Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Getting the Message

 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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