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# I Am the Way
- URL: https://amemamem.com.br/en/i-am-the-way/
- Published: 2026-08-27T16:52:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-09T01:05:26.000Z
- Description: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Author: Airton Humber
- Tags: #en, #de-eu-sou-o-caminho

Maybe we can begin with a very simple perception:

**Christ** , the one who, in the beginning of creation, was already with God and was God.

**Jesus** , the man born of a woman.

**About thirty years later**, Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, is the Anointed One of God: **Christ Jesus**.

**After death and resurrection**, this Jesus is exalted by God, made Lord and Christ: **Jesus Christ**.

Not as a formula capable of explaining every occurrence of these words, but as a possibility of listening more carefully to what is written.

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## Christ

John begins before the birth of Jesus:

**"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."**

Paul also speaks of the one who is **before all things**, in whom all things were created and in whom everything holds together.

It is on this horizon that we begin our reflection on Christ: **before Bethlehem, before the man born of a woman.**

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## Jesus

Then something extraordinary happens:

**"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us."**

Paul says that God sent his Son, **"born of a woman"**.

Jesus is born, grows, learns, is tempted, suffers and obeys.

Luke even says:

**"Jesus grew in wisdom, in stature and in grace before God and men."**

We are standing before a true man.

**Jesus.**

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## Christ Jesus

At the Jordan something happens that deserves our attention.

The Holy Spirit comes down upon Jesus.

Right after that, Luke records:

**"Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan…"**

And, in the synagogue, Jesus himself reads:

**"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me."**

**Anointed.**

Christ means **Anointed One**.

This can help us hear in a new way the expression **Christ Jesus**:

**Jesus full of the Holy Spirit, the Anointed One of God.**

We do not need to turn this into a rule for every occurrence. We can simply keep the distinction and go on listening.

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## Jesus Christ

Then come the cross, the death and the resurrection.

Peter makes an impressive statement:

**"God made this Jesus, whom you crucified, Lord and Christ."**

**This Jesus.**

And Paul describes the continuity:

**"Therefore God exalted him to the highest position and gave him the name that is above every name…"**

Until every tongue confesses:

**"Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."**

**Jesus Christ.**

The man Jesus, raised and exalted by God, made Lord and Christ.

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## The way goes on

And then we can hear the words of Jesus again:

**"I am the way."**

He does not only talk about the way.

**He shows the way.**

That is why he also says:

**"Deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me."**

Not just contemplate my cross.

**Take up your cross and follow me.**

And Paul shows that this way does not end in contemplating the exalted Jesus Christ.

It goes on **in us**:

**"Christ in you, the hope of glory."**

And also:

**"Until Christ is formed in you."**

Until we can say:

**"It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me."**

And so a way begins to appear before us:

**Christ.**  
**Jesus.**  
**Christ Jesus.**  
**Jesus Christ.**  
**Christ in you.**

And everything returns to the place Jesus always pointed to:

**"to the glory of God the Father."**

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## **Bible references**

John 1:1,14  
Colossians 1:15-17  
Galatians 4:4  
Luke 2:52  
Luke 3:21-22  
Luke 4:1,14,18  
Acts 2:36  
Philippians 2:9-11  
John 14:6  
Luke 9:23-24  
Colossians 1:27  
Galatians 4:19  
Galatians 2:20