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NASB | John 14:6 Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the [only] Way [to God] and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. |
Bible Question: i see i am confused about 12 tribes.. mostly I wanted to know about the mormons...I have alot of friends who study under the mormon faith.My friends DO believe Jesus is the way;; should I be concerned for them |
Bible Answer: Dear legsrandall, Yes, you should be concerned for their salvation. It is not sufficient to believe the words of any Christ, but the Lord Jesus Christ, Second Person of the Trinity, the only begotten Son of God, as revealed by the Scriptures (Hebrews 1:1-2). Your question made me mindful of someone presenting a similar question 150 years ago, to Charles Spurgeon. The minister suggested that it would be wise to study false religions so as to be able to defeat their false teachings. "Yes, and how many hours in a day ought a man to give to that kind of thing? Twenty-five out of the twenty-four would hardly be sufficient, for the phases of modern thought are innumerable, and every fool who sets up for a philosopher sets up a new scheme; and I am to spend my time in going about to knock his card-houses over? "Not I! I have something else to do; and so has every Christian minister. He has real doubts to deal with, which vex true hearts; he has anxieties to relieve in converted souls, and in minds that are pining after the truth and the right; he has these to meet, without everlastingly tilting at windmills, and running all over the country to put down every scarecrow which learned simpletons may set up. "We shall soon defile ourselves if we work day after day in the common sewers of skepticism. Brethren, there is a certain highway of truth in which you and I, like wayfaring men, feel ourselves safe, let us travel thereon." In Him, Doc |