There are many ways to get to a destination. I love when I am driving using my GPS to direct me to somewhere I have been before but might not know each turn necessary. I will not listen to the directions given by the GPS because I know a better way to go, perhaps a faster highway or a safer road. I take the directions I know will still get me to the destination and then I listen later for the directions from the GPS to finish the journey. The GPS yells at me again and again because I am off the desired route.
The Highway of Holiness doesn’t allow for different ways to make the destination. There is only one path, the straight and narrow path. The path is Jesus Christ. He said He is the Way and He is the only way.
Isaiah states that there are some people who will not travel on the Highway of Holiness, otherwise known as the Way of Holiness. We have the option to travel on the great road—to follow in God’s ways—to follow Jesus Christ. We can only travel on the Highway of Holiness through Christ. He is our EZ Pass. We cannot afford the toll otherwise. We also have the option to choose another destination. C.S. Lewis pointed out that hell was a choice and it’s true. Jesus said you couldn’t reach the Father except through Him. He is the Way. The only way.
“And a great road will go through that once deserted land. It will be named the Highway of Holiness. Evil-minded people will never travel on it. It will be only for those who walk in God’s ways; fools will never walk there.” – Isaiah 35:8 [NLT]
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