John
14
6 Jesus
told (Thomas),
"I
am the way, the truth, and the life.
No
one can come to the Father except through me.
7 If
you had really known me, you would know who my Father is.
From
now on, you do know him and have seen him!"
8 Philip
said, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied."
9 Jesus
replied, "Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet
you still don't know who I am?
Anyone
who has seen me has seen the Father!
So
why are you asking me to show him to you?
10 Don't
you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?
The
words I speak are not my own,
but
my Father who lives in me does his work through me.
11 Just
believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.
Or
at least believe because of the work you have seen me do.
There are many in the world who say
that all roads lead to God.
iow, no matter which religion we
choose, we each are led to the same God.
I think what Jesus said in verse 6
poked some serious holes in that thinking.
Some may dub that interpretation of
that verse as being narrowminded.
Well, what He said, He said.
I don't know how we can get around it.
“No one comes to the Father but
through me” makes the possibilities of connecting with God pretty
singular in how it's accomplished.
It makes it pretty simple.
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