Throughout life, we encounter countless paths and countless ways of living.
Yet Jesus did not present Himself as merely a way.
He declared Himself to be the Way.
It is at this very point that the Christian comes to a halt.
And asks,
“Then what does it truly mean to be a Christian?”
First, a Christian is someone who knows Jesus as the Way.
Not as one option among many,
but as the one path that must be walked.
Not as one method among many,
but as the one way of life that must be embraced.
This is where Christian identity begins.
A Christian is one who knows Jesus not as a way, but as the Way.
But it does not end there.
Those who confess Jesus as the Way are entrusted with another calling:
to become people who point others to the Way.
The world offers countless roads and endless ways of living.
Yet even in confusion,
even in darkness,
we must be able to raise a finger,
as one points toward the sky,
toward the sun,
or toward the moon,
and clearly point to the path Jesus walked.
“This is the Way.”
“This is the path Jesus walked.”
We must be able to say so with confidence.
Finally,
those who know the Way
and point others to the Way
must also become people who teach the Way.
This teaching is not accomplished merely with words.
It is demonstrated through our lives,
our choices,
and our daily walk.
Jesus did not simply speak the truth.
He embodied it.
Through His body,
His life,
and His daily living,
He revealed His teaching.
Therefore, if we know Jesus as the Way
and point others toward Him,
we must also teach Him—
not merely with our lips,
but through our lives,
our actions,
and our everyday conduct.
That is the calling of those who follow the Way.