John 14: 8-11
Do you know someone who is looking for a way to God other
than through Jesus Christ; in fact you may be one of those. More than one person has told me that John
14:6, is too exclusive, and it always goes something like, what about the
person in some jungle that has never seen a Bible? And my answer is; Romans 1:18-20, and the
same God who so loved the world that He gave his only Son to take our place,
paid our debt by shedding His blood on a cross, so all could have eternal life
when they put their faith in Him. That
God is big, real big, and I trust He will reach them with His love story of
Jesus.
I also observed that many who make such claims, have a
better plan than God’s. Their plan is
built around living life as they please, and God calls that rebellion, it’s
living independently of God’s authority, in fact it is living under your on
authority, making your own way to eternal life where you will be separated from
God. But from whom or where did you get
such authority, and how much control do you have over this life? You cannot add one day to your life and the
book of James makes that very clear. “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into
such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—yet
you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist
that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If
the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogance.
All such boasting is evil.” (James
4:13-16 ESV)
Now if the above is not clear let me make sure that you
understand; I believe Jesus is “Truth” not a truth but the “Truth”. And if that is true, then “Truth” has spoken
in John 14:6-7, Jesus
said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my
Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
Now if you’re a Christian, a person who by faith has put
their hope and trust for this life and the life to come in what Jesus did some
2000 years ago on a cross, by buying you back out of the grasp of sin, by
shedding His blood for your sins, and you are still troubled, so was the
apostle Philip. Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is
enough for us.” (John 14:8) This was Jesus’ reply to His disciple,
and to us: “Jesus
said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me,
Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the
Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?
The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father
who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the
Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves. (John
14:9-11 ESV)
From the Back Porch,
Bob Rice
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