One Way

       There have been some times when I had to give directions on how to get to some location.  My folks had a filling station for a couple of years, and people would come in and ask directions on how to get to some place in our area.  It was the time before GPS devices when people had to depend on paper maps. which were large when fully opened and usually hard to get back to their original size.  There were times when I was tempted to say, "Well, you just can't get there from here."  Acts 4:11-12 says, "This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.   Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."  
      The question does come up where a person asks how to get to heaven.  Granted, it doesn't come up a lot in that form, but people are interested in some ways on how to get to heaven.  I have had more people ask me, "What happens when you die?" than "How do you get to heaven?"  The Scripture is quite clear on the way to heaven.  Peter and John had it right on head when they spoke to the council.  They gave the clear message on how to get to heaven.  Unfortunately, people today look at the same passage and write it off by saying, "Well, that was their opinion."  The Apostle John also wrote in the Gospel of John that Jesus was the only way to the Father and so we can come to the conclusion that there is absolutely only one way to get to heaven.  The route is simple.  It is through the Lord Jesus Christ.  There may be many ways to get to Chicago or Paris, but there is only One Way to get to heaven.  Paul went on to say in acts 16:31 how it had to be done when he answered the question of the Philippian Jailer by saying that he needed to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ in order to be saved.  The Gospel of Matthew also speaks about the road be narrow that leads to heaven but the road is wide that leads to destruction.  Your Bible speaks of the directions for eternal life with God in what we call, Heaven.  The Lord Jesus Christ was quoted as saying, "No man cometh to the Father but by Me."  As clear as it is, people still have a hard time accepting what Christ said or what is recorded in the Bible.  So, praise God today that He has given you a clear answer to the question of eternal destiny.  There are not 10 ways, or 100 ways or even a thousand ways to get to heaven.  There is only one way and you can get there from here, but you have to go through the Lord Jesus Christ.