The Way/Truth/Life   John 14:5-6

This post concerns Jesus as the Way/Truth/Life.

‘The Way/Truth/Life’ as a post explains what Jesus meant by His statement to Thomas, John 14:5-6. “Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I… the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”  So, when Thomas pictured a path or road that led to a place, Jesus answered in a spiritual sense.

Also, Jesus claimed to be the one and only way for an individual to go to heaven. In front of the Sanhedrin Council, Peter proclaimed this same fact, Acts 4:12. “This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And… salvation in no one else, …no other name under heaven given among men by which we must … saved.”

Thus, Jesus and His teachings provide the only spiritual path to salvation and eternal life.

Note, in the same breath, Jesus labelled Himself as the truth about how to please and obey God, John 1:17. “For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” Under the Law of Moses, only the High Priest could go into the Most Holy Place and worship God on one day of the year. So, when Jesus came, He proclaimed the truth about the grace of God in the new dispensation, namely, Christianity. Thus, Jesus taught a salvation of grace from God.

Note, in the beginning of his gospel, John introduced the Word as Life and the source of light for people to see how to gain eternal life, John 1:4. “In him was life, and the life was the light of men” Thus, this means that Jesus and His teachings will provide eternal life and the light to guide people from earth to heaven.

So, what did we learn?

1.Jesus provides the one and only way to God and heaven.

2.Jesus taught the truth about the grace of God for salvation.

3.Also, at the same time that Jesus provided the light for men to live by, He provided eternal life.

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