One Way
"Jesus
saith unto him, I
am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,
but by Me"
(John 14:6). Christ is not the way to the Father in the sense of one
who goes before sinners and says, "follow in my footsteps and I
will show you the way to God." He is more than a teacher who
points out the way or gives directions as to how we can find the way.
No! He is Himself the
Way to God, salvation, life, righteousness, forgiveness and
acceptance. Christ and His sacrificial death is the only Channel
through which God comes to sinners, and undeserving sinners draw near
to God. He is "the
Way" by the
Father’s appointment for He honors every attribute of God, and He
meets the sinner’s every need. He is the Way into everlasting
bliss, and He is the Way into the presence of the Father.
There
is no other means to approach a just God so as to be received except
by this divinely appointed Way. He alone can present us faultless and
without blame before the presence of God in His imputed
righteousness. He alone can render our service and worship acceptable
to the Father. "By
Him let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God"
(Hebrews 13:15). God will not peaceably draw near to any sinner nor
can any sinner successfully draw near to God except through this
Mediator and His one sacrifice for sin. There is ONE WAY to God and
that way is not Mary, some other dead saint or any deed performed by
the sinner. The ONE Way to God is "Jesus
Christ and Him crucified"
(1 Corinthians 2:2).
-Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd
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