In John 14:6, Jesus says “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” But how often we leave Christ out of the picture. Or we introduce a false Christ who simply wants to better society and love people. We forget that He had to die for us, and that we must also die in order to become a part of His family. All sinners must die, for the wages of sin is death. They can either die eternally, or they can die baptismally. I saw this picture at Veith’s blog and thought it exemplified Jesus’ words in John 14:6 pretty well:
Is this picture accurate? Could it be improved? What thoughts does it elicit?
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Unfortunately I think a good majority of people would not grasp this concept of God’s saving grace IS only through the cross of Christ and not understand why the world lines are being Xed out.
Well to clarify, the world to God line is X’d out because we cannot approach God directly apart from the perfect sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The God to world line is X’d out because God had to first atone for our sin in order to make us “approachable.” Prior to our atonement, He cannot even look at us because of our sins.
Very cool Picture…thanks for sharing this…