The Truth: Jesus Said, "I AM The Way!"

7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who ever came [a]before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a [b]hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. 15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
17 “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”

John 10:7-18

Jesus makes it clear that He is the only Way to God. There is no other way, not even through religion.

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LadyGrace ·

Amen! Not even through religion, is right! No religion died on the cross to save us from our sins. Jesus certainly never left us to guess on how to get to heaven. He told us exactly how to get there. None will be able to say that they didn't know how, because the gospel has been spread around the world. We need to get ready for His coming. Thank you so much for this important post.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@LadyGrace Religion is complicated. The message was simple. I kind of like the simple ways the best.

LadyGrace ·

@cherokeepatti As usual, brilliantly stated. The message of Christ is simple, understandable, and meant for all, not just some.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@LadyGrace I don’t like the way something that was given to us for free by Jesus has been monetized by so many of these “faith” organizations. That is a sacrilege.

LadyGrace ·

@cherokeepatti That's exactly right, Patti. I don't either but they will have to answer to God, rest assured.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@LadyGrace in some churches it is a stumbling block to the poor. I heard a sad story of a poor family that visited a smaller rural church south of here. A couple times a month this church would host a church dinner. This family was poor and always attended. The church elders got together and decided that they would start charging everyone money to go to these church dinners. The family couldn’t afford it and stopped going. They didn’t want them there if they didn’t tithe 10% of their money to the church, much less go to church dinners for free. It was a way to push them away from the church. I’ve also heard a man from Mexico say that when he was living there the church didn’t care about the poor people, if the family didn’t have nice clothing to wear to church services they didn’t want them there. It meant they weren’t going to be giving money to the church if they didn’t have money for nicer clothing. Just two examples of this.

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LadyGrace ·

@cherokeepatti

These are all examples of hypocrites. What a shame and so sad. God said to take care of the poor and widows. To love our neighbor as ourselves and always to help and love each other. These type churches you mentioned make me sick to my stomach. I can imagine how God feels. Such hypocrites. There's no excuse for that. Some are just money hungry as you have stated. They will pay a high price for their hypocrisy.

SW-User

@LadyGrace Regarding your:-

[i]Jesus certainly never left us to guess on how to get to heaven. He told us exactly how to get there. None will be able to say that they didn't know how, because the gospel has been spread around the world. [/i]

This is truly absurd. When [i]you[/i] (born and bred and conditioned within a Christian, even a Protestant Reform Sub-sect of the Faith) hear Islam being proclaimed, or the words of the Buddhist Dharma, or the words and instructions found in the Bhagavad Gita (I could go on) [i]you[/i] , I presume, do not particularly listen. Yet you assert that those born and bred, conditioned by other faiths in other countries throughout our world, hearing a few snippets of what [i]you[/i] take as Truth should immediately acknowledge "Jesus is Lord" and will stand condemned if they don't.

Truly pathetic. In effect you judge such people, although you will now - I presume - say that is not so.

Others who share your own beliefs can give you the thumbs up, but ultimately your judge will be Truth. As for all.

GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M

@SW-User [quote]Others who share your own beliefs can give you the thumbs up, but ultimately your judge will be Truth. As for all.[/quote]

And what is the 'Truth' to you, Sam?