Jesus Is The Only Way
The Truth That Less Than 1% Will Understand
Let’s start by affirming what all Christian’s believe as followers of Christ:
Jesus is the only way.
He said it Himself:
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)
That’s clear. There is no other name under heaven by which we are saved.
We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus alone.
These are the foundations of the faith.
But I want to invite you to consider something deeper:
What does it mean that Jesus is the only way?
What is His way?
If we look closely at the Gospels, we see something striking:
Over a quarter of Jesus’ teachings were directed at the religious leaders—the Pharisees, the scribes, and the teachers of the law.
These were the people who knew the Scriptures.
They followed the traditions.
They believed they were God’s chosen people.
But Jesus repeatedly denied them. Why?
Because they had turned faith into a system of rules. They had turned God’s love into a checklist:
Say the right words.
Believe the right doctrines.
And worst of all, none of it worked for them. Why? Because they did it all out of selfish interest.
As Jesus said, “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, but they testify about Me, and yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.” (John 5:39-40)
He also said, “Woe to you, Pharisees and scribes, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven, for you neither go in yourselves nor do you let others enter.” (Matthew 23:13)
Think about how profound this is. They don’t go in themselves, nor do they let others enter. Think about the implications of this scripture today.
Some might say, “That was 2,000 years ago. The Pharisees don’t exist anymore.”
But here’s where we need to pause and remember something critical:
Scripture is inerrant and timeless.
Jesus wasn’t just speaking to a specific group of people in the first century—He was exposing a spiritual pattern that shows up in every generation.
The Pharisees are not just a historical group; they are a type—a picture of what happens when religion becomes rigid, prideful, and legalistic.
And if we’re honest, we have to admit:
That same pattern has taken root in Western Christianity today.
We see the same mindset:
We’re the chosen ones.
We have the right doctrine.
Every other religion is wrong.
Worse still, even with Christianity it can’t agree.
With over 50,000 denominations—Baptist, Pentecostal, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Anglican, Assemblies of God, Church of Christ, and which one is right?
This legalistic thinking isn’t new. The disciples themselves fell into it.
In Mark 9:38-40, John said to Jesus:
“Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.”
And what did Jesus say?
“Do not stop him. For no one who does a mighty work in My name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me. For the one who is not against us is for us.”
That’s a direct rebuke of the kind of denominationalism we see today.
Jesus made it clear: If someone is doing good they are not to be forbidden—even if they aren’t part of their group.
But what does it really mean to do something in His name?
Let’s take a step back and ask an even more fundamental question:
What was His name?
The name “Jesus” wasn’t even His real name.
His real name was Yeshua—a common Hebrew name that means “Yahweh saves.”
This was the name given to Him at birth, the name His disciples called Him, and the name by which He was known during His life on earth.
So how did we get “Jesus”?
It’s a long history of translation and language shifts. Yeshua, in Hebrew, became Iesous in Greek—the language the New Testament was written in—because Greek didn’t have a “Y” sound.
From Greek, it passed into Latin as Iesus. Finally, it became Jesus in English, after the letter “J” became part of the English alphabet in the 16th century.
Why does this matter?
His real name, Yeshua, means “Yahweh saves.” His very name points to the heart of His mission: to save, to help, and to do good.
It also reminds us that the message of Yeshua isn’t about a Westernized figure who grants us eternal life for saying a few words. It’s about a Jewish teacher from Nazareth, who lived under Roman occupation, who spoke Aramaic, and who called people to “Teshuvah” to return to the love of God.
It’s not about a label. It’s not about saying, “I’m a Christian,” or “I’m Hindu,” or “I’m Muslim,” or “I’m an atheist.”
The earliest followers of Yeshua weren’t even called Christians—they were called followers of the Way.
Why the Way? Because they weren’t focused on labels, creeds, or religious systems. They were following a way of life: the way of love, humility, and surrender.
And here’s the simple, logical question we must ask: How could we possibly call doing good bad?
If someone is a Hindu, a Muslim, or even an atheist, but they take care of the innocent, they help an elderly person cross the street, they feed the hungry, they clothe the naked—how could we possibly say what they are doing is bad and not pleasing to God, simply because they do not proclaim to be a “Christian”?
When someone feeds the hungry, clothes the naked, cares for the sick, loves the outcast—whether they fully realize it or not—they are acting in Yeshua’s name.
That’s why Yeshua told His disciples, “Don’t forbid him.”
Because the Spirit moves wherever it wills, and the Kingdom of God is bigger than our narrow boundaries.
This is the heart of Yeshua’s teaching—and the way that leads to life.
So yes, Yeshua is the only way. But what does that mean in practical, logical terms?
It’s not simply about having correct doctrine.
It’s not about belonging to a particular group or denomination.
It’s not about saying a specific prayer and then going back to a self-centered life.
When Yeshua said, “I am the way,” He was describing a way of life—a way of existence—that leads to union with God.
It’s a way of thinking and acting that is fundamentally different from the way of the world.
Yeshua did not come to create a new religion. He came to dismantle and destroy legalistic religion altogether.
He came to show people a direct path to the Creator and gave us the way.
The way of Yeshua is the way of love. That love isn’t abstract or emotional—it’s practical, daily, and self-sacrificial.
It means crucifying the old man who is ruled by self-interest, ego, and pride.
It means serving others, even when it’s inconvenient.
It means forgiving those who have wronged you.
It means choosing mercy over judgment, generosity over greed, humility over self-love.
This is the way Yeshua modeled for us. And it is narrow—because very few people are willing to truly live this way.
Let’s be honest:
What’s narrow or difficult about attending church once a week?
What’s narrow about knowing a few verses of the Bible but living for your own comfort the rest of the time?
What’s narrow about being a “good Christian” in name but spending most of your energy chasing status, vacations, entertainment and your own vain pleasures.
That’s not the narrow way—that’s just the narrow mind.
That’s just the human ego using religion as a safety net while living for itself.
The true narrow way is this:
It is the daily, conscious decision to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness (Matt 6:33), to deny yourself, to put aside the desires of the flesh, and to follow the Spirit’s leading to do good—no matter what it costs.
It’s a way of living that is countercultural, counterintuitive, and difficult—because it requires letting go of the flesh that chases pleasures and runs from pain.
And here’s the critical point:
This is the only way that leads to life—because it aligns you with the very nature of God, who is love.
If you don’t die to your flesh, you can’t experience the kingdom of God within you.
If you don’t live in love, you don’t know God.
If you don’t let go of judgment, you will never see the world through God’s eyes.
This is the core of Yeshua’s message.
This is the narrow way of Yeshua and this is the only way.