"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
(Jn. 14:6)
Among the many claims of Christ, one of His paramount declarations was that He was the only way to God. With a statement such as this, as C.S. Lewis points out, we are left with one of three choices: He was a liar, a lunatic, or the Lord of Glory. As Lewis also reminds us, “There is no halfway house over this issue.” Sincerity doesn’t count (Pro.14:12). As my Granny used to say, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” Try to make it without Him, and you will end up in the “City of the Damned,” with all the Religious hucksters, gurus, and false prophets you've followed (Matt.15:14; Rev.19:20; 20:10,15).
Peter preached to the lost, religious crowd of his day that there was no salvation apart from Jesus (Acts 4:12). The entire book of Hebrews is given to this subject. How Old Testament saints were saved, or quibbling over the fate of the heathen who never heard the gospel, will not excuse you! Because of the brevity of my articles I cannot go into these two questions, other than to say, though they may seem difficult, they are not as problematic as one might believe.
You Sunday school teachers and pastors, don’t allow the cultic teachings of this world intimidate you. Go into your classes and pulpits with full assurance that Jesus Christ is God’s final Word to this lost world (Heb.1:1-4). Lift Him up; He promises that if we do, like a magnet, He will draw men to Himself (Jn.12:32)! I’ve spent over sixty years doing it, and I guarantee it works.
My life philosophy is, “If I can get a person to Jesus, everything will be alright.”
I love to tell the story, for those who know best,
seem hungering and thirsting, to hear it like the rest.
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