On March 16, 2025, Singapore Immanuel Church held its Sunday Service.
Intern Pastor Deborah preached the sermon on John 14:1-7, which was entitled, “Jesus, the Way, the Truth, and the Life”. Following John 13, the attendees were led to meditate on Jesus’ heart in comforting the disciples. Despite facing Judas’ departure and prophesizing that Peter will betray Him, Jesus should have been more deeply troubled than anyone else, yet He comforted the disciples to not fear the troubles ahead (John 14:1).
The deep heart of Jesus’ love is revealed profoundly in His words and in every aspect of His life. He gave the answer to the disciples that they need not fear because Jesus is returning to the Father to prepare a place for them and to also eventually bring them together with Him. This is the certainty of every disciple’s destination in following Jesus where they will return to the Father in Heaven. There will be many challenges and difficulties, but the peace that comes into each disciple’s heart is to know certainly where they will end in.
Citing the example of being fearful to lose direction of getting to the destination, Jesus has given the clear direction to reach the Father, it is through Him as the way, the truth and the life. There is only way which is through Jesus Christ in embracing His life of Cross and Resurrection. No matter the various ways people try to take to reach the destination, whether by their lawfulness or placing anything else in their center, they will never be righteous.
In Romans 8:1-5, it is clear that Jesus has set all people free from condemnation and the law of sin and death. The focus of each person’s life is not about perfection through lawfulness, but to be transformed in fixing their eyes of Jesus to not lose sight of the direction (Hebrews 12:1-3). The love of Jesus Christ in the Path of Cross from John 13-21 is not merely lawful obedience, but each person to have their eyes opened to see the grace and love of God that washes their hearts and ignites them inwardly to take the Cross.
May God continually lead all attendees to receive deeper love and grace in the Lenten meditation and experience a transformation in their journeys following Jesus Christ absolutely.