In John 14:6-7 Jesus claimed that he is the way (1), the truth (2), the life (3), the way to know the Father (4), and the way to see the Father (5). The point of this thread is to establish that what Jesus was talking about in these verses is the nature of the Father insofar as the Son is the exact expression of His nature (Hebrews 1:3), which he expressed through setting a sinless example of how to walk in obedience to the Torah, and that these verses are equally true of the Torah insofar as it is God's instructions for how to express aspects of His nature. Furthermore, God teaching us how to experiencing His nature by obeying the Torah is how God is gracious to us (6).
The Bible often uses the same terms to describe the nature of God as it does to describe the nature of God as it does to describe the nature of the Torah, such as with it being holy, righteous, and good (Romans 7:12), or with justice, mercy, and faithfulness being weightier matters of the Torah (Matthew 23:23), and it could not accurately be described as such if it were not God's instructions for how to express those aspects of His nature. Furthermore, God's way (1) is the way in which He expresses aspects of His nature, such as righteousness and justice (Genesis 18:19, 2 Samuel 22:21-37) and there are many verses that describe the Torah as being instructions for how to walk in God's way (1), such as Deuteronomy 10:12-13, 1 Kings 2:1-3, Isaiah 2:2-3, Joshua 22:5, Psalms 103:7, Psalms 119:1-3 and many others.
In Psalms 119:142, the Torah is truth (2). The Torah is God's word, and in Psalms 119:160, the sum of God's word is truth (2). Also, John 17:17is says that God word is truth and to sanctify them in truth (2). In John 1:14, Jesus is the word of God made flesh, so he is the Torah, the truth, and the word of God made flesh, and from this we can derive that Jesus is the way (1), the truth (2), the life (3), the way to know the Father (4), and the way to see the Father (5) without needing to reference John 14:6-7.
In Deuteronomy 30:15-16, obedience to the Torah brings life and a blessing (3). In Deuteronomy 32:47, it is our very life (3). In Proverbs 3:18, she is a Tree of Life for all who take hold of her (3). In Proverbs 6:23, for the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life (3). In Proverbs 11:30, the fruit of the righteous is a Tree of Life (3). In Revelation 22:14, those who obey God's commandments will be given access to the Tree of Life (3). In Romans 2:6-7, those who persist in doing good will be given eternal life (3). In Matthew 7:14, narrow is the way (1) that leads to life (3). In Matthew 19:17, the way to enter eternal life is by obeying God's commandment (3). In Like 10:25-28, obedience to the greatest two commandments is the way to inherit eternal life (3). In John 12:50, God's commandment is eternal life (3). In Hebrews 5:9, Jesus became a source of eternal life for those who obey him (3). In Romans 6:19-22, no longer presenting ourselves as slaves to impurity, lawlessness, and sin is contrasted with now presenting ourselves as slaves to God and to righteousness leading to sanctification, and the goal of sanctification is eternal life (3), so experiencing aspects of God's nature through our obedience to the Torah the content of God's gift (6) of eternal life and the way to know God and Jesus (4).
The Hebrew word "yada" refers to knowledge that is gain by experience or relationship, such as in Genesis 4:1, where Adam knew (yada) Eve, she conceived, and gave birth to Cain. In Exodus 33:13, Moses wanted God to be gracious (6) to him by teaching him His way (1) that he might know Him and Israel too (4), and in John 17:3 knowing God and Jesus is eternal life (3). In Jeremiah 9:3 and 9:6, they did not know God and refused know him because in 9:13, they had forsaken the Torah, while in 9:24, those who know God know that he delights in practicing steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in all of the earth, so delighting in practicing these and other aspects of God's nature through our obedience to the Torah is the way to know God and Jesus, who again is the exact expression of God's nature (4). In 1 John 2:4, those who say that they know Jesus, but don't obey his commands are liars and the truth is not in them (4)(1). In 1 John 3:4-6, those who continue to practice sin in transgression of the Torah have neither seen (5) or known him (4). In Matthew 7:23, Jesus said that he would tell those who are workers of lawlessness to depart from him because he never knew them (4). So knowing God and Jesus is the goal of the Torah, which is eternal life.
Jesus is the exact expression of God's nature, so if we want to see God, then we look at the way that Jesus expressed His nature (5), and that is why he is the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15). For example, Jesus shows us the righteousness of God by living in sinless obedience to the Torah, so he is the Torah of God made flesh. In Exodus 34:6-7, Moses wanted to see God, so aspects of His nature were proclaimed (5).
In Psalms 119:29-30, David wanted God to put false ways far from him, for God to be gracious to him by teaching him to obey His law, so this has always been the one and only way of salvation by grace through faith (6). In Romans 1:5, we have received grace in order to bring about the obedience of faith (6). In Titus 2:11-14, our salvation is described as being trained by grace to do what is godly, righteous, and good, and to renounce doing what is ungodly, so God graciously teaching us to do these works is the content of His gift of salvation, which is eternal life (6)(3).
So the Torah is the way, the truth, and the life, and the way to see and know the Father and Jesus is the living embodiment of the way, the truth, and the life, and the way to see and know the Father, which is evidenced by the fact that he set a sinless example of how to walk in obedience to it.
The Bible often uses the same terms to describe the nature of God as it does to describe the nature of God as it does to describe the nature of the Torah, such as with it being holy, righteous, and good (Romans 7:12), or with justice, mercy, and faithfulness being weightier matters of the Torah (Matthew 23:23), and it could not accurately be described as such if it were not God's instructions for how to express those aspects of His nature. Furthermore, God's way (1) is the way in which He expresses aspects of His nature, such as righteousness and justice (Genesis 18:19, 2 Samuel 22:21-37) and there are many verses that describe the Torah as being instructions for how to walk in God's way (1), such as Deuteronomy 10:12-13, 1 Kings 2:1-3, Isaiah 2:2-3, Joshua 22:5, Psalms 103:7, Psalms 119:1-3 and many others.
In Psalms 119:142, the Torah is truth (2). The Torah is God's word, and in Psalms 119:160, the sum of God's word is truth (2). Also, John 17:17is says that God word is truth and to sanctify them in truth (2). In John 1:14, Jesus is the word of God made flesh, so he is the Torah, the truth, and the word of God made flesh, and from this we can derive that Jesus is the way (1), the truth (2), the life (3), the way to know the Father (4), and the way to see the Father (5) without needing to reference John 14:6-7.
In Deuteronomy 30:15-16, obedience to the Torah brings life and a blessing (3). In Deuteronomy 32:47, it is our very life (3). In Proverbs 3:18, she is a Tree of Life for all who take hold of her (3). In Proverbs 6:23, for the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life (3). In Proverbs 11:30, the fruit of the righteous is a Tree of Life (3). In Revelation 22:14, those who obey God's commandments will be given access to the Tree of Life (3). In Romans 2:6-7, those who persist in doing good will be given eternal life (3). In Matthew 7:14, narrow is the way (1) that leads to life (3). In Matthew 19:17, the way to enter eternal life is by obeying God's commandment (3). In Like 10:25-28, obedience to the greatest two commandments is the way to inherit eternal life (3). In John 12:50, God's commandment is eternal life (3). In Hebrews 5:9, Jesus became a source of eternal life for those who obey him (3). In Romans 6:19-22, no longer presenting ourselves as slaves to impurity, lawlessness, and sin is contrasted with now presenting ourselves as slaves to God and to righteousness leading to sanctification, and the goal of sanctification is eternal life (3), so experiencing aspects of God's nature through our obedience to the Torah the content of God's gift (6) of eternal life and the way to know God and Jesus (4).
The Hebrew word "yada" refers to knowledge that is gain by experience or relationship, such as in Genesis 4:1, where Adam knew (yada) Eve, she conceived, and gave birth to Cain. In Exodus 33:13, Moses wanted God to be gracious (6) to him by teaching him His way (1) that he might know Him and Israel too (4), and in John 17:3 knowing God and Jesus is eternal life (3). In Jeremiah 9:3 and 9:6, they did not know God and refused know him because in 9:13, they had forsaken the Torah, while in 9:24, those who know God know that he delights in practicing steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in all of the earth, so delighting in practicing these and other aspects of God's nature through our obedience to the Torah is the way to know God and Jesus, who again is the exact expression of God's nature (4). In 1 John 2:4, those who say that they know Jesus, but don't obey his commands are liars and the truth is not in them (4)(1). In 1 John 3:4-6, those who continue to practice sin in transgression of the Torah have neither seen (5) or known him (4). In Matthew 7:23, Jesus said that he would tell those who are workers of lawlessness to depart from him because he never knew them (4). So knowing God and Jesus is the goal of the Torah, which is eternal life.
Jesus is the exact expression of God's nature, so if we want to see God, then we look at the way that Jesus expressed His nature (5), and that is why he is the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15). For example, Jesus shows us the righteousness of God by living in sinless obedience to the Torah, so he is the Torah of God made flesh. In Exodus 34:6-7, Moses wanted to see God, so aspects of His nature were proclaimed (5).
In Psalms 119:29-30, David wanted God to put false ways far from him, for God to be gracious to him by teaching him to obey His law, so this has always been the one and only way of salvation by grace through faith (6). In Romans 1:5, we have received grace in order to bring about the obedience of faith (6). In Titus 2:11-14, our salvation is described as being trained by grace to do what is godly, righteous, and good, and to renounce doing what is ungodly, so God graciously teaching us to do these works is the content of His gift of salvation, which is eternal life (6)(3).
So the Torah is the way, the truth, and the life, and the way to see and know the Father and Jesus is the living embodiment of the way, the truth, and the life, and the way to see and know the Father, which is evidenced by the fact that he set a sinless example of how to walk in obedience to it.
