Saturday, February 27, 2010

One way

“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’” John 14:6
This verse ought to silence all those who say that all religions lead to God. If all religions lead to God, then Christianity does too. But Christianity teaches that there is only one way. Either this is correct, or it is not. If it is correct, then only one religion leads to God. If it is incorrect, then Christianity is a sham and does not lead to God. Either way, the notion that ‘all religions lead to God’ is false.
The next knee-jerk reaction people have to hearing this verse is to label Christianity and Christians as bigoted, narrow-minded, intolerant, and so forth. But we can take comfort: Jesus said if the world hates us, we are blessed, because the world hated Him first.
This verse teaches the absolute exclusivity of salvation – through Christ alone. Jesus is not ‘a way’; He is ‘the way’ and the only way. As if this wasn’t enough, He then elaborates by saying, ‘No-one comes to the Father except through Me.’ On the converse however, once we have found Jesus, we are on the way to coming to the Father. It’s a done deal. Praise be to God the He provided a way at all, for us to come to salvation!

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