“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
There are many people in the world who are looking for a solution. They are looking for something, anything, that will fix what is broken. They want an answer to the pain, the pressure, the emptiness.
So they try things. Some try drugs. Some try alcohol. Some chase risky experiences, hoping the thrill will drown out whatever is underneath. Others pile up one addiction after another, each one promising relief and each one leaving them emptier than before.
They are not looking for trouble. They are looking for hope. They just keep looking in the wrong places.
Into that search, Jesus speaks a sentence that is hard to misunderstand. In John 14, Thomas asks Him, “Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?” (John 14:5). And Jesus answers, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
Notice what He did not say. He did not say He would show us the way, or that He knew a good way, or that He was one of several ways. He said, “I am the way.”
That is a narrow claim, and Jesus meant it to be. Peter said the same thing to the rulers of Jerusalem: “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). Paul wrote that “there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5).
Why only one? Because our problem is bigger than the things we try to fix. Underneath the addictions and the restlessness is sin, and a sinner cannot erase his own debt. “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Nothing else we reach for can do that. Nothing else has died for us.
The claim is narrow, but the invitation is wide open. “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13). Whosoever. No one is too far gone, too broken, or too late.
Over the next several days we are going to look carefully at some of the other roads people take, so that we understand them, love the people on them, and know why we stand where we stand. But we start here, with the One who is the answer to every search.
If you are still looking for a solution, stop looking. Come to Him. Tell Him what you have tried and where it has left you. He is not hard to find. He said, “I am the way.”
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