Where In The Bible Will I Find:

The Way?

For the children of God, it has always been their desire to present the matter of salvation, the principle by which men and women are to be saved, in such a simple way that everyone who hears may understand clearly what the Bible points out for them to do.

We first hear of the "way" from the prophet Isaiah, "And an highway shall be there, and a way..." (Isa. 35:8). Isaiah pictured two ways, one of them is called a "highway" and the other is called a "way." Many prophecies by Isaiah concerning Jesus the Christ were fulfilled some eight hundred years later when Jesus made His advent to the earth.

In that great sermon on the mount Jesus taught, "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it" (Matt. 7:13-14).

Isaiah said there would be two ways, one of which man must choose. Christ presents them: The "highway" of Isaiah is the "broad way" of Christ, and the "way" of the prophet is the "narrow way" in the Saviour's sermon. The prophet said, "...and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein" (Isa. 35:8).

Christ said, "...I am the way..." (John 14:6). He never said, "I am A way…I am SOME way…I am ONE way of many," but He said, "I am THE way."  “The” meaning the only way. By this, then, we must learn, know, and follow THE way in order to be saved, because any and ALL other ways will be following the "broad way" which leads to a fiery destruction. The straight gate, the "narrow way" of Christ is easy to understand if we will read and obey His teaching. Paul says that faith comes by hearing God's Word (Rom. 10:17. Therefore, we must study God's Word, we must know what it says, then we must OBEY it. (James 11:22).

After studying the Bible, believing it to be the Word of God, we will find that we must repent of all sins (Luke 13:3, 5), we must confess that we believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God (Matt. 10:32-33; Rom. 10:9-10; Acts 8:37), be buried with our Lord by immersion in water (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; I Peter 3:21), and then the Lord will add us to HIS church (Acts 2:47).

All spiritual blessings are in Christ (Eph. 1:3), and Paul tells us the ONLY way we can be IN Christ, "For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ" (Gal. 3:27). To put ON Christ is to be IN Christ. So, by following the "way," the way we find in God's Word, puts us IN Christ, in HIS church, His kingdom, then we must live a faithful Christian life in order to receive that beautiful promised crown of life (Rev. 2:10).