The Only Way (YouVersion Daily Refresh, 9-25-25)

It’s common in today’s culture for people to believe that all roads—various religions or belief systems—lead to God.

While this way of thinking is widely accepted, it does not agree with what Jesus says in John 14:6. Jesus says that He is the only way to God, and no one can come to the Father unless they come through Him. 

Jesus also says that He is the Truth, which means that all other truths must be measured against Him. He is objective truth. In other words: Jesus is the standard by which we can judge the rest of the world’s truth claims.

Lastly, Jesus says He is the Life. This means that it’s only through Jesus that we find true and eternal life. True life comes from following Jesus’ words and His path for our life.

A true and meaningful life begins with knowing Jesus. He alone has access to the good life that God intended us to live, as well as eternity with Him in heaven.

Spend a moment thanking Jesus for revealing the true path to life and salvation, and for making it possible to have a relationship with Him. Continue to learn from Jesus through His Word, and share the hope He offers with others in your life.

My Thoughts

Back in the 70’s when I became a Christian, it seemed that all of the new converts like me had purchased a Bible called “The Way.” It was easy to understand, the New Living Translation, and didn’t have a lot of commentary to distract me from the scripture verses. It did have an introduction to each chapter telling me what it would be about. Now, over fifty years later, I still have that Bible, although my husband has confiscated it and added it to his Bible collection. I don’t mind because I can read that version online now. That Bible led me to discover many truths about Jesus contrasted with many lies that the world had been telling me. For example, the world said I wasn’t worth anything. Jesus said I was worth dying for.

I am sad that so many people today have walked away from reading the truth in God’s Word and thus have never found the way to eternal life and the purpose that God has for them. I have friends who think that they can pick and choose what they believe from the Bible. If it fits their current worldly beliefs, that’s fine, but if not, they just don’t read it or heed it. I talked to my good friend yesterday, a friend I met in church over twenty five years ago here in Virginia. I taught her daughters in Sunday school and now they are grown and have definitely walked away from God. One is gay and just had a baby by IVF with her “partner.” One is transitioning to a male and is in a relationship with a female. I am sad for them because they didn’t just walk away from God and His truth, they ran to find their own way and it is one that leads to a wilderness of sin and eternal destruction. I tried to talk to one of them, but she was having none of what I was saying. It was too “restricting” and not at all “loving.” God who made her didn’t understand her. Hmm. Is that even possible? The world still has the same practices of lies and deceits, but they come in more subtle forms nowadays and tell everyone that they can be whatever they want to be. I said I could whistle, but that doesn’t make me a teapot. They didn’t like my joke.

Anyway, Jesus says he is the way, the truth and the life. Those who don’t accept that are choosing to follow a path that leads the wrong way, straight to Satan’s kingdom of eternal torment and separation from God. Yes, I am sad that some choose to run away from God. But I will continue to pray for them. It took years for them to turn from God, and I am confident that they can repent and turn back. With God, all things are possible. They may not believe, but I will believe for them.