Biblical Concept: The
Way
Findings:
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one
comes to the Father, but through Me.” (The Way.) (One
Way.)
(Only Way.) (The Spiritual Way.) (The Way of Spiritual Conflict.)
The Way is a summary term for the spiritual life
available in Christ. (Hebrews 10:20 by a new and living
way which He inaugurated for us through
the veil, that is, His flesh,)
“the way is narrow that leads to life” (See above.)
The Way causes divisions.
John Baptist: “Make ready the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight.”
Pharisee Saul: “if he found any belonging to the
Way” … “bring them bound to Jerusalem.”
“instructed in the way of the Lord” … “explained
to him the way of God more accurately”
Pharisee Saul / Paul: “I persecuted this Way.”
Paul: “according to the Way which they call a
sect”
Paul: “having a more exact knowledge about the
Way.”
Apostle Peter: “who was I that I could stand in
God's way?”
Love: “a still more excellent way.”
“turns a sinner from the error of his way”
“your futile way of life inherited from your
forefathers”
“the way of the truth will be maligned”
“the way of Balaam”
“the way of righteousness”
“To guide our feet into the way of peace”
Second Advent sky way.
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Matthew 7:14 "For the gate is small, and the way is narrow
that leads to life, and few are those who find it. (“the way is narrow that
leads to life”)
Matthew 22:16 And they sent their disciples to Him, along with
the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach
the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any.
(Herodians to Jesus: “You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth.”)
Mark 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight.'"
Mark 10:52 And Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your
faith has made you well." And immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road.
Mark 12:14-17 14 And they came and said to Him, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not? 15 "Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at." 16 And they brought one. And He said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" And they said to Him, "Caesar's." 17 And Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were amazed at Him.
Luke 1:79 To shine upon those who sit in darkness and the
shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of
peace." (“To guide our feet into the way of peace”)
Luke 3:4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight. (John Baptist: “Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight.”)
Luke 4:30 But passing through their midst, He went His way.
Luke 7:27 "This is the one about whom it is written,
'Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who
will prepare Your way before You.'
Luke 15:7 "I tell you that in the same way, there will
be more joy in heaven over one sinner
who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Luke 15:10 "In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
Luke 16:16 "The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since then
the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way
into it
Luke 20:21 And they questioned Him, saying, "Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth.
John 1:23 He said, "I am a voice of one crying in the
wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet
said."
John 4:50 Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your son
lives." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he started
off.
John 7:46 The officers answered, "Never did a man speak the way this man speaks."
John 8:11 And she said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go your way. From now on sin no more."
John 10:1 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not
enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he
is a thief and a robber.
John 14:3-6 3 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 "And you know the way where I am going." 5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?" 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me. (“I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.”) (The Way.) (One Way.) (Only Way.) (The Spiritual Way.) (The Way of Spiritual Conflict.)
John 18:8 Jesus answered, "I told you that I am He; if therefore you seek Me, let these
go their way,"
Acts 1:11 and they also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven." (Second Advent sky way.)
Acts 5:20 "Go your way, stand and speak to the people
in the temple the whole message of this Life."
Acts 5:41 So they went on their way from the presence of the
Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name.
Acts 8:39 And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit
of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch saw him no more,
but went on his way rejoicing.
Acts 9:2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. (Pharisee Saul: “if he found any belonging to the Way” … “bring them bound to Jerusalem.”)
Acts 11:17 "If God therefore gave to them the same gift
as He gave to us also after believing
in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?"
(Apostle Peter: “who was I that I could stand in God's way?”)
Acts 15:3 Therefore, being sent on their way by the church,
they were passing through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the
conversion of the Gentiles, and were bringing great joy to all the brethren.
Acts 15:11 "But we believe that we are saved through the
grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are."
Acts 16:17 Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out,
saying, "These men are bond-servants of the Most High
God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation." (A slave-girl with
a demon: “proclaiming to you the way of salvation”) (Over-promoting the Way.)
(“Most High God” implies that there are also ‘less high gods.’) (“Most High
God” versus the Triune God of the Bible.) (“Most High God” can be the chief God
of any particular pantheon.)
Acts 18:25-26 25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John; 26 and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. (“instructed in the way of the Lord” … “explained to him the way of God more accurately”)
Acts 19:9 But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he withdrew from them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. (The Way causes divisions.)
Acts 19:23 And about that time there arose no small
disturbance concerning the Way. (The Way causes divisions.)
Acts 22:4 "And I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons, (Pharisee Saul / Paul: “I persecuted this Way.”)
Acts 24:14 "But this I admit to you, that according to
the Way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers, believing
everything that is in accordance with the Law, and that is written in the
Prophets; (“according to the Way which they call a sect”)
Acts 24:22 But Felix, having a more exact knowledge about the Way, put them off, saying, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case." (Paul: “having a more exact knowledge about the Way.”)
1 Corinthians 12:31 But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And I show
you a still more excellent way. (Love: “a still more excellent way.”)
Hebrews 10:20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for
us through the veil, that is, His flesh, (All) (The Way is a summary term for
the spiritual life available in Christ.)
James 5:20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the
error of his way will save his soul from death, and
will cover a multitude of sins. (“turns a sinner from the error of his way”)
1 Peter 1:18 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, (“your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers”)
2 Peter 1:11 for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you. (“in this way” = vv. 4-10)
2 Peter 2:2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned; (“the way of the truth will be maligned”)
2 Peter 2:15 forsaking the right way they have gone astray,
having followed the way of Balaam, the son
of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
(“the way of Balaam”)
2 Peter 2:21 For it would be better for them not to have known
the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy
commandment delivered to them. (“the way of righteousness”)