A Daily Devotional with Pastor Doug Crouse  May 20, 2018 No Other Way   Scripture Reading – John 14:6 (NLT) "Jesus told him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me."  

Even His disciples, those who were closest to Jesus. The ones who were able to ask Him behind closed doors to explain the parables, and then listened as the stories were explained. Those who had left absolutely everything and literally dedicated their lives for His cause. Not even the disciples could understand what Jesus was speaking about when He was speaking of His kingdom.

Of course their understandings were clouded as are ours by this temporal world, and therefore it is hard for us to understand the eternal One. Yet there is absolutely, 'No Other Way', that anyone, anywhere at any time or in any place will ever enter heaven and the kingdom of God, unless that is they go through Jesus Christ.

For Jesus is the only way, that straight and narrow way that leads to life eternal. And Jesus is the truth, the One who is able to open up our hearts and understanding to comprehend things eternal.

And Jesus is the life, and because our Lord Jesus lives, that is the promise that when we trust in Him we shall never die.

Now that we belong to Jesus, we therefore have access to God the Father, and as His daughters and sons may come to God through Him wherever and whenever we will. In fact, the Father desires for us to draw near to Him, and in turn He will draw near to us.  

Prayer Father I thank-You for Jesus Who is daily showing me the way. Who is continuing to fill my mind with the things that are true. Who is filling me with the life of God as I trust in Him. Make my life most meaningful as I walk along the way I pray today in Jesus name.  

Memory Verse:  Romans 1:16a NLT “For I am not ________ of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes."