1 John 4:8
God is LOVE
8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
John 14:1-14
Jesus Comforts His Disciples
1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And 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. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”
Jesus the Way to the Father
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
1 Peter 2:22-25
Jesus Died for Our Sins
22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.”
23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 25 For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Acts 4:8-12
Salvation is Found in No One Excepts Jesus
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! 9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, 10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11 Jesus is
“‘the stone you builders rejected,
which has become the cornerstone.’
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
Jesus tries to comfort His Disciples...And what is interesting about Him talking in a comforting way to His Disciples, is that in a few hours He will be arrested...It is Jesus who will be beaten and flogged with whips...It is Jesus, who knows soon that He will be suffering and be hanging on a cross and will die...But the hours before His death, He is found trying to comfort His Disciples...
Jesus knows His Disciple's fears, and He knows our fears...He tells us that there is a God and we must believe in Him...And we must also believe in Him...In heaven, there is room for many...And for those who believe in Him, He will prepare a place in His Father's house for us...Jesus will come back and take with Him, those that love Him and believe in Him...And He reminds Thomas, that there is only one way to get to heaven, and that is through Him...Jesus is the Way, and the Life, and the Truth...He is the universe's Absolute Truth, and to get to heaven, we must go through Him...He is the Only Way to heaven, the Way to Eternal Life, and the Truth of the universe...His ways and His teachings and His death do lead us to life, eternal life...
The Man who knew He would soon be dying for us, is not thinking about Himself...No, He is talking and comforting those He LOVES...God is LOVE...God shows His LOVE, God proves His LOVE, God demonstrates His LOVE by sending Jesus to die for our sins on the cross...Salvation is found in no one else...There is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved...He is our Personal Savior and our Only Savior...