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Mark A. Copeland
2) subjectively, truthfulness, truth, not merely verbal, but sincerity and integrity of
character - ibid.
-- When Jesus speaks of truth, it describes that which corresponds to reality, what is
factual and absolute, not relative
B. HOW JESUS IS THE TRUTH
1. He proclaims that truth is real and knowable - Jn 8:32
2. He proclaims that truth can set one free from the bondage of sin - Jn 8:32-34
3. His doctrine is the way to truth that frees one from sin - Jn 8:31-32,34-36
4. He faithfully proclaimed His Fathers Word, which is truth - cf. Jn 17:14,17
-- By abiding in Jesus teachings, we can know the truth and the freedom it offers!
[Freedom from the bondage of sin becomes even more meaningful when we consider how Jesus is]
III. THE LIFE
A. HE OFFERS ABUNDANT LIFE
1. As He promised in His discourse as the Good Shepherd - Jn 10:10-11
2. Jesus offers a peace the world cannot give - Jn 14:27; 16:33; cf. Ph 4:6-7
3. He gives us His love, which passes knowledge - Jn 15:10; cf. Ep 3:19
4. He provides His joy, that is inexpressible - Jn 15:11; cf. 1 Pe 1:8
-- With such peace, love, and joy, what an abundant life Jesus offers!
B. HOW JESUS PROVIDES ABUNDANT LIFE
1. By His doctrine regarding the new birth
a. We must be born again - Jn 3:3
b. We must be born again of water and the Spirit - Jn 3:4-5
2. By sending the Spirit who gives the new birth and new life
a. The Spirit who regenerates us in baptism - Ti 3:5-6
b. The Spirit who becomes for us rivers of living water - Jn 7:37-39; cf. Ga 5:22-23
-- Jesus provides abundant life His through gospel, by which we are born again to a new
life which the Spirit makes possible - cf. 1 Pe 2:22-25
CONCLUSION
1. Jesus is truly the way, the truth, and the life
a. The way to knowing and experience God as our Heavenly Father
b. The embodiment of truth that provides freedom from the guilt and bondage of sin
c. The source of life that is blessed now and lasts forever!
2. Has Jesus become your way to God, your truth, and your life?
a. To a close and personal relationship with God?
b. To deliverance from the guilt of sin through the blood of Christ?
c. To an abundant life by virtue of a spiritual rebirth and the blessings that follow?
Jesus may be the way, truth, and life, but He is of no value unless He becomes your way to the true
salvation that leads to eternal life with God. Have you responded to the gospel of Jesus Christ? - cf.
Mk 16:15-16; Ac 2:38; 22:16
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