The LORD Has poured a lot of grace to enable me to dig into scriptures about our LORD Jesus. It is from time in scriptures about Him that I would like to share with us, what He has placed on my heart.
John 14:6 New King James Version (NKJV)
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
The first thing you notice in this scripture is that besides the way to the Father, there exist other counterfeit roads that don't at the end of the day, arrive at destination heaven. In these words, the LORD Jesus is saying, that there are paths of deception that will look as though they lead to the father. At the end of our analyzing this portion of scripture, you will find out how to distinguish the WAY and other paths. Halleluiah.
He says I am the WAY, meaning, the exalted path among many other paths. This then bespeaks of the place and centrality of the person of Christ in the journey to the Father. The Bible says, When he is lifted he draws men unto Him. The dispensation is that of the lifted Christ because He has already been to the cross and His blood still flows to this day to heal and save, and so He is saying that the way of the cross is the loftier, exalted path that leads to the father which has life, truth.
John 12:32 King James Version (KJV)
32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
By so saying, the LORD implied that He has given all men the capacity to be able to find the right path and walk therein because he will actually draw them to himself. And so through the person of the HOLY SPIRIT, He will cause men to acknowledge Him as one that came from the Father and who knows How one can get to the Father. The only one that is the mediator between men and God. This then means that any oath outside Christ is a tragedy as one will NOT reach destination life eternal! " No one comes to the FATHER EXCEPT through me "
The Components Of The Way
John 1 New King James Version (NKJV)
The Eternal Word
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.
He says, that in the beginning there was the WORD, and the WOR was with GOD and the WORD was GOD. That means the word then is a personality. hallelujah. Then He goes ahead to say, In that word, in Him, was LIFE and that the same LIFE was the light of men. how beautiful! The light of life in Him is to show the church which way to Go. it is the light that helps them navigate the path to the father.
Psalm 119:105 King James Version (KJV)
105 Thy word is a LAMP unto my feet, and a LIGHT unto my PATH.
In other words, if the church is going to miss walking in this light, she can consider herself already in deception because then she cannot be able to tell the loftier path.
But then we see that one of the components in the WORD is the LIGHT which is captured in the words of CHRIST as He describes who He is. " ..and the LIFE"
Let us pick another aspect, TRUTH for example. he says in verse 14
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and TRUTH.
He says the path that leads to the FATHER can only be recognized by the aspects of Truth, Life which distinguishes it from other paths that exist that aim at landing the sheep in deception. And so you will know that you are on the highway of holiness( Isaiah 35;8) when finally you are on the path where there is light and there is the truth.
The LORD Jesus was in the beginning with the Father, and, that was where His place was and is. He says, no one goes to the FATHER except through Him. He who has been with the FATHER then must be the authority in recognizing and navigating oneself to the future of eternity with God in heaven. And so the question then becomes, how does one know that they are not in deception?
If this is going to be your research paper and that was the question asked then I would say, simple, based on my argument in this module, the surest way to know that I am NOT in deception, is to anchor myself in THE WORD OF GOD, because therein are the components of LIFE, TRUTH and WAY and this makes it loftier than any other paths, and that in this, I can see the path I should follow until I get to the FATHER. In other words, also, the church anchored in Christ, living and walking Christ, going about life in Christ, a church that glorifies Jesus in everything and is based on the WORD, she can be sure to arrive destination Heaven.
Certainity Of Being On The Way
Someone may ask. how do I know for sure that I am on the way and away from deception in the current dispensation?
Isaiah 28:16 New International Version (NIV)
16 So this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion, a TESTED stone, a PRECIOUS cornerstone for a SURE foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic.
Hallelujiah, the answer becomes, whoever believes in the WORD, who then becomes CHRIST after we have successfully matched the description he gives of himself to the witness of the word in John 1, then that person will have the following as security, as collateral for their faith:
(i) Surety
(ii) Tested
(iii) Preciousness
That their faith bears the above feature and so will not be stricken with fright or panic which also translates to being swayed away by any wind of doctrine.
Ephesians 4:14 King James Version (KJV)
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
In short precious people what we have learned here today is that the church that anchors herself in the WORD, has escaped deception of the hour and can only enter heaven. May the LORD Bless you as you find Christ through the WORD.
To Receive the LORD Pray:
MIGHTY LORD JESUS, I CAN'T WAIT ANY MINUTE, PLEASE COME INTO MY LIFE RIGHT NOW
I TURN OVER ALL MY LIFE UNTO YOU, FORGIVE ME OF ALL SINS,
AND SEND ME THE PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO HELP TO FIND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WATERS OF LIFE
IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, I AM BORN AGAIN. AMEN.
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