“The One and Only Way”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. NO one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:6 (ESV)

The book leaves room for your own additions. And this one is mine. At first I wondered how I’d find one, but leave it to the Spirit to immediately place this verse in my head. My mind attempts to find a rebuttal for why this verse doesn’t fit here, but it does for me. And my mind reels to explain it.

Perhaps it goes along with being born into the faith. There has always been Jesus. I have curiosity regarding other faiths and at times have studied them, but not with a searching heart. It seems intrinsic that Jesus is the only way.

One of my favorite illustrations is the mountain with God at the top. Current trends put forth the idea that all religions sit around the base of the mountain. Each religion has a path that leads to the top. And all beliefs end at the peak at one and the same God. Each path is different, and each path is difficult. But for Christianity, Jesus came down from the mountain, and met us instead.

Yes flaws and arguments. But I love the story of the God that came to the people. And who wouldn’t choose the God that would come to us rather than sit on a mountain and enjoy the view.

And He didn’t just meet us. He became like us and lived like us and died like us. But He stayed in communion with God the Father. And He fulfilled the task the Father set forth. God’s will was Jesus’ will. And because He was righteous and blameless and loving, death had no hold on Him. And He rose.

And we can rise too, if we claim Him.

One Way.

This verse is assurance of my salvation. In a way, it is one of my prayers. It is a verse that stays in my mind and I think of it often. There is also a song – I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me will live a new life. It’s the song that I sing in my head and I learned it when I was young. It’s from John 11:25. I love songs written directly from Scripture.

No 2 Peter 4:13. Pout.