Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 14:6

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me." — John 14:6 (ASV)

Jesus says to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father, but by me.

There is nothing good except by Christ. Those who hate Christ very soon hate God. They get rid of the Christ of the gospel, and they soon get rid of God out of creation too, and there is no coming to the Father in any way or fashion except by Christ. He has gone to the Father, but he is also the way to the Father.

Jesus says to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me.

"I am going to the Father, – that is where I am going, Thomas, and you can only come to the Father by me; do you not know that?"

Jesus says to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.

Christ has gone to the Father's upper house to make it ready for all the redeemed family. We could never have entered there if he had not gone in first. And even now, there is no coming to the Father in faith or in prayer except by Christ; we must not even dream of communion with God except through our Lord Jesus Christ. Luther used to say—and to say very wisely, too—"I will have nothing to do with an absolute God; I must come to God by Christ Jesus."

No man comes unto the Father, but by me.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

How impossible it is fully to describe our Lord in human language! He is going away, yet he is himself the way; and he is himself the beginning and the end, he is everything to his people: the way, the truth, and the life. We are obliged to have mixed metaphors when we talk of Christ, for he is the mixture of everything that is delightful and precious. All over glorious is our Lord; there is no way of setting him forth to the full in our poor halting speech.

Thomas said to him, Lord, we do not know where you are going; and how can we know the way? Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:

"I am all that you want on your way to heaven, the truth that will make heaven for you, and the life which you will enjoy with me forever in heaven. I give you all that while you are still here below."

No man comes to the Father, but by me.

There is no getting to God except through Christ. Those who say that we can go to heaven without a Mediator do not know what they say, or say what they know to be false. There can be no acceptable approach to the Father except by Jesus Christ the Son.