OKDnigeria:
Many people have criticized Christianity and believers in Jesus Christ as being too narrow-minded because we preach that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation. They point to the numerous other religions of the world and say, "How can your way be the only way?"

One of the answers to this question is that Jesus himself declared that He was, in fact, God in the flesh.

I and the Father are one. ( John 10:30 , NASB)
He who has seen Me has seen the Father… ( John 14:9 b, NASB)

Jesus did not give Christians any other option but to preach that it is only through faith in His sacrificial death on Calvary that we can receive salvation from our sins.

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

Jesus claimed to be God. We have to judge his statements about himself as either true or false.
The great British writer, C. S. Lewis, explained in his well-known book, Mere Christianity , "A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher; he'd either be a lunatic -- on a level with a man who says he's a poached egg -- or else he'd be the devil of hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God; or else a madman or something worse."

"You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come up with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to."

So Jesus was either a madman, a liar, a myth, or He really was -- and is -- the Son of God.

It's Not About Me
Some people believe that all the religions in the world are basically the same. But that simply is not true. Christians, Jews, and Muslims believe in a personal God who has revealed Himself to mankind. Buddhists and Hindus believe God is impersonal and unknowable. But God cannot be both personal and impersonal -- both concepts cannot be correct.

But Christianity is also different from all other religions of the world in one other vitally important concept -- the idea that God reached out to man to save him because man was helpless to save himself.

Every other religion in the world is based on man's efforts to reach God. These world religions teach that man must somehow do righteous deeds or perform religious service in order to become good enough for salvation. In order to be saved a person must pray a certain number of times, in a certain manner, facing a certain direction. Or he must wear a particular type of religious garment. Or he must visit a certain religious shrine or temple. Or he must worship in a particular way.

Some religions require sacrifice and even the infliction of pain upon a believer in order to become holy in the sight of God. Some extreme religions require adherents to beat themselves with whips or rods to show their devotion to God. Some require pilgrims to crawl on their knees a certain distance in prayer in order to earn righteous points with God. Some religions require worship on Friday; others on Saturday; and others on Sunday.

But in all of this, the striving after righteousness is based on the religious activity of the man or woman. In every other religious system besides Christianity, a spiritual scale hangs over the head of the individual, with all of the sins they have committed on one side and all of their righteous deeds on the other. The person never knows whether they have been good enough, or prayed enough, or worked hard enough to earn the righteous points needed to counter their earned sins.

But the Christian Bible teaches that man is a sinner and could never earn salvation by what he or she did.

As the Scriptures say, "No one is righteous—not even one." ( Rom. 3:10 , NLT)

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. ( Rom. 3:23 , NLT)

We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. ( Is. 64:6a, NLT)

The apostle Paul makes it clear that salvation is available only through the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made when he carried the sins of the world on the cross.

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. (2 Cor. 5:21, NLT)

Jesus never sinned. So He was the only one who could pay the price and carry the sins of all people who ever lived upon himself on the cross. He was the sacrificial lamb who took upon himself the sin of the people.

This salvation comes only through the grace of God toward man, and we can only receive it by faith -- not by any deed that we could ever do.

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. ( Eph. 2:8-9 , NKJV)

No matter how good you are; no matter how religious you are; no matter what you do for God, you can never be good enough, or holy enough to earn salvation.

Any plan of salvation that is based on the efforts of man is doomed to failure. But the Bible tells us that salvation has been made available to us because Jesus came to earth and bore our sins on the cross.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ( John 3:16 , NKJV)

All we have to do is believe and receive what Jesus did to bring salvation to us. God has given us the grace to receive salvation; all we have to do is open the door by faith.

Receiving the Free Gift
Jesus Christ declared himself to be the Son of God, the Savior of the World. Now you need to decide how you will respond to his call to "follow me." He declared that He alone is "the way, the truth, and the life -- no one can come to the Father, except through Me."

Will you take the next step now? Will you trust Him to be your Lord and Savior?

Put your life into His hands now. Do what He asks you to do. His yoke is easy and His burden is light. He asks you to believe in Him. He asks you to honestly confess your sins to Him and to receive His complete forgiveness. He has a special gift that He wants to give you -- eternal life.

http://www1.cbn.com/questions/jesus-only-way-salvation

Too long to prove that Christ is the Way. Actually He is not the Only way BUT He is the easiest Way and the Most efficient Way, the Sweetest Way and the Very Last OPTION. Yes, I considered all the other options but the result I got was death or I barely escaped death. Only in Christ, I completely escape death �

Kentuforchrist:
Weather the haters of Christ likes it or not Jesus is the only way and nothing can stop Him the haters are just been brainwashed by the devil himself

The son of man is not god ,,Jesus is a servants of god.

Jesus is the only way during is life time with only the people of isreal. Buy now jesus is God sent,same way God sent ,moses, Abraham and et al

Khaleell001:


Did Jesus say he came to die for the sins of all mankind?

What about those before his coming inro this world?

You mean even if they were not aware of Jesus coming all their obedience and devotion were all in vain?

Jesus was sent as a man the Lost sheep of the house of Israel, that is, to the Jews.

Christainity today has nothing to do with Jesus but Paul.

Christainity is Paul's creation not Jesus.

Jesus never said he should be prayed to OR worship.

When his disciples asked him how to pray he though them the Lord's prayer and in the prayer he never equated himself with God.

So, I am wondering why you people keep projecting your own ideas into Jesus's message when they are clearly poles apart.

John 14:13-14 KJV
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the

Father may be glorified in the Son. [14] If ye shall ask any thing

in my name, I will do it.( you can read further on that chapter to

get more enlightened)

John 3:36 KJV
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that

believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God

abideth on him.( you can also read this one up too)

The problem man has is pride. If it were said that to be saved

one must climb 7 mountains and cross seven seas a lot will

embark on it but the way to Salvation has been made so easy

that no one can give any excuse by saying 'o lord you know it

was too hard or too long or too difficult'and yet man still refuses

to believe now tell me the excuse you will give on that day if you

refuse to believe?

Search the scriptures with a heart to find the truth (asking God

for guidance) not to find errors and you will definitely find the

truth. Christ is in the whole of the Old Testament as he is in the

New just ask for the eyes to see. For it has been hidden from the

eyes of the wise and prudent but revealed unto babes.

P. S. I know that a lot of false prophets abide in this days and I

mean a whole lot so seek for yourself the truth.

KDK:
Jesus is the only way to heaven. None of the other religions have laid sole claim like Jesus did
in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” He is not a way, as in one of many; He is the way, as in the one and only.

Not heaven bro but the way to the Kingdom of God! Heaven is the twin of earth! The question I leave to you is what twin?

[quote author=elotajohn1 post=76727587]I get confused daily by that. If other Religion are not preaching of the way to God is through Jesus, then why did God allow mankind to have the knowledge of creating other Religions?
In your mind you have asked a hard question! If you want an answer why don't you first declare that you are an anti Christ and then we'll answer you? Rather than hide in the darkness of that I am trying to understand. Aa my lawyer says blowing hot and cold.

I have read some of the comments, yours is very reasonable and non partial. It corroborated the basic teaching of Christ...LOVE. That's is good insight.

StevenJay01:
The concept of the WAY has been misconstrued as it is being interpreted literally. Jesus never started a religion. If you follow his teaching which is simply loving your neighbor as your self and loving your creator,you are following the way.

nurusystem:

The son of man is not god ,,Jesus is a servants of god.

You can believe Jesus to be anything, but if you don't believe on his work on the cross, he is nothing to YOU

Sheunma:
And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers.

Your prophet muhammad lied to you.

soberdrunk:
Quick Maths, there are "234 million Christians" in China with a population of over 1.3 billion, according to this statement it means we already have over "1 BILLION "confirmed" Hellfire candidates from China alone.........

No bro... Wrong calculation.... The Gospel is spreading like wild fire... Men are turning to christ daily...

Nb: the 234mil christians might jus contain fewer true followers of christ. The 1billion condenmed souls might be having more true converts daily.... My own calcultion

coolestchris:
is Toyota Camry the only car that can take you to work

Back in the day, was that your school uniform the only wears/clothes in your wardrobe? Why must you wear it to school everyday after all you had other clothes that can still cover your body.

Only black Africans want to go to heaven, the whites already live there.

Zoharariel:
Yes, Jesus is the only way to Nibiru.

They will come for you
Don't even bother awakening Nigerians it is a total waste of time though Capensis helped me but I already held onto something forget these "mere mortals"

InaNla:
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6

And who said Jesus said that? If its the bible then how sure are you that the bible is real? If its the holy spirit how does the holy spirit sound like? You see what we have here? A secular argument. If all it takes to mke something true is a book then why condemn other religions? They too have books telling them otherwise. What make you so sure your book is the one true one? If you quote the bible in response to the question you have failed.

dd

PrecisionFx:



Jesus is the only way to the Christian heaven

There's only one heaven because there's only one God. If you believe Jesus is the only way to the Christian heaven, then He's the only way to heaven because there's only one heaven...

specco:

Back in the day, was that your school uniform the only wears/clothes in your wardrobe? Why must you wear it to school everyday after all you had other clothes that can still cover your body.

since you are in secondary school, I have long graduated and I don't use uniforms

coolestchris:
is Toyota Camry the only car that can take you to work

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Yes! According to Toyota.

They believe that every other automobile is fake. How so? Because it states so in the Toyota User's Manual. If in doubt, read the user manual.

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soberdrunk:
Quick Maths, there are "234 million Christians" in China with a population of over 1.3 billion, according to this statement it means we already have over "1 BILLION "confirmed" Hellfire candidates from China alone.........

Why don't you concentrate on saving your soul first, before doing unbeneficial maths on other souls? Did you create heaven or hell by yourself to decide how many people go there or not? Is it not Jesus that said "the road to hell/destruction is a very wide road and many go therein, but the road to heaven/life is narrow and there be few who walk therein"?

Jesus' statement should tell you that there are far more people going to hell than there are going to heaven. Do you know why people get condemned and go to hell? It's not because God wants them to, but because of the choice they make as it says here John 3:17-19 "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."

http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bible.kingjamesbiblelite

kimco:


And who said Jesus said that? If its the bible then how sure are you that the bible is real? If its the holy spirit how does the holy spirit sound like? You see what we have here? A secular argument. If all it takes to mke something true is a book then why condemn other religions? They too have books telling them otherwise. What make you so sure your book is the one true one? If you quote the bible in response to the question you have failed.

Is there any religion that claims to have a saviour of mankind? If your answer is yes, then we can have an argument over which of the "saviours" is real or fake. If your answer is no, then what really are you saying?

Jesus is the only one who ever came to pay for man's sin. Muhammed did not, buddha did not. Every man has sinned, and if obeying some form of rules and regulations in a religious book is what would have saved man, then you already know that no human being including Muhammed himself is saved because everyone of them committed at least one sin in their lives. So if these religious prophets or founders couldn't save themselves from their own sins, then how could they save other people? This is why GENUINE christianity is beyond obeying some sort of rules and regulations, but about the sacrifice of a sinless man on the cross to pay for the sins of a sinful world

OKDnigeria:

There's only one heaven because there's only one God. If you believe Jesus is the only way to the Christian heaven, then He's the only way to heaven because there's only one heaven...

Sorry to burst ur bubble, there are like 10,000 Gods and each God have their own heaven.

Jesus was the one u were born Into so u see him as ur only God.......People who were born in Hinduism do the same thing u do as well

Yes

PrecisionFx:


Sorry to burst ur bubble, there are like 10,000 Gods and each God have their own heaven.

Jesus was the one u were born Into so u see him as ur only God.......People who were born in Hinduism do the same thing u do as well

if you put all Christian's in thesame heaven, the fight that will ensure will be inseparable!

lawani:
if you put all Christian's in thesame heaven, the fight that will ensure will be inseparable!

Continue decieveing urself.

Those that worship any deity other than God alone, they will be dumbfounded and flaming fire will be their abode on the day of Judgement.

Do not call Jesus God, son of God. I warn you and you will by God Grace remember this

nelsonoba:


Is there any religion that claims to have a saviour of mankind? If your answer is yes, then we can have an argument over which of the "saviours" is real or fake. If your answer is no, then what really are you saying?

Jesus is the only one who ever came to pay for man's sin. Muhammed did not, buddha did not. Every man has sinned, and if obeying some form of rules and regulations in a religious book is what would have saved man, then you already know that no human being including Muhammed himself is saved because everyone of them committed at least one sin in their lives. So if these religious prophets or founders couldn't save themselves from their own sins, then how could they save other people? This is why GENUINE christianity is beyond obeying some sort of rules and regulations, but about the sacrifice of a sinless man on the cross to pay for the sins of a sinful world

And we are back to the question again...where was this claim made? The bible. Its a circular argument. Its only in the boble and no where else.

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Bitter Christian. Abeg carry your sadness dey go

Yes, Jesus Christ is the only way to God.

Amberon11:
you can only deceive yourself and a few other foolish people. Jesus Christ remains the only way.

Mumu!!How do you follow the way?

He is the only way

Jesus is the only way to heaven. John 14: 6.