“Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way?
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… And Thomas said to him, Lord, we do not know where you are going. And how can we know the way? And Jesus said to him, best news ever. I am the way, the truth, and the life. no one comes to the father except through me and father we receive your word into our hearts Lord, would you allow the soil of our hearts to be soft to your word today? We don't want it to just land on top. We don't want it to even just land an inch below. We want it to go deep into the soil of our hearts, that it would do exactly what you want it to do in us, for us, through us, for your glory. And Lord, we thank you for the hope that we have in heaven. Thank you that because of Jesus, and when we believe in Jesus as the way, the truth and the life, that we will, when we die, be with you. Thank you for that, Lord. …
… Remarkable. Jesus said it this way in John 14, verse 5, verse 15, I should say, and verse 23. Hang on now. Jesus said, if you love me, keep my commandments. I'm going to pause. If you love me, keep my commandments. This has nothing to do with legalism. Jesus says, listen, if you and I have a relationship, and I love you, the evidence of you loving me will be that when I instruct you to do something, you're going to do it because I want you to have a blessed life. So Jack, I'm telling you how to do this so that your life will be blessed. And if you love me, if you really know where I'm coming from, I'm elaborating, I'm exaggerating what Jesus would say to us here. If you really understand that I love you, what I'm telling you to do will turn out for your very good. But a legalistic person reads this and says, ooh, it's not for me. Why? Because you think you understand his love for you. …
… to get you ready. Now, he said to his men, now you know where I'm going. Thomas said, no, we don't. That's verse five. We don't know the way. We don't know where you're going and how can we know the way? Thomas didn't know. He was honest Thomas. He wasn't doubting. He was honest. He said, we don't know where you're going. He honestly didn't know. So the Lord said to him that historic statement, I'm the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father but through me. Christianity has often been criticized because it is bigoted and narrow and rigid. No, it's just as Jesus said it. If a human being on earth wants to go to the Father in heaven, he's got to go one way through Jesus Christ. Without him, there is no going. Without the life, there is no living. Without the truth, there's no knowing. It must be through Jesus Christ. If you're planning on heaven as your eternal abode, there's one way to get there, and that's through the cross, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Well, this created another question in Philip's mind. …
Where I am going, you know the way. Thomas said to him, Master, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way? 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 know me, you will also know my Father. From now on, you do know him and have seen him. Philip said to him, Master, show us the Father and that will be enough for us. Jesus said to him, And then I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do and will do greater ones than these because I am going to the Father. The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Wait till you have a seat. As I mentioned at the beginning of Mass, this is the season of goodbyes. And it's so strange. I don't know if you think about it much, but like it seems, I don't know if it seems like this to you, but it seems like it was only the season of hellos not too long ago. …
… Jesus is the life. Again, looking at John 14, verses 1 through 6, we would do this for each of those three attributes. Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me. Verse 6, latter end of the verse, I am the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Wow. So remember, do you guys remember this? bumper sticker. Everybody wants to die. I'm sorry. Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Do you remember that bumper sticker? Everybody wants to go to heaven. Nobody wants to die. Of course, listen, of course you don't want to die. We don't want to talk about that. Somebody... Now, again, I don't know how it came about, but in the old days when I was a little kid, I remember for some reason it just stood out to me. There'd be knocks at the door, usually on the weekend, and my dad or my mom would answer the door, and it would be a man selling life insurance. …
… Thomas said, Lord, we don't know where you're going, so how can we know the way? And Jesus answered, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him. I want to ask you a question. Have you ever had those moments or those times where someone asks you, how are you doing? How are you? And our natural response is what? I'm fine. I'm good. I'm good. But the truth is this. You're not good. you know that you're not good on the inside, that you're functioning and you're performing, but you're not fine. You're showing up, but something inside of you feels unsettled. You can function, you can turn up to work, you can lead, you can get the kids ready for school, you can put the smile on your face, but somehow you still feel troubled. …
… And whither I go you know, and the way you know. But Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest. And he says, And how can we know the way? And Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me. If you had known me, you should have known my Father also. And from henceforth ye know him and have seen him. Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father, and we'll be satisfied. It sufficeth us. Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father. And how sayest thou then, show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself, but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me, or else believe me for the very works sake. …