“I AM…” - Part 6

Jesus made 7 “I AM…” statements about himself.

I am the bread of life.

I am the light of the world.

I am the door.

I am the good shepherd.

I am the resurrection and the life.

I am the way the truth and the life.

I am the true vine.

John 14: 1-14

 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.” 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. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”  Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

The Way

Jesus is the only way to the Father. We cannot go to the Father by any other way apart from Jesus. 

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. Matthew 7: 13-14

If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell. Matthew 5:29-30

The Truth

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist. Ephesians 6:14

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32

The Life

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16.

I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10.

:::RESPONSE:::

Which way are you walking on? Are you walking on “the way” (Jesus) that leads to the Father?

What is the truth your life is based on? Is your life built on “the truth” (Jesus)? 

What is the life that you are pursuing? Are you focused on eternal life? 

Let us choose Jesus. Let us walk through the small gate on the narrow way that leads to life. Let us choose Jesus so that we will have life, and life in abundance.