A recent report has found that a minority of Presbyterians believe that “only followers of Jesus Christ can be saved.” Only 39% of members agree or strongly agree with that statement along with just 35% of pastors and 45% of elders.
Before you might jump to conclusions, understand that this was not a report done by a group that is biased against the Presbyterian church, making their findings unreliable. The article linked above cites the latest “Religious and Demographic Profile of Presbyterians” report and was released by the Presbyterian church itself.
So if 35% of Presbyterian pastors believe that Jesus is the only way to salvation, naturally that would mean that 65% believe that there are other ways to salvation outside of Christ. More and more religious people who claim to follow Jesus want to embrace the religions of the world. Yet this is completely opposed to what the Scriptures teach.
Peter said of Christ, “There is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Paul said we obtain “salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:9).
Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me” (John 14:6). And in another place, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted” (Matthew 15:13).
Who will we believe? Jesus, who is “to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation” (Hebrews 5:9), or those who “deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting” (Romans 16:18) by teaching that we can be saved outside of Christ?
There is only one way. That way is through Christ, regardless of what men may teach. “Let God be found true, though every man be found a liar” (Romans 3:4).
