JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY
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Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
ILLUSTRATION:
Tiger Woods was put on the spot by an evangelical guest of Nike on October 9, 2006, during an exclusive golf outing for top business and entertainment executives.
That day, 30 people gathered at the Trump golf course in Los Angeles for the 2006 “Tee It up with Tiger Woods” event, which included a private golf session and lunch with the living legend. During the lunch, there was a question-and-answer session with Woods. Most people asked about their swings or golf questions.
However, one guest of Nike stood up and asked two questions: “Have you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior? And if not, prayerfully, would you?” A source present at the lunch later said: “You could have heard a pin drop. People were mortified. But Tiger was as calm as he is on the golf course.”
Tiger said: “My father was a Christian—of course Christianity was part of my life. But my mother is Asian, and Buddhism was also part of my childhood. So I practice both faiths respectfully.”
That might sound nice to some, but according to the Bible, there is only One Way!
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO PARDON
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO PEACE
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO HOLINESS
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO HAPPINESS
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
ILLUSTRATION:
I was traveling on a plane from San Francisco to Los Angeles a few years ago. I was sitting next to the window, reading a Christian book. The man next to me, obviously from the Eastern hemisphere, asked, “Are you a religious man?” “Well, yes,” I said. “I am too,” he responded. We began talking about religion. In the middle of the conversation I asked, “Can you give me a one-liner that captures the essence of your faith?” “Well, yes,” he said. “We are all part of the problem, and we are all part of the solution.”
We talked about his one-liner, a statement I felt was very helpful. After a while I said, “Would you like a one-liner that captures the Christian faith?”
“Sure,” he responded.
“We are all part of the problem, but there is only one man who is the solution. His name is Jesus.”
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GOD
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: