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The Way, the Truth, and the Life

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

Three quotes from the teaching on oktober 8, 2025

Truth not only sets you free—it opens you to genuine fellowship and transformation.

There are no gray areas in God’s kingdom—only choices to walk in the light or darkness.

Those who speak truth and walk in the light will experience God’s presence every day.

Short description of the teaching

The teaching is based on Jesus’ words: “I am the way, the truth, and the life,” exploring what this means for daily life and faith practice. Emphasis is placed on understanding the way as the direct access to God, the truth as that which cannot be hidden, and life as fellowship with God through the Holy Spirit. Central to this is that there can be no compromises or gray areas in God’s kingdom, only a conscious walk in light and truth. Transformation and freedom are directly linked to honesty with God and people, with a clear call to live authentically, confront one’s own faults, and choose the light, repeated throughout the teaching.

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  • Scriptures from the teaching on 'The Way, the Truth, and the Life'

John 14:1-7
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Isaiah 40:3-5
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Hebrews 10:19-25
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Matthew 7:13-14
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John 16:12-15
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John 8:31-36
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Psalm 119:160
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John 3:21
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1 John 3:18-20
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John 8:43-47
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Mark 1:24
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Luke 4:41
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Acts 16:17
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Luke 12:2
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Ephesians 6:14-17
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Proverbs 12:19-22
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John 1:1-5
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Genesis 2:7
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Romans 8:2
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Psalm 86:11
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Proverbs 14:27
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  • Summary of the teaching on 'The Way, the Truth, and the Life'

Andreas Slot-Henriksen discusses one of the most central biblical statements: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The teaching begins with the gospel text from John 14, where Jesus makes it clear to the disciples that no one can come to the Father except through Him. This statement is deeply explored to illuminate the Christian identity and understanding of the relationship with God. Emphasis is placed on the Greek root word associated with “the way,” which has multiple meanings—not just as a physical path, but as a route, a guide, and an inner direction. Here, John the Baptist’s prophecy from Isaiah 40 about preparing a way for the Lord is directly linked to Jesus’ ministry, where the way is paved first through dealing with sin and then opened for humanity to God. The temple and religious rituals are used as an image of the way leading to God—where the high priest in the Old Testament had to go through purification to reach the Holy of Holies. Now, with Jesus, the veil is torn, and the way to God is opened directly, as Hebrews 10:19-25 clearly states: “By Jesus’ blood, we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the new, living way He opened for us through the curtain, that is, His earthly body.” Thus, the old religious image is made relevant for contemporary faith: Now, the very way to God is what Jesus has made accessible. Matthew 7 speaks of the narrow way that leads to life, and the teaching emphasizes that it is not about outward deeds, but about the heart’s choice of Jesus as the center. Salvation is not a result of miracles and outward actions, but spiritual surrender and faith in God’s free grace.

The teaching reflects that the first church assembly is referred to as “The Way,” drawing connections to Acts, where identity is directly linked to walking with Jesus. The Holy Spirit is introduced as the guide leading in truth—John 16:12-15 emphasizes that the Spirit of truth will guide into all truth, and it is He who leads on the way that Jesus is. Truth is defined not only as formal truth but as that which is not hidden—living honestly and transparently like God Himself. Scripture demonstrates that Jesus is without darkness, and choosing the light is central, as John 3:21 states: “Whoever lives by the truth comes into the light.” Here, truth and freedom are linked—only in the light does the relationship with God and others flourish. Psalm 119:160 asserts: “The sum of your words is truth,” and here there is a call not to interpret individual verses in isolation, but to understand God’s word in its entirety.

The teaching addresses the spiritual and practical aspects of truth. To speak truth and be honest, not only with words and tongue but in deed and action: “Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth” (1 John 3:18-20). Bringing one’s heart to rest in God, even when the heart senses condemnation, is emphasized as a liberating practice, and the importance of choosing honesty over pride is held up as essential for life. Here, truth and the guidance of the Holy Spirit are linked, and it becomes clear that God does not accept gray areas but calls for an authentic and black-and-white walk. The devil is portrayed as the father of lies, and reference is made to Jesus’ sharp words in John 8:43-47: “He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him.” At the same time, it is mentioned that even demons must confess the truth about Jesus, as illustrated in Mark 1:24 and Luke 4:41: “You are the Holy One of God!” and “You are the Son of God!” This becomes an image of how truth has the power to overcome even lies.

The life dimension is set as fellowship with God through the Holy Spirit, where the Greek word “zoe” denotes the spiritual, divine life. In the creation story, where God breathes the breath of life into man, the foundation for spiritual fellowship and life is created. Romans 8:2 is mentioned: “The law of the Spirit of life has set me free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” Psalm 86:11 urges: “Teach me your way, Lord, that I may walk in your truth. Unite my heart to fear your name.” In Proverbs 14:27, the fear of the Lord is tied to the fountain of life: “The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life.” This connection illustrates that truth, way, and life are linked through the bond with God, the Holy Spirit, and honest self-examination.

The teaching especially revolves around the need to break through pride, take responsibility for one’s own faults, and seek prayer and support so that all that is dark and hidden can be brought to light and transformed. It is only through honest surrender to God and by seeking help from believing brothers and sisters that freedom and truth become real. Here, examples of life changes and personal testimony are used to bind the existential and biblical together. Central exhortation: Bring everything into the light so that the truth can set you free and life can be rediscovered, whether it ends with confronting one’s own faults, breaking down pride, or turning from lies to truth.

Quote from the teaching: “The Spirit of Truth guides you on the path to life. A compromise-free surrender creates the inner breakthrough.“

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The topic for tonight is the way, the truth, and the life. We’ve heard it so many times. It’s found in the Gospel of John, chapter 14, the first seven verses. So I’m just going to start by reading those.

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God and believe in me. In my Father’s house, there are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me so that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

Wow. Just imagine, the disciples are standing there. Jesus is telling them he’s leaving. Come on, Jesus, how are we supposed to find a way when we don’t even know where you’re going? It’s not like going to the grocery store. I mean, we don’t even know where you’re headed. What are we supposed to do?

And we see time and time again how the disciples are actually puzzled by much of what Jesus says. It’s just so wonderful because they ask so many questions; they don’t understand. Even though they’ve been with him for three years, they still don’t get it. Where are you going? Well, I am the way, the truth, and the life.

And I want to point out, in the sentence “no one comes to the Father except through me,” if you dig into it, and I’m not going to dwell on it too much, but it’s actually not correctly translated in the Bible we have. In the everyday Danish Bible, it actually says it correctly according to what the Greek word means. It doesn’t say “except by me,” but what it really says is “no one can come to the Father except through me.”

And there’s a huge difference between saying “except by me” and “except through me,” because we have to go through Jesus, because it’s Jesus who cleanses us. He’s the one who purifies us. He’s the one who allows us to have this cleansing bath and come before our Father.

It can also be translated as “no one can come to the Father apart from through me” or “other than through me.” That’s the correct translation, one of these three. So just keep that in mind because it’s quite important to know when we’re talking about the way, the truth, and the life. For that’s the basis for being able to come to our Father.

So what does Jesus really mean when he says he is the way? If we look at the Greek word used for way, it has three meanings. It means a road, like you know it. It can be the road, the asphalt road out there. It can also be a path. But the interesting thing is that the way actually also means route. It’s a route. A route isn’t necessarily a road, but it’s where you’re being led. And I find that incredibly interesting.

And what’s even more interesting, or just as interesting, is that when we see how Jesus comes, when we see how his ministry starts, his entire ministry actually begins. Of course, he’s born, that’s clear. But then we don’t hear much about him, except when he’s 12 years old in the temple. And then it’s really, really limited how much we hear about him before his ministry starts.

But we know that John the Baptist is sent out. Why? To prepare a way for the Lord. And that’s a prophecy from the book of Isaiah, which is actually fulfilled. It says in Isaiah, chapter 40, verses 3 to 5: “A voice of one calling: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.'”

And I think this is interesting because Jesus says, I am the way. But his entire ministry starts with preparing a way for the Lord. It’s completely opposite. First, we’re told Jesus is a way we must walk to reach God, to reach him. But originally, when his ministry starts, we’re told to prepare the way for the Lord. Why has it been switched around? What’s it about now?

What’s interesting about this is that first, the way to God is prepared, and Jesus, God takes the first step. He walks the way and becomes fully human. Now Jesus is the way, and he wants you to walk that way back to God to have fellowship with him. But it’s wild. It’s amazing when you delve into the scripture like that and discover that it’s not just a coincidence that it says prepare the way for the Lord.

Another interesting thing is when we look at the way, in Jewish tradition, they also had the temple, and when you entered the temple, you had the outer court, then the holy place, and then behind that, where the high priest was allowed to go very, very rarely. We heard about Zechariah, for example, who was allowed to go in there very rarely. That’s the most holy place.

And the path you took when you went through the temple, into the outer court, further into the holy place, and further into the most holy place. That path was called the way. The high priest had to walk the way to enter the temple. What did Jesus do by his death? He tore the temple. What do you call it? He tore the curtain in the temple so we could go all the way into the most holy place. Wow.

So the curtain was torn, and what the Jews knew in their terminology as the way, Jesus steps in and says, “Hey, it’s now me who is the way to the most holy place.” In Hebrews, chapter 10, verses 19 to 25, it says: “Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Wow.”

Here comes baptism. The purification ceremony that the priest, the high priest, had to go through to enter the Holy of Holies. He had to go through the purification ceremony. Now it’s us who must walk the path. That’s why we are freed from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unwaveringly to the confession of our hope, for He who promised is faithful.

Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. And let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encourage one another all the more as you see the Day approaching. So here we clearly have the scripture that shows Jesus is the way. He is the one who replaces the curtain, the path to the temple. He is the way to God.

And Jesus, speaking of the way, is actually super clear. In the Gospel of Matthew chapter seven, we read the very well-known scripture that many know and many aren’t particularly fond of. It says from verses 13 to 14: “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” Wow, the way is narrow. The way is super narrow.

And it’s not enough just to come to Jesus and say, “Great Jesus, I believe you were a man from Israel, and now I want a lot of fruits, so I’ll go out and heal the sick and cast out demons and so on,” because that simply doesn’t bring salvation. Even if you think, I’m doing a lot for Jesus, that’s not what brings salvation. The Bible clearly states, paraphrased: What are you doing? Go away. I don’t know you.

But if you walk the narrow path and choose Jesus 100% and let everything else, healings, deliverances, miracles, and all these things, be fruits and signs that follow you, but your heart follows Jesus. And He puts you on the path with many, many exciting tasks that will lead you to deliverance, that will lead you to miracles, that will lead you to words of knowledge, prophecies, all the exciting stuff. You will experience it if you walk that path. But it is narrow.

And often, we are just so good at standing in the way on that path ourselves because we are proud, because we think we know God’s way of doing things. We think we can plan for God. Wow, we are good at planning for God. What? If you do it like this, God, then that person can hear about you, and if he hears about you, then he can go to those people. Then those people become Christians like my neighbor. So we hear it in the end. Wow. We are good at that.

Apart from that, if we look at the first church, the very, very, very first church in the Acts of the Apostles, it was called the Way. Why? Because the way was Jesus. It was also called the Lord’s Way or God’s Way. We read in several places in the Acts of the Apostles that the first congregation was called the Way.

Something interesting about the way, which I also want to touch on, is that Jesus says He will send us a guide. That’s the Holy Spirit. And it’s actually very interesting when Jesus says, I am the way, the truth, and the life. Because in the Gospel of John chapter 16 verses 12 to 15, it says: “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will glorify me.”

For he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and declare it to you. And it’s really funny because we have it in Danish and in Greek, it works really well together. In English, it’s a bit of a mess, the words don’t work.

But we have it in Danish as “vejlede” (to guide). Someone who leads on the way. The way that Jesus is, the narrow path He wants us to walk on, the Holy Spirit is the one who leads on the way. And in exactly the same way, the Greek word is constructed so that “way” and “to lead” actually form the word “vejled” (guide). It doesn’t work so well in English to say guide, but in Danish, it works really well. He is the one who will lead us on the way.

Lead us in what? Lead us how? Lead us in the truth. Because He is the way, but He is also the truth. And Jesus is so clear about the truth. In the Gospel of John chapter 8 verses 31 to 36, it says: “To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’ They answered him, ‘We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?’ Jesus replied, ‘Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.'”

So that means it’s the truth that sets us free. But it also says, if the Son sets you free, you will be truly free. What does it mean, if the Son sets you free, you will be truly free? Can’t He do that, or what? Why does it say, if the Son sets you free or makes you free, that’s something strange? No, because you choose yourself. It’s up to you to make a free choice. Whether you want to walk on the path of truth or the path of darkness.

So therefore, if you choose to walk, for example, with one foot in the world and one foot with Jesus, then you’re not black with one foot and white with the other foot, but you become gray. And there are no gray areas in God’s kingdom. There are no gray areas. I’ve really been accused by many. Wow, you’re black and white, man. Can’t you at all? Yep. I am black and white. And I’m so proud to be black and white. And I hope I can become much more black and white, just like God is. Just like Jesus was. There were no gray areas in what Jesus said.

Jesus came to sharpen the law. Before, you weren’t allowed to commit adultery. Now, if you just think about it, it’s a sin. And it’s so important to remember that our hearts should be that we want to walk in the light. And if we walk in the light, wow, then He can shine on us. And that’s where the Holy Spirit can come in, for He is the Spirit of truth. And if we don’t wholeheartedly desire the whole truth, it crumbles. It doesn’t work. God can’t walk with us if we are gray. He truly wants us to be genuine.

And I think we all have a lot to learn. I mean, if any of us can come and say, I’ve reached perfection, then we’ve absolutely reached the perfection of nothing. But we’re all in a learning process. We’re all in a place where God needs to teach us, guide us, and show us new aspects of who He is. Show us new aspects of how we can get closer and closer to Him every day, so we can walk in truth, in the light of truth.

In Psalm 119:160, it says: “The sum of your word is truth, and all your righteous judgments endure forever.” The sum of your word is truth. You know how you can take a Bible verse out and say, look at what it says. And you can make it mean anything. The problem is, God’s word is truth, but you can twist it however you want.

That’s why it’s so important to remember, as it says here, that the sum of your word is truth. It means there’s no point in taking something here if there’s something over there that completely contradicts it, then you simply haven’t understood a thing. You need to take the whole sum of God’s word and boil it down to, wow, that’s what it says. For God is so simple and yet so complex. We won’t understand Him. And yet His message is so simple. He is so great. And yet we can come right into where He is.

If we look at the Greek word for truth, it’s actually quite fascinating because it doesn’t just mean truth, but it also means that which is not hidden. That which is not hidden. It means that in God’s word, everything that is in darkness will come to light. It says that everything we’ve whispered in ears will be shouted from the rooftops. And I believe, if there are things you’ve whispered or gossiped about or done, and you’ve never gone to God and said, you know what, I’m really sorry, and it hasn’t been erased from the record of sin, then it’s really not going to be fun the day it’s shouted from the rooftops. It’s really not interesting, but it’s part of bringing the whole truth out, because truth is both what is not said and what is said.

And often we focus so much on, well, we must remember to speak the truth. We must remember to be genuine and only speak truth. We must not lie. No little white lies. We mustn’t do that either. That’s absolutely right. But sometimes the problem isn’t not lying. The problem is what’s hidden, which is really hard and needs to be dealt with. And that’s a whole new aspect of it. And that’s where Jesus says, I am the truth, because He is in the light. When the light shines on Him, He is pure. He is spotless. There is nothing in the dark. There is nothing hidden in Him because He is holy, because He is pure.

That’s also why it says in John 3:21: “But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light.” We see in the Bible how God’s light and His truth are connected because He wants us to be authentic. He wants us to be role models for each other. And no, none of us are perfect, but our intention should very much be to become what God wants us to be. Just like even though David made a lot of mistakes, God says to him, or He says about David, he is a man after my own heart.

I also want to be a man after God’s heart. And I hope you also want to be a man or woman after God’s heart. That should be what lies deepest. It shouldn’t be anything else. It shouldn’t be, look how righteous I am. Look how good I am. I’d like to be the first to say, I have many faults. I can easily stand at the front of the line. I have many faults, but I truly desire from the heart to bring it to light. I truly desire from the heart to stand at the forefront and give it all to my Father in heaven.

I don’t want there to be any darkness. I don’t want there to be anything in my life where I can think, wow, this is embarrassing. This is, this is shameful. No, I want everything to be made right. And when it’s made right, it lies with Jesus. The truth is what sets free. In 1 John 3:18-20, it says: “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”

From this, we know that we belong to the truth, and before Him, we can set our hearts at rest. Whatever our hearts condemn us for, God is greater than our hearts and knows everything. Just think about it, dear children. Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

The truth, and before Him, we can set our hearts at rest. Whatever our hearts condemn us for, God is greater than our hearts and knows everything. This is powerful stuff. He doesn’t want us to love with words and speech. Yes, of course, we should do that too, but that’s not the central point. The central point is that we do it in action.

It means we need to be genuine with each other. It means if you feel irritated with someone, for example, here in the community, it doesn’t help to go around to everyone else and say, wow, he’s just so annoying, that guy. And what he said was just so wrong. And that’s simply not truth. That’s walking in darkness. That’s creating division.

But to come to the person and say: “Hey, there’s actually an issue here. You said this, and I was really hurt by it.” Or I’ve heard that you did this once. Is that true? I need to get it sorted out. That’s in truth. That’s when we love in truth. And it can be wow. It can be difficult. Because it’s not pleasant. It’s not pleasant to confront people. It’s not pleasant to have to say something that might be bad, or rumors you’ve heard, or something. It’s not fun, but it’s part of the fact that we shouldn’t necessarily do it with words and speech first.

Because if we do it with words and speech but don’t have the truth with it, then it becomes false. And God doesn’t want us to do anything false. God wants us to walk in authenticity because then it becomes truth. In the Gospel of John chapter eight verses 43 to 47, Jesus is a bit frustrated, and He says: “Why do you not understand what I say? Because you cannot hear my word.” He says this to the Pharisees, by the way. You have the devil as your father, and you are willing to do what your father desires. He has been a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character. For he is a liar and the father of lies.

But I tell you the truth, and that’s why you don’t believe me. Which of you can prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God. Thank you for the coffee, it was an accusation, but it was the truth. Jesus spoke the truth. And it’s so interesting. It states so clearly here about the Devil. He has been a murderer from the beginning. For he is a liar and the father of all lies.

But the funny thing is, have you ever considered that the Devil actually sometimes speaks the truth? And he does it to trap you in a net where you listen to him. We actually have three examples in the Bible where the Devil directly speaks a profound truth that even he doesn’t want to say. But he does it.

In Mark 1:24, in the synagogue, there’s a demon-possessed man, and suddenly the demons shout, “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” Wow, that was the truth, wasn’t it? The Holy One of God. In Luke chapter 4 verse 41, demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God.” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak because they knew he was the Messiah.

In fact, we go a step further, and in the Acts of the Apostles, the same thing happens with the disciples.

There’s this fortune-telling woman who just follows the poor disciples, and then it is shouted. It’s Acts 16 verse 17. These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved. Wow. Just think about it. These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved. Did she want to say that? No. Did the demons want to say these things? No.

But when we come close to God’s holiness, even then, lies must yield. Even then, the devil must bow. God himself is our king. And it says that if we don’t praise him, he can even make the stones do it. Here, it’s demons shouting a truth about who Jesus Christ is, even though they don’t want to. And I promise you, when you’re in a deliverance session and ask a demon, “Who is king?” Oh, there’s just silence. Then you can ask again, who is king? Who is your lord? Satan. Okay. Who is above him? Who must every knee bow to? And then it’s absolutely silent until you twist the arm and say, I command you to speak out in the name of Jesus Christ and tell who is the King of kings? Who is the Lord of lords? It is Jesus Christ. Ah. And what does it mean for you that he accomplished on the cross? That we must go.

There is so much power when even the liar is confronted with the truth. For it says, as I mentioned before, it actually says in Luke 12, the first three verses. I’ll just read verse two here. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. The devil, he can’t hide anything when God’s holiness comes over him. He can’t, but he is and remains the father of lies. He will always try to lie. And he will always try to manipulate you into thinking in your mind that he is the one who comes and tells you the truth.

Because if you start listening to Bible verses or anything else and think, wow, it’s God speaking to me. Wow, then you trust the voice, and then he can start manipulating you. And that’s why it says it must be tested. What you hear must always be tested against God’s word, against other Christians who evaluate it. Always, always, always, always.

Another thing that’s very interesting, if we look at the truth and that Jesus is the truth, it’s in Ephesians chapter six. It says we must put on the full armor of God. Why? To defend ourselves against Satan’s cunning attacks and the flaming arrows and all these things. But what’s really interesting, I don’t know if you’ve ever thought about it, it says from verse 14 here: “Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”

Have you ever tried wearing pants? You probably have, but have you tried wearing pants that were too big around the waist? And not having a belt or suspenders or a string, it doesn’t take many seconds before they’re down here. Is it just me who’s tried that? At least two of us have. Great. But armor, it’s incredibly heavy. It’s made of iron. Now I know this is God’s full armor, but figuratively it says here: “Buckle the belt of truth around your waist.” What happens if you don’t have it? Then you’re completely exposed. And that means what should be in the dark. Oops, how was it with the darkness again? It becomes embarrassing. It becomes awkward.

You get exposed because a lie will eventually catch itself. Many who lie experience at some point, they catch themselves, and it becomes embarrassing, and it becomes awkward. That’s why you need to buckle the truth around your waist as your belt. Keep your pants up. Don’t go out and do something you’ll really regret, something you’ll one day really… Wow man, I might have thought I could lie to save my own skin, but I promise you it ends up being exactly the opposite.

He is the way, and he is the truth, and we must take that seriously. It actually also says in Proverbs 12, 19 to 22: Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment. Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy. No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked have their fill of trouble. The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.

Uh. Uh, just a step further. The way, the truth, and the life. When we look at the word life, there are two words for life in Greek, unlike in Danish where we only have one, which is life. But the word used is not bios. Bios means physical life. Zoe means divine and spiritual life. And that’s the life being talked about here, that he is the spiritual life. He is the divine life. That means fellowship with God.

The Gospel of John from the beginning. In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. So the life being talked about here is the life Jesus refers to himself as. That is, he was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

This life is also interesting because if we go all the way back and start from scratch from Genesis, what’s it called, the Book of Genesis. We have the creation story. What happens there? God creates first. It says in Exodus chapter 7: Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being. This means that what’s happening here is God’s spirit is entering man. Life.

We also read earlier that the Holy Spirit is the spirit of life. He is the spirit of truth. The Holy Spirit is many things. But he breathed the breath of life into the nostrils. And now something quite interesting happens because Adam and Eve rebel against God, and he is so clear and says, this will cost you death. But I don’t know if you’ve ever thought about it, Adam and Eve don’t die. They’re just sent out to live on earth. They don’t die. But God had previously said, if you eat from this tree, you will die. Hmm. Why?

Because the breath of life, which gives eternal life, which God breathed into man’s nostrils, the Holy Spirit. That is taken from them, and they no longer have the Holy Spirit. And they are placed on earth, where Satan is the prince of the earth and does everything he can to keep them away from God. Throughout the Old Testament, it’s about deeds that need to be done to be justified. It doesn’t go very well.

When Jesus is there, we must assume, it’s not directly stated in the Bible, but we must assume that the disciples had the Holy Spirit temporarily when Jesus was there. Because they went out and healed the sick. They went out and cast out demons. They did all these things. Jesus sent them out. What happens? He is crucified. He dies, and the Holy Spirit is taken from them again. How can I know this?

Because when he rises again and meets the disciples, he says to them, and this is before Pentecost: Receive the Holy Spirit. And then he breathes on them. Wow. They get God’s spirit again temporarily.

When Jesus is with them, he ascends to his Father in heaven, and the Holy Spirit is gone. And to protect them, he says to them: “Take care of yourselves. Do not leave the city. Go in. Wait, wait until the Advocate comes.” And on Pentecost, what happens? God, he put life into Adam and Eve. He breathed it in. Then God’s breath comes over the disciples and remains over them. The life, the spiritual life, is breathed over them.

And as we read before, it says that the Holy Spirit says what Jesus has said should be said. Wow. So Jesus is the way. He is the truth, and he is the life. No one can come to the Father except through him. It’s powerful when you delve into it that way.

And by the way, speaking of life and the Holy Spirit, if you want to read it, it’s in Romans 8:2. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death, the spirit of life. So we know, yes, I would almost say, let’s go back to the Book of Psalms. In the Old Testament, it says, it’s from Psalm 86, just a single verse. Verse 11, it says: “Teach me your way, Lord, that I may walk in your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.”

Fear, it doesn’t really fit together, does it? Shouldn’t it be all three things mentioned here? The way, truth, life. Yes. In Proverbs 14:22, it says that the fear of the Lord is a fountain of life. So the source of life is to fear the Lord. So teach me your way, Lord, that I may walk in your truth. Teach my heart to fear your name alone.

So the source of life. To have reverence for God. Understand his holiness. Let his Holy Spirit come in and transform you. Believe what he says. Do what he says. Walk in his way. Because if you don’t have a way, you get lost. And if you don’t have a guide, you get lost. And if you don’t walk in the truth, I promise you, you will be deceived, because the devil, he is the father of lies, and he will stand and try to take you down.

The devil has come for a reason. It’s to separate you from God, destroy you, and crush you. That’s his purpose because he was proud. He knew it all, so he wanted to be like God. But God said, you can come down. Everything Satan or Lucifer had been given, it was a lot, he was one of the highest, greatest cherubs. It says he sparkled with malachite and I don’t know how many gemstones. He was so beautiful and magnificent.

Oh, how he must have had many mirrors. So he probably stood and looked at himself in the mirror many times and thought, oh, how beautiful I am. Oh, how good I look. And oh, how clever I am. Oh, how intelligent I am. And then I lead all the praise, so I’m also musical. Oh, how good I am. Pride leads to a fall. It did for the devil too. And he wants to lead you to fall. He doesn’t want you to come fully into God’s presence. And he wants to destroy you in every way he can.

And it can be with lies. It can be by sending wolves into your life. It can be by you becoming your own wolf, by starting to believe all the thoughts about how bad you are, everything you can’t figure out, what you should be doing. Start to, what’s it called, totally blame yourself. Start to believe all the lies, then you help the devil. Remember, every time you condemn yourself, you help the devil. Every time you speak God’s truth over your life, proclaim God’s truth.

Whether you feel it or not. Whether you feel it, but speak God’s truth, proclaim God’s truth. Whether it’s about inferiority, whether it’s about physical healing, whether it’s about deliverance, whatever it’s about, I promise you, read about it. But it’s so great because God has made it so fantastic again, if you’re struggling with some issue that can just be difficult, and if there’s something you don’t want to do, it’s to share it with a brother or sister because you think, this is really embarrassing. This is really shameful.

And what happens? It grows in the dark. What was it about the truth? It was that which was not hidden. That means what is not in the dark. And it means if we take ourselves seriously and really want this, it’s not about your pride, but it’s about coming and saying, you know what, friend, I have a problem, and I’m a believer, and that means I have the right to prayer. Pray for me. We are actually allowed to do that. We have the right to be prayed for. We can actually demand that of each other. Pray for me, I need it.

But sometimes it requires us to bring up things that aren’t pleasant to say. It requires us to crush our pride. But when we crush that pride and push through because we know it’s the right thing to do, I promise you, there’s victory on the other side. Wow. The people we sometimes really get to pray for. Just as recently as last night, I was praying for someone. Such courage to come and lay out their entire life story and say, I’ve done this. Then I’ve done that. I’ve been an idiot here, an idiot there. I’ve messed up this. I’ve wrecked that person. And then, what? And you’re saying this? Yes, because he had a hunger. He had a hunger.

It was much easier. To everyone else, he had been proud. Don’t interfere. I can handle it myself. Then he comes and lays all his cards on the table. I need to make things right because only Jesus can set me free. It just takes a bit of humility. And may we all come to that point where it’s not pride that drives us. But we know every day, we need Jesus. We know, as we know in here, he is the way we should walk. He is the truth. He is the one we will be accountable to. And he knows all the hidden things.

So you might as well just come to him right away. Then he won’t have to read it out to you one day and say, why didn’t you come with this? Why didn’t you come with that? And by the way, the devil has been there long before you got here. No, if you’re quick, you come to God before the devil gets a chance to accuse you. That’s a really good idea. Do it before evening comes. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger.

And then he is the life. He is the one who gives you life. That means no matter how depressed you might feel, no matter how frustrated you might be, no matter how much you don’t understand the world or your life or whatever. If you start walking on God’s path and understand, it’s not about you, but about him who created you, then life comes back. Then joy returns because the truth sets you free. Amen.

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