Mountaineers love new climbs, but always take a local guide.  These people know how to get to the summit and back again because they have done it before.  They are safe guides.  Jesus had already used that analogy about Himself in John 3:13: “No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven – the Son of Man.”  But Thomas had forgotten where Jesus said He was going and was therefore baffled about how the disciples might follow Him.
 
So Jesus explains again.  He is the ultimate guide to heaven.  Nobody else had been there and therefore nobody else was competent to lead people to Father God.  Jesus said that there was no other way.  It was a strong message then, and continues to be strong today.  Especially when it is coupled to Christ’s claim to be truth in a human body and the ultimate life-giver.

In saying that He is the Way, Jesus means that those who follow Him can be confident that He will take them to Father God.  By saying that there is no other way, Jesus means that those who refuse to follow Him will not have a place in God’s heaven.  By saying that He is the Truth, He means that there is nothing false about Him so that it is safe to follow Him.  By saying that He is the Life, He means that apart from Him there is no life, and all who follow Him will receive eternal life (John 3:14-17).
 
In a world where many claim to introduce people to a better life after death, this claim of Jesus Christ stands out as either transparently true or arrogantly false.  There is no middle ground which lets us think of Jesus as merely a wise teacher. Either He is the way to the Father or He is not.  Those who believe in Him are made children of God (John 1:12).  Is that true for you?  Watch www.crosscheck.org.uk and share it with others around you!