“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).
Most people in our society think that all “spiritual” roads lead to heaven. They say if a person is sincere and lives a moral life then surely they’ll go to heaven — no matter what they believe. However, our text teaches that there is only one way to heaven, and anyone who teaches any other way is a liar who is deceived by Satan (Galatians 1:6-8). Scripture teaches only one way to be saved from the guilt and consequences of our sin, and that one way is the perfect work of Jesus Christ alone. Only by the love and grace of God raising sinners up from spiritual death (Eph. 2) and uniting them to Jesus Christ is there salvation. That’s the only way sinners can be redeemed from their sin and misery.
Jesus said in John 14:6: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” However, too many professing Christians say foolish things like, “Oh, yes, Christ saves, but let’s not be unloving by saying Christ is the only way to heaven. That would mean all other faiths are condemned.” You see, the Gospel of Jesus Christ will be tolerated by most people if it’s presented as one way among many. But when it’s proclaimed as the only way, the exclusive way, then it becomes offensive to a pluralistic society.
Our text is very clear — apart from true faith in Jesus Christ you perish! Jesus doesn’t say He is one way among many. He says He is THE ONLY WAY a sinner can come to the Father. There is no salvation in the superstitions, philosophies, ideologies, or the man-made religions that abound in our world. All other beliefs apart from true faith in Jesus Christ are doctrines of demons sent among men to deceive, and the ONLY loving action a Christian can take is to boldly and loudly proclaim the truth that Jesus is THE way, THE truth, and THE life, and that NO ONE comes to the Father except through HIM! (John 14:6).
And if you come to Jesus by true faith He will not cast you aside but will wash you from the guilt and consequences of your sins by His sin-atoning death, and He will restore you to a right relationship to God through His perfect law-fulfilling, perfectly righteous life, which becomes yours through faith. As we read in Acts 4:12: “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.” Are you trusting in the only Savior, Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins? “Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor. 5:20-21).