Welcome, friends. We have another episode about Jesus today.

Since we're so close now, we're just a few days away from Christmas.

So let's talk about Jesus.

And this question comes from Jeff.

We are taught that the only way to heaven is through Jesus Christ or belief in Jesus.

My two brothers and I were exposed to a Christian church as kids.

How about those living on this planet that have never heard the name of Jesus?

There are many.

How about those brought up in another faith? How about those of on this planet that have never heard the name of Jesus? There are many. How about those brought up in another faith?

How about those of a Jewish faith?

Could you read the first line again?

I missed a detail.

We are taught that the only way to heaven is through Jesus Christ or a belief in Jesus.

Okay, right.

Okay, that view is called exclusivism, by the way, which means there is an exclusive way for people to experience the forgiveness that is necessary to spend eternity with God.

Go to heaven, if you want to put it that way, but that's what it amounts to.

Because right now, human beings are

in a position of enmity with God because of their sin. And before I even get into any theology,

this is a foundational concept that needs to be taken into consideration. And sometimes when questions are asked like this,

these are details that are forgotten. Everybody has fallen short of the glory of God.

That's, well, actually, that's from Romans chapter, what, three, all of sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

And that concept of sin, the Greek word Hamartia, means missing the mark.

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