Sunday Message

Sermon Summary

Key Passage: John 14:1-6

1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God;¹ believe also in me. 2 In ^fmy Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that ^gI go to prepare a place for you?² 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you ^hto myself, that ⁱwhere I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”³ 5 ^jThomas said to him, “Lord, ^kwe do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am ^lthe way, and ^mthe truth, and ⁿthe life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Jesus says:

• “Let not your hearts be troubled…”
• “I go to prepare a place for you…”
• “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

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1) Big Idea

Every human heart longs for home — a place where we belong and are loved.
Jesus is telling us: that true “home” is found in the Father — and Jesus is the only way back.

2) Why Jesus Said This

Jesus is speaking to His disciples near the end of His earthly ministry.
They’re anxious because He keeps telling them He’s leaving.

So Jesus comforts them:

• Don’t be troubled.
• Trust God.
• Trust Me.
• I’m preparing a place for you.
• I will come back and bring you with Me.

3) The Question We All Ask

Thomas says what many people are thinking:

“Lord… we don’t know where you’re going. How can we know the way?”

Jesus answers with one of His clearest statements:

✅ “I am the way.”

Not a way — the way to the Father.

4) What Jesus Means by “The Way”

The sermon pushes back on the popular idea: “All roads lead to God.”
Jesus says the opposite:

Only one path leads to the Father — Jesus.
And that’s good news because eternity isn’t something we should “guess” about.

5) What Jesus Means by “The Truth”

Truth is not “my truth” vs “your truth.”
Truth is reality — it stays true whether we accept it or not.

The sermon warns that truth is often attacked through deception, including:

• The enemy (the father of lies)
• False teachers / false prophets
• Even our own hearts (which can mislead us through feelings)

How we stay grounded: keep returning to Scripture.

6) What Jesus Means by “The Life”

Jesus offers more than survival. He offers abundant life:

• not just “getting by”
• but meaning, purpose, peace, and hope

This life is for now and forever.

But Jesus also says the way to life is narrow and hard.

7) The Hard Truth: Life Comes Through Death (to self)

To experience Jesus’ life, we must surrender control.

Jesus’ invitation:
Deny yourself, take up your cross daily, and follow Me.

Self-denial isn’t to make us “earn” God —
it’s to make God more precious to us than our comfort or control.

8) Three Practical Ways to Live This Out

1) Sabbath

Rest on purpose. Stop striving.
Declare: “God is in control, not me.”

2) Fasting

Give up comfort to remind your soul:
“My deepest hunger is for God.”

3) Serving

Love is inconvenient. Serving costs something.
But it’s how we walk like Jesus.

Final Takeaway

Jesus is the way back home.
Not religion, not success, not money, not status — only Jesus.

Question to reflect on:
Am I just surviving… or am I following Jesus into real life?

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