Don’t Check Your Brains at the Door part 4 Jesus... Just One of Many Paths?

Jesus Himself claimed to be the one and only path. JESUS AMONG OTHER GODS Jesus Himself claimed to be the one and only path. 1

“You are from below; I am from above “You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this world; I do not. That is why I said that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I Am who I claim to be, you will die in your sins.” John 8:23-24 (NLT)

“I am the way, the truth, and the life “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 (NLT)

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.” Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Matthew 16:13-17 (NLT)

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. Matthew 16:13-17 (NLT)

And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. 1 John 5:11-12 (NLT)

“For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures… There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:11-12 (NLT)

For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus. He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. 1 Timothy 1:5-6 (NLT)

All faiths are mutually exclusive. JESUS AMONG OTHER GODS All faiths are mutually exclusive. 2

“People often say that religions are fundamentally the same and superficially different. May I reverse that for you and tell you that religions are fundamentally different and at times superficially similar.” ~ Ravi Zacharias

“Even those who deny unique and exclusive approaches to truth would insist that their own approach is unique and exclusive! Otherwise, they would have nothing to say! Truth, by definition, is therefore exclusive and narrow. It has to exclude errors in order to qualify to be truth.” ~ L.T. Jeyachandran

I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ. You are following a different way that pretends to be the Good News but is not the Good News at all. You are being fooled by those Galatians 1:6-8 (NLT)

who deliberately twist the truth concerning Christ. Let God’s curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a different kind of Good News than the one we preached to you. Galatians 1:6-8 (NLT)

“If you had gone to Buddha and said 'Are you the son of Bramah “If you had gone to Buddha and said 'Are you the son of Bramah?' he would have said 'My son, you are still in the veil of illusion'. If you had gone to Socrates and asked, 'Are you Zeus' he would have laughed at you. If you had gone to Mohammed and asked 'Are

you Allah?' he would first have rent his clothes and then cut your head off.’ … The idea of a great moral teacher saying what Christ said is out of the question.” ~ C.S. Lewis

Jesus is exclusively inclusive. JESUS AMONG OTHER GODS Jesus is exclusively inclusive. 3

But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12 (NLT)

“He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven through his name.” Acts 10:43 (NLT)

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved… Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him. For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:9,12-13 (NLT)

Don’t Check Your Brains at the Door part 4 Jesus... Just One of Many Paths?