When we learned to drive, we were taught to obey traffic signs. With few exceptions, drivers comply. If they don’t comply, an accident, a ticket or worse will eventually get their attention. One sign we follow without questioning is the “One Way” sign. The consequences of ignoring that sign are so serious, we don’t consider violating it. After all it’s for our own good.
Take note, the sign doesn’t say “One of the Ways” or “One of Many Ways” and it certainly doesn’t say “Choose Your Own Way!” It simply says “One Way” because there is no other way unless you want to risk an accident or even death. If you violate the sign’s direction and the traffic laws that support it, you are asking for serious trouble. You shouldn’t expect the Judge to be open to your beliefs, interpretations, or opinion. The Judge won’t go easy on you, even if someone lied and told you there were other options. It’s so ridiculous, nobody would try it!
Then why do people not believe JESUS when He says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6 KJV)? Take note He didn’t say “one of the ways” or “one of many ways” and He certainly didn’t say “choose your own way,” because there is no other. If you don’t listen to JESUS, you will be in serious trouble. More accurately, you are in trouble, and He is the one way to get out! If you die without believing and accepting JESUS as your Savior, you will face Him as your Judge. You shouldn’t expect JESUS to be open to your beliefs, interpretations, or opinion. As your Judge, JESUS won’t go easy on you, even if someone lied and told you there were other options. That’s ridiculous, so don’t try it.
I’m a good person and have done more good deeds than bad, so maybe JESUS will give me a break? JESUS said, “there is none good but one, that is, God” (Mat 19:17 KJV) and Isaiah 64:6 states “our righteousness is as filthy rags” so why would you think you are good enough? Does GOD expect us to be perfect? Yes! JESUS said “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” (Mat 5:48 KJV). With perfection being the standard, you will always fall short. JESUS is the only “break” you need!
But Paul said, “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” (Phil 2:12 KJV) so there must be options? That scripture means your salvation is important and you should take it seriously! In Acts it says, “there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12 KJV) so why would you look for another way?
It couldn’t be any simpler for us! “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” “God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved” (John 3:16-17 KJV). GOD is on your side! If you ever get an idea of how much GOD loves you and what JESUS did for you, you won’t need another way. That’s good because JESUS is the “One Way!”
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