Source: http://www.simplysharing.com/assuringlight/obama.htm
“So, I have a deep faith. I’m rooted in the Christian tradition. I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people, that there are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and that there’s an obligation for all of us individually as well as collectively to take responsibility to make those values lived.” (snip)
He is saying, essentially, that all people of faith – Christians, Jews, Muslims, animists, everyone – know the same God. It is, perhaps, an unlikely theological position for someone who places his faith squarely at the feet of Jesus to take. But that depends on how you hear a verse from the Gospel of St. John, where Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but by me,” Obama says.
Interesting that you mention that Scripture where Jesus states that “No one comes unto the Father except by Me”, and what that says to me is that Jesus ALONE is the sole arbiter of who does, and who does not enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
The Lord alone knows the motives, intentions and the content of every human heart, and He will make the right decision every time, for all time.
Obama has stated that he has placed his faith in Jesus Christ. He may espouse other theological viewpoints that I may or may not agree with, but if he indeed has asked Christ to be his Saviour, that makes Obama my Brother in Christ and I will not second guess his salvation.
It doesn’t mean that I agree with his political views but so far as his spiritual condition is concerned, I take his words at face value.