When Jesus said to his disciples in John 14:6, ”I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life…” He was announcing to them and the world the Truth that no other religious system or philosophic thought process can provide. The answer to the most foundational question human beings long to know— “what is the purpose of my life?”

We must realize that our inability to embrace the fullness of this truth about discipleship is an example of how far we’ve drifted away from Scripture and how easily we’ve become addicted to alternative sources for shaping our understanding of the world.

Ephesus was a vast city in the ancient world, rivaling the populations of some of the largest cities in the Roman Empire, including Rome itself. Located on the coast of the Aegean Sea in present-day Turkey, Ephesus became a hub of activity connecting trade and commerce from the east to the west. One account says this of Ephesus, “It is the land where the Eastern and Western civilizations meet and mingle.” (1) Many other historians consider Ephesus a shining example of a clas