Memo from Hell

From: The Evil One
To: The Demonic Army
Subject: Strategy Report: Is Jesus Really The Only Way?

Good news, comrades! There are more non-Christians in the world today ever before. We have more than 4 billion people firmly in our demonic camp.

The bad news is that there are more people who call themselves Christians than ever before. Fortunately, the vast majority of these people are half-hearted, carnal Christians. Lukewarm Christians don’t hurt us too much. In fact, they might help us by embarrassing the King.

But we have to be careful. If Bible-believing churches really catch a world-wide passion for reaching the lost and for strengthening lukewarm Christians, we will be in serious trouble. Churches have way more power to change the world than they could ever dream.

Now, here is our strategy. Don’t challenge Christians directly. Be subtle. Remember our approach with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Don’t tell them that God is a liar. Just nudge them to doubt by asking questions. In a sincere tone of voice ask them, “Do you really think that Jesus is the only way to God?”

You have done a good job to spread a spirit of relativism. It really isn’t polite these days to claim that Jesus is the only way to God. This helps our cause enormously.

If Christians doubt that Jesus is the only way to God, their urgency for world missions will be seriously dulled. Doubting the uniqueness of Jesus as Savior is the delightful slippery slope that will lead to glorious victory for our evil armies.

If Christians doubt that Jesus is the only way to God, interest in world missions will be reduced to a fashionable activity with no passion. Churches will send missionary candidates who are merely looking for a cross-cultural adventure. There will be little sense of sacrifice in such missionaries. They will only volunteer for locations with a good climate and the best MK schools. They won’t go to countries where we have our greatest strongholds.

If churches begin to doubt that Jesus is the only way to God, they will go through the motions of missions but will spend more and more of their money on their own local programs. Prayer for missionaries will be dignified, but no one will weep for the lost.

Keep these churches away from crucial Bible verses, especially, “He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life” (1 John 5:12). If they do read verses like this, make sure they don’t connect them with a map of the world.

Be careful! If churches realize the importance of their task and how much power they have. . . if Christians realize their potential for Jesus to change the world, we will be doomed.