KEY VERSE: Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” – John 14:6
"My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come." – John 13:33
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?" Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” – John 14:1-6
1. I AM THE ______
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way..." – Isaiah 53:6
…all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. – Romans 3:23
"...to seek and to save what was lost." – Luke 19:10
“You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” – Psalm 16:11
2. I AM THE ______
For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. – Colossians 1:16-17
The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word…– Hebrews 1:3
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form. – Colossians 2:9
"You diligently study the scriptures because you think by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me." – John 5:39
3. I AM THE ______
Dead in (our) transgressions and sins. – Ephesians 2:1
"I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." – John 10:10
“I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.” – Job 19:25-26
“…God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16
“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.” – John 5:24
Discussion Questions
1. How did Jesus’ words in John 14:6 bring comfort to His disciples? How do they bring comfort to you?
2. Do you know of anyone asking a question similar to Thomas’ (John 14:5)? Would Jesus’ answer be satisfactory to that person (John 14:6)? Why or why not?
3. Describe in two or three sentences how Jesus shows us the “way” to be saved:
4. Explain what it means to say that Christ is, “the self-revelation of God”:
5. How has Jesus imparted life to you? List some ways you can share that life with others:
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