2. You Know The Way That I Am Going Studies in John’s Gospel John 14:4 Photo by Sarah McMurray, Flickr.com

3. What Way Did Jesus Go? The way of Humility/Service Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.(Philippians 2:5-8 ESV)

4. What Way Did Jesus Go? The way of Humility/Service The way of loneliness For not even his brothers believed in him. (John 7:5 ESV) After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. (John 6:66 ESV)

5. Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses. (Psalm 25:16-17 ESV)

6. What Way Did Jesus Go? The way of Humility/Service The way of loneliness The way of sorrow He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows… (Isaiah 53:3-4 ESV)

7. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! See, your house is left to you desolate. (Matthew 23:37-38 ESV)

8. What Way Did Jesus Go? The way of Humility/Service The way of loneliness The way of sorrow The way of sacrifice And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” (Matthew 8:20 ESV)

9. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read… And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth…. And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, … and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.(Luke 4:16-29 ESV)

10. What Way Did Jesus Go? The way of Humility/Service The way of loneliness The way of sorrow The way of sacrifice The way of truth Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. (John 14:10 ESV)

11. What Way Did Jesus Go? The way of Humility/Service The way of loneliness The way of sorrow The way of sacrifice The way of truth The way of glory

12. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”’ Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” (Acts 2:32-36 ESV)

13. Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. (Revelation 2:10 ESV)

14. “ You Know The Way That I Am Going” Are you going that way?