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. 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). 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. 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. Thereafter, as long as people accepted the Lord Jesus as their Savior, and confessed and repented 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. Finally, the Lord Jesus was crucified as an eternal sin offering for mankind, redeeming them from sin. The Lord Jesus also cured the sick, cast out demons, raised the dead, made the blind see and cripples walk…. 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. He provided mankind with the way of repentance and pointed out the paths of practice for the new era. The Lord Jesus brought an end to the Age of Law and opened up the Age of Grace.
It is something which nothing else in all of creation is capable of.įor 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. 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. 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. 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.
I am the way the truth and the life full#
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). Only the incarnate Lord Jesus said that He was the truth and moreover He could express the truth.
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. 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.
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