Is Jesus the only path to God? (testimony, Messiah, believe)
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John 6:45
It is written in the Prophets: ‘Theywillallbetaughtby God.’
Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comestome.
John 20:31 Butthesearewritten that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name
the two are inseparable. To be be taught by God and the means by which we come to Jesus and have life is through the Holy Bible, nothing else is required or forth coming.
Yes. It was the pre-incarnate Word, the Second Person of the Trinity who was sent by God the Father to come into the world as a member of the human race and go to the cross to die for our sins. He is the one who made salvation possible, and it is only though Him that anyone can come to the Father.
6 Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Acts 4
12 Peter said, "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
What say you ?
1 John 5:20 (NASB)
"And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life."
1 John 5:11 (NIV)
"And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son."
1 John 5:13 (NASB)
"These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life."
Matthew 19:29 (NASB)
"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life ."
John 3:36 (NASB)
"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
Jesus said I HAVE OTHERS WHO ARE NOT OF THIS FOLD...
Let's examine that passage:
John 10
7 So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
11 “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me, 15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again. 18 No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.”
It appears that the others (whoever that is) will hear Jesus' voice and become one with Him. To make that fit other religions (or lack thereof), you would have to assume that this episode will happen after physical death or at the end of this age. On the other hand, if we assume Jesus was talking about the Gentiles (non-Jews), we see that has already happened. The latter theory is made more plausible when we also take into account that Jesus called Paul to take His message to the Gentiles.
Yes. It was the pre-incarnate Word, the Second Person of the Trinity who was sent by God the Father to come into the world as a member of the human race and go to the cross to die for our sins. He is the one who made salvation possible, and it is only though Him that anyone can come to the Father.
Jesus said I HAVE OTHERS WHO ARE NOT OF THIS FOLD...
I believe that he was speaking of the Gentiles...
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