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DQ 1-2 Jesus made many absolute statements such as the following: John 14:6: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (NIV). Matthew 7:13-14: "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." Interacting with these statements and based on Chapter 8 of The Beginning of Wisdom and the topic overview, how would you answer someone who is concerned that Christianity portrays that Jesus is the only way to salvation?

Any Christian can be forgiven, redeemed, and transformed (reborn); all you must do is go through Jesus Christ. Our only way to salvation is through Jesus. For the ones that believe there are other ways, you are simply believing that all of Jesus statements and teachings are false (John14:6, Matthew 7:13-14). If Jesus wasn’t the only way, then God would not have sent his only beloved son to die for each one of us.

What do you think about the following statement: "My morality is mine and mine alone, and it is not my place to judge the morality of others"? Are there any times when you should judge the morality of others? Why or why not? If so, when and why? Absolutely not, no one has the right to judge others no matter what time. Morality is a person’s principles concerning the difference between right and wrong and/or good and bad behavior of each individual person. There is an old saying that says “don’t judge me because I sin differently than you”. When a person judges another person for whatever reason, the person judging is implying that they are in some way superior. No one is better than the other, no one has superior over the other, and there is only room for one judge, God. When it is time for our judgement, God is going to judge you on the actions of your neighbor, he is going to judge you on your actions alone....