The Way, the Truth, and the Life
“There couldn’t possibly be just one way [to God].” --Oprah Winfrey
“All religions are equally false and equally true, depending on how you use them.” --Eckart Tolle (Oprah’s spiritual advisor)
Eckart and Oprah have been saying that there are millions of ways to get to God. They say that every religion is equally right. This creates a problem. This means that any religion that claims to be the only way also must be right. However, if two create they are the only one that is right, you immediately have a paradox and that theology breaks down.
Logically, not everyone can be right. Everyone can be wrong, but not everyone can be right. The trick, then, would be to find the one that is correct. You can start by eliminating anything that has internal contradictions or logical errors. This will immediately rule out several. Then eliminate those that obviously violate reality or have to change as new evidence becomes available. Now eradicate those that have any false, ambiguous, or missed predictions. Finally, purge all those whose leader didn’t do what he said he would and those that lack proof. What remains is a religion that is consistent with its own doctrine, logical, conforms to reality, remains stable throughout history, has a reliable leader, and has reasonable proof. What remains is Christianity.
Yesterday, I exposed Jesus as the Lamb of God, who permanently removes our sin. Today, I want you to see that Jesus is the only way to God. He is the only Truth. He is the only Life. He is the only Way. There is no other method, work, deity, prayer, person or action that can save you. He is the only Truth. Everything said about him by an Old Testament prophet, or recorded that he has said has been proven absolutely correct and true. He is the Life. He was the source of life in the beginning (John 1:1-3), he holds life together now (Colossians 1:15-17), and he is the only way to have life in the future (John 3:16).
John 14:6 (NIV)
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 1:1-5 (NIV)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
Col. 1:15-17 (NIV)
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. [16] For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. [17] He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
John 3:16-18 (NIV)
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. [18] Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
John 3:36 (NIV)
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."
Challenge: If you haven’t accepted Jesus as the only way to God, talk with a sponsor. If you have, be sure to tell someone.
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