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The Way to the Kingdom of God
People often ask if Jesus is the only way to
eternal life. You know the cliché of many;
“We’re all headed to the same place, we’re
just taking different roads to get there.” Let
me illustrate it like this, let’s say you want to
go to Boston and I tell you there are only two
roads that will get you there. The first road is
I-95. So you leave Wilmington, NC, take
I-40 to I-95, go north and eventually you will
reach Boston. Or, you can get on I-40 and go
west, stay on that road and eventually you
will get there. Along the way there are plenty
of gas stations to fuel up at. Along the way
there are miles and miles of beautiful scenery,
eating places and motels where you can stop
and get some sleep. So you drive on I-40 for
days, eventually you reach the end of I-40.
To your great disappointment there is no
Boston, you find yourself in Barstow,
California. No matter how hard you try I-40 is
not going to get you to Boston.
The same is true with our final destination in
life, not every road will get you to where you
want to go. No matter how badly you want it,
no matter how hard you work, and no matter
how good intentioned you are.
Consider what the Bible says (more
specifically what Jesus says) about our way
to eternal life:
Matthew 7:13-14(NIV) 13“Enter through the
narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is
the road that leads to destruction, and many
enter through it. 14But small is the gate and
narrow the road that leads to life, and only a
few find it.
John 14:6 (NIV) Jesus answered, “I am the
way and the truth and the life. No one comes
to the Father except through me.
John 3:16-17(NIV) 16“For God so loved the
world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but
have eternal life. 17For God did not send his
Son into the world to condemn the world, but
to save the world through him.
John 6:51(NIV) I am the living bread that
came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this
bread, he will live forever. This bread is my
flesh, which I will give for the life of the
world.”
John 8:12 (NIV) When Jesus spoke again to
the people, he said, “I am the light of the
world. Whoever follows me will never walk in
darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 10:9 (NIV) I am the gate; whoever enters
through me will be saved. He will come in and
go out, and find pasture.
John 10:14 (NIV) “I am the good shepherd; I
know my sheep and my sheep know me…
John 11:25 (NIV) Jesus said to her, “I am the
resurrection and the life. He who believes in
me will live, even though he dies…
God’s highway to His Kingdom is by way of
His son, Jesus Christ.
These are not my claims or opinions. These
are the claims and the invitation of Jesus
Christ.
Pastor Steve
People often ask if Jesus is the only way to
eternal life. You know the cliché of many;
“We’re all headed to the same place, we’re
just taking different roads to get there.” Let
me illustrate it like this, let’s say you want to
go to Boston and I tell you there are only two
roads that will get you there. The first road is
I-95. So you leave Wilmington, NC, take
I-40 to I-95, go north and eventually you will
reach Boston. Or, you can get on I-40 and go
west, stay on that road and eventually you
will get there. Along the way there are plenty
of gas stations to fuel up at. Along the way
there are miles and miles of beautiful scenery,
eating places and motels where you can stop
and get some sleep. So you drive on I-40 for
days, eventually you reach the end of I-40.
To your great disappointment there is no
Boston, you find yourself in Barstow,
California. No matter how hard you try I-40 is
not going to get you to Boston.
The same is true with our final destination in
life, not every road will get you to where you
want to go. No matter how badly you want it,
no matter how hard you work, and no matter
how good intentioned you are.
Consider what the Bible says (more
specifically what Jesus says) about our way
to eternal life:
Matthew 7:13-14(NIV) 13“Enter through the
narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is
the road that leads to destruction, and many
enter through it. 14But small is the gate and
narrow the road that leads to life, and only a
few find it.
John 14:6 (NIV) Jesus answered, “I am the
way and the truth and the life. No one comes
to the Father except through me.
John 3:16-17(NIV) 16“For God so loved the
world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but
have eternal life. 17For God did not send his
Son into the world to condemn the world, but
to save the world through him.
John 6:51(NIV) I am the living bread that
came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this
bread, he will live forever. This bread is my
flesh, which I will give for the life of the
world.”
John 8:12 (NIV) When Jesus spoke again to
the people, he said, “I am the light of the
world. Whoever follows me will never walk in
darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 10:9 (NIV) I am the gate; whoever enters
through me will be saved. He will come in and
go out, and find pasture.
John 10:14 (NIV) “I am the good shepherd; I
know my sheep and my sheep know me…
John 11:25 (NIV) Jesus said to her, “I am the
resurrection and the life. He who believes in
me will live, even though he dies…
God’s highway to His Kingdom is by way of
His son, Jesus Christ.
These are not my claims or opinions. These
are the claims and the invitation of Jesus
Christ.
Pastor Steve
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