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“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” –John 14:6
Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” While there are truths that can get people hysterically worked up, there are also truths that have made other lose their life. Here Jesus introduces Himself as The Way, The Truth and The Life.
The Truth here is not just any plain human truth but the one crucial spiritual Truth. The devil came to steal, to kill and to destroy. The devil is most certainly the father of all lies but whenever anyone would turns to the Lord, this veil is taken away. (Hebrews 4:14-17) Whenever a one truth is being revealed, the man can choose to respond to the devil’s lies of despondent or look to God's hope of restoration; for the thief, the devil comes only to steal and kill and destroy but Jesus come that they may have life and have it to the full. (John 10:10)
Now the Lord is the Spirit, where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom and this is the One Spiritual Truth expresses here; only God himself can set people freed. Jesus said, “No one comes to the Father except through me.” For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ Jesus said, “You do not know me or my Father,” for if you knew me, you would know my Father also. Jesus is The Only Way. (John 8:36) The Pharisees and Sadducess were most familiar with Jesus in all of God’s most awesome deeds, and of the Israelites who saw how the Red Sea parted before them but none would have the faith to believe in Him.
God’s spiritual truths are not simply made to reveal (or cause to believe) unto the flesh but by God The Father who chose to reveal Himself by His Holy Spirit to those whom He is pleased to reveal them to. (Matthew 16:17, Luke 10:21) For if signs and wonders were intended for faith to made arise in the first place, let the whole earth be covered with magician and wise men as in the days of the Pharaoh. But instead let us live by faith and not by sight. (Exodus 14:13-14, John 6:35-39, Acts 3:19) Paul said these, "And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve." (2 Corinthians 11:14-15) But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened partly because he himself chose to harden it and so God gave it up it to harden some more. (Exodus 8:15, 9:12,Romans 11:23) Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. (Matthew 10:14-15)
Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth. "And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.” (Matthew 11:23-24)
Verses For Meditation: John 8:23-36
Yes Lord, the harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few. Send out then laborers into the harvest field for the harvests are ripe for no one to harvest. In Jesus most mighty name. Amen.
Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” While there are truths that can get people hysterically worked up, there are also truths that have made other lose their life. Here Jesus introduces Himself as The Way, The Truth and The Life.
The Truth here is not just any plain human truth but the one crucial spiritual Truth. The devil came to steal, to kill and to destroy. The devil is most certainly the father of all lies but whenever anyone would turns to the Lord, this veil is taken away. (Hebrews 4:14-17) Whenever a one truth is being revealed, the man can choose to respond to the devil’s lies of despondent or look to God's hope of restoration; for the thief, the devil comes only to steal and kill and destroy but Jesus come that they may have life and have it to the full. (John 10:10)
Now the Lord is the Spirit, where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom and this is the One Spiritual Truth expresses here; only God himself can set people freed. Jesus said, “No one comes to the Father except through me.” For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ Jesus said, “You do not know me or my Father,” for if you knew me, you would know my Father also. Jesus is The Only Way. (John 8:36) The Pharisees and Sadducess were most familiar with Jesus in all of God’s most awesome deeds, and of the Israelites who saw how the Red Sea parted before them but none would have the faith to believe in Him.
God’s spiritual truths are not simply made to reveal (or cause to believe) unto the flesh but by God The Father who chose to reveal Himself by His Holy Spirit to those whom He is pleased to reveal them to. (Matthew 16:17, Luke 10:21) For if signs and wonders were intended for faith to made arise in the first place, let the whole earth be covered with magician and wise men as in the days of the Pharaoh. But instead let us live by faith and not by sight. (Exodus 14:13-14, John 6:35-39, Acts 3:19) Paul said these, "And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve." (2 Corinthians 11:14-15) But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened partly because he himself chose to harden it and so God gave it up it to harden some more. (Exodus 8:15, 9:12,Romans 11:23) Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. (Matthew 10:14-15)
Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth. "And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.” (Matthew 11:23-24)
Verses For Meditation: John 8:23-36
Yes Lord, the harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few. Send out then laborers into the harvest field for the harvests are ripe for no one to harvest. In Jesus most mighty name. Amen.
