Is Jesus really is the only way to God?
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Definitely not!  All paths lead to God and Jesus is but one.  How judgemental to say that only Christians can get to God.  What about Jews?  Or Muslims?  Or Pagans?  Just because someone isn't a Christian, that does not make them an evil person deserving of going to hell.  Why not let God decide what will happen to a person instead of judging them yourselves?
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God is the most important person in my life. I also know that you can go to heaven if you get saved and the way that you get saved is if you believe that Jesus died on the cross from your sins, rose on the third day, and then you have to confess to God in prayer that you are a sinner and that you believe He died on the cross for your sins and ask for His forgiveness on your sins and it is THAT simple, salvation is a free gift, we can't earn it. I am a baptist who believes (let me rephrase that, I KNOW) that this stuff I said is true. My name is Matthew James Needham and don't be shy to contact me on this. my email address is im_proud2b_a_christian@yahoo.com
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Jesus was not just a messenger.  More importantly he is the messiah, god in the flesh, and the perfect example of how we are to live.\nIn the OT it says that the messiah is God.  Only God can take away sin.  He was the ultimate scrifice.  There are sveral cults who say that Jesus is not God, they have been deceived.  \n\nMore :\n\n  In addition to Jesus’ specific claims about Himself (see Is Jesus God?), His disciples also acknowledged the deity of Christ. They claimed that Jesus had the right to forgive sins - something only God can do, as it is God who is offended by sin (Acts 5:31; Colossians 3:13; cf. Psalm 130:4; Jeremiah 31:34). In close connection with this last claim, Jesus is also said to be the one who will "judge the living and the dead” (2 Timothy 4:1). Thomas cried out to Jesus, "my Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). Paul calls Jesus “great God and Savior” (Titus 2:13), and points out that prior to His incarnation Jesus existed in the “form of God” (Philippians 2:5–8). The writer to the Hebrews says regarding Jesus that “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever” (Hebrews 1:8). John states that, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word [Jesus] was God” (John 1:1). Examples of Scriptures that teach the deity of Christ could be multiplied (see Revelation 1:17; 2:8; 22:13; 1 Corinthians 10:4; 1 Peter 2:6–8; cf. Psalm 18:2; 95:1; 1 Peter 5:4; Hebrews 13:20), but even one of these is enough to show that Christ was considered to be deity by His followers.\n\n \n\nJesus is also given titles that are unique to Yahweh (the formal name of God) in the Old Testament. The Old Testament title “redeemer” (Psalm 130:7; Hosea 13:14) is used of Jesus in the New Testament (Titus 2:13; Revelation 5:9). Jesus is called Immanuel ("God with us" in Matthew 1). In Zechariah 12:10, it is Yahweh who says, “They will look on me, the one they have pierced.” But the New Testament applies this to Jesus’ crucifixion (John 19:37; Revelation 1:7). If it is Yahweh who is pierced and looked upon, and Jesus was the one pierced and looked upon, then Jesus is Yahweh. Paul interprets Isaiah 45:22–23 as applying to Jesus in Philippians 2:10–11. Further, Jesus’ name is used alongside Yahweh’s in prayer “Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (Galatians 1:3; Ephesians 1:2). This would be blasphemy if Christ were not deity. The name of Jesus appears with Yahweh's in Jesus' commanded to baptize “in the name [singular] of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19; see also 2 Corinthians 13:14. In Revelation John says all creation praised Christ (the Lamb) - thus Jesus is not part of creation (5:13).\n\n \n\nActions that can be accomplished only by God are credited to Jesus. Jesus not only raised the dead (John 5:21; 11:38–44), and forgave sins (Acts 5:31; 13:38), He created and sustains the universe (John 1:2; Colossians 1:16-17)! This point is made even more forceful when one considers that Yahweh said He was alone during creation (Isaiah 44:24). Further, Christ possesses attributes that only deity can have: eternality (John 8:58), omnipresence (Matthew 18:20, 28:20), omniscience (Matthew 16:21), omnipotence (John 11:38-44).\n\n \n\nNow, it is one thing to claim to be God or to fool someone into believing it is true, and something else entirely to prove it to be so. Christ offered as proof of His claim to deity many miracles and even rose from the dead. Just a few of Jesus' miracles include turning water to wine (John 2:7), walking on water (Matthew 14:25), multiplying physical objects (John 6:11), healing the blind (John 9:7), the lame (Mark 2:3), and the sick (Matthew 9:35; Mark 1:40–42), and even raising people from the dead (John 11:43–44; Luke 7:11–15; Mark 5:35). Moreover, Christ Himself rose from the dead. Far from the so-called dying and rising gods of pagan mythology, noth
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Yes there is only one way, Jesus.\nJohn 3:16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."\nJohn 5:24"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. 25I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself. 27And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. \n 28"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29and come out—those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned. 30By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.\nJohn14:6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."
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JESUS IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE AND NO ONE CAN COME TO THE FATHER, BUT THROUGH HIM. This is not something JESUS claims this is what it is. Revelation 1:8 say, "I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA," says the LORD GOD, " WHo IS, AND WHO WAS, AND WHO IS TO COME, the Almighty." JESUS IS THE TRUTH! Whether you believe it or not JESUS dies for all of your sins. The only reason why we are alive today is b/c MERCY said NO.GOD BLESS!!!
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No. The only way to the Father is through Jesus. You can't circumvent Jesus like that.
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I think what Jesus said in John 14:6 is the only reason we need. \n\nJesus said he was the only way to God, the only truth, and the only life. Jesus created all things in heaven and earth (Col. 1, John 1), thus he created all men including Mohammed and the prophets. \n\nIn Jesus alone should we trust for salvation from our sins.
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Yes, if had a relationship with Jesus Christ.  Religion gets no one to heaven.  It's faith in Jesus Christ and that personal relationship that gets people to heaven - that and that alone.  Not our works. Not our deeds. Not our good intents and actions.  No, just our faith in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Redeemer, is our way to heaven. Not our loyalty, not our parents, not our words.  No, just our faith in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Redeemer, is our way to heaven.  I just wrote that I was typing - it must have been just for you!
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No he only works in obvious ways. god works in mysterious ways because he is a sneaky bastard.
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Jesus was the most humble human to walk this earth, wouldn't you agree?  Yet he said that he came to bear witness to THE truth. (John 18:37)  He said he was THE way, THE truth, and THE life. (John 14:6)  He spoke quite clearly about there being NO other true religion than that of worshipping his Father, the only true God.  (Matthew 7:21-23; Psalm 83:18)\n\nGranted, people are not going to listen to pushy preachers, but if we feel we have "the truth" wouldn't it be a very selfish and haughty thing for us to keep it to ourselves?\n\nDo you believe there is only one true religion, the same one as was at the beginning of creation, or do you believe there are many roads to everlasting life?  (Matthew 7:13,14; John 17:3)
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The verse itself fits perfectly with Salvation. He is the way, the truth, and the life. Without Jesus, you can't get to God. You must be saved by Jesus, to get to God. What Jesus said is the PERFECT verse to argue salvation with. Jesus will show you the way, the truth, and give you life everlasting by saving you, wich gets you to God.
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None.  It only takes Jesus.
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There is only one true God.  I do not as a christian worship the holy spirit nor Jesus Christ.  The Bible never gave such directions, only to worship one God as one.  the holy spirit is God's active force and Jesus  as his son never wanted worship for himself
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To me it's the notion that the only way to pass is to accept jesus as your savior. The first (and to me) most important idea in the Bible is that we are in God's image. And who saved God? obviously no one, He is self-eternal.\nIf we really are in the image of God then we too must have the ability to organize our animating energy (soul) into a permanent consciousness. But by telling us that the only way to heaven is through accepting Jesus, modern preachers have become the snake in the garden. And they've turned Jesus (as the external solution) into the fruit which we must consume.\n\nLet me point out that I truly respect Jesus. He is one of the few that has managed to organize his animating energy into a permanent consciousness, and I believe him to be in the image of God. But to deny that anyone else can do it without Jesus, is to deny that we are all in God's image.
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The number of religions does not indicate the number of ways to GOd..only that man has chosen different ways to reach God the best way he can. This does not mean they are successful or correct, just that a sincere effort was made.  To end this confusion Jesus came to make atonement for our sins, which opens the door of forgiveness, so that man can finally have the relationship with God he needs.
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wow,someone is actually reading the bible right.i actually see the same thing.check this out.when jesus was praying in the garden of gethsemine,if he be the only god everyones cracking him up to be.why would he go thru all the trouble to pray to himself????dosnt sound like sense to me.daaaaaaaaaah.why does he always say "he only does what he see his father do.hhhmmmm.is this the higher being that every body heard at jesus'baptism.quote "behold this is my beloved son whome i am well pleased".this must be the guy who jesus referrs to as father.isnt this a trip.wow!!!!!!!!!!!
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According to the Bible, Jesus is the ONLY BEGOTTEN Son of God. We are God's children thrugh adoption, as it were, not by being begotten.