‘I Am the Way’ Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: ‘I Am the Way’ ------------------------------ Date: 10/14/2001 Keywords: "direction" "path" "way" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: John 14:6* Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." Questions 1. Does this statement strike you as egotistical on the part of Jesus?   2. If you had to describe the life-path you are on right now, are you headed to improving yourself or harming yourself?   Practical help This is the first of six studies on this one important verse. Today let’s just concentrate on the idea that Jesus is the Way. What does He mean? What He is not saying is, "You have to look like Me or mimic Me." It’s more profound than that, really. I think He is saying you will find life when you move toward knowing Him better. When you are considering all your life-options, your movement toward Jesus should be foremost in your mind. It also means you must of necessity walk away from those things that are not Jesus-like. Has viewing pornography ever made you feel clean or closer to Jesus Christ? Can it really be this simple? Simple — yes. Easy — no. Some will say, "But it’s so narrow to believe that Jesus is the only way to heaven and the life I seek." Somewhere along the way, we have been taught to have an open mind and consider all possibilities, and when the way is unknown, this makes a lot of sense. But if you come to know the best way to get from Point A to Point B, it’s foolish to keep asking people for different directions. Two plus two is four at the exclusion of an infinite set of other answers. Why should finding Jesus as the answer to our problems be any more complicated than that? eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2001 by eXXit *"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission."