How do I respond to a friend who is a devout Muslim, Mormon or Jehovah’s Witness ([who] prays to God and has experienced God in their life) when they ask me if I believe that Christianity is the only way?
We believe that Jesus, as he is revealed in the Scriptures, is the only way because he is the only one God has sent to do two crucial things: to reveal God, and to save sinners through the cross and resurrection. These other religions have a ‘Jesus figure’, but it is not the Jesus of the Scriptures. None of the three religions you mentioned believe that Jesus is the one true God, and none believe that the cross of Jesus is the only hope for humanity. All three of these religions are about trying to reach God through religious works and Christianity is about God reaching humans through Jesus’ works. All three of these religions can be summed up in one word: “Do”—not very hopeful. The Christian gospel can be summed up in one word: “Done”—this is the hope of the world.
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