Other religions
What about other religions, and people who never heard of Jesus?
Is Jesus really the only way to God? And what about people who never heard His name?
They can't all be right
Religions disagree about who God is, who Jesus was and what happens after death. Most of their own followers would say so. So at least some of them are mistaken.
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Jesus' own claim
Christians didn't invent this. Jesus said it, and Peter repeated it: "There is salvation in none other" (Acts 4:12). You can't soften it into "one road among many" without changing what He said.
- God is fair"Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?" (Genesis 18:25)
- Everyone sees His workHis power is "clearly seen" in what He made (Romans 1:20).
- Everyone has a conscienceThe law is "written in their hearts" (Romans 2:15).
- He is close"He is not far from each one of us" (Acts 17:27).
What about those who never heard?
Christians don't all answer this the same way. They agree that God judges people by what they were given (Luke 12:48), and that He is reaching for everyone.
- Jesus is the only way to God.
- God is fair to every person, in every place.
- You have heard. So the question for you is what you'll do with Him.
Where that leaves you
We can trust God with people we will never meet. Our own question is easier to answer.
Jesus said He is the only way to God. The God He showed is fair to everyone, including people who never heard His name.
…that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.