![]() God has appointed him as the Mediator, and has ordained that all blessings shall descend to this world through him. We are blind, and he only can enlighten us. We are sinful, and it is only by his merits that we can be pardoned. ![]() We are ignorant, and he alone can guide us. By coming by him is meant coming in his name and depending on his merits. No man can obtain any of these things except by the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. No man cometh to the Father but by me - To come to the Father is to obtain his favor, to have access to his throne by prayer, and finally to enter his kingdom. The life - See John 11:25, and the notes at John 1:4. It is implied in this, also, that Jesus was the fountain of all truth that by his inspiration the prophets spoke, and that by him all truth is communicated to men. The opinions of men are fancy, but the doctrines of Jesus were nothing more than a representation of facts as they exist in the government of God. The ceremonies of the Jews were shadows the life of Jesus was the truth. The life, the purity, and the teaching of Jesus Christ was the most complete and perfect representation of the things of the eternal world that has been or can be presented to man. Truth is a representation of things as they are. The truth - The source of truth, or he who originates and communicates truth for the salvation of men. See John 6:68 "Thou hast the words of eternal life " 1 Peter 2:21 "Christ - suffered for us, leaving us an example that ye should follow his steps " Hebrews 9:8-9. He was the leader in the road, the guide to the wandering, the teacher of the ignorant, and the example to all. By this is meant, doubtless, that they and all others were to have access to God only by obeying the instructions, imitating the example, and depending on the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. Notes on John 1:18 John 3:13.)īarnes' Notes on the BibleI am the way - See Isaiah 35:8. To receive the Truth and the Life revealed in the presence of the Son is to come to the Father by the only Way. The thought of heaven is not of a place far above, or of a time far before, but of a state now and hereafter. This was the true “whither” which they knew not. No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.-This was the answer to the doubt of Thomas. ![]() ![]() John 1:14 John 1:17 John 6:50-51 John 11:25-26.) Had they known what His earlier words meant, they would have had other than temporal and local thoughts of the Father’s house, and would have known Him to be the Way. The thought of His being the Way through which men come to the Father is the reverse side of the thought, that in Him the Father is revealed to men, that He is Himself the Eternal Truth, that He is Himself the Source of eternal life. The truth, and the life.-Better, and the Truth, and the Life. Notes on John 1:18, and on 1Timothy 2:5.) He and He only is the means through which men can approach to the Father. “I, and none besides Me.” “The way” is again made prominent, reversing the order which Thomas had used. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) I am the way.-The pronoun is emphatic. ![]()
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