I am the way, the truth, and the life, NO MAN (not even Truthseeker1) Cometh unto the FATHER but by ME

Every time I argue with a Christian, he throw me desperatley with this verse.

There appear to be a sizable number of Christians who when reading this verse interpret it to state that Jesus is God and that no one shall enter into heaven except if they worship Jesus.

If we were to back up a little and read from the beginning of chapter 14 of John, we would find that just before Jesus spoke these words, he said;
"In my Father's house are many mansions (dwelling places or rooms); if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a mansion (a dwelling place or room) for you." [John 14:2].

The above verse is quite clear. It is in exact conformance to the teachings of the Qur'an. In the Qur'an we are told how God sent messengers to all nations. We are told that the basic message which was given to each of these nations was the same: "Worship God alone and worship none else." Some of the secondary details of this worship might differ from one nation to the next according to God's infinite wisdom and his knowledge of those people. It was further made clear to this messenger's people that if they were to obey him that they would receive the reward of God.

This is exactly what Jesus is saying here. He said that in God's mansion there are "many" rooms. Jesus was sent to guide to only one of them. The countless other rooms were reserved for other nations if they would obey their messengers. So Jesus confirmed that he was going to prepare "a" mansion and not "all" the mansions in "my Father's house".

Further, the verse clearly states that Jesus was the "WAY" to a mansion. He did not say that he is the "DESTINATION".
What else would we expect a prophet of God to say except "I am the 'way' to God's mercy"?
This is indeed confirmed in John 10:9 where Jesus tells us that he is "the door" to "the pasture." In other words, he is the "prophet" who guides his people to "heaven" (see also John: 12:44). Once again, this is the message of Islam.

Oh ... and the scripture ... "Before Abraham was, I am"

What then would we say about Solomon (Proverbs 8:22-31) and Melchizedec (Hebrews 7:3), who were supposedly present not only before Abraham, but also before all of creation? What about the many others who were either anointed, consecrated or made holy, before their births. (see Ps.89:20, Is. 45:1, 61:1, 1 Sam. 24:6, and Jer.1:5)?

Please note that in John 9:9, a beggar who was healed by prophet Jesus used these exact same words used by Jesus ("I am" "ego eimi") to refer to himself. We read
"Some said, This is he (the beggar): others [said], He is like him: [but] he said, I am [he]." [John 9:9]
Here we have a very clear statement from the beggar that he was "implying" that he too was God Almighty.
Does this now make this beggar too the "incarnation" of God? Also notice that when the Jews asked this beggar about the identity of the one who healed him (Jesus) he replied
"And he said, 'He is a prophet.'" [John 9:17].

And one more thing:
In Exodus, we are told that God was incarnated as a tree
So why don't Christians search for this tree and worship it?

Alexei