I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life

There was this time when Jesus was talking to his disciples and he said: “I am the way and the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father except through me (John 14:6). If this was put as a question “Do you believe Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life and that NO ONE comes to God except through him?” how would you answer?  This verse can be problematic as it sounds so exclusive. Is Jesus the only way to God? This question you must answer yourself as to whether you believe it is true. Pastor John feels it is true, but here’s the thing: Jesus does not say how he is the way, the truth and the life—only that he is the way, the truth and the life and deep down that has something to say about how we accept and relate to others. And how we accept ourselves. Pastor John also believes it to be true what Richard Rohr writes in The Universal Christ:  “there has never been a single soul who was not possessed by the (Universal) Christ, even in the ages when Jesus  was not. Why would you want your religion, or your God, to be any smaller than that?” How can both be true and what does that mean for acceptance of ourselves and each other. Music by Nate Strasser. 

Tags: Richard Rohr’s The Universal Christ;  Rodger Nishioka; acceptance; salvation