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Tim Keller: 基督教诞生在一个对其主张充满敌意的社会中，而最令那个社会反感的主张，也是我们社会认为最令人厌恶的主张：令人震惊的主张是救恩只能从独一无二的耶稣基督而来。这一主张在当时和现在都同样令人反感和震惊。然而，早期基督徒接受这一主张，是因为他们认识到这是对耶稣身份的必然推论，而非傲慢的宣称。他们看到，耶稣是唯一救赎之路的主张，与宗教相对主义的主张一样具有排他性，都是对精神权威的争夺。更重要的是，他们发现这一主张带来了信徒身份的转变，使他们拥有超越自身成就的勇气和自信。最终，这一独特性主张促成了世界上最具包容性的社群的形成，体现出早期基督徒的慷慨和对所有人的关爱。这其中存在一个悖论：最具有排他性的主张，却创造了最具包容性的社群。因为福音的核心是耶稣为不爱他、不信他的人牺牲，这使得信徒无法对不信者进行压迫或轻蔑。

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The claim that salvation is found in no one else was as revolting in the Greco-Roman world as it is in ours today, due to the society's religious pluralism and relativism.

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Christianity was born into a society hostile to its claims. And the claim that was most revolting to that society is also what our society sees as the most repugnant: the shocking claim that salvation is found in no one else.

It’s critical to realize this claim was as implausible in the Greco-Roman world as it is in ours. The Roman Empire was every bit as religiously pluralistic as our society, if not more. If they were as revolted as we were, why did so many believe it? 

Acts 4 shows us four important things: 1) the claim was an implication, not arrogation, 2) the claim is no more exclusive than the claim of religious relativism, 3) this exclusive claim led to a transformation of identity, and 4) this exclusive claim led to the most inclusive human community the world had ever seen.

This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 26, 2003. Series: The Necessity of Belief. Scripture: Acts 4:8-14, 31-37.

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