"JOHN 14:6" A POPULAR BUMPER STICKER...

      One of the significantly popular text from the New Testament, with the evangelical missionaries, is verse 14:6 from John's Gospel. I have many a times noticed the selected portions from this verse on the bumper stickers of all kinds of vehicles in North America. 

   Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and 
the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."               John 14:6 

      Before Jesus spoke these words, he said (four verses earlier); 

"In my Father's house are many mansions (dwelling places); if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a mansion (a dwelling place) for you."   John 14:2 

    Imagine visiting a town with "many" buildings and only "one" was occupied and the rest had signs "not to be occupied". Would not the people living in that "one" building feel they were living in a "Ghost Town"? On the other hand, would it not be perfectly logical thing to understand that the prophets that came before and after Jesus would  have also prepared mansions from the remaining mansions, for their respective followers to occupy? Is it not an appealing thought that the prophet that came after Jesus could have possibly lead his followers through the "current way"? Do not the readers of the "New Testament" along with the "Old Testament" think they have a better understanding of the God's MESSAGE than those who have not read the "New Testament? Why do the Muslims, who have read the Old and the New Testament say; the Qur'an is the "Final" Testament?

    John 14:6 clearly states; Jesus was the "WAY". It is a folly to believe that Jesus (or any prophet) was the "DESTINATION": 

    Jesus said; "I am the door" to find the pasture. (Jn. 10:9). A sheep that walks through the "door" will find the pasture. A sheep that keep circling around the "door" will never find the pasture. One who uses the "Way" (Path) shown by Jesus will reach the Mansion prepared by him. Anyone that stops on the "Way" believing the "Path" to be the end of his/her journey will be out in the open without any shelter. 

     Finally, here is the WAY shown by Jesus, who spoke the TRUTH and declared how to have an eternal LIFE; 

"Not every one that says to me; 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of my Father, who is in heaven."        Matthew 7:21 

"Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal LIFE..." John 5:24

     Below are the two paragraphs from Andrew Vargo's Critique on the above text that appear under the title; "answering-islam", sub-title; responses to Akbarally Meherally's site - section A, part 9. URL
          http://www.answering-islam.org/Responses/Meherally/ 

When Jesus told His disciples that "In my Father's house are many mansions", He was assuring them that there was room for all who believe, and a place for each who follow Him. Incidentally, how did Jesus know that there were many mansions in His Father's house? He knew because He had been there - Jesus and the Father were One and always existed, and will always exist, throughout eternity. 

What did Jesus mean when He said that "I go to prepare a place for you". Was Jesus going to this mansion to fluff the pillows? NO, He went to the Father, through His death and resurrection, in order to obtain the right for His followers, both then and now, to be in heaven. The sacrifice of Jesus on the cross gives us sinners the ability, through God's grace alone and not of our own words or deeds, to possess our "place" in the Father's mansion if we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior and follow Him.

Rebuttal:

In the first paragraph, Mr. Vargo writes: Jesus and the Father were One and always existed, and will always exist, throughout eternity. 

In the second paragraph, Mr. Vargo writes: He went to the Father, through His death and resurrection, in order to obtain the right for His followers, ...

How would Mr. Vargo justify the necessity for; "obtaining of the right" by Jesus "from the Father", if the Two entities were "ONE"?

Why is the Mansion called, "the Father's Mansion" and not "the Father/Son Mansion" or "the Trinity Mansion", if they are "ONE"?

The critic insists that we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior and follow Him. And, he also declares the Two are ONE. What if one accepts GOD as his Lord and Saviour and follows HIM? 

I have also noticed that the critic is trying to impress that Jesus is "the Way" and not "a Way". Yes, "the Way" to "a Mansion" and not "the Way" to "all the Mansions".

RECENT ADDITION:

Jesus said to the contending Jews; "Moses wrote about me." (John 5 :46).

The cross-reference to this verse, in any version of the Bible, will take you to  Deuteronomy 18:15 and 18 :18. Here God says; "I will raise a prophet like Moses." Hence, Jesus was telling those Jews that he was that Prophet...

If Jesus was a Prophet like Moses, by his own admission, then obviously Moses must also be a Prophet like Jesus. For his followers, Moses was a "way" leading to one of those dwelling places. If that was not so, then God would be unjust to all those born before Jesus. I do not think God is unjust. DO YOU???