The Pathway to Victory (John 14:1-6)
Pastor Stuart Guthrie
English - February 21, 2021 22:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality sermon church scripture bible sunday evangelism pastor preaching jesus christ Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
John 14:1-6
Title: The Promise of Heaven.
Theme: Jesus proclaims to be the only way to lasting peace with God in Heaven.
Point: Christ, prepared a place for you, promised He would return and presented you directions.
Probing Question: Do you trust that Christ is your only way to eternal life with God in Heaven?
Introduction: John is one of the most profound sections in all of the Bible.
Transitional Sentence: It is the Foundation of Hope, Foretaste of Heaven, Fulfillment of Healing, Finality of Holiness
Outline:
I. Heaven is a Prepared Place. (v.1-2)
a. Jesus is going ahead to prepare a place for the disciples to live for eternity.
Theological Concepts = Deity of Christ, Heaven, John 3:13,
We can stay encouraged to know that Christ has prepared for us a place when we leave here.
II. Heaven is a Promised Place. (v.3)
a. Jesus promised His followers, He would be faithful in bringing them home again.
Theological Concept = Eschatology, Character of Christ, Deity of Christ.
You should rejoice in the fact that Christ promises to come gets us and look forward to it.
III. Heaven is a Private Place. (v.4-6)
b. Jesus claims to be the only way to the Father as the Way, the Truth and Life.
Theological Concept = Sovereign Christ, Submission to the Father
You must place your faith in Christ alone to be saved and to make it to heaven.
Conclusion: Follow thou me. I am the way and the truth and the life. Without the way there is no going; without the truth there is no knowing; without the life there is no living. I am the way which thou must follow; the truth which thou must believe; the life for which thou must hope. I am the inviolable way; the infallible truth, the never-ending life. I am the straightest way; the sovereign truth; life true, life blessed, life uncreated.[1]"[2]
[1] The Imitation of Christ, 56. 1.
[2] D. A. Carson, The Gospel according to John, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; W.B. Eerdmans, 1991), 492.