I am the Way, And the Truth, And the Life
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A STORY IS TOLD
OF
A MUSLIM
WHO BECAME A CHRISTIAN.
HIS FRIENDS ASKED,
“WHY HAVE YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN?”
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HE ANSWERED, “WELL, IT’S LIKE THIS.
SUPPOSE YOU ARE GOING DOWN THE ROAD
SUDDENLY THE ROAD FORKED IN TWO DIRECTIONS.
NOW YOU DON’T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO.
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AT
THE FORK ARE TWO MEN,
ONE DEAD AND ONE ALIVE—
WHO WOULD YOU ASK WHICH WAY TO GO?”
PART OF LIFE IS DECIDING WHERE YOU WANT TO GO
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THERE ARE ONLY TWO OPTIONS HEAVEN AND
HELL (
PAUSE
)
WE NEED TO KNOW THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO HELL
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BUT ONLY ONE WAY TO HEAVEN
TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT ANOTHER “I AM” STATEMENT
TURN TO JOHN
14:1
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JESUS TOLD THE DISCIPLES THEY COULD NOT FOLLOW WHERE HE WAS GOING NOW
HE TOLD THEM THEY WOULD FOLLOW HIM LATER
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PETER ASKED WHY HE COULD NOT FOLLOW NOW & SAID HE WOULD DIE FOR JESUS
JESUS TOLD PETER HE WOULD DENY HIM 3 TIMES BEFORE THE ROOSTER CROWED
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JOHN 14:1–6
“DO NOT LET YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED; BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME. “IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE ARE MANY DWELLING PLACES; IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU;
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FOR I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. “IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF, THAT WHERE I AM, THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO. “AND YOU KNOW THE WAY WHERE I AM GOING.”
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THOMAS SAID TO HIM, “LORD, WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING, HOW DO WE KNOW THE WAY?” JESUS SAID TO HIM, “I AM THE WAY, AND THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE; NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER BUT THROUGH ME.
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ONLY ONE WAY
“I AM THE WAY”
THOMAS HAD ASKED HOW THEY KNEW THE WAY
HE WAS THINKING OF A PHYSICAL PATH TO WHERE JESUS WAS GOING
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JESUS HAD SAID THEY WOULD FOLLOW WHERE HE WAS GOING LATER
SO THOMAS WAS EXPECTING DIRECTIONS ON HOW THEY COULD FOLLOW
JESUS ANSWERS BY REPLYING THAT HE AND HE ALONE IS THE WAY
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THE WAY THIS WORDED EMPHASIZES THE UNIQUENESS OF JESUS
THE ANCIENT WORLD WAS FULL OF CLAIMS TO BE THE WAY TO GOD
EVERY CULTURE HAD THEIR GOD EACH GOD HAD MANY WAYS
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BUT JESUS SAYS “I AND ONLY I AM THE WAY”
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO GET TO WHERE JESUS IS GOING
(
PAUSE
)
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SOME SAY, “ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE SAME PLACE AS LONG AS YOU ARE SINCERE,”
BUT A PERSON CAN BE SINCERELY WRONG
!
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MATTHEW 7:13–14
“ENTER THROUGH THE NARROW GATE; FOR THE GATE IS WIDE AND THE WAY IS BROAD THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION, AND THERE ARE MANY WHO ENTER THROUGH IT.
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FOR THE GATE IS SMALL AND THE WAY IS NARROW THAT LEADS TO LIFE, AND THERE ARE FEW WHO FIND IT.
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THE DELUSION THAT THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GOD IS STRONG IN OUR CULTURE
MOST PEOPLE, EVEN MANY CHRISTIANS WILL SAY THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GET TO GOD
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BUT THE HARD COLD TRUTH IS THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD AND ONLY ONE WAY TO HIM
ANY WAY TO GOD MUST GET ACROSS THE
GULF OF SIN THAT SEPARATES GOD AND MAN
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ANY OTHER PATH HAS NO MEANS TO CROSS THAT CHASM
THEY ALL FALL SHORT THEY JUST DO NOT REACH THE OTHER SIDE
JESUS AS THE WAY BRIDGES THE CHASM OF
SIN (
PAUSE
)
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ONLY BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
AT
THE CROSS CAN OUR SINS BE PAID FOR
THIS TRUTH IS THE REASON HE IS THE ONLY WAY
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ONLY TRUTH REVEALS THE WAY
“
I AM THE WAY, AND
THE TRUTH”
IT IS VITAL WE UNDERSTAND THIS CLAIM
JESUS IS NOT SAYING HE IS A TRUTH, ONE TRUTH AMONG
MANY (
PAUSE
)
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HE IS THE TRUTH IN OPPOSITION TO ALL ELSE THAT IS FALSE
THE TRUTH HERE DESCRIBES THE WAY
EVERY OTHER WAY IS FALSE IT IS BASED ON A LIE
(
PAUSE
)
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AS A MATTER OF FACT EVERY OTHER WAY IS BASED ON THE SAME LIE
EVERY OTHER WAY THAT CLAIMS TO BE A WAY TO GOD PRESENTS THE SAME LIE
YOU CAN BE GOOD ENOUGH, YOU CAN EARN GOD’S LOVE
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YOU CAN BALANCE YOUR KARMA, YOU CAN BECOME ENLIGHTENED
YOU CAN DO THE 5 PILLARS, YOU CAN FOLLOW THE LAW
YOU CAN BE SO GOOD GOD WILL HAVE TO TAKE YOU INTO HEAVEN
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BECAUSE YOU EARNED IT
THIS IS THE LIE THAT IS OPPOSED TO THE TRUTH OF JESUS
THE TRUTH IS NONE OF US CAN EVER EARN HEAVEN
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ROMANS 3:23
FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD,
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ECCLESIASTES 7:20
INDEED, THERE IS NOT A RIGHTEOUS MAN ON EARTH WHO CONTINUALLY DOES GOOD AND WHO NEVER SINS.
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THE COMPLETE TRUTH IS WE ARE SINNERS IN NEED OF A SAVIOR
WE ARE UTTERLY LOST WITHOUT CHRIST
WE DON’T REALLY LIKE THAT
TRUTH (
PAUSE
)
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WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID,
“MEN OCCASIONALLY STUMBLE OVER THE TRUTH,
BUT MOST OF THEM PICK THEMSELVES UP
AND HURRY OFF AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED.”
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THAT MAY BE A COMMON RESPONSE TO
TRUTH (
PAUSE
)
RESPONDING TO TRUTH BY ACTING AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED
PUTS MEN ON THE ROAD TO TRAGEDY AND DESTRUCTION.
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THERE IS NO WAY TO LOVE AND FOLLOW GOD
WITHOUT LOVING AND FOLLOWING TRUTH.
THE TWO CANNOT BE SEPARATED.
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WHEN PEOPLE ENCOUNTER THIS TRUTH THEY HAVE A CHOICE
THEY CAN REJECT THE TRUTH OF THEIR NEED FOR A SAVIOR
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OR THEY CAN EMBRACE THE TRUTH OF THEIR NEED FOR A SAVIOR
WHICH THEY CHOOSE AFFECTS WHERE THEY END
UP (
PAUSE
)
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ONLY WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE
“I AM THE WAY, AND THE TRUTH,
AND THE LIFE”
FIRST HE SAYS HE AND HE ALONE IS THE WAY
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THEN HE CONTRASTS HIS TRUTH WITH THE LIE OF EVERY OTHER WAY
NOW HE EXPLAINS THE RESULT OF THE WAY AND THE TRUTH
IF WE GO ALONG THE ONLY WAY, FOLLOWING THE TRUTH AND NOT THE LIE
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WE ARRIVE AT THE LIFE.
AGAIN THIS NOT A LIFE, THERE ARE NOT MANY DESTINATIONS THAT ARE LIFE
THERE IS ONLY ONE DESTINATION THAT IS LIFE
ALL OTHER WAYS ARE A LIE THAT LEADS TO DEATH
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ROMANS 6:23
FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE FREE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
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BEFORE COMING TO CHRIST I BELIEVED THAT I COULD FOLLOW ANY PATH IN LIFE
I THOUGHT I COULD JUST PICK ONE OF THESE RELIGIONS AND FOLLOW IT
IF I DID SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GET TO THEIR VERSION OF HEAVEN
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BE A HINDU GET TO NIRVANA, BE A MUSLIM GET TO PARADISE
BE A BUDDHIST BECOME ENLIGHTENED
MANY MODERN PEOPLE FEEL THIS WAY
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THEY THINK THERE ARE MANY PATHS TO CHOOSE FROM THAT
LEAD TO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF ETERNAL LIFE
THIS IS A VERY EASY TRAP TO FALL INTO
WE ARE TOLD WE NEED TO BE TOLERANT
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WE ARE TOLD TO COEXIST
WE CAN BE TOLERANT WITHOUT AGREEING
WE CAN COEXIST WITHOUT FALLING FOR THE LIE
THE IDEA THAT THERE ARE MANY PATHS
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THAT LEAD TO MANY DIFFERENT ETERNAL LIVES IS A LIE
THE ONE AND ONLY WAY IS THE WAY OF TRUTH
IT LEADS TO THE ONE AND ONLY ETERNAL LIFE
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ALL OTHER OPTIONS DO NOT LEAD TO GOD IN HEAVEN
EVERY OTHER OPTION OUT THERE LEADS TO HELL
(
PAUSE
)
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ON
THE TOP OF A HILL IN A MIDWESTERN STATE
STANDS A COURTHOUSE SO SITUATED
THAT RAINDROPS FALLING ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROOF
TRAVEL BY WAY OF THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE ATLANTIC,
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WHILE DROPS LANDING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE
FIND THEIR WAY THROUGH THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI TO THE GULF.
JUST A BREATH OF WIND ONE WAY OR THE OTHER
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DETERMINES WHETHER A SINGLE RAINDROP
WILL END UP EITHER IN THE GULF OR IN THE ATLANTIC.
EVEN SO, ONE SINGLE DECISION
IS ENOUGH TO DETERMINE MAN’S DESTINY,
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EITHER HEAVEN OR HELL.
WE AS CHRISTIANS NEED TO LIVE, BREATH, WALK, AND TALK
ONE WAY, ONE TRUTH, ONE
LIFE (
PAUSE
)
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WE NEED TO LOVE THOSE WHO DISAGREE
BUT WE DO NOT NEED TO EMBRACE OR ENDORSE ANY OTHER WAY
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE POPULAR
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PEOPLE WILL GET UPSET WHEN WE SAY ONE WAY, ONE TRUTH, ONE PATH
BUT GOD HAS SPOKEN ON THIS WE
MUST
STAND BY WHAT HE HAS
SAID (
PAUSE
)
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JOHN 14:6
JESUS
SAID TO HIM, “I AM THE WAY, AND THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE; NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER BUT THROUGH ME.
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WHO COMES
“NO ONE
COMES”
THIS VERSE STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE “I AM”
NOTICE HE DOES NOT SAY
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MOST COME THROUGH ME, OR MANY COME THROUGH ME
IT IS NOT “A FEW GO SOME OTHER WAY”
IT IS NOT “THE REALLY GOOD ONES GET IN ON THEIR OWN”
IT IS LITERALLY NO ONE
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WHAT A SHOCKING CLAIM
THIS IS VERY RESTRICTIVE
THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND HERE
THIS IS SO WE UNDERSTAND THE NECESSITY OF CHRIST
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JOHN DYER, A WELSH POET AND PASTOR FROM THE 1700S ONCE WROTE
“A MAN MAY GO TO HEAVEN WITHOUT HEALTH,
WITHOUT RICHES, WITHOUT HONORS, WITHOUT LEARNING,
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WITHOUT FRIENDS; BUT HE CAN NEVER GO THERE WITHOUT CHRIST.”
TODAY OUR WORLD IS FILLED WITH PEOPLE
WHO ARE SEEKING TO GO TO HEAVEN WITH OUT CHRIST
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TO GO THERE SOME WAY OTHER THAN THE WAY FOUND IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS
BUT ALL SUCH EFFORTS ARE DOOMED TO FAILURE.
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN. (
PAUSE
)
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ACTS 4:12
“AND THERE IS SALVATION IN NO ONE ELSE; FOR THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN AMONG MEN BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED.”
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EITHER THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND WE MUST TRUST CHRIST (
PAUSE
)
OR THIS STATEMENT IS FALSE AND CHRISTIANITY IS A LIE (
PAUSE
)
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THIS IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO DECIDE WHEN WE TELL THEM THE GOSPEL
THE GOSPEL IS AN OFFER OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
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WHO WE ARE COMING TO
“NO ONE COMES
TO THE FATHER”
TO COME TO THE FATHER IS TO ENTER INTO HIS PRESENCE IN HEAVEN (
PAUSE
)
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THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO POSSIBLE DESTINATIONS
WE EITHER COME TO THE FATHER IN HEAVEN
OR WE GO FROM THE FATHER TO HELL
THERE IS NO PLACE ELSE TO GO
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TO ENTER INTO HIS PRESENCE WE MUST BE HOLY, BLAMELESS
WE CANNOT DO THIS ON OUR OWN, WE NEED HELP
ALL THOSE WHO WOULD COME BEFORE THE FATHER MUST TRAVEL ONE WAY
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NO ONE COMING TO THE FATHER MAY COME BY ANY OTHER WAY
THIS WAY IS JESUS CHRIST WHO IS THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE (
PAUSE
)
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JOHN 3:18
“HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM IS NOT JUDGED; HE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE HAS BEEN JUDGED ALREADY, BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD.
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THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND THERE IS NO OTHER LIFE
THERE IS NO OTHER TRUTH THERE IS NO OTHER WAY
ALL MUST COME TO THE FATHER THROUGH JESUS CHRIST
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WHO WE ARE COMING THROUGH
“NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER
BUT THROUGH ME.”
ONLY THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST CAN WE ENTER THE PRESENCE OF THE FATHER
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HE IS THE WAY TO THE FATHER
HE IS THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR SIN AND OUR NEED FOR A SAVIOR
HE IS THE ONLY MEANS TO ETERNAL LIFE
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ALL HOPE OF GOD AND HEAVEN OUTSIDE OF JESUS CHRIST
IS VANITY AND WORSE
“NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER BUT THROUGH ME”
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IS ABSOLUTE, IT IS FINAL
IT MEANS THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION
TRUST ME I LOOKED
I FOUGHT THE IDEA OF JESUS CHRIST TOOTH AND NAIL FOR 12 YEARS
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I LOOKED TO EVERY OTHER RELIGION I COULD FIND
I DID SO OUT OF ARROGANCE, VANITY, AND PRIDE
I WANTED SOMETHING I COULD EARN
SOMETHING I COULD OVERCOME
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SOMETHING I COULD LOOK BACK AT AND “SAY LOOK WHAT I DID”
WHEN EVANGELIST GYPSY SMITH GOT SAVED,
AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN EXPLAINED TO HIM THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUSTING CHRIST ALONE.
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GYPSY SMITH REPLIED,
“I CANNOT TRUST MYSELF, FOR I AM NOTHING;
AND I CANNOT TRUST IN WHAT I HAVE, FOR I HAVE NOTHING;
AND I CANNOT TRUST IN WHAT I KNOW, FOR I KNOW NOTHING.”
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THE ONLY THING LEFT FOR HIM TO TRUST IN WAS JESUS CHRIST.
WHAT THIS WAS LIKE FOR ME
AT 30YRS OLD I KNEW I NEEDED GOD
I COULD NOT JUST “TRUST”
SO GOD HAD ME GO LOOK EVERYWHERE ELSE FIRST
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I CAN SAVE YOU THE TROUBLE OF LOOKING
THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING
MAYBE IN DIFFERENT WAYS WITH DIFFERENT WORDS
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BUT THEY ALL SAY THE SAME LIE
YOU CAN BE GOOD ENOUGH GOD WILL HAVE TO LET YOU IN HEAVEN
BUT JESUS SAYS (
PAUSE
)
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“I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE
NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER BUT THROUGH ME
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LIFE IS A JOURNEY DOWN A ROAD
EVERYONE OF US COMES TO A FORK ON THAT ROAD
WE DO NOT KNOW WHICH ROAD GOES WHERE
ONE GOES TO HELL ONE GOES TO HEAVEN
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AT THE FORK THERE ARE MANY MEN
ALL BUT ONE POINT DOWN THE ROAD GOING LEFT
ONE STANDS POINTING DOWN THE ROAD GOING RIGHT
ALL THOSE POINTING LEFT ARE DEAD
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ONLY THE MAN POINTING RIGHT IS ALIVE AND SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD
WHO ARE YOU GOING TO LISTEN TO?
THE LIVE MAN OR ONE OF THE DEAD ONES?
THIS IS THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL
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CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY, THE ONLY TRUTH, THE ONLY LIFE
THIS IS WHAT WE OFFER PEOPLE WHEN WE TELL THEM THE GOSPEL
THAT GOD LOVES US AND WANTS AN ETERNAL RELATIONSHIP WITH US…
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