WEDNESDAY December 4th
John 14:6 ‘Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”’
We are going to explore this statement of Jesus further by considering the way, the truth and the life. Jesus declaring himself to be these three things, although talking about himself, says them because who he is and our response to it influences our lives greatly—or should.
For if Jesus wasn’t who and what he said he was, then we would not have the new life that we claim that we have! To use Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 15, we would be of all people most to be pitied.
So, in saying he was the way, Jesus was not only claiming that as to who he was, but also that he would provide the way, in saying that he was the truth, he was not only claiming to be the truth, but also the one from whom we can know truth. And in declaring himself to be the life, he was stating that he himself is life, but also that those who believe in him would come to receive and to know that life.
Our accepting and believing Jesus for who he is means that by believing in him, we enter or get onto the way that he has provided, we get onto the narrow way that leads to heaven, and when we die, we will go through Jesus as the doorway into heaven.
Also by accepting him, we have chosen to turn from ourselves and from this world that seems to be getting darker and more deceitful as each day passes to the One who is the truth and we allow the truth to impact our lives, ensuring that we live not in the same way as the world lives, the way that we used to live, but allow our lives instead to be govern and guided by his truth.
And our accepting him means that we have passed from death to life, we have as Paul puts it in Ephesians 2, been quickened, made alive again, we have received new life that comes from the life-giver.
Accepting the words of John 14:6 and responding by faith means that we have become new creations, and as a result we are not of all people most to be pitied, but we are of all people the ones who have the most to rejoice in. Our sin is forgiven, our home is in heaven, and soon and very soon, the One who is the way, and the truth and the life is going to return exactly as he told Thomas along with the other disciples that he would and take us so that we can be where he is. To the home that is being prepared.
I am the way the truth and the life
That’s what Jesus said
I am the way the truth and the life
That’s what Jesus said
Without the way there is no going
Without the truth there is no knowing
Without the life there is no living
I am the way the truth and the life
That’s what Jesus said