Who is Jesus to you?

"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).

Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life.” Everything that you are looking for can be found in him. All of your questions can be answered by him. Don't look to the world for the answers you seek. Turn to him while he may be found. Whatever it takes, turn to God while you still have an opportunity.

In order to understand what “I am the way, the truth, and the life” means, which was said by the Lord Jesus, we must first be clear that only God can express the truth, grant people life, and show people the way. Before the Lord Jesus said He Himself was the truth, no person had said he himself was the truth, and no person could express the truth. Only the incarnate Lord Jesus said that He was the truth and moreover He could express the truth. Just as it is recorded in the Scriptures, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us … full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).

The Lord Jesus was God incarnate, that is, God’s Spirit clothed Himself in the flesh as the Son of man to work in the human world. He appeared to be an ordinary, normal human from the outside, but He was Christ incarnate and God Himself and He possessed a divine essence. This is how the Lord Jesus could express God’s disposition and what God has and is, and could express the truth and perform the work of saving mankind based on their needs. It is something which nothing else in all of creation is capable of.

For example, in the later stage of the Age of Law when people could not keep the laws, they were sinning more and more, and were faced with the danger of being executed by the laws, God Himself became flesh and came among man to do His work in order to save man. The Lord Jesus brought an end to the Age of Law and opened up the Age of Grace. He provided mankind with the way of repentance and pointed out the paths of practice for the new era. He taught people to be humble and patient, love others as themselves, love their enemies, be honest people, use their hearts to truthfully worship God, love God, and more.

The Lord Jesus also cured the sick, cast out demons, raised the dead, made the blind see and cripples walk…. Finally, the Lord Jesus was crucified as an eternal sin offering for mankind, redeeming them from sin. Thereafter, as long as people accepted the Lord Jesus as their Savior, and confessed and repented get baptized , to the Lord, they were absolved of their sins, were no longer subject to the condemnation and punishments of the laws for violating the laws, and could enjoy the abundant grace bestowed by the Lord.

This shows that only Christ can give man the truth, the way and the life, and that the Lord Jesus is God Himself who can bestow upon people the truth, the way and the life. However, many people of that time just saw the Lord Jesus’ ordinary and normal appearance, but did not know that the Lord Jesus was the incarnate Christ, and that He was God Himself. So, the Lord Jesus said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by Me” (John 14:6). The Lord Jesus was testifying His own identity to the people of that time, so that they could know that He was Christ, was God Himself, and could bestow upon them the truth, the way, and the life.

What’s more, if we do not understand Christ is the way, the truth, and the life, we will surely not gain God’s approval. Just like the Jewish Pharisees of that time, not only did they not acknowledge that the incarnate Lord Jesus was Christ and accept the truth expressed by the Lord Jesus, but even judged, condemned, and blasphemed Him. They just believed in Jehovah God in heaven but did not acknowledge Christ who expressed the truth and provided sustenance for people’s lives on earth. In the end, they crucified the Lord because of the Lord Jesus not obeying the laws of the Old Testament.

They believed in God but had no knowledge that Christ is the truth, the way and the life. Thus, they became the classic examples of people who condemned and rejected Christ, and ultimately they were punished and cursed by God because of their resistance to Christ.

Therefore, by saying, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by Me,” the Lord Jesus wanted people to know that the essence of Christ is the truth, the way, and the life, and that other than Christ, no one can express the truth. That is to say, He who can express the truth and bestow upon man the way and the life surely is Christ, and is God Himself. We believers in God must understand that Christ is the truth, the way and the life, for only in this way can we closely follow God’s footsteps and receive God’s promises and blessings.

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