1. “I am the way, the truth, and the life
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
John 14:6; NKJV

2. “I am the way, the truth, and the life
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
We live in an inclusive world.
One way is as good as another – pluralism
There is no absolute truth – relativism
Living is doing what you want to do – tolerance
In this inclusive world in which we live,
Jesus makes an exclusive claim in John 14:6.

3. The pronoun “I” is emphatic.
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
The pronoun “I” is emphatic.
The – not a way – The way!
The – not a truth – The truth!
The – not a life – The life!

4. “I am the way, the truth, and the life
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Be convicted about John 14:6.
Don’t compromise John 14:6.
Be compassionate in your presentation of John 14:6.

5. “I am the way, the truth, and the life
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Be convicted!
Don’t compromise!
Present compassionately!
Context of John 14:6 – they are troubled (14:1, 27) – He is comforting them with these words.
God didn’t give us His word so that we could explain it to others, but that we might experience it ourselves and live it out for others to see Christ in us!

6. “There are many ways to get to Washington, DC.”
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
“There are many ways to get to Washington, DC.”
We are not going to DC; we are going to Heaven and there is just one way.

7. “I don’t know about that.”
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
“I don’t know about that.”
Read the gospel of John and see how it washes over you.

8. “I am the way, the truth, and the life
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
“I don’t like that.”
If you come to know Him, you will come to love Him, and whatever He says you will accept without hesitation because He is love, full of grace and truth, the way and the life.

9. “I am the way.” Way – hodos – a road, a mode or means, way – Strong’s
Pilgrimage to the Father’s house – 1 Peter 3:18
Jesus is the forerunner – Hebrews 6:20; Isaiah 35
He is the shepherd leading His sheep to His Father’s home in Heaven – John 10:1-30; 14:1-6

10. “I am the way.”
Heaven was a real place to Jesus, not a state of mind – John 6:38
He came so that we might go – John 14:1-6; Psalm 23:6
The wrong way will not lead us to Heaven – Matthew 7:13-14
The wrong way will not lead us to blessings that are only to be found in Him – Ephesians 1:3

11. “I am the way.” Acts – “The Way” – 9:2; 19:9, 23; 22:4; 24:14, 22
Acts 4:12 – “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men (“the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth” v. 10) by which we must be saved.” (NKJV)

12. “I am the truth.”
Truth – aletheia – objectively, opposed to what is false, of a truth, in reality, in fact – Thayer’s
Absolute truth does it exist and it’s/His name is Jesus!
John 1:1, 14 – Word – logos – communication
John 1:14 – “full of grace and truth”
John 1:17 – “grace and truth came through Jesus Christ”
Colossians 2:2-3 “…Christ Himself, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge – vs. 8-10

13. “I am the truth.” Creed – creedo – “I believe” – Christ is my creed!
Organization – Organism – living – I am a member of His body!
Religious System – relationship – I am in Christ! He is my Savior!

14. “I am the life.”
Life – zoe – vitality, animate, opposite of dead – Thayer’s
He is the source and giver of life –
Colossians 1:16 – by Him all things were created
Acts 3:15 – the Author of Life
John 1:4; 14, 18 – In Him was life
1 John 1:1-3 – The Word of Life, manifested, seen, that eternal life
John 10:10 – abundant life
John 3:16 – have everlasting life
1 Timothy 4:8 – the life that now is and of that which is to come
2 Timothy 1:10 – abolished death and brought life and immortality
1 John 5:20 – the true God and eternal life

15. “I am the life.”
The walking dead are those who have not accepted the way, the truth, and the life –
Ephesians 2:1-3 – dead, walking, disobedient
John 3:36 – belief, unbelief, everlasting life, wrath
1 John 5:11-12 – no Son, no life
Jesus calls, “Come to Me…” – Matthew 11:28

16. “I am the way, the truth, and the life
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
He did not claim to have access to the way.
He did not claim to know the truth.
He did not claim to be in contact with the life of the Father.

17. “I am the way, the truth, and the life
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
He is the way to the Father’s house.
He is the truth that reveals the Father’s heart.
He is the life given that we might be born again into the Father’s family.

18. Follow the way. Believe the truth. Surrender to the life.
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Follow the way.
Believe the truth.
Surrender to the life.

19. Unsure – Jesus is the truth. Dead – Jesus is the life.
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Lost – Jesus is the way.
Unsure – Jesus is the truth.
Dead – Jesus is the life.

20. “I am the way, the truth, and the life
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Acts 2:38 – the wrong way, false beliefs, dead in sin John 3:5-8 – born again of the water and The Spirit Romans 6:1-11 – newness of life, live with Him, alive to God Colossians 3:4 – Christ, who is our life John 5:29 – the resurrection of life 1 Corinthians 15:24 – deliver us to The Father 1 Thessalonians 4:17 – we shall always be with the Lord

21. “I am the way, the truth, and the life
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Believe John 14:6
and trust that if you act upon it
you will be in the way,
you will know truth,
you will not only find life, but you will live
and when Jesus comes again
He will introduce you as His brother,
to our Father in Heaven.