TRACT 157: THE ONLY WAY TO GOD "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life,: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" John 14:6 . Did Jesus really mean it with His comforting words to His troubled disciples as He was preparing for His departure? Is Jesus truly the way, the truth, and the life? Assuredly, Jesus is the way - the path to salvation and entrance to heaven where God dwells. Jesus is the truth - the revealer of God's character, words, and will. Jesus is the life - the offerer of eternal life and a new way of living. If Jesus was not the way of salvation, God would not have sent His angel to devout Cornelius (a religionist) to send for Peter to reveal to him the true way of holiness in Christ. Cornelius was "a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always". The self-righteousness of Cornelius and his household was not enough to secure them eternal life. The...