“I Am In The Father”
“Do
not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My
Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that
I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where
I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”
Thomas
said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the
way?”
Jesus answered, “I am
the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through
me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do
know him and have seen him.”
Philip said, “Lord,
show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus answered:
“Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time?
Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the
Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in
me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is
the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
John
14:1-10
Have you ever
traveled and had problems with your visa? It makes you feel totally inadequate.
Now imagine at the end of your life thinking all the good things you had done
would get you into heaven, only to find that those good deeds meant nothing
because you had not accepted Jesus Christ as Savior. Pretty
scary thought.
Christ alone, through
His death and resurrection, paid the price for our sins. And only He can give
us valid entry into the presence of the Father. Have you put your faith in
Jesus? Make sure you have a valid entry into heaven.
Only
through Christ can we enter the Father’s presence.
Our Daily Bread –