THE WAY TO GOD THE FATHER HAS BEEN OPENED TO US BY THE SACRIFICIAL DEATH OF JESUS ON THE CROSS I am the door if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.” All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. John 10:7-9 “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. We are commanded to come to the door and enter in THE WAY TO GOD THE FATHER IS ENTERED THROUGH ONLY ONE DOOR For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.” Matt 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. John 16:28 “I came forth from the Father and have come into the world I am leaving the world again and going to the Father.” John 16:5 “But now I am going to Him who sent Me” John 13:3 “Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God” John 8:14 “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going” For a little while longer I am with you, then I go to Him who sent Me. John 7:28, 33 “You both know Me and know where I am from and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true. John 6:51 “I am the living bread that came down out of heaven if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.” What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies ” John 3:31-32 “He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. John 3:13 “No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven the Son of Man.” THE WAY TO GOD THE FATHER IS KNOWN INTIMATELY BY JESUS BECAUSE HE CAME FROM HEAVEN AND RETURNED TO HEAVEN SIX INSIGHTS REGARDING JESUS AS THE ONLY WAY TO GOD Yet this is not a journey of works but salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ who alone is the Way to God the Father. If we stray off the path, we must repent and return to that straight and narrow path that leads to the Father. Just as Pilgrim in Pilgrim’s Progress, we must enter through the right gate upon the right path and then we must persevere in our journey – staying on that right path until we reach our final destination. There are a wide variety of ways that seem right to men, but those lead only to destruction (Prov 12:15 16:2 21:2). ![]() Jesus stated categorically that He is “the Way.” You cannot get more exclusivistic than that. People would like to believe that there are many ways to God that you can follow all different routes to get to the top of the mountain. You must respond by repenting of sin and trusting Jesus Christ alone. Salvation is a free gift by the grace of God apart from human works. If God were to ask me “Why should I let you into my heaven” - what would I reply? How can I tell whether I am really a Christian?ĭoes it really matter what I believe as long as I live a moral life and try to love others? How can I be sure of a right relationship with God and of entrance into heaven?
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