The Way The Truth The Life
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Key Verse
John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, “
I am
the way, and
the truth, and
the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Observation
Observation
Who is “him” v6?
What was his question?
Jn 14:6 is an answer to his question.
Was his question a valid question?
How do you know?
Thomas’ question:
John 14:5 “Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going.
How can we know the way?””
Jesus’ “Riddles”?
John 13:33 “Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews,
so now I also say to you,
‘Where I am going you cannot come.’”
John 13:36 “Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?”
Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward.””
John 14:4 “And you know the way to where I am going.””
Q. Did Jesus tell His disciples where He is going?
Q. Did Jesus tell His disciples where He is going?
A. Yes!
A. Yes!
John 14:2–3 “In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”
Q. Where is Jesus going?
Q. What is the Way?
Q. What is the Way?
A. 3847 ὁδός (hodos), οῦ (ou), ἡ (hē): n.fem.; ≡ DBLHebr 784, 2006; Str 3598; TDNT 5.42—1. LN 1.99 road, path, way, route (Mt 2:12);
2. LN 15.19 journey, implying a greater distance (Mk 6:8);
3. LN 41.16 way of life, figurative extension of above entries (Mt 21:32; 2Pe 2:21);
4. LN 41.35 Christian way of life (Ac 9:2; 1Co 4:17);
5. LN 81.28 σαββάτου ὁδός (sabbatou hodos), Sabbath journey, the basic rule was 2,000 cubits, variously reckoned at about 800 to 900 yards (Ac 1:12+);
6. LN 77.7 κατασκευάζω τὴν ὁδόν (kataskeuazō tēn hodon), make ready (Mt 11:10; Mk 1:2; Lk 7:27+);
7. LN 88.18 εὐθεῖα ὁδός (eutheia hodos), just way of life (2Pe 2:15+)
James Swanson, Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Greek (New Testament) (Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997).
John 14:5–6 “Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
ie: Provide the direction.
You can see the way.
You can see where it leads to.
Not about “How” to go about the way.
Q. Where does the Way leads to?
Q. Where does the Way leads to?
A. John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:3 “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”
Q. What is the Truth?
Q. What is the Truth?
A. 237 ἀλήθεια (alētheia), ας (as), ἡ (hē): n.fem.; ≡ DBLHebr 622; Str 225; TDNT 1.232—LN 70.3–70.4 truth, i.e., that which is in accord with what really happens, facts that correspond to a reality, whether historical (in the time/space continuum) (Lk 4:25; Ac 4:27), or an eternal reality not limited to historical fact
James Swanson, Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Greek (New Testament) (Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997).
ie: Provide information.
You can know.
Q. Where does the Truth leads to?
Q. Where does the Truth leads to?
A. To know God and Jesus Christ.
John 14:4–7 “And you know the way to where I am going.”
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going.
How can we know the way?”
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.””
Q. What is the Life?
Q. What is the Life?
A. 2437 ζωή (zōē), ῆς (ēs), ἡ (hē): n.fem.; ≡ DBLHebr 2644, 2645; Str 2222; TDNT 2.832—
1. LN 23.88 life (Lk 12:15; Jn 1:4; 14:6; Ro 5:18; Php 1:20);
2. LN 4.1 ψυχὴ ζωῆς (psychē zōēs), living creature (Rev 16:3+)
James Swanson, Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Greek (New Testament) (Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997).
ie: You can live (become / being).
Q. What does Life Leads to?
Q. What does Life Leads to?
A. John 13:34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.”
John 14:12 ““Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.”
John 14:15 ““If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”
John 14:19 “Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.”
John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”
Application
Application
Q. Who is God to You?
Q. Who is God to You?
143 What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.
A. W. Tozer
Knowledge of The Holy (1961)
A. W. Tozer
Q. What Truth(s) Matters to You?
Q. What Truth(s) Matters to You?
4 What really matters is not what we think we perceive, or what others tell us is the truth, but what God says is the accurate perception and the truth of any situation.
Charles Stanley
When the Enemy Strikes (2004)
Charles Stanley
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
Albert Einstein
Q. What Way(s) Matters to You?
Q. What Way(s) Matters to You?
The destination matters to the Christian.
R. C. Sproul
