Christ, The Final Analysis

August 24, 2026

JOHN 14:6 NKJV – (6) Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

I AM – In the Greek language, "I am" is a very intense way of referring to oneself. It would be comparable to saying, "I myself, and only I, am." Several other times in the Gospels we find Jesus using these words.

In MATTHEW 22:32 Jesus quotes EXODUS 3:6. In JOHN 8:58, Jesus said, "Truly, truly I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am." In MATTHEW 28:20, as Jesus gave the Great Commission, He gave it emphasis by saying, "I am with you always, to the end of the age."

THE WAY – Jesus used the definite article to distinguish Himself as "the only way." There is no other path to heaven, no other way to the Father.

THE TRUTH – Again Jesus used the definite article to emphasize Himself as "the only truth." Jesus, as the incarnate Word of God (JOHN 1:1) is the source of all truth.

THE LIFE – Jesus had just been telling His disciples about His impending death, and now He was claiming to be the source of all life. In JOHN 10:17–18, Jesus declared that He was going to lay down His life for His sheep and then take it back again. He spoke of His authority over life and death as being granted to Him by the Father. The deliverance He was about to provide was not a political or social deliverance (which most of the Jews were seeking), but a true deliverance from a life of bondage to sin and death to a life of freedom in eternity.

By obsessing over the grace and love demonstrated by Jesus, especially through His sacrifice on the cross, we allow the glory of God to change us from the inside out. This transformation is not achieved by merely obeying His word but by letting the grace of God melt our hearts, leading to genuine change.

SCRIPTURE READING:

HEBREWS 7:25

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

The answer is Jesus. Simply Jesus.