Week 27 Day 1

The Daily Take 10

The Gospel of John

Week 27 Day 1

Introduction…Everyone is searching for something. Remember the story of the Wizard of Oz? The search in that story led to the direction… “follow the yellow brick road.” They were told exactly what they needed to do to get there. They reminded themselves by singing the instruction,  “follow the yellow brick road,” until they actually got there. We need to remind ourselves and keep ourselves focused on where we are headed. We must follow Jesus…right into eternal life and be with Him forever!

Read John 14:4-6 “Jesus said: ‘And you know the way to where I go.’ Thomas said to him: ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going. How do we know the way?’ Jesus said to him: ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Bible Study

• Jesus said He was going to prepare a place for us. Think of it…Jesus, who created the world we live in, was going to create another, an eternally great place for us to live together forever with God…heaven! See John 1:2 and Revelation 4:11
• Jesus tells His disciples they know where He is going…to the Father. Again and again, Jesus said He was returning to the Father. See John 7:33
• Jesus tells His disciples they know the way to get there…through Jesus the Son
• The disciple, Thomas, the honest, pragmatist, thinker who on occasion doubted, asks where and how he would follow Jesus to where He was going.
  • No problem, since he followed Jesus on earth, he would have entry and a place in heaven. See John 13:36
  • Unlike Thomas, we should doubt our doubts and believe our beliefs.
• Did you ever get bad directions? You don’t want to get lost seeking God or get bad directions to heaven.
  • Jesus is the Way… Jesus is the only Way to Father’s place…heaven. He is the Savior, the bridge from man to God. The mediator. All other ways to God and heaven are dead ends, wrong directions and lead to destruction.
    • Deuteronomy 5:32,33 says, “You shall not turn aside…you shall walk in al they ways which the Lord your God has commanded.”
    • Isaiah 30:21 says, “Your ears will hear a word behind you saying, this is the way, walk in it.”
    • Psalms 27:11 says, “Teach me your way, O Lord.”
  • Jesus is the Truth…He is the reason we live. What Jesus said can be trusted. He is God, spoke only God’s Word and only did the will of the Father. God’s true plan of salvation.
    • Psalms 86:11 says, “Teach me your way O Lord, that I may walk in your truth.”
    • Psalms 119:30 says, “I  have chosen the was of truth.”
  • Jesus is the Life…He is the life giver. Living for Christ is the essence of the purpose driven life.
    • Philippians 1:16 says, “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.”
    • Proverbs 6:23 says, “The commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.”
    • Proverbs 10:17 says, “He who heeds instructions is on the path of life.”
    • Psalms 16:11 says, “You showed me the path of life.”

Application

• Did life on earth ever become so distressed that you longed for heaven?
• Did people you know ever let you down to the extent you realize the truth that there is no better friend than Jesus and long to be with Him? What a friend we have in Jesus!
• Did you ever come to the realization that what is most important to you is not so much the location or place you are located, but who you are with that makes all the difference in the world?
• Heaven is our home. It won’t be long that we are going home and Jesus is there to welcome us! Oh Happy Day!

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