𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝.
Of all the words Jesus spoke, few offend the modern mind like these: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6 Not a way. The way. In a world that celebrates many paths and many truths, this sounds narrow. Intolerant, even. Why would there be only one door? But consider where the controversy began. There is a battlefield in Eden. When man reached for glory without God, the way back was shut. “He placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.” Genesis 3:24 From that day, man has tried to climb back. Through philosophy. Through religion. Through morality. Through the brilliance of his own mind. Every tower of Babel is the same attempt: man building upward, hoping to reach heaven on his own terms. But the gap was never a distance man could cross. It was a death man could not pay. So God did what no religion could. He came down. The Word became flesh. The Creator stepped into His own creation. And the One who was the way walked the road to a cross to open what Eden had closed. That is why the claim is exclusive. Not because God is narrow, but because the price was singular. If man could save himself, Christ died for nothing. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” 1 Timothy 2:5 Here is the paradox. The door is narrow, but it is open to all. Every tribe, every tongue, every profession, every sinner. No pedigree required. No intellect required. Only a heart that stops claiming to be its own source and receives. The real offence of the gospel is not that it excludes people. It is that it excludes pride. It tells the scholar his brain cannot reach God. It tells the moralist his goodness cannot buy God. It tells every self-made man that he was made. And that is exactly why it is good news. Many roads lead to religion. Only one leads back to the Father. The flaming sword in Eden turned every way. At Calvary, it turned on Him.
#Faith #Jesus #Truth #Gospel
Of all the words Jesus spoke, few offend the modern mind like these: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6 Not a way. The way. In a world that celebrates many paths and many truths, this sounds narrow. Intolerant, even. Why would there be only one door? But consider where the controversy began. There is a battlefield in Eden. When man reached for glory without God, the way back was shut. “He placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.” Genesis 3:24 From that day, man has tried to climb back. Through philosophy. Through religion. Through morality. Through the brilliance of his own mind. Every tower of Babel is the same attempt: man building upward, hoping to reach heaven on his own terms. But the gap was never a distance man could cross. It was a death man could not pay. So God did what no religion could. He came down. The Word became flesh. The Creator stepped into His own creation. And the One who was the way walked the road to a cross to open what Eden had closed. That is why the claim is exclusive. Not because God is narrow, but because the price was singular. If man could save himself, Christ died for nothing. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” 1 Timothy 2:5 Here is the paradox. The door is narrow, but it is open to all. Every tribe, every tongue, every profession, every sinner. No pedigree required. No intellect required. Only a heart that stops claiming to be its own source and receives. The real offence of the gospel is not that it excludes people. It is that it excludes pride. It tells the scholar his brain cannot reach God. It tells the moralist his goodness cannot buy God. It tells every self-made man that he was made. And that is exactly why it is good news. Many roads lead to religion. Only one leads back to the Father. The flaming sword in Eden turned every way. At Calvary, it turned on Him.
#Faith #Jesus #Truth #Gospel