from sin and gift believers with everlasting life.
3. His is not a religion, per se, or set of rituals, but a personal relationship provided through His sacrifice on the cross.
4. His Word is eternal (other religious writings come and go, make exorbitant and unsustainable claims, or accept contradictions).
5. All the prophecies made in the Bible either have been literally fulfilled, or are coming true, as predicted (many centuries ago)!
6. He is the Creator of this entire universe! [All in six 24-hour periods]!

Going to Heaven?

There’s only one way, and His name is JESUS the true MESSIAH!

[Read and believe Isaiah 52:13 to 53:12]!

[FullPassageRef NKJV]

¹³ Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high. ¹⁴ Just as many were astonished at you, So His visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men; ¹⁵ So shall He sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths at Him; For what had not been told them they shall see, And what they had not heard they shall consider. ¹ Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? ² For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him. ³ He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. ⁴ Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. ⁵ But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. ⁶ All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. ⁷ He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. ⁸ He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken. ⁹ And they made His grave with the wicked— But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth. ¹⁰ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. ¹¹ He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities. ¹² Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors.