有时候张三批评基督教说基督教是排斥别的宗教的，基督徒非常排外。
在本系列的另一篇短文里，我已经说明基督教的大众化。创造天地人类的神爱他所创造的人，所以神希望也等待着所有的人信耶稣、悔改、受洗、成为基督徒、获得永生。由此可知，神一点都不把任何人排斥掉。《圣经》说：神“…宽容你们，不愿有一人沉沦，乃愿人人都悔改”（彼得后书3:9）。
有一首基督徒的诗歌说得好：福音是为了每一个人，“无论士农工商男女老幼；…无论汉满回西藏智愚…；…无论南北东西化外夷狄；…无论政军学警富贵贫贱”。
为了让全世界的人都归回一位神，他设立了一条道路；那就是耶稣基督。耶稣说：“我就是道路、真理、生命。若不藉着我，没有人能到父那里去”（约翰福音14:6）。耶稣排外吗？似是而非。耶稣只不过把前往天堂的地图告诉我们。地图上有一条路；那条路就是耶稣基督。
您和我日常生活上每天也说类似的话，我们不认为这些是“排外”的话，也不认为它“太狭隘”或夺取我们的自由。譬如——
飞行员准备降落时，要跟塔台联络。塔台告诉他要用某一个跑道——第三跑道。飞行员说，“我看到一条马路，既宽又长，也很平；我在那条高速公路降落就好了。”塔台会同意吗？不可能！第三跑道很窄，但是塔台不给飞行员选择。塔台不辖制飞行员的自由，乃是引导他把飞机平安地落地！
我妻子友善、温柔、外向、美丽、大方。谁都喜欢她！她喜欢与人做朋友谈话。但是，只有我才是她的丈夫；只有我才可以与她享受丈夫妻子彼此之间的特殊关系。难道，别的男人会骂我说“排外，排外”吗？不！
汽车油箱，你要加满自来水吗？不！必须用汽油！
配眼镜，铝片能代替玻璃吗？制造轮胎，四四方方不是很好吗？打针，任何液体都可以用吧。我可以把任何姓“谢”的孩子看为我的孩子吗？
以上问题的可笑性在于他们的荒谬和愚笨。在日常生活上，我们知道飞机不可以用公路当作跑道；我们明白女人限于一个丈夫；水不能代替汽油；轮胎必须是圆形。我自己家的孩子才是我的孩子。但是，在宗教的领域，我们要求“包容”、“宽阔”、“随便”、“自由”等。我们过“以传统为真，以自己的想法为准”的灵性生活。
《圣经》告诉我们：“除[耶稣]以外，别无拯救，因为在天下人间，没有赐下别的名我们可以靠着得救”（使徒行专4:12）。
这句话的意思是，通过耶稣，万人都可以得救。目的不是“排外”乃是告诉我们如何走上真道来到神的面前。
如果告诉飞行员如何安安全全地降落，塔台只要告诉他要用哪个跑道。不必说：“飞机驾驶，你不要用第一跑道，不要用第二跑道，不要用第五跑道。” 告诉他要用第三跑道就好啦！
神不用告诉我们什么宗教这样，什么宗教那样。（不过，神时常提醒我们要离开罪恶，要远离邪灵，拒绝异教，不要敬拜侍奉偶像等。）神告诉我们什么是真善美——那就是耶稣；什么是永恒——就是耶稣；谁能赐永生——就是耶稣；谁为我们牺牲了生命——耶稣；谁从坟墓里复活了——耶稣！谁能拯救我们呢？就是《圣经》所描述的耶稣基督——那位道路、真理、生命！
您愿意接受耶稣基督这唯一的真理，成为基督徒吗？
Is Christianity the Only True Religion?
Sometimes people criticize Christianity, saying that it is too narrow, too exclusive. We have already seen in this series that God intended Christianity for all people throughout the world; God wants all people to believe, repent, be baptized, become a Christian and receive eternal life. God does not exclude anyone; see 2 Peter 3:9.
In order for all people to return to one God, God prepared a single road—Jesus Christ; see John 14:6. Is Jesus being exclusive or discriminatory? So it may seem, but that is not the case. Jesus merely gave the map to heaven. There is one road on the map and Jesus is that road.
We say similar things every day, but no one thinks us narrow. When the tower assigns a runway, does the pilot say “Your instruction is too narrow; I’ll land on a highway!”? Do other men consider me discriminatory when I reserve my wife’s affections for myself? Do you put water in your gas tank? Do you request aluminum lens in your new glasses? Why not put square tires on your car? When you need a hypodermic injection, why discriminate against all those vials; just pick any one! Can I claim as my own any child whose last name is Short?
Those questions are funny because they are ridiculous. We know airplanes use assigned runways. My wife belongs to me alone. No one puts water in a gasoline tank; etc. However, in the area of religion, we want to be “tolerant,” “open minded,” “however you think best;” and we want “freedom.” In things spiritual, we accept tradition as truth and our own thought process as the correct standard.
Read Acts 4:12 and see that through Jesus all people may be saved. The purpose of this statement is not to discriminate against anyone but to show us the true way to reach God.
The tower need not tell the pilot all the runways not to use; he only tells the pilot the correct runway number. Other than telling us to leave sin, reject evil, not to worship idols, etc, God does not need to tell us about this religion or that one; he has only to tell us what is correct and eternal—Jesus Christ! Who gives eternal life? Jesus! Who sacrificed himself? Jesus! Who arose from the grave? Jesus! Who can save us? Jesus! This is the same Jesus who is described in the Bible as “the way, the truth and the life!” Don’t you want to become a Christian?
【问答】十三：只有基督教才是真理吗？
FAQ’s About Christianity (13): Is Christianity the Only True Religion?
作者：谢德华 ©By Edward Short