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 [KJV]
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" (I
CORINTHIANS
2:2).
-Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd
Thirteenth
Street Baptist church of Ashland, Kentucky USA
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