We are living in a politically correct society. This political correctness is manifested in many ways, but it assuredly is vicious in its opposition to previously almost universally accepted moral codes of personal conduct, and even more often these shrill advocates of political correctness attack without mercy any Christian who holds to the fundamentals of the faith and a devotion to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
However nonsensical and odious their arguments may be to us who love God, we must nevertheless grant these detractors the right to express their opinions. This has been termed as the "supreme right" by some as granted in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as penned by our Founding Fathers for all Americans. Wars have been fought and blood has been shed to protect, in part, that precious freedom of speech; but we must with that same freedom of speech be ever ready to defend with passion and vigor the truths we hold dear...especially against those that defame the name of Jesus, his church and our precious relationship with him.
So, the beleaguered believer finds himself under an increasing pressure to hold in silence his religious views while, at the same time, granting those who espouse religious pluralism unrestricted platforms to assail the Christian community with impunity. This results in nativity scenes during the Christmas season becoming fair game, no allowance for references in public schools to anything that pertains to Bible-based faith and even attacks on faith-based institutions.
The politically correct crowd insist that we are too narrow-minded when we say Jesus is the only way to heaven. The ancient Romans insisted the same of our early martyrs. These individuals were not slain in public arenas like the Circus Maximus because they believed Jesus is the Lord of All; they were martyred because they believed Jesus was the ONLY Lord of All. They were asked to be open-minded and accept the validity of other gods. It is the same today in America.
It was Jesus who said of himself in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me." C S Lewis was correct when he challenged people to make up their minds about Jesus. He is one of three things:
(1) HE WAS A LUNATIC: If Jesus really thought he was the only way to heaven, but he actually wasn't, he was a lunatic.
(2) HE WAS A LIAR: If Jesus knew he wasn't the only way to heaven, but said he was anyway, he was a liar.
(3) HE IS LORD: if Jesus knew he was the only way to heaven, and really is the only way, he is Lord. Please notice that Jesus did not say that he is a good way, one of many ways, or even the best way. Jesus said, "I am THE way, THE truth and THE LIFE, and NO MAN cometh unto the Father BUT BY ME."
In conclusion, our response is to grant the supporters of political correctness the right to speak whatever they choose. Too many have died on battlefields on foreign soil to jerk that right from anyone. However, 1 Peter 3:15 admonishes us to always be ready to defend to everyone the reason for the hope within us. Our most glaring weakness in the modern American's Christian community is a thorough lack of understanding of the bedrock doctrines upon which our faith is built. If you are not attending a church where a deep prayerful study of the Word of God is the centerpiece of everything your church does, and if you spend little time in personal devotion and Bible study, you have no basis upon which to be angry when some political pundit or entertainer maligns the things of God.
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