ARE YOU ON THE RIGHT ROAD?

As the coolness in the air begins to descend upon us, it is obvious that we are entering a new season. Fall is now upon us. The Fall season differs in intensity depending on what part of the country you live in, doesn't it? In the Northern states the leaves change colors. It is so beautiful. It is as if you are in the middle of God's outdoor art gallery. There is a freshness in the air that other seasons don't seem to have. In the Southern states, the change can be a little different. Palm trees, for example, do not change colors, yet the air temperature changes. A welcome relief from the searing heat of summer.

The changing of the seasons reminds us ever so subtly that nothing, including ourselves, stays the same. Life and everything in it is in a constant state of change. Everything that seems permanent turns out to be temporary, doesn't it? Man is always looking for an anchor to hold onto. Surely there is something or someone that is non changing, secure, solid as a rock. A safe place to stop the swirling of life that is all around us. Good news!! God is that rock!! He is ever loving, ever just, ever protective and forever with you and for you, IF you will allow him to be that for you.

Welcome everyone to your 24/7, week long, online church service. Everyone who chooses to may enter into this place. If you desire to know and learn more about God and his son Jesus Christ, this is the place for you.

Actually, what we are talking about here is security for our souls. We look around this ever changing world, and to be quite truthful, nothing looks permanent. Nothing looks or feels secure, does it? Now, let's look at a description of God as portrayed in Deuteronomy 32:4:

“He (God) is the rock. His work is perfect: For all his ways are judgment: A God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He.”

That my friends, describes the God who created us. We are his creations. He wants us by our decision to receive his son Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior to become his adopted children. God through Jesus is our rock. The anchor we are all looking for. God's work is perfect. That means we, if we are in him, are perfect. Not by our own works, but by his righteousness are we made righteous. The above scripture clearly states that God is a God of truth and without sin. He is just and right in all that he decrees. But, where do we find out where those decrees are? They are where we have told you so many times before, in the instruction book of life, which is the Bible. You will not find God's decrees, direction or instruction in any other book, philosophy or writings.

God's will and direction for our lives will not be found in the Qur'an, nor in the Dianetics book that Scientology equates to the Bible. You will not find God's will or ways in the writings of Nostradamus, or Buddha or Mohammed. It's time to face facts, my friends, there is only one way to God and that is through his Son Jesus Christ. Where do I get that firm information from? The Word of God (the Bible). Period!! Over and out!!

The truth is, when you read, listen to and follow anybody or anything other than God through his son Jesus Christ and his written word, you are on the wrong road to eternal life with him. Only the Bible declares Jesus as the Son of God. Jesus himself declares this to be true. Only in the Bible do we find out that Jesus said he was the only way to the Father. No other religion's sacred book declares this to be true. Let's read it for ourselves. John 14:5-7:

“Thomas saith unto him, Lord we know not wither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: No man cometh unto the Father but by me. If you had known me you should have known my Father also: And from henceforth you know him, and have seen him.”

By no other prophet, religious leader, written manuscript or religious sacred book are these words spoken by Jesus other than in the Bible. Do you understand, my friends? Jesus is saying there is only one way to the Father and that is through him. No debate here. Just the truth.

Listen, all of you who have attended our online church on a regular basis, you know beyond any doubt that this ministry goes out of our way to not be judgmental or rude to people who belong to other religions. We in fact, have always encouraged you to show love to those who do not agree with what we preach here. You know what we preach – Jesus Christ and him crucified. Our substitute, who took our sins off of us and onto himself. Jesus – the only Son of God died on that cross, but after being buried in a tomb, three days later arose from the dead and ascended to heaven, where God the Father accepted the perfect sacrifice of his own blood. A sinless sacrifice that set men free from the heavy burden of sin. That is what Jesus was talking about when he said he was the way, the truth and the life.

Do you get it, my friends? Jesus is not “a way” to the Father, he is the only way to him. I Timothy 2:5 states it another way:

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”

Only one. Let us repeat, only one God, only one mediator and that mediator for us is the Son of God, Jesus Christ. I Corinthians 8:6 strengthens and affirms the above scripture:

“But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ by whom are all things, and we by him.”

Only one God, only one begotten son. We who have received Jesus Christ in our hearts and confessed him as Lord are in him and as he is in the Father, so are we. Saved by his grace, alive with God forevermore.

Let me give you this example: I heard a preacher (from South Carolina) preaching the message there is only one right road. He said although there are many roads to take in life, there is only one that leads to eternal life with God and that is through Jesus Christ. He gave this illustration: Interstate 40 will take you all the way to California. There are times you may get off I-40, but if you really want to go to California, you will get back on that highway. You can take any exit you choose, but only if you stay on I-40 will you reach your destination. He said that if you want to go to California and decide to take I-95, no matter how fast or long you drive on I-95, you will never reach California. Why? Because I-95 doesn't go to California. You are on the wrong road.

There are so many roads you can take in this life, my friends. Many of the signs along the way promise great things. But, if you want to go to heaven, if you want to have eternal life with the Father in a land with no sickness, disease or sin to destroy you, you must get on the right and only road that will take you there. And that, my friends, is Jesus Christ. All other roads lead to destruction and eternal death. So the question is, are you on the right road? Not sure? E-mail me at BrotherBob@TheSpiritofWisdom.org. I will lead you in the right direction. His name is Jesus.

God Bless you,
Bro. Bob

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