Does Christianity promote arrogance by claiming we are special people?

by Matt Slick

Some people say it is arrogant for Christians to claim that they alone are going to Heaven.  But is it really arrogance?  Arrogance is a negative display of superiority and/or self-importance, but true Christians are not claiming superiority or self-importance.  They claim that trust in Christ alone is what forgives them of their sins, and that all who trust in him can be forgiven as well.  This is not arrogance.  It is confidence in the work of Christ who sacrificed himself on the cross.