Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)
Dear Jesus,
These children will hear that there are many ways to God. They will hear that Christians are narrow minded by saying that you are the only way to salvation, that only in you is truth. Give them a clear head in these arguments so that they are not confused. Help them to see that a comment that "all religions point to God and are a path to him" is an illogical statement. The world religions are so in conflict with each other suggests that the God who created order in the universe, created absolute chaos when it comes to approaching him. Further, the world religions don't even have a consistent concept of "God" or "salvation".
Only in you does the personal God of creation give himself for his creation to redeem it. Only in you is salvation not a merit based achievement by adherents, rather is it based on the achievement of a righteous God. Only in you is the command and law to love others as you have loved us, a command, if followed, that would solve all the problems of the world. Only in you is a God who cares deeply for the individual. Show these children that believing that such a God is the only way is not narrow, but is redeeming.
Amen
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