Thought Quotient

“There is this wonderful book called Ishmael by Daniel Quinn … One of the points it brings out is that one of the mistakes human beings make is that there is only one way to live. Instead there are a million ways to be human … There are many paths to what you call “God.” Her path might be something else and when she gets there she might call it the “light.” But her loving and kindness and generosity - if it brings her to the same point that it brings you, then it doesn’t matter if she called it ‘God’ along the way or not.”

- Oprah Winfrey

There’s a way that seems right to us. And that ‘way’ is that we can be good enough to earn salvation. It’s all about sincerity and what good works we do in this life, correct? Well, this popular belief is what Oprah has stated so well in this quote above.

However, God tells us in His word that there is a way to us that seems right … but that the end result of that lifestyle is death! (see Proverbs 14:12 and Proverbs 16:25) That tells us that we can be deceived about the truth and actually end up living for a lie that leads to death and hell instead of the path to God and Heaven that we thought we were on!

When we dig into scripture, we see that there is only one way to God…

1 Timothy 2:4-7

He wants not only us but everyone saved, you know, everyone to get to know the truth we’ve learned: that there’s one God and only one, and one Priest-Mediator between God and us—Jesus, who offered himself in exchange for everyone held captive by sin, to set them all free. Eventually the news is going to get out. This and this only has been my appointed work: getting this news to those who have never heard of God, and explaining how it works by simple faith and plain truth.

Now some people may feel that it is wrong or narrow minded to say there is only one path to God. However, when we realize that our hearts our wicked beyond definition … and that we are sinners by nature and choice … and that our sin is against God … and that because of that sin, a Holy God is justified in giving us ALL the hell that we rightfully deserve -

- we no longer are arguing that it’s not fair that there is only one path to God. We fall down in thankfulness to God for His mercy in providing A WAY at all! We deserve the consequences of our actions. We deserve the punishment for our sin (Romans 6:23). Yet, God graciously sent His Son Jesus to provide a way.