Exclusively Inclusive.

THE HE MAN WOMAN HATER’S CLUB

This was the club started by the well known boys of the classic children’s TV series called Little Rascals.  Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat and the rest established this club.

If you liked girls you were postively excluded from the club.  If you did not like girls, then you were absolutely included.  It was an exclusive inclusion for this boys club.

Just like the Little Rascals, there are many things out there that are exclusive to the wrong qualifications, and completely inclusive to those with the proper standing.

In John 14 Jesus made a positively exclusive – inclusive statement.  As He claimed the title of “Way, Truth and Life,” He finished the statement with this observation:  “No one comes to the Father except through me.”  In other words, Jesus said that people who come through Him are absolutely included in a relationship with the Father.  All those who do not God through Christ are absolutely excluded.

This is an absolute statement of inclusion and exclusion that Jesus makes.  It is an absolute exlusion in that NO ONE who does not trust Christ will go to heaven.  It is an absolute inclusion in that EVERYONE who trusts Christ will spend eternity with the Father.  It is an ALL or NOTHING reality. 

As you speak to others about Christ, make no mistake about it, there is no middle ground.  Christ Himself is exclusively inclusive.