INTRO: We have been looking at the words of John 14:6 whre Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life." Next message will be the last one. It will cover these words, "No man comes to the Father but by Me." So, to catch us up briefly, let me take us back to the beginning of John 14:1-6. We began our passage by explaining that John 14:1-6 takes place the night before Jesus' death. He has had the last supper with His disciples, the Passover meal. Judas had already departed into the blackness of night, and Jesus is giving His disciples last minute information. He knows He is about to give His life, but His disciples do not know it.
So He said, "Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in Me." He knows that in just a few short hours they will have great difficulty believing in Him, because the One they thought was their Messiah and would shortly set up His kingdom is about to be apprehended and killed. May I remind you that it is in the darkness of night, or the darkness of trials that it is hard to trust God. So Jesus said to His disciples, "In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know." |
