JOHN FOURTEEN

 

John 14:1-6                                                         

I. Jesus Comforts His Disciples AND WE SHARE IT!

 

" Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.  2 "In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.  3 "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.  4 "And you know the way where I am going."  5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?" 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. 

 

A.      THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT JESUS LEFT;

1.     -A PEACE --- HE LEFT US HIS PEACE AND IS ENFORCING IT FROM THE THRONE.

2.     WE HAVE TO RECEIVE IT

3.     WE HAVE TO WALK IN IT.

4.     IT’S OUR CHOICE.

5.     IT IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN HEAVEN

 

B.      A PLACE ---- HE WENT TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR US. SO THAT WE COULD BE WITH HIM.

 

C.     A PROMISE --- THA WHERE HE IS WE WILL BE.

1.     LISTEN ---- WE CAN HAVE THE BENEFITS OF HIS KINGDOM HERE AND NOW.

2.     WE WILL LIVE IN HIS PRESENCE LATER.

3.     WE ENJOY THE BENEFITS NOW IN THE SPIRIT

4.     BUT WE WILL CONTINUE IN THEM FOR ETERNITY.

 

D.     THOMAS CRIES OUT, “HOW CAN WE KNOW THE WAY?”

1.     JESUS SAYS, “I AM THE WAY

2.     WHEN WE WALK IN CHRIST WE CAN ALWAYS BE CERTAIN THAT HE IS SHOWING US THE WAY.

3.     JESUS IS SAYING FOLLOW ME AND I WILL SHOW YOU THE WAY;

a)     OF THE FATHER

b)     THE CROSS

c)     ETERNAL LIFE

d)     LOVE, JOY POWER AND AUTHORITY

 

John 14:7-15

II. Oneness with the Father

7. " If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him." 

8 Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us." 9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?  10 "Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.  11 "Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.  12 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.  13 " Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.  14 "If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.

 

A.     JESUS GIVES THEM THE ANSWER AND THE KEY.

A.     THE ANSWER --- BELIEVE THAT I AM IN THE FATHER.

B.     THE KEY --- BELIEVE THAT THE FATHER IS IN ME.

C.    PHILIP COULDN’T FULL UNDERSTAND. HE DIDN’T RECOGNIZE JESUS AS GOD INCARNATE, HERE WITH US.

1.     HERE’S A CAUTION:

2.     DON’T ALLOW JESUS TO BECOME JUST AN ORDINARY FICTURE IN YOUR LIFE

3.     DON’T TAKE HIS PROMISES FOR GRANTED

4.     DON’T ALLOW YOURSELF TO COME TO A PLACE WHERE YOU BECOME LAXIDASICAL IN IMPLAMENTING HIS;

a)     POWER

b)     GLORY

c)     EXCELLENCE

d)     PROMISES

e)     AND ENABLING IN YOUR LIFE

 

HERE’S ANOTHER KEY.

5.     IT IS THE FATHER IN ME. WE NEED THE FATHER IN US.

6.     JESUS WAS SAYING THAT IS MY AUTHORITY.

7.     IT IS OUR AUTHORITY TOO.

8.     JESUS – I AM IN THE FATHER --- HE IS IN ME

9.     WE ARE SO CLOSE THAT IF YOU HAVE SEEN ME YOU HAVE SEEN THE FATHER.

10.  WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING IS WHAT THE FATHER IS DOING.

11.  ONLY I AM DOING IT HERE ON EARTH IN HIS BEHALF.

12.  IF YOU CAN’T BELIEVE ME BECAUSE I TELL YOU, THEN BELIEVE ME BECAUSE OF THE WORKS I DO.

13.  DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THE FATHER IS IN YOU? THEN DO THE WORKS

14.  THAT JESUS DID AS A RESULT OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE FATHER!

15.   HERE’S THE KEY ---- BELIEVE ON JESUS:

a)     BE CONVINCED OF HIS PROMISES

b)     TOTALLY TRUST HIM

c)     PROVE HIM --- NEVER GIVE UP. EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T SEE THE

d)     RESULTS IMMEDIATELY.

e)     BE HIS REPRESENTATIVE HERE ON

 

EARTH – DUPLICATE HIS LIFE AND MINISTRY.

16.  WHEN YOU DO YOU’LL SEE GREATER THINGS.

a)     WHAT’S GREATER THAN RAISING THE DEAD?

b)     I’VE PONDERED THIS VERSE FOR YEARS. BUT HERE’S WHAT I BELIEVE JESUS WAS SAYING.

c)     WE WON’T DO GREATER THINGS IN SIGNIFICANTS.

d)     NOR IN POWER

e)     BUT GREATER IN SCOPE! THERE WERE NO AIDS VIRUSES THEN BUT WE FACE IT. DOES GOD HEAL AIDS? YES!

17.  BECAUSE AS WE DO THE WORKS OF JESUS MORE AND MORE WILL COME TO HIM.

a)     MORE PEOPLE DOING HIS WILL

b)     MORE WILL BE HEALED

c)     MORE WILL BE DELIVERED

d)     MORE WILL RECEIVE THE PROMISE

 

OF THE FATHER! 1 Peter 2:5 “you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

 

LARRY GATLIN PARAPHRASE GOES LIKE THIS; “YOU AS LIVELY, LIVING STONES BECOME CHIPS OFF THE OLD BLOCK.”  YOU BEGIN TO LOOK LIKE YOUR FATHER AND HIS BELOVED SON.

 

THEN YOU BEGIN TO DO WHAT THEY WOULD DO.

 

THEN LOOK AT 1 Peter 2:9 But you areA CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION,A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; NASU

2.     YOU ARE CHOSEN

3.     YOU HAVE A PRIORITY TO WORSHIP

4.     YOU HAVE A WALK THAT IS WORSHIPFUL

5.     MAKING YOU/US A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD

6.     WHICH ALLOWS US TO DO THE WORKS OF CHRIST.

7.     THIS WAS ALL RELEASED WHEN JESUS WENT TO BE SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER. “JESUS SAID. “BECAUSE I GO UNTO MY FATHER!”

 

18.  THERE IS A REQUIREMENT --- YOU MUST ASK THE FATHER IN JESUS’ NAME!

a)     YOU MUST LOVE HIM

b)     OBEY HIM

c)     KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS ----

 

WHAT ARE HIS COMMANDMENTS:

Ø      LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, SOUL, AND MIND.

Ø      AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.

Ø      DO THE WORKS THAT HE DID.

 

19.  ANOTHER KEY IS, ASKING IN HIS NAME;

a)     ASK IN JESUS’ NAME AND YOU ARE ASSERTING THE NAME AND AUTHORITY OF THE ONE WHO DEFEATED. EVIL, THE DEVIL, DEATH, HELL, AND THE GRAVE.

b)     IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES THAT WHAT IT MEANT TO USE ANOTHERS NAME IN AUTHORITY.

c)     IT MEANS TO KNOW AND REKLATE TO THE CHARACTER OF THE NAME YOU ARE USING.

d)     AS WELL AS HIS ABILITIES TO CARRY IT OUT.

e)     TO ALLOW HIS CHARACTER TO BECOME A PART OF YOURS.

 

 CONCLUSION

JN. 15-17  " If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. Role of the Spirit "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;  that is  the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.   NASU

 

HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH ALL FO THIS?

 

20.  BY CHOOSING TO FOLLOW JESUS IS ALL THAT HE DID AND ALL THAT HE IS.

21.  BY BEING A WORSHIPFUL, ROYAL PRIESTHOOD.

22.  HERE’S ONE MORE KEY. THE ONE THAT TIES IT ALL TOGETHER FOR US:

23.  VERSE 16 – I WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER.

24.  THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, NOT DECEPTION OR DISTRACTIONS.

25.  THE HOLY SPIRIT, FOR HE SHALL DWELL WITH YOU AND BE IN YOU.

26.  BE IN YOU. HE WILL BE JESUS AND THE FATHER IN YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

27.  ENABLING YOU TO SEE WHAT THE FATHER IS DOING AND DO IT.

28.  TO HEAR WHAT THE FATHER IS SAYING AND SAY IT.

 

REMEMBER; THE TRINITY IS COMPLETE WITH OUT ME BUT I AM INCOMPLETE WITH OUT THEM.

 

BUT WHEN WE CONNECT, THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS IS IN BIG TROUBLE.

                

Pastor Larry Gatlin

 

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