Not Politically Correct

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12).

No one comes to the Father but by me (Jn. 14:16).

Dogmatic. 

Not intellectually or socially acceptable. 

Not permissible to say. 

Not politically correct.

When Christ ascended to heaven, He was crowned with power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor, glory, and blessing (Rev. 5:12).  Everything in the heavens and on earth was made subject to Him, including all powers of evil.

But He did not receive these things to lord it over the earth; we are still the passion of His heart.  He allowed himself to suffer the cross for us--that He might receive these gifts for us.  He is not preening in His glory; He is distributing gifts to mankind---power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor, glory, and blessing:

When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive---He led a train of vanquished foes---and He bestowed gifts on men (Eph. 4:8)

No other prophet, powerful as he may be, has ever claimed to bestow gifts on his followers, but all of the crowned Christ's resources and graces have become available to us.  In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Jesus dramatized the story---the prodigal returns home after having gone through all of his own resources.  The father was delighted to give everything he had to the wayward son, much to the chagrin of the older brother, who probably had been secretly rejoicing that now he would inherit the entire estate.

What other prophet has told us to call God "Our Father"?  What other prophet has bestowed on his followers the same relationship with God that he enjoys:  Go and tell my brothers that I have risen and am going to My God and your God, My Father and your Father.

The difference with the followers of Jesus is that we are truly receivers of all of His gifts and blessings.  What parent does not yearn to pass on to our children everything good that we possess---spiritually, intellectually, materially?  If we are good receivers of Christ's bounty, He considers His sacrifice worthwhile.  But if we refuse to accept what He offers, His gifts on our behalf have failed.

No amount of political correctness can change the truth---there is only One way to receive the relationship to God that Christ offers.  It is not our worthiness that draws the relationship; it is free to all who will receive it.