A common question today is whether there are many paths to God. Surely, people reason, there must be a way for those who have not been taught about Jesus, to have a relationship with God.
In this message, we look at what Jesus and the Bible have to say regarding this important question. What did Jesus claim about Himself as the way to God? What does the Bible have to say about the eternal destiny of those who have never heard of Jesus? Discover the answers you need for your own faith and to lead others closer to God in this important message.
Are There Many Paths To God?
GodQuest – Part 6
Life Church St. Louis – November 6, 2011
Pastor Dan Walker
Acts 4:12 (NIV) Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
1. Understand Jesus’ _____________ about Himself
A.Jesus claimed to be the _________ way to God
John 14:6 (NIV) Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
B. Jesus claimed to be _________
John 14:8-9 (NIV) Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us." Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
C. Jesus claimed to determine people’s eternal __________
John 3:16 (NIV) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
2. What about those who have _________ heard about Jesus?
A. Everyone deserves ___________
Romans 1:20-21 (NIV) For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
B. God ____________ where everyone is born
Acts 17:26 (NIV) From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.
C. Those who _______ God will find Jesus
Acts 17:27 (NIV) God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
3. Jesus is the _______ way
A. Man’s problem is ______
Romans 5:12 (NIV) Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned—
B. Jesus is the only ______________
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV) God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.