JESUS THE CHRIST IS THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE

PROCLAMATION

“Thomas said to Him, ‘Lord, we don’t know where You are going, so how can we know the way?’  Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to The Father except through Me.’ ”  John 14:5-6 (NIV)

 

EXPLANATION

These words are from the gospel, the good news regarding Jesus, The Christ, according to the Apostle John and written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.  In this chapter John records what Jesus said to comfort His disciples after telling them that He was going away. (John 14:1-31)  Jesus said that He was going to prepare a place for them so that they could be with Him. (John 14:2-3)  Then He said, “You know the way to the place where I am going.”  It was this statement which prompted Thomas to ask his question, and the reply which Jesus gave him. (John 14:5-6)  Jesus later tells them that He will ask The Father to send The Holy Spirit to abide with them. (John 14:16-18)  The Holy Spirit will teach them and remind them of all of the things that He had said to them. (John 14:26)  Jesus also tells them that He is leaving but that He will be coming back. (John 14:28)

 

APPLICATION

When Jesus, The Christ, said, “I am the way …” He was not merely referring to Himself as the leader, or one who points out the right direction to them.  He was not pointing to His doctrine of salvation but to Himself as the way to salvation.  Not only is what He says true, but He is truth itself.  He is also the giver of life, natural life, spiritual life, and eternal life.  The only way that we can get to God, The Father, and to the kingdom of heaven is through our belief in Jesus, The Christ, The Son of God. (John 3:16)  For God, The Father, The Word, and The Holy Spirit are one. (1 John 5:7)  The Word is Christ Jesus who became flesh and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)  Belief in Christ is the only way to salvation.