THE WAY OF SALVATION IS CHRIST JESUS
Jesus Christ is the only way that leads to life everlasting. He did not point us to a path—He IS the path. He said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). That is not merely a statement. It is the heartbeat of Scripture. Every word from Genesis to Revelation echoes this one truth: that salvation is found in Jesus alone.
Without Him, we are lost wanderers in a vast wilderness, searching for light and finding none. Like sheep, we have all gone astray (Isaiah 53:6). We stumble, we fall, and we cannot find our way home. But Jesus came to seek and to save that which was lost (Luke 19:10). He is not just a guide on the road. He is the road itself. He does not merely show the way. He is the way.
God has placed honor on one name alone when it comes to salvation, and that name is Jesus. “There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and mankind, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all” (1 Timothy 2:5–6). Every promise, every prophecy, every act of mercy in the Bible leads to Him. The cross is not the end of the story—it is the center of it.
Jesus reveals how deeply God loves us. The very person of Christ is God’s declaration that you matter to Him. You may wonder how much you are worth—look to the cross, and you will know. For it was there that God’s Son stretched out His arms and said, “This much.”
Jesus also said, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:9–10). Anyone who enters by Him will be saved. Not might be, not could be, but will be. There is no exclusion, no secret code, no impossible task. He is an open door to every soul that desires life.
A door serves two purposes. It welcomes in those who belong and keeps out those who do not. Jesus is that door. Through Him, heaven opens wide—or remains closed—depending on what one does with Him. The most important question in the world is not what you think about religion, or church, or doctrine, but what you do with Jesus.
The good news—the gospel—is that this door is open to all who will come. It is never locked to a seeking heart. The Savior still calls, “Come unto Me.” But the call is not forever. Jesus once told of the wise and foolish virgins (Matthew 25:1–13). Those who were careless found the door shut, while those who were ready entered into the joy of the Bridegroom.
As long as you draw breath, the door stands open. Christ waits with mercy in His hands. Enter while you may. Trust Him now. Love Him with all your heart. For one day the door will close, and what you have done with Jesus will echo for eternity.
Bryan Dewayne Dunaway
