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One of Jesus most controversial statements is also one of his most quoted and one of his most best-known

statements. In fact, if you're not a Christian or you're from a different faith tradition,

you've probably heard this before, and this may be problematic. In fact, this statement of Jesus

may be the reason that you kind of push back or

resist Christianity. And we touched on it last time. He said, I am the way, the truth, and the life.

And, you know, on this, that's a lot, but by itself, it's a little bit vague, right? I mean,

I'm the way to what, you know, I'm the way to where. And how can a person, I, says I, how can a person be the truth

and how can a person be the life?

And if he had stopped there, it would be a little bit odd,

but it certainly wouldn't be controversial,

but he didn't stop there.

He went on to claim, as you know, who he was on,

or who he was the way to. Now, unfortunately, and this may disturb

you a little bit if you grow up in church like me, and that's okay, it's okay to be disturbed.

Unfortunately, what follows after this, and many of us can quote this, what follows after

this is usually interpreted as very exclusive.

In fact, maybe one of the reasons you're not a Christian is what Jesus says next.

It's like, it's just too exclusive, it's too small, it's, you know, it's too limiting.

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