John 14:6 - "Christ The Way"

John 14:6

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

John chapter 14 unfolds as a word of comfort spoken by the LORD Jesus Christ to troubled hearts. He speaks to His disciples before His crucifixion, knowing their weakness, their fear, and their inability to comprehend what was about to unfold. He tells them not to let their hearts be troubled, even after declaring that one would deny Him and that He was going away. Yet His going away was not abandonment. It was purposed that He should go away to the cross and die, and then after His resurrection, come again to receive them unto Himself, as the smitten Shepherd, gathering His sheep to Himself, after they had fled, (Zechariah 13:7).

In His Father’s house are many dwelling places. One house, determined, established, and belonging to the family of God. These dwelling places (rooms) are not newly constructed, nor dependent upon time or human effort. God elected and chose the people who would dwell there, and that place is theirs forever. When Christ speaks of going to prepare a place, He is speaking of going to the cross. None could ever be brought into that house except through His death. Election alone does not bring sinners in. Redemption must be accomplished. The Spirit of God then draws each one to Christ, for whom their place has already been prepared.

Justice smote the Shepherd, and the sheep were scattered, but when He rose again, He gathered them unto Himself, that where He is, they may be also. He assures them that they know the Way, even when they did not yet fully comprehend the depth of Christ's words. Yet, after His resurrection, when He appeared to His disciples, He opened their eyes in His time that they should see and believe the work that the LORD Jesus had accomplished for them (Luke 24:1-9).

Thomas speaks honestly. He does not know where the LORD is going, nor how the Way can be known. And Christ answers with the definitive declaration that stands as the foundation of all truth: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). This is exclusive and absolute. It is not only a statement of direction but of Authority and Power. Apart from Christ’s work on behalf of sinners, no one comes to the Father.

The Way is not a path. It is not a method. It is not a bridge to be crossed by human effort. Christ does not say He will show the way. He declares that He is the Way. Salvation is not found in religion, moral conduct, ceremonies, sacraments, movements, or self-effort. There is no salvation in method, movement, or morality. There is only the Man Christ Jesus, the Way.

Scripture declares this plainly: “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Again, “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5). The Way is the Person of the LORD Jesus, and the work He accomplished by His death. He is the great "I AM," Jehovah God (Exodus 3:14) come in the flesh (Philippians 2:9-11).

The Way is sovereignly appointed. God the Father appointed the Son as the Only

Way according to His eternal purpose. Election is always in Christ. God chose His people in Him before the foundation of the world, predestinating them unto adoption by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will (Ephesians 1:4–5). This is the effectual Love of God in Christ, not general kindness, but purposeful love that effectually obtained the salvation of each of the elect of God.

The Way is also the blood-redeemed Way. Entrance into the holiest is by the Blood of Jesus, by a new and living Way consecrated through the veil, that is, His flesh (Hebrews 10:19–20). Without the shedding of blood, there is no justification before the Holy God. Christ entered once into the holy place by His own Blood, having obtained eternal redemption for His people (Hebrews 9:12). His death was particular. He laid down His life for the sheep (John 10:11). He did not make salvation possible. He accomplished it. Redemption, reconciliation, propitiation, justification, sanctification—these were obtained by His Blood shed unto death.

The Way is the Way of Truth. Christ is the Truth, not just a teacher of truth, but is the embodiment of the full Revelation of God (John 14:9). In Him the righteousness of God is revealed as the only One approved of God who could satisfy God's law and justice.

The Way is the Way of Life. The Christ is the Life. He gives eternal Life, and those to whom He gives it shall never perish (John 10:28). Life comes through His death. The cross is not tragedy, but triumph.

In conclusion, John 14:6 draws our hearts away from every false refuge and fixes them firmly upon Christ alone. He does not merely show the way, speak the truth, or point toward life; He is the Way by whom sinners are brought to the Father, the Truth in whom all God’s promises are yea and amen, and the Life by whom the dead are made to live. All access to God, all assurance of acceptance, and all hope of glory are found exclusively in Him. Therefore, our rest is not in our understanding, our obedience, or our sincerity, but in the Person and finished work of the LORD Jesus Christ, Who brings His people safely and eternally home to the Father. No man comes to the Father but by Him. This humbles His people and exalts Christ. Our Hope rests not in ourselves, but in the surety of Christ’s work, which cannot fail. Christ the Way—not man’s way.