t is important that we know the way and where we are in relation to the way. Today many people have global positioning units on their persons or in their cars. It is possible for every person today to know exactly where he is on the planet within a few feet or meters. What a paradox that most of earth’s people have no idea where they are spiritually. All this reminds us of that old story of the navigator who reported to the captain with these words: “I don’t know where we are but we are making great time!”
We must notice here that Jesus is not “a way,” or “some way,” but “the way.” This statement makes the way of Jesus a very exclusive one. It might be pointed out here that most people in the world do not believe this claim of Jesus. Sadly, a lot of evangelical people do not believe it. In a newly released Pew Forum Survey conducted in the US, it was found that fifty-seven percent of US evangelicals believe that other religions can lead to eternal life. Of course this is what the New Agers and many other Postmoderns have been saying all along, that there are many paths up the mountain but they all reach the top. This is not what Jesus says and it is not what the Bible teaches. In Acts 4:12, the Bible says “there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (cf. 1 Tim. 2:5). It is also of note that the Church of Jesus in the first century was often referred to as “the way” (Acts 9:2; 19:9).