grateful to have them all right let's go to john chapter 14 verse number six this is week

14 of a series called goaded and i want to read the words of jesus captured by john and he says

this in john 146 jesus answered i am the way and the truth and the life.

No one comes to the Father except through me.

I want to summarize this statement of Jesus in two words.

And these two words are the topic of the day's teaching. Jesus is in essence saying

in John 146, I'm him. Clap your hands if you're ready for God's word. I'm him.

I'm him. Family, I want to start this sermon with the following statement.

It will be situated on the screens for my note takers.

In order for you to be all that God's called you to be to others, you must be willing to let Jesus be all he's called to be to you. In order for you to be all God has called you to be to

others, you must be willing to let Jesus be all he's called to be to you. This is the essence of what

I've been attempting to articulate for the past 14 weeks in this series entitled Goddard. I have been

arguing that Jesus is more than a redeemer who gives us a one-way ticket to heaven. He is a rabbi

that wants to put heaven in your heart on earth. And far too many people are unaware of this reality. And as a result, they are

unconsciously, spiritually settling. They are settling for a segmented and a siloed savior,

as opposed to a savior that wants to do more than get you to heaven, wants to do more than change your morals.

He wants to change your entire life, a life that is characterized by fruit of the spirit, as Paul

captures in Galatians chapter 5, a life that is characterized by joy unspeakable and full of glory.

And unfortunately, many individuals are unconsciously settling, and spiritual settling is the

worst kind of settling.

It's one thing to settle professionally.

It's one thing to settle relationally, but it is dangerous to settle spiritually because

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