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John 14:5-7
"5 Thomas saith unto Him, Lord, we know not whither Thou goest; and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.
7 If ye had known Me, ye should have known My Father also: and from henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him."

As we study events of GOD showing Himself to people, we learn about God, people and ourselves. The Ultimate Epiphany is Jesus's death and resurrection! It is the event that changes everything! Jesus teaches some hard lessons like; "LOVE ONE ANOTHER." We will become better people if we just try. We have every reason to TRY; followers of Jesus, we are adopted into God's family! Christians are GOD'S sons and daughters, who He wants to dwell in heaven with Him! AND! More than that, Christians will be transformed into the same image as our Lord and Savior! "WE shall be LIKE HIM!" This is GREAT encouragement to walk in the FAITH and have hope for our perfected lives in heaven!

Before we are at home in heaven, we get to study the Holy Scriptures and get to understand God better. It's not an easy task. We are blessed with all the Scriptures we have today. Almost embarrassingly blessed. We can read about the people walking and talking with GOD in the flesh and understand that they did not understand. Today's verses, "Thomas saith unto Him, Lord, WE KNOW NOT whither Thou goest; and HOW CAN WE KNOW the way?" We are blessed by Thomas's questions. His questions are our questions! We often feel like we just don't know!

We have read the verses before and likely listened to sermons on them. So, we know Jesus's answer, "Jesus saith unto him, I Am The Way, The Truth, and The Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me. If ye had known Me, ye should have known My Father also: and from henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him." Do we remember that last bit? Where Jesus tells His Disciples because they see and know Him they also see and know GOD!!! "...ye know Him, and have seen Him." Jesus is yet again telling them He is GOD!!!
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