“I am the way.”

In a world that struggles with the idea of only ONE way to get to heaven (the Father’s house), Jesus said that he is the way: “No one comes to the Father except through me.”

But, if one really wants to know the way to living with the Father, the only person who has been to the Father’s house — and has been here — is Jesus Christ. If you want to know how to get to heaven , it makes sense to ask the ONLY one who has actually been there.

And Jesus says this: “I AM THE WAY.”

In this lesson, Mike looks at this powerful statement and all that it implies.

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 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? 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. You know the way to the place where I am going.”

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.”

Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.

John 14:11 (NIV)