1	the Way John 14:1-14
2	Introduction We live in a troubled world. The antidote to fear is faith.
3	Why should we not be troubled?
4	I. Our future is secure. John 14:1-2 We have a home in heaven. It is permanent and eternal. We long for it.
5	C.S. Lewis called this the “inconsolable longing.” “There have been times when I think we do not desire heaven, but more often I find myself wondering whether in our heart of hearts, we have ever desired anything else…It is the secret signature of each soul, the incommunicable and unappeasable want, the thing we desired before we met our wives or made our friends or chose our work, and which we shall still desire on our deathbeds when the mind no longer knows wife or friend or work.” From The Problem of Pain.
6	Even Abraham, the Patriarch, longed for his heavenly home. “For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.” Hebrews 11:10
7	It is a place for you. Jesus, who knows you intimately, is preparing a place for you – and in that place, you will feel more at home than you have ever felt.
8	II. Our Lord will take us to be with him. John 14:3-4
9	His return is as certain as his departure! “According to the Lord’s own word, we tell you that we who are still alive will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words.” I Thessalonians 4:15-18
10	There will be a great reunion in heaven. We will be with those we love who have died in the Lord. “For what is our hope, our joy or the crown in which we glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? Indeed you are our glory and joy!”
11	We will be with him forever. “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.” I John 3:2-3
12	III. Jesus is the only way to heaven. John 14:5-14 “I am the way and the truth and the life.”
13	He is the only way to find: Forgiveness of sins Healing for life’s hurts Meaning and purpose in life Reconciliation with God and man Hope and salvation Eternal life. There is no other way.
14	To know Jesus is to know the Father. “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” “He is the exact representation of his being.” Hebrews 1:3 “For in Christ, all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.” Colossians 2:9
15	The words Jesus speaks are the Father’s words. The works Jesus does are the Father’s works.
16	Whoever believes in me will do even greater works than these things. What are the greater works? They are not greater in quality or power. They are greater in scope and number.
17	The power to do these works comes through prayer. “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.”
18	Conclusion Why should we not be troubled? We have a great God. We have a great future. We have a great work to do.