I love just about everything that Jesus said. But I must admit there are some things that can make me uncomfortable, if I’m honest. Perhaps you feel that way too.

One of those truths is found in John 14:6: Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Don’t get me wrong; I find great comfort in knowing that Jesus is the Way to come to the Father. It’s just that the reality that NO ONE can come to the Father except through Jesus makes me sad.

There are millions and millions of people who have never heard of Jesus. There are thousands of unreached people groups. There are billions of people who believe in false religions. If I take Jesus at His word, then I am confronted with the terrible reality that most of the world is not going to spend eternity with the Father. On the contrary, they will be eternally separated from Him.

This truth makes me cringe when I allow myself to be confronted by it.

Jesus told us to make disciples of all people as we are going about our lives. We were commissioned by Jesus to go to all the nations “baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19-20).

It’s been 2000 years since that small band of Jesus’ first followers heard those words; and yet, the world is lost. We have technology capable of sharing breaking news live throughout the world; and yet, billions are without Jesus.

Today, dwell in the uncomfortable truth that no one comes to the Father except through Jesus. Ask God to show you who needs to know about Him. And share.

By LaRaine Rice