THE LIVING WAY
‘I am the way.’
To what does the way lead?
I. It is the way to the Father’s house of which He has just spoken, where God manifests His Presence to His people, and they are for ever with Him in glory.
II. It is the way to the Father Himself, here and now. For only as we realise our heavenly sonship, and live as the children of God, can we claim a place in our Father’s House hereafter, or be ‘made meet for the inheritance of the saints in light.’
III. He is the way, straight and direct, so that wayfaring men, though fools, can walk therein.
IV. He is the only certain way: ‘There is none other Name under heaven whereby we must be saved.’
V. There are three difficulties which must be overcome if the way is to avail for man’s use.
(a) The way must be made for man, for by himself man could not make it. ‘No man cometh unto the Father but by Me.’
(b) Man must be made willing to walk in it. ‘Ye will not come unto Me.’
(c) Man must be made fit for his Father’s Home with that ‘holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.’
And in Jesus all these difficulties are done away. The Way has been made, made by Jesus in His life, His death, His Resurrection.
—Bishop C. J. Ridgeway.