The Way to the Father
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1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
4 And you know the way to where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Do you know the way?
Do you know the way?
Lower School: To school? Home?
Upper School: Directions, Trip Tics before GPS.
John 13 to 17
Private Ministry of Jesus
John 13- The Last Supper & A New Commandment
John 14 - The Way to the Father & The Promise of the Spirit
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
A true, known, and proven disciple of Jesus.
Abides in the Word - John 8:31
31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,
2. Loves One Another - John 13:35
35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
3. Bears Much Fruit - John 15:8
8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.
John 14 - The Way to the Father & The Promise of the Spirit
1. Jesus is going to the Father. v2
1. Jesus is going to the Father. v2
2. Jesus is the way to the Father. v6
2. Jesus is the way to the Father. v6
3. Jesus is with the Father. Heb. 1:3
3. Jesus is with the Father. Heb. 1:3
1. Jesus is going to the Father. v2
1. Jesus is going to the Father. v2
The sin against the Father must be satisfied.
The sin against the Father must be satisfied.
The wrath of the Father must be satisfied.
The wrath of the Father must be satisfied.
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
We are all under the sentence of sin.
We are all under the sentence of sin.
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death.”
The wrath of the Father must be satisfied.
The wrath of the Father must be satisfied.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
How does God fell about sending people to hell?
How does God fell about sending people to hell?
God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked.
God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked.
11 Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?
Jesus is the way to the Father. v6
Jesus is the way to the Father. v6
He has provided the forgiveness of sins. - 1 John 1:7 & 1 John 1:9
He has provided the forgiveness of sins. - 1 John 1:7 & 1 John 1:9
“the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.” - 1 John 1:7
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
He has satisfied the wrath of the Father. - Romans 3:24,26
He has satisfied the wrath of the Father. - Romans 3:24,26
24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
He has broken the power of sin. Romans 6:6-7
He has broken the power of sin. Romans 6:6-7
6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For one who has died has been set free from sin.
Jesus is the way to the Father.
Jesus is the way to the Father.
3. Jesus is with the Father.
3. Jesus is with the Father.
He grants us acceptance with the Father. - Romans 5:1
He grants us acceptance with the Father. - Romans 5:1
He grants us relationship with the Father.
He grants us relationship with the Father.
He grants us to be like the Father.
He grants us to be like the Father.
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. XLVII Expositions by C. H. Spurgeon
Is the Father, then, the same as heaven? Ay, indeed; to come to the Father is to come to perfect blessedness, to know the fulness of his eternal love, and to enjoy it in face-to-face communion;—this is heaven. What higher bliss can we desire?
Jesus is the way to the Father.
Jesus is the way to the Father.