While others live for themselves, their country, mankind, the believer lives for Christ. NOTWITHSTANDING THE INDIFFERENCE THAT MEN GENERALLY MANIFEST IN RELATION TO IT. They do not come to the Father by the Son. The importance of thus coming to the Father. We can roll all our burdens on Christ, who is by our side.(J. Who the Mediator was let John tell us (chap. Mar 23, 2012. By truth, in this passage, we are not to understand abstract or general doctrine. When you are hungry you have a very disagreeable feeling, and nothing will take it away and make us feel comfortable, but substantial food. THE SUPPORTER OF LIFE. Binney. Will you come unto the Father?(J. -------------------- But there is nothing that requires more care than our souls, after Jesus has made them alive. In the whole of the series of verses, with which the text is connected, our Saviour speaks of Himself as being one who had been introduced for the purpose of accomplishing a work, through the agency of which man might be made possessor of all that is desirable in the state we have endeavoured to describe. ITS OBJECT.1. For this purpose He sends forth the Spirit; who makes men feel that they are sinners, and then He leads them to desire the salvation of Him who is the Truth. LIFE ON CHRIST Some plants grow on that on which they lean. January 7th, 2011. "If I be lifted up, I will draw all men unto Me." As Judge.II. I doubt whether any mind ever attains the highest order of intellect without an acquaintance with Jesus Christ. But can you affirm this of those methods of salvation which man has invented? It is the exact relation between two things. (2)He not only merits, but sends that Spirit.II. The difference between the true and the nominal Christian lies here. You may know all about arithmetic, geography, history, etc., and this knowledge may be very useful to you in the business of this life, but it will not be of the least use to you in trying to get to heaven. Now all just wows of religion rest upon this foundation. )Christ, the Christian's lifeJ. your personal freedom; but this affects your soul, your conscience, your character, your eternity.IV. We have need incessantly, therefore, to refer to the first principle; to correct everything by this, "I am the Truth.". SATISFIES AND MAKES US HAPPY. 1. 3. Besser, D. D.)Christ the way to GodH. "Oh, papa, it's so dark! He is nature's "truth." What a sermon in stone that monument preaches! THE REWARDER OF LIFE. As a Mediator. SATISFIES AND MAKES US HAPPY. He lay awake, after going to bed one night, in fear and dread. Is it not trying by every means in its power to get up to the Great First Cause? Look, for instance, at a babe that is just born, and a chicken that is just hatched. THAT IT IS A PRIMARY DUTY OF ALL INTELLIGENT BEINGS TO COME TO GOD. Living in Him; the Church is founded upon a rock, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it. "Neither is there salvation in any other," etc. The importance of thus coming to the Father. (4)For the poorest of the poor.III. The water is rising. Christ is the eternal fountain — the life of the soul (Romans 8:38, 39).II. Jesus is the Way! She thought about the dark graves, and her eyes filled with tears as she said: "Papa, the grave is very dark. Imagine, in either of these cases, that some kind and gracious and affectionate declaration of readiness to forgive on certain conditions and in a certain way. I got a Bible, and began to read it. So the life of Christ is to the Christian a support and a supply. But the hunger of the soul is harder to bear than the hunger of the body. "Do you remember what I said? But, if you only know what the Bible teaches about Jesus, you will be able to answer this question in a moment. If, indeed, you will lower its tone and destroy its vitality; if you will represent it as a philosophy amenable at the bar of man, and class it as a speculation with all other speculations it will be tolerated.VI. It saved me. Aldis. We can never understand this union unless we have experienced it.III. A marble monument erected by Queen Victoria shows, in a very touching way, what her feelings were about the matter of which we are now speaking, at the time of death. She trembled when she heard the step of the teacher. We can roll all our burdens on Christ, who is by our side.(J. A PLAIN WAY. While others live for themselves, their country, mankind, the believer lives for Christ. Anything like that was never uttered in heaven. But if Christ be a Teacher, and nothing more, then He rather shows "the Way," than is "the Way." He is our life, as He is our joy, our portion, our everlasting inheritance.III. When the souls of His people are loosed from their bodies at death they go up to Him. Christ does not deal with us as machines, but as reasonable beings. No error can be harmless; every truth must have its use; yet it is equally evident that all truth is not of the same importance; but this is the central, all-pervading truth. So the life of Christ is to the Christian a support and a supply. The Deist rejects revelation and a mediator altogether, because he looks abroad on the face of the world, and he thinks that nothing more is necessary to come to God but some prayer and some expression of penitence. d) This world hates Jesus. As Judge.II. And that was the only way in which He could be manifested personally to the eye of flesh. Then they made another attempt, and discovered a moorland road which led them safely home. If what has been said be accepted as a just expression of the fact, and a just interpretation of the text, then we are on the way to a solution of the practical difficulty. He made this statement about all four; Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. "My son," said the father, "do you remember one day, years ago, I had occasion to rebuke you for something you had done? Jesus can do both. The extent to which this work is intended to be applied. Those who love Jesus are the happiest in this world, and will be the only happy people in the world to come.(R. THAT IT IS A PRIMARY DUTY OF ALL INTELLIGENT BEINGS TO COME TO GOD. Worlds that have never fallen are in a state of natural religion. No one can realize Christ's worth to his soul until He works for Him, until he consecrates his life to Him. The late Dr. Corrie, bishop of Madras, in India, was a chaplain there for some time before he was made bishop. Christ confirmed this truth, for in Him we see how the threatenings of the law and the promises of the gospel harmonize.3. He converts men by the convincing evidence of truth. When you are hungry you have a very disagreeable feeling, and nothing will take it away and make us feel comfortable, but substantial food. Besser, D. D.We could never rejoice in this His way, if He merely stood in the way as a sign post, or went before us as a Guide. Why, I can get hold of this." Many will go to heaven without knowing how they get there. He had lost the knowledge of God and was spiritually dark; the favour of God and was guilty; the image of God and was corrupt; the life of God and was dead in trespasses and sins; and that men could only secure the prerogatives of sonship by intervention from without. ITS END. He saves us from death —(1)By His atonement, which satisfies the law. So he turned to Jesus and trusted in Him. Tidings came that his son had been wounded and was not expected to live. The truth in Jesus is the best of all truth, because it —I. That this truth is Divine in its origin, and intends to be saving in its result.4. "I say, Charlie," said Willie to his brother, "isn't it nice to be alive! )TruthThe TruthJ. But what no man would like to do for another, that Jesus does for us all."(R. The one seeks and regards Christ as his life only, as He delivers from death; the other as the object of his life.2. A little girl went to a writing school. Had it not been mighty, it would never have awakened that hostility; had it not been right-hearted, it would never have dared it; had it not been immortal, it would never have survived it; but having awakened, dared, and survived it, in the person of Christ, and in His truth we see it, as if it came direct from heaven, bearing this testimony before all unequivocally and unshakingly, "I am the Truth."VII. From the Fall until now the human mind has been in matters of religion avaricious of error. Some would have us first seek the truth, and then seek Christ. Thus the full responsibility of man is maintained, while the power of God comes in all its sovereign force upon their hearts and consciences. Worlds that have never fallen are in a state of natural religion. For, what is Christ? In confirming the Word of God, Christ shows how impossible it is for God to lie. After a while, he came to the bedside of his daughter. But how can we know God as He really is? From that very circumstance it is their first and positive obligation, and will constitute their happiness to come to Him, i.e., to have constant intercourse with Him. In the whole of the series of verses, with which the text is connected, our Saviour speaks of Himself as being one who had been introduced for the purpose of accomplishing a work, through the agency of which man might be made possessor of all that is desirable in the state we have endeavoured to describe. And that which helps to make us like Jesus is the very best thing in the world for us. Immediately our Lord adds, "I am the Truth." He heard my prayer. In opposition to this Christ taught that man was estranged from God through sin. They do not come to the Father by the Son.3. It is not so much that they live, as Christ that liveth in them. And, therefore, there is some process required to mark our circumstances, both upon God's part and upon ours. Whatever knowledge men may have of the truth, if it do not lead to the establishing of Christ's kingdom in their hearts, it is lifeless, unprofitable, condemning knowledge.IV. )Christ, the Christian's lifeJ. was the question put to them afterwards. Christ's blood has made satisfaction in law to Divine justice for the sins of all mankind, by virtue of which sin is expiated, and all men through personal faith may find mercy and acceptance.2. (Homiletic Monthly. He rules in a converted heart by the commanding power of the truth. No other being possesses the characteristics which are possessed by our Lord Jesus, and which are necessary to constitute a sufficient mode of access to the Father. Will you come unto the Father?(J. Can you reconcile it? By William H. Willimon. He has wrought out salvation for me, and I know that I shall enjoy it forever. Therefore, all things which are now in the world were first ideas in the mind of Christ. And the reason why you do not enjoy all this is, because you will not.V. How very different they are in the care they require! Under the New Testament we are referred for all truth to Jesus Christ, let who will be the teacher. )LinksJohn 14:6 NIVJohn 14:6 NLTJohn 14:6 ESVJohn 14:6 NASBJohn 14:6 KJVJohn 14:6 Bible AppsJohn 14:6 ParallelJohn 14:6 Biblia ParalelaJohn 14:6 Chinese BibleJohn 14:6 French BibleJohn 14:6 German BibleJohn 14:6 CommentariesBible Hub, (4)For the poorest of the poor.III. It was myself. Had it not been mighty, it would never have awakened that hostility; had it not been right-hearted, it would never have dared it; had it not been immortal, it would never have survived it; but having awakened, dared, and survived it, in the person of Christ, and in His truth we see it, as if it came direct from heaven, bearing this testimony before all unequivocally and unshakingly, "I am the Truth."VII. Had it not been mighty, it would never have awakened that hostility; had it not been right-hearted, it would never have dared it; had it not been immortal, it would never have survived it; but having awakened, dared, and survived it, in the person of Christ, and in His truth we see it, as if it came direct from heaven, bearing this testimony before all unequivocally and unshakingly, "I am the Truth. Later in John 10 they accuse Jesus of being of the devil - John … She was found one day dead in her bed, with her Bible open before her, and her finger resting on these words: "Come unto Me, all ye that labour, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." His right to command is as extensive in one thing as another; His least command is as important as His greatest.(J. The exercises in which the Spiritual life consists terminate in Him.2. "Oh, papa, it's so dark! "Yes," said his friend; "Everyone that asketh receiveth." In Christ the justice is satisfied that the love may be free.3. It is not a new doctrine. "Did you believe me?" Some years since, a respectable-looking person said to two collectors for the Bible Society, "I belonged to a company of pickpockets. As soon as the meeting was over, I hurried away to a distant part of the city, where no one knew me. THAT THERE IS A VERY REMARKABLE SINGULARITY ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH MAN IS TO COME TO GOD. What is that? BIBLICAL FACTS ABOUT A PLACE CALLED HEAVEN. Take my hand." Christ is in them. she called. What then is the end which He sets before me? ness of Christ, in which the sinner is accepted. J. (2) Moral. VI. The water is rising. The way to escape from wrath is to escape from the sin which causes the wrath. God graciously sustained the faith of the Old Testament saints by a succession of prophecies, and the truth of them was confirmed by the life, and death, and resurrection of Christ. When it makes its idol and falls down before it, is it not trying to bring God within the bounds of visibility? You have taught me that we can be saved without Jesus. There is an inward oneness with Christ revealed in the sacraments. We do not value these as highly as we ought. (2) But we must contemplate the work of our Lord as that which also furnishes a positive atonement for sin.2. ... and my people without a sermon on Sunday. The truth in Jesus is the best of all truth, because it —I. If there is anything that overcomes and sees us through death it is love, a love stron… "No part of you dead!" They never come in any way; they never think of it.2. There is only one way left to the poor sailors for saving their lives? The text is found in John 14:6 where it says Jesus answered, I am the way and the truth and the life. The first words that caught my eye were: 'Thou shalt not steal.' (3) Spiritual. To reject Christ is to reject God, and to reject God is to reject life. That father felt that his little child had taught him a valuable lesson. CHRIST IS THE WAY BY WHICH MAN GETS UP TO GOD, AND DWELLS WITH HIM AT LAST IN HIS HOUSE. But Jesus is the only one who can do this (Psalm 23:4). The words of the Bible are life. Then I prayed to Him, and He heard me, and ever since He has made me feel so happy!"II. His Spirit flows into us, and all that is good is quickened and strengthened in us, so that an affinity is established between us and Him, just as an affinity had been previously established between Him and us. Worlds that have never fallen are in a state of natural religion. His people "seek the things which are above," etc. If we have a servant working for us, we can show him the work we want him to do; but we cannot give him the strength to do it. Both exhibit a common life between the believer and Christ. She has been overtaken by a dreadful storm. The Sacraments. The man who is sailing under trustworthy captainship, and in company with genial friends, cut of one zone into another, is scarcely conscious of the lines of demarcation over which the ship glides. And so in her dream she had learned the lesson which she had failed to learn in her waking hours. Why is this? She heard the voice of Jesus saying: "Let go that branch, and I will save you." Twenty years afterwards a missionary at Allahabad wrote to him: "I have lately visited a Hindoo, who came to this place in ill health. He is God, and He is Man. He has wrought out salvation for me, and I know that I shall enjoy it forever. There is no limit to that promise — "He that cometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out."III. REVEAL TRUTH, and, but for Christ's revelation of it, we should be utterly ignorant of it. Would there not be something monstrous in all this? That though this truth is set before you, it will never be yours but in the exercise of deep humility.2. The late Dr. Corrie, bishop of Madras, in India, was a chaplain there for some time before he was made bishop. The mother of this young girl was an earnest Christian woman. He gives inward spiritual life, because —(1)He procures for us the gift of the life-giving Spirit. I. We can roll all our burdens on Christ, who is by our side.(J. I know of nothing which men are so reluctant to honour. Apprehended as the truth He becomes the life. (1) Christ is invested with the office of a teacher. But everything falls short of the idea of coming into the presence of God. The means of access and acceptance with God, under the Levitical dispensation, were restricted to a small nation; but under that dispensation of grace and truth, which came by Jesus Christ, it announced that the party walls were to be broken down, and the distinction of Jew and Gentile known no more; and that whomsoever, of any age, nation, rank, or character, would come unto the Father through the work of the Son, should find in the work of the Son a ready plenitude of Almighty energy and grace. There is an inward oneness with Christ revealed in the sacraments. Then they made another attempt, and discovered a moorland road which led them safely home. Won't you go down with me into it?" This, of course, is but the outward expression of the infinite truth. As the returning King and Judge (Acts 17:30, 31) ★ ★ ★ 3. God gives to the world by Christ's hands His Holy Spirit, by whom assurance of pardon is given, and new birth to righteousness.3. "Father, is this the way. ITS END. Soon she turned again to her father, with her face all lighted up with joy, and said: "Papa, the grave is not dark now. For, what is Christ? I was at the lowest point of sin and misery when you stopped and offered that prayer. And there they lay, until His willing it gave those ideas their form, and they took the material substances with which we are conversant. He is the road along which we must walk. I know of nothing which men are so reluctant to honour. )Make sure that you are in the right wayH. And this is what Jesus means when He says: "I am the Truth." (1) Christ is invested with the office of a teacher. Anything like that was never uttered in heaven. When it makes its idol and falls down before it, is it not trying to bring God within the bounds of visibility? Parsons. Happiness. And this is the way we are to try to be like Jesus. When men see error with their eyes open the spirit shrinks away from it. ITS OBJECT.1. "I say, Charlie," said Willie to his brother, "isn't it nice to be alive! Christ told them they carried a lie in their right hand; that there was but one Mediator — Himself. Christ's people cannot be defeated so long as they can say, "We are in Him that is true." Therefore Christ is "Truth.". Nothing could continue to live, if it were left entirely to itself. The best part of me was quite dead; and what made it still worse was that I didn't know it." A watcher was there. And every man — as he dwells more with Christ — grows in rectitude of conduct and integrity of practice. Some people think that there are a great many ways to heaven, and that one of these is as good as any of the others. In order to keep the way your own, all you do is to continue in it. Then he turned in faith to Jesus, and He received him. Christ's words present a corrective to all distracted faith. -------------------- Again and again she studied the beautiful copy. The nature of this coming to the Father. In a moment, my attention was arrested. As His people's Righteousness. But this is what no other kind of knowledge will or can do. At that time, no translation of the Bible had been made into the language of that country. Who the Mediator was let John tell us (chap. We do not value these as highly as we ought. As the life of the mother is imparted to the child, so Christ's life is imparted to the Christian. Christ is Truth substantially in relation to the types and shadows of the Old Testament. THE GIVER OF LIFE. About a year since, two of my companions and myself were passing by a church. In consecration Christ is revealed.IV. A sigh of relief came from her little heart. A few simple facts and doctrines constitute the main features of our religion. Thus the full responsibility of man is maintained, while the power of God comes in all its sovereign force upon their hearts and consciences. We have no power to make ourselves alive, and when life is given we have no power to keep or preserve it, and therefore we need such a one as Jesus. What does God say about it? … (Isaiah 43:11; Acts 4:12). "Yes," said his friend; "Everyone that asketh receiveth." The nature of this coming to the Father. Some things, when they begin to live, need a great deal more care and support than others. There were those who represented God as though He looked on His human offspring with a complacency which winked at all moral distinctions. Christ is in them. "Did you believe me?" He took her pale, thin hand in his, and said slowly but solemnly: "My darling daughter, take your mother's way." Or conceive of the subjects entering the presence chamber of their monarch, and that without adverting to the proclamation that had been made, they should come and unite together in some manifestation of their feelings with regard to his government and his reign, and the happiness of his subjects; never once referring to the business on which they were supposed to come. "There is no condemnation," etc.4. Exclusiveness. The only alternative was, that God should come down in the fashion of a man. The most obvious answer to this inquiry is, that our Lord's recorded words are the embodiment of religious truth both speculative and practical. The love of the disciples had been very apt to glide into an idolatry of Christ's human form. Once, while far off at sea, it pleased God to awaken his conscience. Shall I take my mother's advice or yours?" They speak a truth about Brian and about you. 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