Is Jesus the Only Way?

I recently listened to a podcast and the mega influencer who was being interviewed said that she believes there are many different paths for people to get to faith. A red flag went up in my mind because I know that not to be true. The Bible teaches that there is only one path, one way to heaven, and that is through Jesus.

If you say that nowadays you get looked at funny. Say what? Only ONE way? People are being encouraged to “Live your truth”, “You do you”, “Whatever makes you happy!”. All the while the Bible says,

“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 NIV

Notice He says THE way, not one of the many ways.

I grew up in a church that taught us the Roman’s Road to salvation and how to use scripture to lead people to Christ. If we don’t use the Bible, God’s Word, as our foundation for truth then we have nothing to stand on.

John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1 NIV)

Jesus is the Word. Jesus is the truth. Jesus is life. Hell is separation from Him.

“He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might” (2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 NIV)

The Bible says, “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” (John 17:3 KJV) Eternal life is knowing Jesus. Remember, He is “the way, the truth, and the life.” (John 14:6)

My husband is a Pastor of a church in a small town and God is really moving. We have seen about 115 people get saved the past 20 months. The population of Ty Ty, Georgia is about 639 people. I am one of the altar workers at church and I get the privilege of talking and praying with the people who raise their hand or come forward wanting to get saved. When the gospel is preached, it goes to work. People need to hear it to receive it. You cannot make anyone get saved. The gospel must be shared, then if the Holy Spirit convicts the heart, they can choose to accept Christ.

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth” (Romans 1:16).

The Bible says, “How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?" (Romans 10:14, KJV)

I heard a man say that Billy Graham, the famous gospel preacher, always had the same message- the gospel. It never changes. The Bible never changes. The sinner still needs to be saved. Heaven is still real and hell is still hot.

God is still calling young men to be preachers. We don’t need to get away from Bible terms like Pastor, preacher, evangelist, and soul winner. But you don’t have to be a preacher to share the gospel. The woman at the well had a personal encounter with Jesus and she went and told her town about Him & what He did for her.

When a person raises their hand during the altar call at church (which I think more churches should have at the end of the service) and they come to the front to talk to one of us that have a Bible in our hands and a prayer in our heart, I ask them, “Are you coming forward because you want to be saved?” Some people look at me with tears in their eyes or a trembling hand, others have a smile, but most are sober minded. They look at me like they are longing for the truth of how to get saved right then and there so they can have peace.

I open my rebound red leather Bible, unwrapping the red cord that hangs down from it and I turn to the book of Romans. I don’t want them to base their salvation off of something I said or the preacher said, I want to show them where God says in the Bible-

“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” (Romans 3:23, KJV)

I explain that we ALL have sinned. I point to myself and say that I have sinned, right along with them. We have all fallen short.

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23, KJV)

Then I explain that wages means a payment. Instead of a death in hell, Jesus offers us a free gift of eternal life in heaven with Him.

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8, KJV)

I ask them if they believe that Jesus died on the cross for their sins and rose again three days later.

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13, KJV)

That verse explains it plain and simple. Sometimes we overcomplicate the gospel message. There are no hoops to jump through.

“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10)

I show them these scriptures (also known as the Romans Road) by pointing to them in my Bible. I read them aloud to the person wanting to get saved. I tell them that the Bible tells them right there how to get saved.

“Do you want to get saved now?”

They grin and shake their head yes.

We pray together. They smile really big as a tear runs down their face.

I talk to them about how baptism is the next step of obedience to God. Our church gives them two small books for new christians. (7 Things Every New Christian Needs to Know by Pastor John Smith)

The Bible says:

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9, KJV)

Salvation comes from Jesus Christ alone. Jesus is the only way to salvation. It in not our works that save us. It is not our baptism that saves us. It is not our heritage or traditions that save us.

“Oh precious is the flow, that makes me white as snow

No other fount I know

Nothing but the blood of Jesus”

Let us remember the words of the old hymn by Robert Lowry:

“What can wash away my sin?