Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

This particular passage of scripture, pulled out from a chapter whereby Jesus offers comfort to His confused and worried disciples, is one of the most striking confirmations of who Jesus is. No mere man or prophet from God, Jesus is God in the flesh and is the only way in which people can be redeemed.

As a follower of Jesus Christ, I know that there are other religions, beliefs and faiths which teach different ways for people to get to heaven. Almost universally, these methods depend on the works of the believer not the finished work of a Savior. A few come very close to what Christianity is all about, but they still fall short.

Just as there can be only one correct answer on a multiple question test (the SATs, for example), some of the other beliefs may be partly correct, but they still aren’t the right answer. You can rightly believe in one God and you can believe that Jesus is divine, but unless you fully grasp that Jesus is and was God in the flesh, your answer is still wrong. Whether completely wrong or partly wrong, any other answer isn’t sufficient.

Western culture today downplays the words of Jesus by encouraging people to believe what they want and suggesting that all beliefs are equal. The words of Jesus in John Chapter 14 gives no allowance to any other way to God except through Him, clearly and emphatically demonstrating that Jesus is the only way.

With God’s help we can wrap our minds around the importance of Jesus’ words and allow our heart to take the action needed to bring us to the right answer.