The Gospel According to
John 14
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Do not let your hearts be troubled.
John 14:1
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
Thomas
“Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”
Jesus
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”
I am the way and the truth and the life.
Philip
Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus
Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me—or at least believe on account of the works themselves.
Seen Me, seen the Father
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Philip wants one look at the Father. Jesus tells him he has been looking all along: “Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father.” And if words are not enough, the signs point the same way.
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.
John 14:14
Reflect
The question you’re afraid to ask
Thomas said, “we do not know where You are going,” and Philip said, “show us the Father.” Jesus did not scold their questions. He answered them with Himself. What question about God are you carrying right now? Write it down, and bring it to Jesus as honestly as they did.
Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
Because I live, you also will live.
John 14:19
Judas (not Iscariot)
Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
Jesus
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word.
Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.
All this I have spoken to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you
John 14:26
Question
Quick question
Jesus promises His friends “another Advocate to be with you forever.”
What else does Jesus call the Advocate in this chapter?
Peace I Leave with You
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid. You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.
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I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father.
Get up! Let us go on from here.
Pray
Not as the world gives
Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you,” on the night He was betrayed. His peace does not wait for calm circumstances. Name the thing that is troubling your heart, and ask Him for His peace in the middle of it.
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A verse to carry with you
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 14:6
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