P6 I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE
P6 I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE
I Am, Part 6 Sermon February 19, 2023
Matthew 16:15 (NIV2011)
15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
I am:
- The Bread of Life
- The Light of the World
- The Gate for the Sheepfold
- The Good Shepherd
- The Resurrection and the Life
Context: The bombshell:
John 13:33 (NIV2011)
33 “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.
John 14:1-3 (NIV2011)
1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 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? 3 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.
John 14:4 (NIV2011)
“You know the way to the place where I am going.”
John 14:5 (NIV2011)
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
John 14:6 (NIV2011)
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
I am the Way and the Truth and the Life
Jesus is the Way
Jesus is the Way
He alone is authorized
Example: DC and US Capitol
Ephesians 3:12 (NIV2011)
In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Jesus is the Way
He is authorized
He is alive
Example: Other religions
1 Corinthians 15:17 (NIV2011)
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
Jesus is the Truth
Example: Level
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