P6 I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE

I Am, Part 6 Sermon February 19, 2023

Matthew 16:15 (NIV2011)

15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

I am:

- The Bread of Life

- The Light of the World

- The Gate for the Sheepfold

- The Good Shepherd

- The Resurrection and the Life

Context: The bombshell:

John 13:33 (NIV2011)

33 “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.

John 14:1-3 (NIV2011)

1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

John 14:4 (NIV2011)

“You know the way to the place where I am going.”

John 14:5 (NIV2011)

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

John 14:6 (NIV2011)

6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

I am the Way and the Truth and the Life

Jesus is the Way

Jesus is the Way

He alone is authorized

Example: DC and US Capitol

Ephesians 3:12 (NIV2011)

In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.

Jesus is the Way

He is authorized

He is alive

Example: Other religions

1 Corinthians 15:17 (NIV2011)

17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

Jesus is the Truth

Example: Level

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