John 14:1-14
Christ is the only way to the Father and the source of eternal hope.
1 “Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.
2 In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
4 You know where I go, and you know the way.”
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him.”
8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’
10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12 Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.
13 Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.
Christ is the only way to the Father and the source of eternal hope.
To comfort disciples and affirm Christ as the exclusive way to the Father.
Following the prediction of Peter's denial, the disciples are troubled. Jesus now addresses their anxiety, promising His departure is purposeful and relationally restorative.
Jewish wedding customs often involved the groom preparing a place before bringing the bride to dwell with him. The concept of 'Father's house' evoked temple imagery and covenant dwelling. First-century Judaism anticipated resurrection and eternal dwelling with God.
The Way, the Truth, and the Life, the Father Revealed in the Son, and the Promise of the Spirit
Jesus comforts his troubled disciples by revealing himself as the only way to the Father, the perfect revelation of the Father, the giver of Spirit-enabled life and peace, and the obedient Son who goes to the cross in love for the Father.