JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE

FRIDAY, 1ST SEPTEMBER, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

TOPIC:  JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE 

MEMORIZE: “Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6.

SCRIPTURE READING: John 14:1-7.

 “"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 "In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

 4 ¶ "And where I go you know, and the way you know." 5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?" 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 7 "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him."”

EXPOSITION:

There are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. 

Upon the word “troubled”: Be not cast down and disquieted. 

The word “heart”: Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. 

The word “your”: However others are overwhelmed with the sorrows of this present time, be not you so. Christ's disciples, more than others, should keep their minds quiet, when everything else is unquiet.

Here is the remedy against this trouble of mind, “Believe”. By believing in Christ as the Mediator between God and man, we gain comfort.

The happiness of heaven is spoken of as in a father's house. There are many mansions, for there are many sons to be brought to glory. Mansions are lasting dwellings. Christ will be the Finisher of that of which he is the Author or Beginner; if he has prepared the place for us, he will prepare us for it. 

John 14:5, This is one of the most basic and important passage in Scripture. How can we know the Way to God? Only through Jesus. Jesus is the Way because He is both God and man. By uniting our lives with His, we are united with God. We must trust Jesus to take us to the Father, and all the benefits of being God's child will be yours. 

In John 14:6-7, it is written: ⁶ "Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. ⁷ "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him."

Jesus says he is the only Way to God the Father. Some people may argue that this Way is too narrow (Matthew 5:13-14) In reality, it is wide enough for the whole world, if the world chooses to accept it. Instead of worrying about how limited it sounds to have  only one Way, we should be saying, "Thank you, God, for providing a sure Way to get to you! "

JESUS CHRIST is the Way, The Truth and The Life. 

1. Christ is the sinner's Way to the Father and to heaven, in his person as God manifest in the flesh, in his atoning sacrifice, and as our Advocate. 

2. He is the Truth, as fulfilling all the prophecies of a Saviour; believing which, sinners come by him the Way. He is the reality of all God's promises. He is the Truth of God that sets free - John 8:32-36; 14:6. He is the teaching and the source of truth - Matthew 22:16; Mark 12:14; John 1:14,17.

3. He is the Life, by whose life-giving Spirit the dead in sin are quickened. Nor can any man draw nigh God as a Father, who is not quickened by Him as the Life, and taught by Him as the Truth, to come by Him as the Way. He is the source of eternal Life. As Life, He joins His divine life to ours, both now and eternally. 

By Christ, as the Way, our prayers go to God, and his blessings come to us; this is the Way that leads to rest, the good old Way. He is the Resurrection and the Life. 

All that saw Christ by faith, saw the Father in Him. In the light of Christ's doctrine, they saw God as the Father of lights; and in Christ's miracles, they saw God as the God of power. The holiness of God shone in the spotless purity of Christ's life. We are to believe the revelation of God to man in Christ; for the works of the Redeemer show forth his own glory, and God in him. 

PRAYER POINT:  Lord, thank you for being the Way unto usto God. Hallelujah. Praise God.  

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Jeremiah 29 – 32.

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ANCHOR OF LIFE is the daily devotional guide written by PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE, General Overseer, Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l. It is an extraction of God’s word designed to draw the sincere seekers closer to God on a daily basis through an insightful exposition and analysis of God’s Word. 

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