"I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life"

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Sermon Series:  Gospel of John
Sermon Scripture:  John 14: 1-14

​Preparing a Place: Jesus Is the Only Way to God (14:1-6)

• We cannot get to the Father apart from trusting in Jesus.
  • ________________ is the antidote for a troubled spirit. (1)
  • Jesus is not preparing literal rooms. Jesus must prepare the ___________. (2-3)
    • The price for sin must be _____________.
    • Death must be _______________.

​Preparing a Place: Jesus Is the Only Way to God (14:1-6) ​continued

• We cannot get to the Father apart from trusting in Jesus.
• The Second Coming is not about a return to heaven, but a ________________ with Jesus.
  • Heaven is heaven because _______________ is there. “That where I am you may be also.”
  • Heaven is about _______________ with Jesus.
  • Salvation is about _______________ with Jesus.
    • Christianity is not exclusive because of who it lets in.
    • Christianity is exclusive because there’s only __________ way to get in.

Proclaiming a Path: Jesus Reveals the Truth about God (14:7-11)

• We cannot know the Father apart from learning from Jesus.
  • Philip wanted to see the Father’s glory.
    • Moses asked for it, but was only allowed to see God’s _____________. (Ex. 33:18).
    • In Christ, we are now able to see God’s ___________.
  • Jesus ______________ the Father.
    • To know Jesus is to know the Father.
    • To hear Jesus is to hear the Father.
  • Jesus is ___________ with the Father.
    • They are one in their _____________.
    • They are one in their _____________.

Providing the Power: Jesus Supplies the Life of God (14:12-14)

• We cannot live for the Father apart from the Spirit of Jesus.
• What does Jesus mean that we will do “greater” works than Him?
  • Greater geographically?
  • Greater ethnically?
  • Greater numerically?
  • Greater spiritually…
    • We now preach a _______________ gospel.
    • We now preach a _______________ gospel.
• We forgive in Jesus’ name based on his _______________ work.
• We have received the Spirit of the crucified and ___________ Christ.
• We do not preach a promised ransom. We preach a __________ ransom.
• How will we do these “greater” works?
  • We must depend on his _____________.
  • We must be desperate in _____________.
    • We must pray in Jesus’ ____________.
    • We must pray for the Father’s ______________.

“Without the way there is no going; without the truth there is no knowing; without the life there is no living. I
am the way which thou must follow; the truth in which thou must believe; the life for which thou must hope.”
– Thomas à Kempis