You Know The Way That I AmGoing
Studies in John’s Gospel
John 14:4
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What Way Did Jesus Go?
•The way of Humility/Service
Have this mind among yourselves, which isyours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in theform of God, did not count equality with God athing to be grasped, but emptied himself, bytaking the form of a servant, being born in thelikeness of men. And being found in humanform, he humbled himself by becomingobedient to the point of death, even death on across.(Philippians 2:5-8 ESV)
What Way Did Jesus Go?
•The way of Humility/Service
•The way of loneliness
For not even his brothers believed in him.(John 7:5 ESV)
After this many of his disciples turned back andno longer walked with him.
(John 6:66 ESV)
Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.
The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
bring me out of my distresses.
(Psalm 25:16-17 ESV)
What Way Did Jesus Go?
•The way of Humility/Service
•The way of loneliness
•The way of sorrow
He was despised and rejected bymen; a man of sorrows, and acquainted withgrief; and as one from whom men hide theirfaces he was despised, and we esteemed himnot. Surely he has borne our griefs and carriedour sorrows…
(Isaiah 53:3-4 ESV)
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city thatkills the prophets and stones those whoare sent to it! How often would I havegathered your children together as a hengathers her brood under her wings, andyou were not willing! See, your house isleft to you desolate.
(Matthew 23:37-38 ESV)
What Way Did Jesus Go?
•The way of Humility/Service
•The way of loneliness
•The way of sorrow
•The way of sacrifice
And Jesus said to him, “Foxeshave holes, and birds of the air have nests, butthe Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
(Matthew 8:20 ESV)
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been broughtup. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue onthe Sabbath day, and he stood up to read… And allspoke well of him and marveled at the gracious wordsthat were coming from his mouth…. And he said, “Truly,I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israelin the days of Elijah, … and Elijah was sent to none ofthem but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to awoman who was a widow. And there were many lepersin Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none ofthem was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” Whenthey heard these things, all in the synagogue were filledwith wrath. And they rose up and drove him out of thetown and brought him to the brow of the hill on whichtheir town was built, so that they could throw him downthe cliff.(Luke 4:16-29 ESV)
What Way Did Jesus Go?
•The way of Humility/Service
•The way of loneliness
•The way of sorrow
•The way of sacrifice
•The way of truth
Do you not believe that I am in the Father andthe Father is in me? The words that I say to youI do not speak on my own authority, but theFather who dwells in me does his works.(John 14:10 ESV)
What Way Did Jesus Go?
•The way of Humility/Service
•The way of loneliness
•The way of sorrow
•The way of sacrifice
•The way of truth
•The way of glory
This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all arewitnesses. Being therefore exalted at the righthand of God, and having received from theFather the promise of the Holy Spirit, he haspoured out this that you yourselves are seeingand hearing. For David did not ascend into theheavens, but he himself says,
“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.”’
Let all the house of Israel therefore know forcertain that God has made him both Lord andChrist, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
(Acts 2:32-36 ESV)
Do not fear what you are about to suffer.Behold, the devil is about to throw someof you into prison, that you may betested, and for ten days you will havetribulation. Be faithful unto death, and Iwill give you the crown of life.
(Revelation 2:10 ESV)
“You Know The Way That I Am Going”
Are you going that way?