John 14:1-7

John 14:1-7 
English Standard Version (ESV)

  The Good News here is that Jesus doesn't point us along a path and give us some words of encouragement.  He isn't simply a great teacher who inspired hearts to do a little better in the hopes that they would figure out which path was the right one.  In this passage, Thomas asks the question we are all asking, to some degree.  How can we know the way?
  Jesus gives us an answer better than what we could have hoped for.  He is the way, and that way has come to us.  Jesus takes on flesh and bone so that we will know the way, and in him we discover the way -- not only the way, but also the truth and the life.  With Jesus, we get more than what we could ask for, more than what our limited minds can grasp -- Jesus gives us truth and life.
  He tells us, though, that no one can come to the Father except through him.  We can't figure this out on our own.  We can't think our way forward into the Kingdom of Heaven.  There is no other gate.  There are a lot of important salvation questions that are tied up in verse 6, and we can choose two attitudes.  We can approach them with anxiety or fear, or we can do so with hope and comfort.  I choose hope and comfort, because when I look at Jesus, I see the way coming to us, revealing himself to us and inviting us in -- not on our own merit, but on the merit of a perfect lamb giving himself up so that others may have life.
  The one who comes to judge is the same as the one who comes to save.  The way reaches out to you -- rather than waiting for you to take the proper steps, Jesus takes those steps to reach you and save you.