by Dave Brown
Ye often hear it said ...
All great religions are the same . . .
but Jesus said (John 14:6):
"I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me."
Jesus was describing the way to his Father's house. He had told them that: "... you know the way where I am going" (Jn. 14:4). Thomas asked him "... how do we know the way?" It was then that Jesus stated: "I am the way ..."
We can and should know the way to God's eternal dwelling place for us. Jesus has defined the way by his perfect life (Heb. 1:1f), by sending the Holy Spirit to guide the apostles (Jn. 16:13), and by the words that the inspired men wrote as a result of this inspiration (1 Cor. 2:12f). Christ is the highway that Isaiah identified (Isa. 35:8). It is a way only available through Jesus, since it is only by his blood that he entered into the holy place for us (Heb. 9:12).
Is it not fitting, then, that we should not only believe in Jesus as our savior, but also confess him before others? The great commission to go to people of all nationalities and preach to them the gospel of Jesus is a command for us to confess our belief that Jesus is the son of God, and thereby the way, the truth and the life.