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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:
Excellent advice! If I may follow-up ..... Your answer hinges on Christ not only being the incarnation of God, a radical idea to be sure, but also that Jesus is ONLY incarnation of God, an offensive idea for many because it denies the legitimacy of other religions. This of course is the essence of our faith, but for unbelievers, it is perhaps the most difficult truth to accept. As I work in a highly secular environment, a university, I'm looking for credible ways to share the truth of Christ without depending on Scripture as ultimate authority, at least at first, and without assuming the person accepts that Jesus is God and that He is the ONLY incarnation of God. |
Bible Answer: The only way I know of to do this is to present the intellectual argument of Justice, Judgement. To present to an intellectual a case for Jesus being the only way requires at least the premise that there is a God and that all men have failed to measure up to the standard of God or moral perfectness. If I can at least start on that basis then I can explain why Jesus is the only way. First of all if there is a God and if He is infinitly holy then I have most assuredly failed Him in this life. If there is one thing I do not need proof of that would be of the fact that I have done things that a Holy God would not approve of. If this Holy God has made a way for failed humanity to be reconciled to Him then we have to examine that way that is made by God. If the Bible is true at all then all other methods and ways must be false. The reason for this is that If God sent holy prophets and men of God to call men to repentance and holy living and these men were persecuted and killed and so God sends His only Son and He also is killed by sinful men and God does all this NOT because He has too but to make a WAY for sinful man to be reconciled to Him and knowing His Son will be crucifed, He sends Him anyway because through that crucifixtion, blood, death burial and resurrection man can have his sins paid for... If... I say... this is true at all, then it excludes all other religions. Why? Because if God has made such a way to Himself, and such a wonder it is to contemplate.. and it has cost so much... And if you realize that He did not have to do so at all. I mean He was not obligated to reconcile man.. So if He chooses to restore man by this sacrifice of His Son.. what right do we have ...what right does any man have.. to say "I would like ANOTHER way besides that one, so I will go meditate on my navel and find inner peace and get to the same God. No.. if THIS cross way is A way then it must be THE only way. And if not then it must not be THE way at all. And if it is A way then the seeker must acknowledge that it is too great a price paid to turn up the nose at and seek another way. May God Bless you in your study of His Word. |