John 14:6

“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’” (John 14:6).

Comment:

It’s essential to remember, anytime we find ourselves in the Gospel of John, that Jesus is almost always speaking, not as the human being Jesus of Nazareth, but as Jesus Christ—the full embodiment of the Presence and Power of God, the creative and eternal Word of God, with which imagery the Gospel opens. He has become that Word in expression by completely surrendering to the Christ—his true spiritual nature, the Presence of God expressing through him. He calls us to find, and surrender to, that same Christ energy within ourselves—to follow his example. His great “I am” statements in the Gospel of John are descriptions of the Christ—the indwelling Presence we will find in ourselves when we surrender our resistance and turn within. It is the Christ that is the way, and the truth, and the life. And the only path to God is through believing in, embracing, and fully expressing our own unique and eternal spiritual energy. Our innate and eternal Oneness with all that God is constitutes a universal spiritual truth. There are many paths to discovering and embracing that Oneness; Jesus offers one clear path, Buddha another, Mohammed another, etc. What’s essential is the universal spiritual truth itself; the path we choose to follow to reach that essential awareness is up to us. (Even those who consider themselves to be agnostic or atheistic are on a spiritual path toward Christ awareness, whatever their opinions of specific religions may be!)

Blessings!

Rev. Ed