Jesus told us, “I
am the Way and the Truth, and the Life."
John 14:6
As
someone has said so well, "Without the Way, there is no going. Without the Truth, there is no knowing, and
without the Life, there is no living."
Let's amplify that statement for a minute.
Without
Jesus, the Way, and without His daily guidance, every way we go will lead to an
ultimate dead end. Only through Jesus
Christ can people find the way to heaven.
He said, "No one comes to the Father except through me."
John
14:16-17a, "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another
Counselor to be with you forever--the Spirit of truth." John 16:13a, "But when he, the Spirit of
truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth." It is when we accept Christ that the Holy
Spirit comes to live within us, and it is God's Holy Spirit who guides us into
all truth. In God's Word, we find there
is an ultimate body of truth that has always been true and always will be
true. It is the Holy Spirit who gives us
insight so we can understand and apply this truth from God. Then we will not be like the people in Judges
17:6, which tells us, "In those days Israel had no king, so people did whatever
seemed right in their own eyes."
People who do not have
God's
Holy Spirit have a philosophy similar to that in Judges today.
Have
you heard such statements as, "If you think it's right, it is right,"
and "If it feels good, do it"?
Without
Jesus, who is the Life, there is no real living. It is true that life without Jesus can have
many pleasantries, but they are shallow and fleeting. Only in Him who is Life do we find abundant
life in this world and eternal life in this world and the next. Life in Jesus Christ is a quality of life
much different from, and infinitely better than, any other kind of living. And, it is life in Christ that enables us to
live forever in heaven.
Lord
Jesus, thank You for being the Way to go, the Truth to know, and abundant and
eternal life for us. Amen.
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