Can All Religions Be True?
“I am the way and
the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
- John 14:6
A story is told
about two men who lived in a small village and got into a terrible dispute that
neither of them could resolve. So one night, the first man went to the town
sage and told him his version of the story. When he was finished, the sage
said, “You’re absolutely right.”
The next night, the
second man went to the sage and told his side of the story. After he’d said his
piece, the sage told him, “You’re absolutely right.”
When the second man
left, the sage’s wife scolded her husband. “These two men told you different
stories, and you told them both they were right. They can’t both be absolutely
right!”
The sage turned to
his wife and said, “You’re absolutely right.”
In this day and age,
more and more people are choosing consensus over truth. Even many spiritual
leaders today validate every system of belief as separate paths to God. But the
reality is if two people say very opposite things about God, they can’t both be
right!
So what gives us
confidence that Christianity is the right path? Quite simply, it’s because all
other religions teach man how to reach God, but the Bible teaches that God
reached down to us in the person of Jesus Christ.
Jesus is so
different than any other spiritual leader. He didn’t come to show the way; He
came to be the Way. Trust in Him alone.
Prayer Challenge
Ask God to confirm
in your heart that Jesus is the only way to the Father and thank Him for
providing a way.
Questions for
Thought
Why do you believe
so many people today would rather choose reaching a consensus over finding
spiritual truth?
As you think about
the exclusiveness of Jesus’ words in today’s Scripture, how do those words motivate
you to share the truth of Jesus with others?