The Christian faith began in the small country of Israel, a land God had promised to bless. The land had been favored for hundreds of years by the time Jesus stepped out of heaven and into an earthly life. Our faith today can be traced back to the Holy Land and the promises God made to Abraham about him being the father of countless generations.

There has always been one God, one Creator of all there is. There has always been more than one religion because original sin impacted everyone. People will always “want to be like God,” which is considered to be the root of every sin.

Paul’s letter to the Roman church is considered the most important letter of theology in our New Testament. He told them, and all Christians, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 

Again, the verbs in Scripture are often crucial to understanding the words. The phrase calls on inspires a picture of a man sinking in quicksand or drowning on a rough sea. The man “calls out” to a nearby person or boat knowing that without their help he will surely perish. Again, Paul said, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

The universal truth of Christian evangelism is seen in God’s promise through Paul. Everyone is drowning in more sin than we can measure. Everyone will perish unless they call out to the One who is ready and able to save them. It is a simple truth unless we complicate it with the world’s suggestions.

Our words and our witness can bring another person to that moment when they understand they are lost without Jesus. We can teach them to call on the name of Jesus, the only name by which anyone can be saved.

Our message is narrow because truth only needs one lane. It is the universal truth of our one God. It is the same lane of truth Abraham and Moses walked. It is the lane of truth that God made clear in the new covenant through Christ. 

As Jesus said, “The gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” (Matthew 7:14). Who helped you find the narrow lane of truth? Who would list your name if asked that question? Wisdom is joyfully sharing God with others. Will you joyfully share the name of Jesus and God’s plan of salvation with someone today?