No Way

"I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me " - John 14:6

There is something hidden in that verse that many people simply do not see, let alone understand. All we have to do is go back one verse to see that even the disciples didn't get it.

"How can we know the way?" - John 14:5

The way? What 'way'?

Jesus wasn't talking about directions to a particular earthly place. He was talking about a way of life. He was talking about Himself. HE is the way!

There is a way of life, and a way of death. Jesus wants us to live a godly life - in Him.

When we come to faith in Jesus we become changed. As Paul told us, it happens "in the twinkling of the eye." (1 Corinthians 15:52). It's instantaneous. It's like the sudden inhalation of air after holding one's breath underwater. Jesus wants us to breathe, in Him.

"In Him we live and move and have our being." - Acts 17:28

We need to quit thinking in terms of "religion" and concentrate on living a "way of life" that is pleasing to God. God wants us to be "holy." Why? Because HE is holy (Leviticus 19:2). God wants us to live a holy life, just like Jesus did.

"Umm . . . that's impossible!"

That's right. We are all sinners and are totally incapable of living 'a holy life.' 

“My prayer is not for them alone (the Apostles). I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message (that's us), ²¹that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me." - John 17:20-21

This is not to imply that "works" are needed. Rather, our works are a result of our being saved.

The world lives a certain way. That way is not the way that Jesus wants us to live.

"Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." - Romans 12:2

And how do we do that? We must become a new creation, in Him.

"If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." - 2 Corinthians 5:17

Are you a new creation? Have you become changed? "Is there evidence that I've been changed?" Hmm, that's from a sing (link at bottom).

Jesus changes us when we meet Him. Need an example?

"Then Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son of John - but you will be called Cephas” (which means “Peter”).

Boom! Simon was changed. If there has been no change, have we really met Jesus?

Finally, to answer the question in verse 5, "How can we know the way?"

We already KNOW the way. We have trouble committing to beginning the journey. In a nutshell, "Admit that you're a sinner, Believe that Jesus died for your sins, and Forever Receive the gift of forgiveness and eternal life.

That's the way. The question is are we going to walk "in Him," a testimony to who HE us, who WE are, and WHOSE we are.

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