Hey Family! I see these stickers everywhere. Perhaps you have to. But it is not His truth it sounds nice, but not truth. The world says “coexist,” as if peace can be manufactured by blending all beliefs into one. But Jesus did not call us to simply coexist. He called us to convert. Not by force, not with hate, but with the transforming power of the gospel. Coexistence tolerates, but it does not save. Only Christ can save.
Jesus Himself declared, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6 NKJV). That is not narrow minded, it is God’s loving invitation. To say all paths lead to God is to call the cross unnecessary. Yet the Word says, “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12 NKJV).
When Paul preached to the Athenians, he did not tell them to coexist with their idols. He said, “Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent” (Acts 17:30 NKJV). That is the call still standing today.
This is not about winning arguments. It is about winning souls. To love like Jesus means to point people to the only hope that heals, redeems, and restores. To coexist is easy, it costs nothing. To convert is costly, it cost Christ His life. But it also gives life eternal to all who believe.
Let us carry the cross in both conviction and compassion. We do not cross out people, but we cross out lies with the truth of Christ. Our message is not coexist, it is convert, because “the gospel of Christ… is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes” (Romans 1:16 NKJV).