‘The Way’

Re Word of God, February
Rev. John Fraser writes about “playing” with the word of God. Playing with the word of God is a great sin of the modern liberal church.

One example I can think of is the statement of Jesus, “I am the way, the truth and the life.” You will hear a preacher talk about “the way of Jesus” suggesting that this is how we should look upon Jesus. Study how kind and loving he was. Live your life similarly and you will please God. Using the phrase “the way of Jesus” is a subtle play on Luke’s words in Acts 18 where he tells us about Aquila and Priscilla taking Apollos under their wing and explaining to him “the way of God” more completely. Jesus saying that He is “the way” and Luke’s writing in Acts about “the way of God” are two very different concepts of the word “way.” Jesus is called the way because it is through him that believers find salvation. The way of God refers to the complete doctrine, or teaching of how to be saved and how to live your life after you’re saved.