Thomas
said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the
way?”
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me. If you really
know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have
seen him.” John 14:5-7
Back when I was a teenager, there were records (yes, I’m
dating myself) that had subliminal messages.
I only heard one, and ironically the message talked about the coming of
the Lord (FYI – The album was Prince’s 1999).
To get to the point, I woke up yesterday morning with this subliminal
message in my head talking about who Jesus was. It was not as if I did not know
who He was, but yet, it was continuous to the point that I had to write about
it. Part of it was for my own
reassurance, but maybe, it was meant for others as well.
Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. He is the only way to our Heavenly Father,
and that is indisputable. Through our
lives, His teachings, and His word, we have grown to understand that He is also
the truth. Again, no doubt about
that. Then through our own stories of
redemption, we are born again through Him, and thus, He is the life. In understanding these undisputed facts, we
know who Jesus is, and through Him, we know God. It is not as complex as people might seem to
make it, and to nonbelievers, they question whether through science or the own
naivety if God is real. But make no
mistake. Jesus is as real as the air we
breathe, and to know Him is to love Him.
We are given this amazing and wonderful life. While we are flawed and fail to live up to
God’s standards, we are given grace through a wonderful savior: Jesus
Christ. The world may chip away at this,
and people may dispute it with incredible reasoning. However, there is only one way, one truth,
and one life, and that is through Jesus Christ.
What assurance do you have in knowing this? How can you stand firm on this
foundation? My prayer is that through
Jesus Christ, we simply get the message.
Amen.
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