The Church is the Right Way

The Bible speaks often of a path or way men must travel in order to reach heaven.  God said in Isaiah 35:8, “And a highway shall be there, and a way and it shall be called the way of holiness.”  Jesus spoke of a “narrow way” which leads to heaven saying, “Enter ye in at the straight gate…Because strait is the gate and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”  Many are seeking the way to heaven but, for many, it remains a mystery. 

Jesus opened the way to heaven.  The Hebrew writer declares this in Hebrews 10:19-20, “Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by an new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh.”  This way into heaven is by the blood of Jesus.  The clean are the ones who walk the way that leads to heaven, and it is the blood of Christ that cleanses from all sin (1 John 1:7).

The church is called “the way” in Acts 9:1, 2.  When Saul was persecuting disciples of the way, he was persecuting Christ.  When Jesus appeared to Saul on the Damascus road he inquired, “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?”  Saul asked who was speaking to him and was told, “I am Jesus whom thou persecutest” (Acts 9:3, 4).  The saved are cleansed by the blood of Christ and the Lord adds the saved to the church (Acts 2:47).  When the saved are added to the church they are in the way that leads to heaven.

Jesus said, “I am the way…no man cometh unto the Father but by me” (John 14:6).  All who are seeking the way to eternal life must enter through Jesus, by His blood.  They are then added to His church which was purchased with His blood.  There is no other way.

Love,

Thomas Sneed

Pond Church of Christ