CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 19, 2018
YOU’VE HEARD ABOUT THE PASSING OF FORMER FIRST LADY BARBARA BUSH AT 92.
WHAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT IS A CONVERSATION SHE AND HER SON, GEORGE W. BUSH, HAD A FEW SUMMERS AGO. IT WAS ABOUT WHETHER JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY TO GOD. BUSH THE SON SAID HE WAS. HIS MOTHER SAID SURELY IN GOD’S MERCY HE WOULD ALLOW OTHERS INTO HEAVEN FROM SINCERE FOLLOWERS OF OTHER FAITHS.
GEORGE SAID NO AND HIS MOTHER SAID, “GET ME BILLY GRAHAM.” THE WHITE HOUSE OPERATOR REACHED GRAHAM AND HE SIDED WITH GEORGE W. HE ALSO SAID HE BELIEVED HEAVEN WOULD BE FULL OF SURPRISES AND THAT SCRIPTURE TEACHES IT WILL BE FULL OF PEOPLE FROM EVERY TRIBE AND NATION AND TONGUE. BUT ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST AS SAVIOR WILL ENTER.
DOES THIS NOT MAKE SENSE? IF JESUS WERE NOT THE ONLY WAY, WHY DID HE LEAVE HEAVEN AND SACRIFICE HIS LIFE FOR US? HE COULD HAVE AVOIDED THE PAIN, SUFFERING AND REJECTION BY REMAINING IN HEAVEN. HE, HIMSELF, SAID HE IS THE ONLY WAY TO GOD. LET’S HOPE BARBARA BUSH CAME TO UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT THAT IN THE END. I’M CAL THOMAS IN WASHINGTON.
