The One True Way

“‘Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way where I am going.’ Thomas said to Him, ‘Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.’”
John 14:1-7

There is a world of difference between having someone give you directions and having someone accompany you, giving directions as you go.     Those who are lost in the darkness of their sin are hoping for someone to take them by the hand and lead them to the light. Yet how many are given directions by others who are also in the dark? How often do they hear conflicting opinions about the direction to go?

What a comforting and assuring illustration Jesus gives of His involvement in guiding us to God:
- “I am the way...”: To reach God, you have to know your way. The very pathway to God is a knowledge of, and a faith in, His Son.
- “the truth...”: Do you want to know God’s way? The words Christ spoke are the truth concerning God and our access to Him. Jesus not only told the truth, He was and is the truth.
- “and the life”: Jesus proved to have power over life and death. He is the embodiment of physical life and of spiritual, eternal life.

When one approaches God on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ, he can be confident that his way is sure concerning his relationship with God and that he possesses spiritual life and will live eternally in God’s presence.

If Christ is the way, why waste time traveling some other way?