And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.  Revelation 21:6

I lay in bed last night thinking, I wanted to get to the nitty-gritty and the reality of who Jesus is to me!  So, I asked Him and then I patiently waited for an answer.

I thought about the words in Revelation 21:6 where Jesus said, "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end."  And, then the Lord began to answer, He said, "I was, I am and I will always be the authority and origin of life itself.  I was there at your beginning, even before you were established and created.  I am and will be with you at the conclusion of this physical life for, I am your first eternal breath."

I was literally stunned and amazed as I truly realized that Jesus is my beginning and will be my end here on earth.  Marvelously, He will be my first eternal "breath of life," just as He was my first breath in this physical life.  Consequently I will live forever with Him. 

When I actually thought about these words, it all became so palpable, so evident and so very real to me.  My Lord, my Savior, my Jesus is EVERYTHING to me.  He sustains, comforts and preserves me.

When I came to Jesus, He made all things new in me.  My life became a new creation in Him and all the old "stuff" in me began to crumble. 

If you know Jesus personally and believe His Word -- He has done the same for you!  And, if you don't know Him, He waits patiently for you to accept and believe His promises for you.

Jesus is the Alpha (beginning), the Omega (ending) and He is everything in between!
Sometimes, it's all so much to grasp -- I only have glimpses of Heaven from God's Word, but I know there is so much more that I haven't even begun to comprehend!!

I am excited and I am hungry to know Him more each day.  I am thirsty to know and make Jesus fully alive in my soul!!
 
Friends, there is so much to learn about our Lord and He bids us come.  Oh, I pray we will come and sit at His feet, as we digest and absorb ALL that He is!! 

My Jesus is truly everything to me and I want more of Him every day!

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

If you've been reading my blog, you know that today I will be discussing the final portion of John 14:6.  And, it is the most thrilling part as I see it, for my JESUS is LIFE!!

Jesus was just talking to His disciples about His impending death, but now He was proclaiming to be the "Source of ALL  Life" ( Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. John 10:17).  Jesus declared that He would lay down His life for His sheep, but then He would take it back. 

Jesus also spoke of His authority over life and death as being granted to Him by God, His father.  Jesus brings to each of us who believe on Him, "Life" eternal.

Jesus declared and gave us the promise, that because He lives, we too shall live (Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.  John 14:19)  The redemption and salvation that Jesus was about to provide us, was not of a political or social nature. 

Jesus was about to die on the cross to deliver us from a life of bondage to sin and death.  He was going to the cross to bring us joy, liberty and eternal life.

Yes, Jesus declared Himself the "Great I Am!"  He is the only path to righteousness and the only true measure of righteousness.  Jesus alone is the source of ALL physical and spiritual LIFE!

He said all these things so the disciples would be able to face the dark days ahead of them and carry on the mission of proclaiming the Gospel to the world.  Did they understand all of this??  Not entirely, but they would learn the Truth and that Truth was Jesus.

Once the disciples had several visits from the Lord and realized that He was no longer in the grave, their lives were permanently changed.  They were never to be the same again and neither was this world!

My friend, once you realize that Jesus brings us Life here and Life Eternal, you will be changed!  You will not fear what man can do to you.  You will not fear sickness or death.  Your eyes will be fixed on Jesus for He is, "the Great I Am, the Way, the Truth and the Life!!"

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

So far I've talked about Jesus, the great "I Am" and "The Way," today lets tackle Jesus as "The Truth."  I am not speaking of just the truth we speak, I am speaking the source of ALL Truth, which has been given to Jesus by the Father.  Jesus is Truth!

There was a time in our nation and there may still be courts who swear in a witness by asking them to place their hand on the Bible and affirm the following oath; "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?"  The witness would then say, "I do."

When a young Midwesterner enters the US army he to utters the oath of enlistment, and he declares that he will support and defend the Constitution, bear true faith and allegiance and obey orders, "So help me God."  And, when a Londoner or Mancunian (resident of England) enlisted in the British armed forces, he swears "by Almighty God" to be faithful to the Crown.

The truth was an intricate and complex characteristic that led to God in our judicial system and our military.  It is believed that when someone swore or affirmed that they would tell the truth, that they would do just that or face whatever God would do with them.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus reminded His listeners of several points of the Law, then said, "But I say unto you..." (See Matthew 5:22, 28, 32, 34, 39, & 44 ) thereby, Jesus equated Himself with the Law of God and the authoritative and basic ideals of righteousness and truth.

Jesus came to this world to fulfill the law of the prophets (Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Matthew 5:17).  And, Jesus as the incarnate, embodiment Word of God, is the source of ALL truth (In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 ).

When we chose to believe and follow Jesus Christ, we are walking in complete and total TRUTH!  Jesus becomes and is our accepted approach to "All Truth." 

My friend, if you are seeking truth, look to God's Word!

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

Yesterday, I started to break down this verse and I talked about Jesus being, "The Great I Am." Today I would like to focus on Jesus being "The Way!"

What did Jesus mean by saying I Am the Way? Jesus was telling the disciples to "follow Him," He is the one and only way to Heaven and to the Father!  There is no other way!  Jesus is the only passageway, the only route that we follow to attain our salvation.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12  My Jesus, was the stone that the builders rejected, but He has become the cornerstone and the only way to salvation.  There is no other name under heaven by which we can be saved.

The sole and absolute pathway of salvation is expressed in, "I Am the Way!" And, those words were spoken by my Savior!  Again I say, Jesus Christ is the only WAY!

The other two facts explain how Jesus is the Way, inasmuch as He is Truth and He is Life!  He is the only one that God sent and He is the only one who speaks God's Word.  God our Father loved Jesus so much, that He put everything within His power!

So if we are following Jesus, we are believing in Him and we are walking in truth. And, if we believe in Him we have eternal life.  John 3:16  God sent us Truth and Life in His only son, Jesus Christ!  Truly Jesus is "The Way!"

And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.  Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know 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 14:4-6

Jesus gathered His disciples together on the night before his betrayal and imminent death, because He wanted to prepare them for the days ahead.  They believed Him to be the Messiah, the promised deliverer but they still did not know how He was going to fulfill that pardon and redemption.

The disciples were somewhat alarmed when they heard that Jesus would be leaving them and that they could not go with Him.  Jesus continued to address His disciples with the words, "I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life. 

So, let's attempt to break down these powerful words and truths.  First and foremost; I Am!

When He spoke to them about His going away He said, "Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come..." John 13:33  The disciples did not comprehend that Jesus was speaking of His death and ascension to Heaven.  Peter stated that he would follow Jesus wherever He went and that he would even lay down his life for Him.

Jesus calmly continued to teach His disciples, speaking more plainly about Heaven and telling them about a place He was preparing for them. John 14:1-3 He said, "You know where I am going" but Thomas quickly said, "We do not know where you are going, so how can we follow you there." John 14:4

So Jesus answered with one of the noted "I Am" statements. In the Greek language this is a very profound and powerful way of speaking about one's self.  In the book of Matthew 22:32 Jesus quotes Exodus 3:6 where God uses the same strong words to say, "...I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob..."

Jesus again stated in, John 8:58 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.  So, the Jewish leaders definitely knew that Jesus was equating Himself to God and in doing so they declared that Jesus was committing blasphemy. 

When the soldiers came for Jesus in the garden, Jesus again said, "I Am He!" His words were so powerful that the soldiers fell backwards to the ground. John 18:6

So, Jesus was, is and always will be, "The Great I AM!"  What does that mean for each of us??  His words declare and mirror the exact name of God in Hebrew, which is Yaweh.  And, this means, "to be" or "the self-existing one."  Jesus was in fact, claiming as His own, ALL power and authority!

We can trust Jesus to be "the Great I AM" and we can depend on Him to be all that we need to live and function while we journey here on earth.  There is no greater power than in "the Name of Jesus" and there is command and mastery in His own authority!!

My friend, you can trust Jesus today!!  He will not, He can not fail you! He truly is "The Great I Am!"