Thomas asked Jesus, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going and how can we know the way?”
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” (John 6:5-7)
You have heard of Jesus and the ONLY way for you to come to the Father is through Jesus Christ. I don’t know what the Universalists think. They seem to offer there is another way to salvation and everyone will be saved.
Although Jesus does not specifically talk about salvation here, He makes very clear statement that everyone would have to go through Him to the Father.
You may argue that there is sure another route to the Father for not every tribe or everyone on earth has had the opportunity to receive the gospel or to know of Jesus, it is not fair to exclude anyone.
Salvation is from God and personally I don’t want to view this matter from human’s perspective. We should listen heartily to what our Savior says to us, rather than elevating ourselves higher than God, extending His salvation to our fellow humankinds on God behalf.
Let’s us not attempt to earn or win the salvation by argument, but humbly beseech Jesus our Lord and respond to His calling by going into the harvest field to bring people to Jesus Christ. Once the people know who Jesus is, they would have known the Father and have seen Him. Amen.
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