| “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’” |
| —John 14:6 |
Over the years, I have written on this blog several times about the verse in the photo above. It is one of the most formidable of Jesus’ many words of truth. Jesus declares that He and He alone is the one and only way through which human beings may restore their relationship with the God who created them and who watched Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden forsake the one rule that He had given them for their own protection. Jesus is the only way.
Take note, once again of these words of Jesus from John 14:6:
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
This declaration is seemingly offensive to those who follow every other religion on the face of the earth. It also offends many people who consider themselves “Christians” because of the exclusivity that statement asserts.
In a world where the word “inclusive” has taken on a value that exceeds all levels of reasonableness, for Jesus to declare that He is the one and only way to reconnect with God is abhorrent to many individuals. Nevertheless, that is exactly what Jesus said. In fact, in the New Testament Koine Greek language, the rendering of this verse does indeed indicate that Jesus is the one and only way—the sole way, the one way without exception—by which we can reconnect with the God who loves us with His everlasting love. I have no way to soften that claim, for it is the rock-solid foundation of Christianity.
There is also great comfort in knowing that Jesus is the one and only way to God. He is the One worthy of our worship, praise, adoration, and allegiance. So, when we begin a new day with our minds and hearts sold out to Him, we have made a very important and critically necessary choice.
Let us make our own declaration of Jesus’ claim without embarrassment or hesitation. We honor the certainty of His words. We follow in the footsteps of the One so bold as to acknowledge that He is the precious Son of God and the only way to the Father.
Based on a blog originally posted on Thursday, December 8, 2016
