Hi Grandizer,
the website stated...
If you love GOD Almighty with your heart and soul and you are a good person and love people and always try to be the best example to every person you meet, then you will win the eternal life. Accepting Jesus as the mediator between you and GOD Almighty (believing that Jesus died on the cross to purify your sins) is not necessary to win eternal life.
This is contrary to John 14:6 because the rest of the scripture says ...
...NO MAN cometh unto the Father but by ME
Jesus IS the mediator between man and God. The sacrifice on the cross was to create a bridge between mankind and God. In a nutshell, Jesus came to "Reverse The Curse" if you like. It is by his precious blood that our sins are cleansed and forgiven and through beleiving in him that we may have eternal life.
The website also stated...
if we take the meanings of this verse in the same context in Luke 10:25-28 and the other verses that teach about love, harmony and forgiveness, then we would clearly see that the way that Jesus talked about is the goodness in you.
The scripture says nothing about goodness in you or about anything else. Jesus showed his diety very clearly in this scripture. He said that HE IS THE TRUTH, THE way, and THE life, and that NO man can come unto the Father by through HIM.
Now ... If you cant get to the Father except THROUGH Jesus ... Jesus is the mediator between man and God. Nowhere does that scripture suggest it is talking about the "goodness" in you. We are not saved by works, but by grace. We dont have goodness in us, we are natural born sinners. We are a fallen creature in need of a savior. Jesus is our saviour, and by defeating Satan, Death and Hell, we have a way to get to Heaven. If we dont except Jesus's sacrifice, we will stand before Father God on the day of judgment in our own righteousness, but if we except Jesus, then we will stand before God in his righteousness.
Satan will do everything he can to get people not to except Jesus's sacrifice and trick them into thinking it never happened. If only people realized how essential this atonement was.
The truth is that no one comes to the Father (God) except through Jesus. This is not a "popular perception", these are the words of Jesus, the Son of God
Lets read this scripture in context shall we?
1 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
4 You know the way to the place where I am going."
5 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"
6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Jesus said that He was THE WAY. He did not say that He was "a" way, "one" way, or "one of many" ways - He said that He was THE WAY. No Prophet of God ever said that he was THE WAY to God. Jesus Christ is "THE WAY" to the Father--"no man cometh unto the Father but by Me"; He is "THE TRUTH" of all we find in the Father we find in Him, "For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form" (Col 2:9); and, He is "THE LIFE" that will flow to us and bless us from the God who is approached and thus manifested in Him "this is the true God and eternal life" (1 John 5:20). The main message of this passage is that the Son is the ordained and is the perfect manifestation of God the Father. Jesus also claimed to be the Truth.
“And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). The world outside of Christ hates that statement. The truth is Jesus is Lord (cf. Phil. 2:8-11). “For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Tim. 2:5). Jesus made this statement with a sense of supreme authority on the night before His death. This is one of the seven great “I am” statements in the Gospel of John. Jesus directs the thoughts of the disciples to Himself. He is “the way, the truth, and the life.” He answers to our greatest needs in life, and He can do that because He is the “I AM.” “I myself (I with strong emphasis) am the way.” With the “I am” there is the emphatic emphasis, “I and I alone, I and no other” am the way, and the truth, and the life. The “way” is the means to God the Father. He is the only Way. Only this ONE WAY takes us to the Father, and this way is a unique person. The highest occupation for the Christian is Jesus Christ and an increasing personal knowledge of Him. Jesus is the way to the Father; He is the truth incarnate and He is the life to all who believe on Him.
Grandizer: If you are unsure about this scripture, please tell me what you think the scripture means in your opinion. Please do not post lots of sites to me, it wont help. Ask questions and your level of understanding about any particular verse and im sure people will be glad to answer you.
Thanks. God Bless,
Scorpz