One Way

The children were on their way to school for the first time that year. There was a whole group of them. The mom had told them how to get to the school building and that there was only one way to get there. Into the journey a couple of the kids began talking about a shortcut they had heard about. Sally insisted there was no shortcut, yet Dan was persuasive and was able to convince most of the others the shortcut would be easier and faster. Even some of those who were hesitant became reluctantly convinced the shortcut would be better and would allow for extra play time. Sally and George kept to the original path and eventually arrived at the school. the teacher asked where the others were, and being told the others took a shortcut responded, "There is no shortcut. The only way to get to the school is the way you came." The others had become lost and ended up being taken prisoner by an evil man who was the one that had spread the rumor of a shortcut. He intended to trap as many as he could. He didn't want them to discover the true path.

There is only one way to Heaven and that is through Jesus. No matter who tries to convince you otherwise, you will only get there through Him. Satan, like the evil man, spreads rumors about shortcuts to encourage people to take a different route only for them to find a trap at the end of the way he directed them. A few escape, and return to the right path, but most stay on the wrong path because it is easier and /or more fun at the time. What path are you on?