John 14: 6: "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me." We will spend two days looking at this verse of Scripture. Today, we focus on the first part.The image of a path or way in the Hebrew Bible often stood for keeping the commandments or teachings of God. This was a common ancient metaphor for active participation in a set of beliefs, teachings or practices. The Dead Sea Scrolls community called themselves followers of “the way,” by which they meant they were followers of their own interpretation of the path that pleased God. Paul and the first Christians also called themselves “follower[s] of the Way” The word truth is used in Scripture in two ways: true as contrasted with false; and genuine as contrasted with unreal. Although both apply to God, when we speak of the truth of God, normally His genuineness is contrasted with false gods of other religions. The Scriptures in this sense declare Him “the only true God”. The word in Greek for life is "zoe" and refers to spiritual life. There is only one way, one truth, and one life, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ.
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