Wrong Way

“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’” John 14:6 (NIV) Cain was the first one who tried it. Multitudes have emulated him over the years, and it’s become a popular theme in today’s post- Christian North American spiritual quagmire. Simply put, it is the concept that a person can come to God via some other way/bridge/ road/belief or approach than what God has mapped out for us. The story in Genesis 4 tells how Cain thought he could replace the required blood sacrifice with the fruit, veggies, and grains that he had grown. The desired outcome of spiritual cleansing (forgiveness of sin) should be available no matter what methodology was used . . . right? Nope! He was wrong, just like every copycat since then. God had outlined to that first family how they were to approach Him, but Cain thought he could do it his way. And, like those who try today, he failed miserably with that approach. We also have been given the God-given and God-approved way to reach Him. John 14:6 says that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life, and that no one can approach or access Him by any other means. There is no shortcut or “secondary GPS routing”—just Jesus. Let’s keep Jesus at the center of our message and ministry. – Kene Jackson   Council Fire is a collaboration with Intertribal Life Ministries and Native Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. The Council Fire Daily Devotional Book Set is available on the Intertribal Life Ministries website. Learn more about Council Fire at councilfire365.org