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ALL Roads Lead to God (...)
Syzygy:
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--- Quote from: Syzygy on April 23, 2018, 01:05:44 PM ---Straight is the gate and narrow is the way, and few are they that enter therein. (somewhere in the Bible, I forget where)
Doesn't leave a lot room for the "all roads..." theorists.
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Doesn't leave room for the "all religions" theorists, but, like Pablo, I believe all roads lead to God. Doesn't mean "all roads" allow entry to Heaven, but they all lead to the Great Decider.
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Sorry, but I can't be that generous, in all honesty, mainly because Jesus wasn't, either:
--- Quote --- John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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I don't know what the Greek word was that "way" in this passage was translated from, but I know the Latin word for "way" is "via" (WEE-ah). In Latin it means, "by way of" (same as our usage of it today), just plain "way", or more broadly, a "road" or passageway (Via Appia or Appian Way/Road). I'm assuming the Greek word for "way" is just as broadly defined in this, so I could be all wet. But....
...whatever the case, He could have just as easily said "road" or "path" instead of "way" and His point would have been just as well made: Only ONE road/path/way leads to the Father, and He is It. Period.
Pablo de Fleurs:
--- Quote from: Syzygy on April 23, 2018, 10:53:47 PM ---Only ONE road/path/way leads to the Father, and He is It. Period.
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Agreed. One path leads to eternal life; and that path is through Jesus Christ, for those trusting in His work upon the Cross.
The speaker's point was that all roads lead to God from this perspective:
--- Quote ---Hebrews 9:27 New King James Version (NKJV)
27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
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All will, regardless of their chosen path during life, face God in the judgement. In that respect, all roads do lead to God. They will then give an account of their lives & either be cast out or welcomed in based upon the choice they made, while still alive, for or against Christ.
So when scoffers remark that "you don't have a monopoly on the truth" or that "all roads lead to God", you can nod along with their supposition & think: "O.K. - I guess you're gonna' find out . . ."
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