Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life..."
lost
Life is a journey. It has a beginning and an end. We all begin this journey in the same place, lost. Humanity is on a restless search to find the meaning of life. We all have basic questions that need to be answered in order to make sense of our world:
Where did we come from?>> | ORIGIN |
Why are we here? >> | MEANING and PURPOSE |
How will everything end?>> | DESTINY |
As we seek to find answers to these questions, we need help - we need some source, some guide to help us find the WAY to the TRUTH. Without truth, we remain lost: lost to meaning - lost to our purpose - lost to ourselves - lost to one another.
The root problem that causes us to be lost is our spiritual deadness. We were all born into this world physically alive, but spiritually dead before God. This happened because of our first father - the first man - Adam. At the beginning of our Story, our first human father Adam choose to rebel against God and thus he brought sin, corruption and death into the human experience:
"...sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned..."
| Romans 5:12 NET |
We all begin life as sinners which is to say that we all begin in a state of rebellion - alienated from God and His LIFE of truth, goodness and beauty. This is what we call spiritual death - being separated from God the root and source of all LIFE. This makes us lost. We need help; we need someone who is above this terrible predicament to show us the the WAY to the One True God.
found
Jesus Christ said that He came to "seek and save those who are lost" (Luke 19:10). Jesus is the WAY because He is the only human being who truly reveals the nature and identity of the One True God. In the New Testament we read of Him:
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.
He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him. He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in the Son and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross – through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.
| Colossians 1:15-20 NET |
Jesus Christ existed with God the Father before the creation of the World as the Eternal Son. As the Eternal Son, he was the Agent of God's creation. In the passage above we see that all things were created by him, through Him and for Him. When you think about your origin, you need to know that you were created by Jesus Christ for Jesus Christ.
Jesus is also the only human who has entered into death and conquered it. Jesus was not born a descendant of Adam and therefore He was not born in the same predicament as we were. Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit of God and thus the Eternal Son took on human flesh. Jesus never rebelled against God (sin) in His time here on Earth and always did what was pleasing to His Father.
Everyone knows however that Jesus did die on the Cross. This death, however, had no power over Him. Death is the penalty for sin but Jesus had never sinned. Instead, on the Cross He took our place - He took the burden of our sins upon Himself to deal with the problem that none of us could have ever dealt with.
Jesus died for us to make peace between us and God. Since Jesus died for the sins of others, not His own, He could not be held in death's grip. In His resurrection from the dead, Jesus conquered our final enemy death. For all who trust in Jesus, death is not the end of the Story. Because Jesus is the One Unique Son of God, He is the only teacher who can show us the WAY back to the Eternal Father, our Creator.
the truth
We are all searching for meaning and purpose in life, but left on our own we look in all the wrong places. Because we were born spiritually dead, our ability to see and know the truth was damaged. Jesus said Himself that He is "The Truth." The Bible also tells us that the TRUTH is in Jesus (Ephesians 4:21). If you want to know the TRUTH, you must come to Jesus.
In our times, this is a very exclusive and "politically incorrect" idea. However, this is truth: Only Jesus reveals the truth about life.
"For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God’s purpose at his appointed time."
| 1 Timothy 2:5-6 NET |
There is only One God. There is only One person who mediates between us and God - Jesus Christ. Only by coming to Him can we be healed of our brokenness that makes us enemies of the truth and lost in our own selfish pursuits. Jesus is the personal revelation of God's Truth. In His life and teaching, Jesus revealed how God himself would life as a human. In His death, Jesus offered up Himself for us so that we can be free of all that has held us captive from birth - sin, corruption and death. In His resurrection, Jesus has revealed the power by which those who trust Him can live an entirely new kind of life - the eternal kind of life. In His ascension, Jesus has taken his place as the rightful King of all creation and now intercedes for all those who trust in Him. At His return, Jesus will give the final proof that He is Lord of All and that everyone will bow to Him.
In the meantime, God is graciously and patiently waiting for this TRUTH of Jesus - the Gospel - to be taken to all people. He wants everyone to see Jesus' love and self-sacrfice so that all may come to Him now to be healed and restored to God. When we ask the question, "Why are we here?" or "Why am I here?" the Bible reveals that we are here to know and serve God and to live for His pleasure. This is the way that we truly discover LIFE.
the life
Because of all that He is and all that He has done and will do, Jesus can offer true and eternal life to all who would trust Him. Eternal life is not just duration of life - it is a certain quality of life. It is a type of life that anticipates a day when all things will be made new and we will live forever with the One who created us for His purposes in a time of unbroken fellowship and love. This is the way that life will turn out for all those who trust Jesus. To discover and experience this type of life in the here and now and not just the hereafter, you have to get to know a person - Jesus Christ - because He is that LIFE:
"God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. The one who has the Son has this eternal life; I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life."
| 1 John 5:11-13 |
finding answers
So, Where have you come from? What is your ultimate ORIGIN? - You were created by Jesus Christ, for Jesus Christ. Why are you here? or What is the MEANING and PURPOSE of your life? - you are here to find life in Christ and live for the glory and pleasure of His Father. How will your life turn out? What is your DESTINY - if you have believed in Jesus and trust what He has done and is doing for you, you are destined to live a life of eternal significance, security and satisfaction. If you reject Him, you wil live eternally seperated from Him and from all that is true, good and beautiful. Those are the only options.
Truth Seekers Fellowship exists to help you find answers and to help discover the Way, the Truth, the Life that is found ONLY in Jesus Christ our Savior and King. We have only given you a brief overview here and we hope you will look around our site and explore these issues more deeply. If you need some specific help and guidance on where to go from here, click here.