We've all heard the argument for diversity when it comes to a person's spiritual life: There are many ways to God, people say.
But God Himself put an end to that discussion when Jesus asked in the Garden of Gethsemane, before He was betrayed: "O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me ..." (Matthew 26:39)
In other words, Jesus literally begged, "Father, if there's any other way to do this, please don't let this happen to me."
If the only way for me to rescue a person who was ready to perish was for my own child to die, I would be searching frantically for another way to get the job done. I would leave no stone unturned in my quest to spare my child suffering and death.
If the mighty, all-powerful God, who can do anything, said there is no other way to do this -- as He watched His Son sweat great drops of blood in agony -- then there is no other way.
If there was any way God could have kept His Son from dying going to hell, and still erase our sin and bring us to heaven, He would have done it.
But there wasn't any other way.
