The Way Is A Person

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John 14:1-7

14 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 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? 3 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. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

 
 

Jesus tells the disciples not to be worried at His death and that there is a place for them in heaven. He states:

4 And you know the way to where I am going [John 14:4].

Thomas is confused:

5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me [John 14:5–6].

The disciples are looking for a path, but Jesus tells them that the way is a person. Jesus is the way! That is, the way to know the Father and to live eternally with Him in heaven is to know Jesus. If you know Jesus, then you know the way.

QUESTION OF THE DAY
Modern people are often troubled by the exclusivity of Christ—that He is the way. But shouldn’t we instead be grateful that the Father sent the Son to the world so that all who believe in Him could know the way to life?