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#504
January 23, 2005
Jesus claimed to be the Son of God and said His Words
would judge us on the last day. Jesus said, I am the way,
the truth, and the life, and no one comes to the Father but by
Me (John 14:6). Peter said, 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) Is Jesus the only way to heaven?
Just who is this Jesus of the Bible? Is He really the only
way to heaven? How is He different from other great
religious leaders of our world? Arent Christians arrogant to
think that he is the only way to heaven? Its not politically
correct today to say that Jesus is the only way to heaven, but
what if thats true? What if Jesus truly is unique and the only
way?
Here are some reasons why Jesus is unique:
Jesus is the fulfillment of prophecy throughout the
ages of the Old Testament
Luke 18:31-33 Then He took the twelve aside and said
to them, Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all
things which are written through the prophets about the Son
of Man will be accomplished. For He will be handed over to
the Gentiles, and will be mocked and mistreated and spit
upon, and after they have scourged Him, they will kill Him;
and the third day He will rise again.
There are more than 300 prophecies about Jesus in the
Old Testament. Many prophecies Jesus fulfilled were totally
beyond the power of human control, such as:
(1) place of birth, (Micah 5:2)
(2) time of birth, (Daniel 2)
(3) manner of birth of a virgin woman, (Isa. 7:14)
(4) betrayal, (Psalm 41:9)
(5) manner of death in crucifixion, (Psalm 22:16)
(6) peoples reactions at his death, (Ps 22:7-8)
(7) piercing, (Zech. 12:10)
(8) his burial. (Isa. 53:9)
Concerning these eight prophecies, Peter Stoner in
Science Speaks estimated the probability of anyone fulfilling
all of them is 1 in 1017. That would be 1 in
100,000,000,000,000,000. In order to help us comprehend
this staggering probability, Stoner illustrates it by supposing
we take 1017 silver dollars and lay them on the face of
Texas. They will cover all of the state two feet deep. Now
mark one of these silver dollars and stir the whole mass
thoroughly, all over the state. Blindfold a man and tell him
that he can travel as far as he wishes, but he must pick up
one silver dollar and say that this is the right one. What
chance would he have of getting the right one? Just the
same chance that the prophets would have had of writing
these eight prophecies and having them all come true in any
one man, from their day to the present time, providing they
wrote them in their own wisdom.
(Hugo McCord, Messianic Prophecies, 44.) Truly
eight centuries ahead Isaiah saw the glory of Jesus and
spoke of him (John 12:41). In his 53rd chapter vividness