I talk with lots of Christians who get hung on what I call the "African tribesman" question, who ask how God deals with the man in the jungle who's never heard of Jesus, or the man in a Muslim family who's never had the opportunity to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. I don't have the absolute answer to that question, I think it all ends up in God's hands ultimately, and there is no way you can craft a formula to satisfy anyone asking that question. You have to trust God with that one.
That being said, the conversation often turns to a discussion that starts moving in the direction that there must be more than just one way to God than Jesus. But it's hit me -- if there's more than one way to God, and Jesus is only one of the ways, why would anyone choose Jesus of their own volition? Jesus' path of dying to self and taking up your cross daily is a difficult one to follow compared to the imaginery proverbial tribesman who lives his life doing decent things, maybe worships some nature object (if that), and then dies. So if you think he's going to heaven somehow, why not follow his path instead of the path to the cross?
So, to the Christian who can't get past the "African tribesman" question, I have to ask: Why are you even following Jesus if there a different, simpler way to God?
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