John 14:1–11 (NLT) “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. 2 There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? 3 When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.” 5 “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. 7 If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is. From now on, you do know him and have seen him!” 8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” 9 Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me. 11 Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the work you have seen me do.
John 14:4–5 (NLT) 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”5 “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going…
Where are we going? Misconceptions about heaven.
“Heaven is more than a place in the cosmos; it’s a place in the family.”
Ephesians 2:19 (NIV) You are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household.
How do we get there? John 14:5-6 (NLT) …So how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
“Jesus is narrow-minded.” Matthew 7:14 (NIV) Small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
“The way is narrow, but the invitation is wide.”
Proverbs 14:12 (NIV) There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
John 14:5-6 (NLT) 7 If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is. From now on, you do know him and have seen him!” “Jesus reveals The way TO the Father and OF The Father.”
1. Jesus reveals the Father's ways. A. The Father’s Goodness. Psalm 119:68 (NLT) You are good and do only good. Romans 2:4 (NLT) 4 Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?
B. The Father's Grace John 1:14, 16 (NIV) We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. …16 From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. NASV Grace upon Grace. Compounded grace. Romans 5:8 (NLT) But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
C. The Father's Generosity John 3:16 (NIV) "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
2. Jesus reveals the Truth of The Father “If your truth doesn’t line up with the Truth, then you have a lie.” John 1:17–18 (NIV) 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known.
Hebrews 1:1–3 (NIV) 1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word
