"I AM, The Way, The Truth and The Life"
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After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table at Jesus’ side, so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking. So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?” Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.” Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him. Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor. So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.
When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. 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.’ 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. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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.” Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 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. 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.”
Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.
“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. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 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. 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.”
Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.
“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. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table at Jesus’ side, so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking. So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?” Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.” Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him. Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor. So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.
When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. 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.’ 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. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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.” Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.
Hearts be troubled
Hearts be troubled
Jesus Was Troubled in His Spirit/Heart
Jesus Was Troubled in His Spirit/Heart
After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
Every one of us in this room has a troubled spirit from time to time. The word means agitated or disquieted or unpeaceful. The reason I move from Jesus’s agitation to our agitation is that John makes that move in the following paragraph. : “Let not your hearts be troubled [same word as verse 21]. Believe in God; believe also in me.” So in Jesus is troubled in spirit. And in he tells us not to be troubled, but to believe.
So here’s the main thing I want to give you: there is a sinful troubled spirit, and there is a holy troubled spirit. Jesus is experiencing something like we experience. “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted [or tested] as we are, yet without sin” (). There is disquiet of heart without sin. There is an agitation of soul without sin. There is a kind of troubled turmoil in the spirit that is not owing to sin.
Two Kinds of Troubled Hearts
Two Kinds of Troubled Hearts
What’s the difference? I’ll mention what I think the difference is in this text.
The sinful troubled soul-due to unbelief.
The sinful troubled soul-due to unbelief.
That’s what seems to say: “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe. . . believe.”
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
But
But
The holy troubled heart-due to love.
The holy troubled heart-due to love.
Jesus isn’t only troubled by the prospect of his own agony. That happens, to be sure, in Gethsemane as he sweats blood.
“The darkness of night did swallow up the Light, but it was destroyed by the Light.”TweetShare on Facebook
But here in
After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
it’s his friend (), Judas: “Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” That’s the pain. One of you. The ones who have been with me for three years. After all we’ve been through. After all I’ve done for you. After all the wonder you’ve experienced.
So I want to encourage you with this:
Part of Christlike Christian living is turmoil of soul. Not sinful turmoil that comes from lack of trust in the promises of God, but holy turmoil that comes from love for someone who is about to destroy himself and turn against God.
that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
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Jesus’s life was not made miserable by this holy disquiet. The same faith in God that dispels sinful turmoil, keeps holy turmoil in its proper bounds. It doesn’t overwhelm you. It can be subordinate to seasons of great joy.
So, how do we avoid being troubled in our hearts due to unbelief?
It starts with what we have talked about up to this point in this series.
Do We Believe The Claims Of Jesus?
Do We Believe The Claims Of Jesus?
“I AM The Way”
“I AM The Way”
Many aspects of the Christian Faith are offensive—deeply offensive. The primary offence appears to be the exclusive claims of the Founder of the Faith. In this day far removed from the days of His flesh, we discover that the exclusive claims of the Son of God are still offensive. Muslims would make Him a prophet, even a lesser prophet than Mohammed. Hindus would be content to acknowledge Him as a demigod—part of the multiplied thousands of gods they fear. Buddhists are perfectly willing to say that He is a great teacher—an enlightened one. Secularists wish to ignore Him as irrelevant except when they need a personal boon.
However, His testimony that He is “the Way,” stands against every effort of fallen man to relegate Him to the sidelines, or to somehow diminish His authority. For the Master lays a narrow claim that He is “the way,” and that “No one comes to the Father except through [Him].”
It is always amazing how one sided we are in our thinking. After all, we think, God is not fair to provide only one way to heaven. What about all those who do not believe in His name?
But, what does Jesus mean when he says “I AM the Way”
Remember what he says a here in these verses.
He tells the disciples that they cannot follow Him right now.
He tells the disciples that they cannot follow Him right now.
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.”
Why?
Why?
Despite their assertion to the contrary, they are not ready to pay the ultimate price to follow Him.
This is a work only Jesus can complete. The Way must be open before others can follow.
You can’t follow Jesus in the night when he does the saving work that only he can do. And that’s really good news.
So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.
You can’t follow Jesus in the night when he does the saving work that only he can do.
And that’s really good news.
The darkness of that night did swallow up the Light, and was destroyed by it.
The Father and the Son were glorified in that hour, accomplishing their most glorious work of salvation for sinners.
“I AM The Truth”
“I AM The Truth”
He is the truth because we can trust his promises.
We can trust his accomplishments.
We can trust his return.
The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Volume 9: John and Acts c. The Question of Thomas (14:5–7)
Jesus is the only authorized revelation of God in human form and he is the only authorized representative of humanity to God.
The whole point of this Gospel account is
but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
“I AM The Life”
“I AM The Life”
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Volume 9: John and Acts c. The Question of Thomas (14:5–7)
Jesus is the only authorized revelation of God in human form and he is the only authorized representative of humanity to God.
Thereby,
He becomes not just the model of Life, He is the means of Life.
He becomes not just the model of Life, He is the means of Life.
But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
Life is in Jesus
Life is in Jesus
Jesus is the Way because He prepared and secured the way. He is the Truth because He bears witness to who, what and how the Father loves us. He is the Life because He has defeated death and our life is lived empowered by Him and conformed to His likeness.
It is no longer up to me.
It is no longer up to me.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Are you tired of constantly trying hold it all together?
Do you want rest for your soul?
Trust the Father. Trust the Son. And triumph over your turmoil.
Trust the Father. Trust the Son. And triumph over your turmoil.
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
Trust Jesus, He is “The Way, The Truth and The Life”
Trust Jesus, He is “The Way, The Truth and The Life”