I Am the Way, the Truth, The Life

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"Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but though Me." - (Jn. 14:6, NASB)

A brief excerpt from yesterday's message.

   This was the final Sunday in our series on, "I Am," looking at Jesus' comments of Himself. Although this is not the last in sequential order, I believe this statement to be a culmination of all the "I am" statements that Jesus made. We can break this verse down into individual parts and look at their meanings, but take a look at the overall message of this verse. As the truth, He is the revelation of God's perfect will to fallen humanity. As the way, He is the journey or path by which we are able to enter into heaven and the glory that is the Heavenly Father. And, as the life, He is both the beginning and the ending, the source of our initial regeneration and the sustaining life until we are translated into glorious beings.  We cannot learn about God without the revelation of who Jesus is, we do not have an avenue in which to make it into heaven without Jesus, and we cannot spiritually survive without the presence of Jesus in us, who is our life. 
   If we look at the depth and breadth of this statement, we might conclude that, "Jesus is our everything." I believe this to be true, and I believe that this is precisely what Jesus wanted us to realize. He is does not merely have the answers in life, He is the answer! 

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