"Jesus said to him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him"
I think that this verse illustrates Jesus place as Judge. Does it also condemn people who don't believe that Jesus is God?
2006-08-14 04:53:16 · 35 answers · asked by BigPappa 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't see that it condemns anyone. Jesus wasn't a great condemner. You might like to read more commentary on that passage at the link below.
2006-08-14 04:59:13 · answer #1 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It does not condemn people since even today Jesus is still calling people to come unto Him. His word says come unto me all you who are heavy laden and I will give you rest.This call means that those people who don't believe that Jesus is God are not condemned so far as they still have time to repent and believe Jesus as God.
In John 14:6-7, the truth is that Jesus knew that other ways will be presented to people, but He was simply saying no one should be deceived. Jesus alone is the only way to God. Many people want to pass through Mary, Mohamed, Bahaola and many others but the only way is through Jesus Christ.
God bless you.
2006-08-14 05:16:45 · answer #2 · answered by patrick w 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What God was trying to convey to the people and even some of his disciples was that He the Father and the Son were all the one in the same. He wanted them to understand that He was God and God was in Him.
When you accept the Lord as your savior you also accept the Father because God and Father are one. What God wants us to know is that He is the Father, He is the Son and that He is the Holy Ghost.
God is also saying that if you have not connected those pieces of Him being the Father and Son; then you truly have not understood who he is. God is not condemning, He is trying to explain who he is and not what people might want to believe.
The word is the word. The book of John says that the word, living, is God and that the word was with God.
2006-08-14 05:14:39 · answer #3 · answered by milogz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the 6th "I AM" statement of Jesus in the Gospel of John; i.e., a declaration of His divinity.
Jesus declared that He is the way to God because He is the truth of God and the life
of God. In this verse, the exclusivity of Jesus as the only way to the Father is
emphatic. To know Jesus is to know God. And Yes, it does condemn those who don't
believe Jesus is God.
2006-08-14 05:10:57 · answer #4 · answered by Hope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus will not be the judge from what I have read. He is the Lamb who was slaughtered for us and He is the only way to heaven and to God. God will judge all of us one way or another when we die or when He comes to get us. He said that, "If you know me then you will also know my Father." That is Jesus saying that you have seen the power of God in me and have seen the wonderful things He has done. God has given us everything we need by Jesus to get to Him. If we or others don't believe it, then whoever doesn't believe will all be lost.
2006-08-14 05:04:22 · answer #5 · answered by Jeremy L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said he was the only way to Heaven. If you don't know him than you really don't know God because they are one. If you don't believe Jesus is God, then I'm sorry, you are condemn. Revelations 3:20, Jesus said, "I stand at the door at knock, if anyone hears my voice and lets me in then I will eat with him and he with me." What is being said, is you have to accept Jesus. Without Jesus, you have no access to God at all. Jesus tore the curtains down in the Holy of Holies so that all men and women can enter the presence of God. Jesus made a way when there was no other way. Jesus and God are inseparable. And yes, Jesus will be the defender of your faith when it comes to the Judgement Seat of Christ, but you need to accept him for Jesus to defend you. You can't have one without the other. Read the First Chapter of John - In the beginning was the word and the word was God and the word became flesh and dwelt among us. Over and over in scripture we see that Jesus and God are one - there is no way out of this. You deny Jesus, you deny God.
2006-08-14 05:09:45 · answer #6 · answered by wonderwoman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This verse does not illustrate Jesus as Judge; remember His mission, as stated in John 3:17: "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." Certainly, His time to pronounce Judgement will occur later.
It is important to keep in mind as you read the Gospel of John that this Book reveals Jesus' divinity.
Within the first sentence you quoted, Jesus re-establishes that He is the "door" through which we must pass in order to see the Father (see John 10:7). We pass through that door because of our belief in Him who redeems (saves) us. Again, this is an act of salvation (which is the Hebrew meaning of Jesus' true name: Yeshua) and not of judgement.
The concept Jesus conveys in the second sentence is that He and the Father are One Being. Remember, up until that point, the disciples couldn't (and didn't) see Him for Who He truly was: God in the flesh.
I hope this helps. Peace and love in Jesus.
2006-08-14 05:01:59 · answer #7 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"I am the way the truth and the life"
Also means "I am the true way to life"
Jesus says if you know him then you know the Father because you would know how the Father operates.
Jesus condemns people in the following verse:
Joh 8:24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins."
Notice Jesus says "unless you believe that I am he"
Jesus says "I AM"
This is what God calls himself in Exodus to Moses:
Exo 3:14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
Always happy to help.
2006-08-14 05:01:17 · answer #8 · answered by Samuel J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is God. The way to God is through Jesus. Think about it.
Jesus is the salvation of God. Jesus is the word of God. If you know the word, than you will not be overcome by the devil. God is saving you from the devil, death.
john 1:1"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
2006-08-14 05:00:30 · answer #9 · answered by LP S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes!.....Because JESUS Is The Way, The Truth, And The Life, And No Man Cometh Unto The (Heavenly) Father, Except Through JESUS!!....(John 14: 6), (Acts 4: 12)!....................
2006-08-14 04:59:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
God never condemn people,'For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.John 3:16'..
We will only know the truth through God the Father.By learning the words of God wiht the Guidance and Wisdom from above we will understand them
2006-08-14 05:11:32 · answer #11 · answered by teruterubozu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋