‘I Am…The Truth’

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 14:6

God is Truth. He is the Sum of all moral perfections. Christ is, ‘the brightness of His Glory, and the express image of His Person.’ Christ is all there is to see of God; ‘He that has seen me has seen the Father.’ Therefore, it is utterly appropriate for Christ to say, ‘I Am…the Truth.’ We considered yesterday Christ’s statement, ‘I am the Way.’ Let us, please, dwell upon some of the implications of what it means for Christ to say, ‘I am…the Truth.’ Pilate asked, perhaps sarcastically, ‘What is Truth?’ The fact is that kings and counsellors, poets and philosophers, have sought to understand this thing called, ‘Truth.’ In Christ, we see the Embodiment of Truth. He is Truth as it appears in love. He is Truth as it appears in joy. He is Truth as it appears in peace, in longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. ‘If we would see genuine moral and spiritual veracity in a single repository of Personhood, then we must ‘look full in His Wonderful Face.’ All these wonderful works are but illustrations of His Character. This makes Christ the True North for all who seek Truth. No code of morality, no philosophy, however carefully contrived or closely reasoned, can ever begin to compete with this Person. If we would know truth, then we must know Christ. The more we know of Christ, the more we will know of Truth. ‘I am…the Truth.’

Our most Gracious and Holy Savior,
we rejoice today that You are the Truth.
We praise You, that in showing us Your Own Great Self,
You show us all that is good and right.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

‘I Am The Way’

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 14:6

As we consider some of the Self-descriptions of Christ, we come to a watershed description which is utterly definitive. If we are to embrace the faith, ‘once for all delivered to the saints,’ then we must embrace the implications of its’ Foremost Representative. As we consider this text let us begin with Christ’s first statement, ‘I am the Way.’ He uses the definite article, and there can be no misunderstanding of His meaning. Christ declares Himself, by His use of this term, the others which follow it, and His unequivocal statement at the end, to be the Only Way to God. This is a statement which runs very counter to the spirit, not just of this age, but every age. It is, however, a statement which we, if we are to embrace all of what the Bible says and means, must wholeheartedly support. The Apostles embraced it and made it the core of their preaching, ‘Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.’ It is the ground upon which they stood in the face of all opposition, whether of the Jews, who refused to accept Christ as Messiah, or of the pagan Gentiles, who considered Him to be little more than a flash-in-the-pan cult leader. It is the ground upon which the Church of Jesus Christ has stood both in the Old Testament, and throughout the New. It is the ground upon which we ourselves must continue to stand, if we are to take Christ at His Word. ‘I Am the Way.’

Our Gracious and Loving Savior,
we rejoice in You because You are The Way 
whereby we may come into the presence of the Holy and Righteous God,
there to remain for all eternity.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning