THE
WAY
Sixth
part of nine in Who is Jesus? Advent series
John
14:6: “Jesus
answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through
Me’”
Jesus sounds cocky, doesn’t He?
Even twelve year old kids don’t mind Jesus’ self-assurance. Jeremy and classmate Cassie brag about
it! “I wonder how old Jesus was before
He figured out that He is God’s Son?” Jeremy asked a crowd of their friends one
day on the playground.
Cassie answered, “Twelve.”
The classmates looked at Cassie like she were nuts. (Jeremy and Cassie had a secret plan). Jeremy asked, “How can you know that, Cassie?”
Cassie smiled while answering, “The Bible story says that
Jesus was twelve when His parents lost Him on the way back home from
Jerusalem. Why else would the story give
Jesus’ age? They went to Jerusalem each
year for the Passover feast. Usually
kids would ride with relatives, so His parents weren’t concerned at first. Retracing their steps three days back to
Jerusalem, Mary and Joseph found Jesus in the temple courts answering questions
and listening to the teachers.” (Luke 2:42-49. See the lesson linked below).
The other kids listened to Cassie’s explanation and nodded
their heads in agreement. So, we do have
clues that Jesus figured out pretty early who His real Father is. He wasn’t cocky right away, though. He listened to the teachers. Luke 2:52 says that “the child grew and
became strong; He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.”
It wasn’t until He was thirty that Jesus left home to get
baptized and begin preaching.
What did Jesus preach?
Jesus preached the Kingdom of God. Mark 1:14-15 says, “Jesus went into Galilee,
proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. ‘The time has come,’
He said [John the Baptist was in prison]. ‘The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!’” Jesus warns people that “No one comes to the Father except through Me!”
Jesus ALWAYS told the truth. Whenever Jesus begins
a passage with, “Surely I tell you,…” then
whatever follows is a truth that Jesus wants us to learn.
Jesus softens hearts hardened by sin and deceit. That muscle springs to life when people repent. John
20:31 says, “But these things are written that you may believe that Jesus is
the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.”
Take
Home Nugget
“I am the good shepherd,” Jesus
claims in John 10:11. “The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
John
3:17 says, “For God did not send His Son
into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.”
Adapted from
“There’s a Title for That” by John UpChurch.
Crosswalk.com Contributor.
November 4, 2016,
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