Jesus Paid It All

John 14:6

"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through Me.'"

This is a powerful and definitive statement of Jesus Christ.  In answering Thomas' question in verse five, "'Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?'", Jesus didn't tell him that he had to work hard, to do good deeds, or to even follow the Mosaic Law given in the Old Testament. Instead, He said, "I AM the way."

Only through Christ can we know the truth - Only His dying sacrifice on the cross can cleanse us from our sins and make us righteous (holy) in God's eyes.  Only through Christ can we know true life - Earthly life is fleeting.  True life is what is coming:  Eternal life.  Deciding on whether or not to trust in Christ during our earthly life will determine if we will have eternal life in Heaven with our Saviour or eternal life in pain and suffering separated from our Saviour.

God does not ask us to do "religious" deeds in order for us to get to Heaven.  He has already done everything and done it perfectly.  It is human pride and independence if we think we need human rituals and religion to make us perfect before God.  That would be the same as saying Christ's work on the cross wasn't good enough to cover our sins and that we need to help Him out.  Definitely not!  God has provided the ONLY way - His Son, Jesus Christ.  The ONLY thing we need to do is accept this gift - Accept that Christ's death is sufficient to cover all our sins, admit there is no way that we could get to Heaven on our own "good" deeds, confess our sins to God our Father through Jesus Christ alone, and declare that Jesus is Lord, that He has risen from the dead, and that He lives at the right hand of God.  Let your burdens be lifted for Jesus Paid It All!

Romans 10:9,10,13

"That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."