JESUS IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE

Passage: John 14:1-6

Key verse: 6

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Jesus Comforts His Disciples

14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled.(A) You believe(B) in God[a];(C) believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there(D) to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back(E) and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.(F) 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”

Jesus the Way to the Father

5 Thomas(G) said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

6 Jesus answered, “I am(H) the way(I) and the truth(J) and the life.(K) No one comes to the Father except through me.(L)

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  1. John 14:1 Or Believe in God
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I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life

14 (A)“Let not your hearts be troubled. (B)Believe in God;[a] believe also in me. 2 In (C)my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that (D)I go to prepare a place for you?[b] 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you (E)to myself, that (F)where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”[c] 5 (G)Thomas said to him, “Lord, (H)we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am (I)the way, and (J)the truth, and (K)the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

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  1. John 14:1 Or You believe in God
  2. John 14:2 Or In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you
  3. John 14:4 Some manuscripts Where I am going you know, and the way you know
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Jesus planted faith in his confused and anxious disciples: “You believe in God; believe also in me.” Trust in Jesus is the only remedy to anxiety. They needed to trust Jesus and believe that his going away was for their good. He was going to prepare a place for them in his Father’s house. He would come back to take them to there. The promise of living forever with Jesus in his Father’s house also given to us. The Father’s house is our eternal home. It is the ultimate hope of God’s people. This promise is the power source to endure hardships, to walk in self-denial, and not to become too comfortable in the blessings. Jesus’ followers must not lose sight of this ultimate goal.

Jesus was going to the Father’s house by way of the cross and the resurrection. But Thomas did not know where Jesus was going and the way. Look at Jesus’ claim (6). Jesus is the only way to God, a new and living way opened for us through his death on the cross (Heb 10:20). Jesus is God’s way of salvation. He is the true and life-giving way. Only through faith in him we can come to the Father. In Jesus we come to know where we came from and where we are going back; in him we find eternal life, true freedom, and meaningful life on earth. In short, he is God Incarnate.

Prayer: Father, thank you for Jesus, the only way to you. Help me to fully trust you, put my hope in your kingdom, and live as a witness to Jesus, the way.

One Word: Jesus is the only way to the Father