John 14:6 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

We are still speaking to human nature. This seems to be one of the easiest passages to understand and is used so often that there is a tendency not to explain the spiritual aspects. We take it for granted that people will understand this clearly and do not talk about it.

It is human nature to assume everyone understands things we deem simple. This is the problem with allowing things to be left out of our conversations. It does not allow others to share their opinions that might be different.

Here is a bit of silliness to highlight that point.

What if someone sees Jesus as an obstacle to getting to know the Father and treats his training as a matter of a game of Red Rover. “Red Rover, Red Rover, send Roger right over.” The idea being that we can only make a breakthrough by aiming at the weakest points in the line. In that case one might look for weaknesses in others to succeed.

While it is silly to think that way, it has been mentioned, so now we should consider that someone might not have a perfect understanding of simple spiritual concepts.

There have been others that admit in bible studies that they “don’t get it”. When we talk to these that seek and do not find, do we take care to protect our relationship in fellowship? We cannot help anyone if we are dismissive.

We believe that the Holy Spirit is the one that reveals all truth. We should not treat others as if we are responsible for their understanding. This lesson was taught to me by a fellow that came to me a year later and said, “Now I get it.” The Holy Spirit knows best how to reveal truth at the right time.