THE ONLY WAY? Jesus Said - Week 1 7/9/2023 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” John 14:1–7 ESV I AM Claim to deity I and my Father are one THE WAY The only means to salvation The only means to God the Father THE TRUTH The only source of ALL truth My being, my words, my existence is truth THE LIFE The only sacrifice for sin The only means for forgiveness NO ONE . . . EXCEPT THROUGH ME The only path to the Father, Spirit, and eternal life. There is no exception, no work around, no rationalization. In one sentence Jesus becomes the solution to all of life’s needs We must accept and interact with God on His terms not ours as we will never be in a position to negotiate. God said it, that’s how it is PERIOD!