Steven A. Bush - June 7, 2026
Jesus: Full of Grace and Truth
John 14:1-6 are Jesus' words, shared with His disciples at the Last Supper: "'Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.' Thomas said to Him, 'Lord, we do not know where You are going. How can we know the way?' Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.'" (ESV) You'll notice what Jesus didn't say in that solemn setting; He didn't say, 'I am a way, a truth, or some life. One of the ways people come to the Father is by Me.' Billy Graham famously said, "You can accept the truth, you can reject the truth, but you can't change the truth." Our culture likes to think one person has their "truth" while another has their "truth" even though they don't actually share the same "truth." While that fiction may prevail among some, Jesus said He was THE TRUTH! And He didn't seem to leave other options on the table. Whether or not we embrace THE TRUTH of WHO Jesus was and ALL that He said, makes all the difference in this world. And in the next...
Scripture References: John 14:1-6, John 1:14, John 18:33-40, Colossians 1:3-6