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John
  
4"And you know the way where I am going."5Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?"6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me."


Jesus told his disciples, "You know where I go, and you know the way to God." Thomas responded, "How do we know that way, since we do not know where you are going in the near future?" In his sadness he could not see the distant goal. Fear had shaken him; he had lost his sense of direction.
Jesus reassured him gently, "I am the way to God, my love and truth is the true Law leading to the heavenlies. I am the standard for humanity, by which God will judge you. Do not measure yourself by human standards of ignorance. Keep to the path that leads to God. Come to me, and compare yourselves to me; you will find that you are nothing but corrupt sinners."
Christ does not push you from fear to fear, from despair to despair. When you reach the low points of your life he stretches his hand to save, saying, "Now I give you new truth, the old truth is behind you. I died for you, and brought about the New Covenant by grace. Your sins are forgiven; your faith has saved you. Hold on to me to abide in the reality of adoption. In me you will receive the truth by approaching God. Without me you perish."
You may say, "I hear all this, but I lack faith, power, prayer and holiness." Jesus replies, "I give you eternal life; I am life’s source. Lay hold on me in faith and you will receive the Holy Spirit. In this Spirit you will find abundant life." Whoever trusts in Christ lives forever. Do not move far from him; he is your life. Either you remain dead in your sins or alive in Christ. There is no middle way. Christ is the believer’s life.
All who are bound with Christ, stand before God and see Him as a compassionate Father. No religion, philosophy, law or science will draw you near to God. Only Christ the Son of God can do this; in him the Father stands before you. Jesus is God’s perfect revelation. No one knows the Father save by him. We have the privilege of knowing God; we approach Him, because Christ is love, and has made us God’s children.