John 14-Jesus and His disciples are eating their last supper together. Jesus has given them some deep spiritual truths that they don’t really understand.
He’s going to try to clarify things by giving His 6th I Am statement.
He starts by telling them not to be upset by the difficult things He has said. They need to trust Him and trust God. In vs 2 Jesus says His Father has a huge house with a lot of room and He is going there to get everything ready. When things are ready He will come back to get them. He says they should be confident and relaxed because they now know the way to the house.
But Thomas says, “No Lord, we don’t know the way!” In vs 6 Jesus says emphatically:
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6 NLT
This is quite a statement because anyone who thinks Jesus is credible and honest must get this. In Chapter 13 Jesus said He would draw all men to God. Here He is saying He’s the only way to the Father. So that means that Heaven is totally INCLUSIVE—available to anyone. But also EXCLUSIVE—with only one way in and that is through Jesus.
And in vs 9 Jesus declares His divinity one more time by saying anyone who has seen Him has seen God the Father.
He finishes by telling the disciples (and us) that they can ask anything in His name and He will do it. This is a tremendous promise but we have to understand what it means. It doesn’t mean we can ask for whatever WE want and then attach Jesus’ name to it. It means we have to pray in the mindset and the name of Jesus. We have to submit our will to His will and pray for things that will honor and glorify Him. If we do that He promises to answer our prayers.
This message was very thought provoking for the disciples. And Jesus is just getting started!
