"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." (John 14:6)
Christ proclaims Himself to be the way. It is on the basis of Him being the truth that He can also be called the way to God the Father. The validity of the first claim depends completely on the second one. If that claim about Him is false, then so is everything else. Jesus is not one among many paths to God, but the only one. Nothing else will suffice.
Jesus Christ proclaims Himself to be truth. He is truth because God Himself is truth. The nature and character of God is expounded for us fully in the person of Jesus Christ. He is the tangible expression of what we should know about God and how we should be in light of supernatural revelation. He shares the same divine nature as God the Father.
Truth has a sanctifying influence (John 17:17). It enables us to see things as they really are. Truth is what sets us free (John 8:32). It directs us in the way that we should go. Christ brings us into union with God. He is the physical expression of man's status before God. The very nature of truth is that of a candle which shines in the darkness.
Truth is what gives life meaning. That is what makes it worth giving up one's own life for. It is the building block upon which everything else rests on. Truth and life find their ultimate realization in Jesus Christ Himself. It was for Him that the apostles gave up their lives.
Christ proclaims Himself to be life. Even though life en toto continues to exist by His power, He is speaking more broadly here than of the physical kind. It is not something inherent to our state of being. He imparts a spiritual life that endures forever. The Apostles’ Creed affirms: “I believe...the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.”
