Daily Devotional--9/7/2010

John 14:1-7

¹"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. ²In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. ⁴You know the way to the place where I am going."

⁵Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"

⁶Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."

In this text Jesus makes a promise to his followers regarding His preparation of a place for them with the Father. Thomas makes an assertion indicating that they don’t know where he is going and therefore don’t know how to get there. Based on the immediate context, Thomas is asking how to get to the Father.

• How does Jesus respond to Thomas’ question about getting to the Father?
• How does Jesus claim of exclusivity “play” in our culture?
• Are you willing to affirm the Exclusivity of Christ in the face of a “religiously tolerant culture”?