Why there are not many Paths.

Had a great question this week regarding Matthew 21:28-32.

"But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ' Son, go work today in the vineyard.' 29 "And he answered, 'I will not'; but afterward he regretted it and went. 30 "The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, 'I will, sir'; but he did not go. 31 "Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you. 32 "For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as to believe him.
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Jesus was contrasting the very religious Pharisees who were opposing Him and the Tax Collectors and Prostitutes who were following Him. The Pharisees were like the ones who said yes but did not do what was asked. The sinners who followed Jesus had previously said "No" but were repenting and now saying "Yes". The son who does right is tho one who does the will of the Father. Better still of course would be to say yes and to do what you say, but No one has the benefit of never having sinned. So we all are called to repent and begin to follow Jesus and do the will of our Father in Heaven. Remember too that Jesus was talking about their rejection of Him. The will of God for us is first that we should believe in His Son. The Pharisees claimed to obey God but rejected His Son.

In our world we are encouraged to believe in God but accept that there may be many paths to God which may or may not include Jesus. We are told that we can believe in God yet are give the option to accept or reject Jesus as the Son of God. I ask you, should we believe that God accepts our worship and our faith when we reject the very gift He gave of His son? Is it God's will for us to trust in His Son, to repent of our inability to please God on our own, and to trust in Jesus as the way He made for us to be put back into his will and obedience? Or is Jesus Wrong and are we permitted to say "Yes" while going our own way?

In Christ,
Mark