Question:
Is Jesus Christ the only Way to God the Father? Do all ministers who profess to be Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the only Way to the Father? If any ministers do not believe that Jesus is the only Way to God the Father, are they called of God?
Answer from a follower:
[quote = Is Jesus Christ the only Way to God the Father? ]
Jesus Christ is the ONLY Way to the Father. John 14:6-7 NKJV: Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”
[quote = Do all ministers who profess to be Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the only Way to the Father? ]
Not all ministers who profess to be Christians are faithful followers of Jesus Christ, nor are they teaching/leading/directing others to the Father through Jesus Christ alone. They are walking and leading others in a broad path that leads to destruction.
Matt. 7:13-14 AMP: Enter through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and spacious and broad is the way that leads away to destruction, and many are those who are entering through it. But the gate is narrow (contracted by pressure) and the way is straitened and compressed that leads away to life, and few are those who find it.
[quote: If any ministers do not believe that Jesus is the only Way to God the Father, are they called of God? ]
It may be possible for someone to have been called of God and to have either "died on the vine" because of a lack of submitting to the call or disobedience, or to have turned away because of sin, or they may have fallen into deception so that their ministry is no longer based in the truth of God and, thus, would no longer be valid. But I really have to answer, "No, they are not called of God" because, if they do not believe Jesus is the only Way to the Father, then they don't understand the Atonement and have not been born again.
The very next thing that Jesus instructs following the narrow gate passage in Matt. 7 is the warning (vv. 15-16), "Beware of false prophets, who come to you dressed as sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves. You will fully recognize them by their fruits. Do people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?" No, they don't.
It would be good to have a complete and thorough study of Jeremiah 23. "Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!" declares the LORD" (v. 1).
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"It may be possible for someone to have been called of God and to have either "died on the vine" because of a lack of submitting to the call or disobedience, or to have turned away because of sin, or they may have fallen into deception so that their ministry is no longer based in the truth of God and, thus, would no longer be valid. But I really have to answer, "No, they are not called of God" because, if they do not believe Jesus is the only Way to the Father, then they don't understand the Atonement and have not been born again."
This subject reminds me of an apostate pastor. His story was on Dateline NBC. He started well, built his church on biblical foundations, but somewhere along the way, he was deceived. He is now preaching "inclusivism" which means that anyone can enter into heaven without believing that Jesus is the only way to God the Father.
As a result of this "teaching" he lost his church, the majority of his members and is leading his family to hell. Therefore, his ministry is no longer valid.
There are also seminaries that also teach this heresy that Jesus is not the only way to God, but also do not believe in the virgin birth.
Ezekiel 34 also speaks of the shepherds and the sheep.
Anyone that teaches that Jesus is not the only way to God is not a good shepherd; they are leading the flock astray and are not called by God.
It grieves my heart to see and hear the unbiblical things that are taking place in the Church. It gladdens my heart to know that there are faithful and true ministers and disciples who will accomplish much for the glory of Jesus Christ if they will be patient and persevere.
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