Intro:
Jesus was quite exclusive in his preaching. He came to give hope to man, and he is the only hope we have. He is not a way,
a truth, a life, but he is The way, The truth, and The life. There is absolutely no access to God
or heaven except through Christ! This is it. This is him. Hebrews 2:3
asks, “How shall we escape, if we neglect so
great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him?”
If you reject Jesus, there is no other place to go. This is it. There is but one God, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one
Father, one mediator between God and man, one door, one shepherd, one eternal heaven, and only one way to get there!
There are three companion
verses that I want to show you that illustrate the message of this verse- the way, the truth, the life.
I.
THE WAY: THIS IS THE WAY- Isaiah 30:21, “And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying,
This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” The only way to
heaven is through Christ. He is the way
A.
The Way To God: v. 6, “No man cometh unto the father but by me.” I Tim 2:5,
“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”
B.
The Way To Heaven: He speaks in our text about going to heaven, and he says that we know the
way... in fact he says, “I am the way.” There is only one door to heaven, and Jesus said in John 10:9,
“I am the door.”
C.
The Way To Forgiveness: Eph 4:32, “God for CHRIST’S sake hath
forgiven you.”
D.
The Way To Peace: Rom 5:1, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Eph 2:14, “For he is our peace.”
E.
The Way To Joy: John 15:11, “These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might
remain in you, and that your joy might be full.”
F.
The Way To Love: I John 4:8, “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
II.
THE TRUTH: THIS IS THE BOOK- Gen 5:1-2, “This is the book of the generations
of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed
them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.” There is not another book. There is not another
truth. John 1:1-3 demonstrates to us that Jesus and the Bible are inseparable. It is impossible to trust Jesus and not the
Bible or to believe the Bible and not trust Jesus.
A.
The Book About Creation: “in the day God created man.” Gen 1:1
B.
The Book About Salvation: John 5:39 “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye
have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” We have learned about the salvation plan from the record
of the Word of God.
C.
The Book About Regeneration: This book is quick (alive) and it quickens dead sinners giving them
life anew.
D.
The Book About Sanctification: Ps 119:9, “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his
way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.”
E.
The Book About Resurrection: The resurrection of the Savior, of sinners to be alive in Christ,
and of the saints in the last day. This Bible is filled with resurrection
III.
THE LIFE: THIS IS THE BLOOD- Hebrews 9:20, “This is the blood of the testament which
God hath enjoined unto you.” Leviticus 17:11, “For the life of the flesh is in the blood.”
It is in the blood you find life! There was blood:
A.
For The Son: Gen 4, Able offered a sacrifice that pleased God, for it was a blood sacrifice.
The only way to please God is through the blood!
B.
For The Slaves: Exodus 12, the slaves in Egypt offered a lamb to escape the cruel hand of the
death angel. Life for them was in the blood. Life for captives today is still in the blood!
C.
For The Sinner: John 19:34, they pierced the side of Christ, and forthwith flowed a fountain
of blood that is still saving sinners today!
Conclusion:
Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, the life.” He is our only hope. Do you know him? Will you trust
him to save your soul?
