•THE GOSPEL OF JOHN - CHAPTER 14
•Chapters 14-17
•Jesus Comforts His Disciples
•1. 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. (X
JN 13:33,
36)
–Why would we need a
separate dwelling place and exactly where is this place?
•I don’t believe we
will need rest but perhaps it will be needed for family gatherings
•Scripture states it
is a place to stay
–perhaps in the new
Jerusalem (X JN
3:12; REV 21:2)
•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. (X JN
13:33, 36; 14:18,28)
–Does
this refer to the time when Jesus appeared after His resurrection?
•This
is not the coming of the Spirit nor the believers death, but rater Christ’s
personal return (X 1Thes
4:13-18•
•4 “And you know the way where I am
going.” (X
JN 12:26)
•5 Thomas *said to Him, “Lord, we do
not know where You are going, how do we know the way?”
–Jesus’ destination
was his Father in heaven
•Jesus came from
heaven and was going to return there
•That which is of this
earth can not go to heaven they must remain here
•6 Jesus *said to him, “I
am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through
Me.
–This
one statement encompasses our salvation.
–It
is as though Jesus is the door leading to the Fathers mansion
•The
door is narrow, because Jesus is the way the only way
•Oneness with the Father
•1If you had known Me, you would have known My
Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.
•2 Philip *said to Him, “Lord, show us
the Father, and it is enough for us.”
–JOHN
8:19 “…Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would
know My Father also.•
•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’? (X JN
12:45)
–Was
Jesus speaking of the physical appearance of God?
•I
don’t think so; for we know God is Spirit (X JN 4:24)
•I
believe Jesus was referring to God the Father as being one with Him (X JN 12:45)
•Paul
calls the Father invisible God (X COL 1:15)•
•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.
–This is not the first
time Jesus tried to explain His relationship with the Father (X JN 10:38; 14:11; 14:20)
•This is a very hard
concept for people of those time and even many people of today•
•11 “Believe Me that I am in the Father and the
Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.
–Jesus
had told them that if they could not believe that He and the Father are one
then at least believe that He was from the Father and doing the will of the
Father by the works He Jesus had done.
–We
too are best known by our works•
•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.
–Notice
Jesus did not say or the works Jesus is saying if you believe in the whole
package
•Believe
in Him as the Son of God
•Believe
He is doing the works the Father would have Him do (X JN 5:36)
•Believe
that He and the Father are One He in the Father and the Father in Him•
•13 “Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do,
so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (X MAT 7:7)
– We
pray in the name of Jesus for this reason.
•Jesus
is our high priest who goes before the Father
•By
His sacrifice we are sinless and thereby granted authority to pray to the
Father
–Any good works we do
in the will of the Father brings glory to the Son because He is our high priest
and through Him all things are accomplished•
•14 “If you ask Me anything
in My name, I will do it.
–The
following commentary explains it this way “This is not a formula to be tacked
on to the end of prayers, but means praying for the same things which Christ
would desire to see accomplished. It is
like using a power of attorney which a very dear loved one has given you.”
[commentary Ryrie Bible]
–As
believers when we pray to the Father we pray in the name of Jesus, for He is
our high priest
•15 “If you love Me, you will keep My
commandments. (X
JN 14:21, 23; JN15:10; JN 15:10; 1JN 5:3; IIJN 1:6)
–Looking at these
cross references we can readily see why John was the Apostle of love
•
•Role of the Spirit
•16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you
another Helper, that He may be with you forever;
–Jesus did not say the
Sprit of God but rather another Helper
•This statement
confirms the Holy Spirit as a personage of God (another Helper)
•Jesus was not to be
replaced by the Holy Spirit but rather that they would not be left as orphans
(X JN 14:18)•
•17 (a)that is the Spirit of truth, (b)
whom the
world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him
because (c)He
abides with you and will be in you.
–(a) Jesus is assuring
His disciples they could rely on the Holy Spirit because is truth (X John
15:26; John16:13; I John
4:6 )•
•(b) The world did not receive Jesus and therefore
would not receive the Holy Spirit
–The world will
neither see nor hear the Holy Spirit of God because He testifies of Jesus (X I John
5:7 )
–Because Jesus abides
in the believer by way of the Holy Spirit who testifies of Jesus
–The world can’t
accept the Spirit of God, and the world considers it foolishness (X I
Corinthians 2:14 )•
–(c) He abides with
you, and will be in you.
•The Holy Spirit was
active in O.T. times, but His dwelling in the lives of believers after
Pentecost is different in that
–This is permanent
–It is true of every
individual believer
–The Holy Spirit will•
•18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come
to you.
–Jesus appeared to His
disciples after His resurrection to once again assure them
–As for us He will
come again to gather His church (X I Thes 4:13-18)
•He is not coming in
Spirit but rather in person to gather His bride (the church of followers)•
•19 “After a little while the world will no
longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.
•20 “In that day you will
know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.
•In that day you will
believe that Jesus the Father are one
•21 “He who has My commandments and keeps them is
the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I
will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” (X John
14:15, :23; John
15:10, John 5:3; John
16:27 )
–“The
Christian faith works through love, and the measure of one’s love is the extent
to which one keeps Christ’s commandments” [commentary Ryrie Bible]
•22 Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what then has
happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?”
–This was Judas the
son of James
•23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me,
he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and
make Our abode with him. (X
Jn 14:21; Jn 15:10; I Jn 5:3; II Jn
1:6)
–Notice here where Jesus
speaks of God in the plural
•I believe Jesus is
talking about the:
•The Holy Spirit
•And Jesus the Christ•
•24 “He who does not love Me does not keep My
words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent
•
•25 “These things I have spoken to you while
abiding with you.•
•
•26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the
Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your
remembrance all that I said to you.
•Who testifies of
Jesus giving remembrance of Him•
•27 “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to
you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be
troubled, nor let it be fearful.
•Jesus
overcame the world (the carnal nature of man)
–In
the world we have tribulation
•The
carnal nature of man seeks its own destruction
•That
which is not of this world will be hated by this world•
•28 “You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away,
and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go
to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. (X John 14:2
–Jesus knew they would
morn His death, but He also knew they would rejoice after His resurrection
•For they then
realized who Jesus really was and that they would always have Him in Spirit
with them
–When we lose a
follower of Jesus we morn our lose and rejoice at their gain
•
•Does “ …the Father is greater than I” mean there is a
hierarchy in heaven?
–I believe that Jesus
was referring to Himself in human form; Jesus said
–Although Jesus was
all God and all man He, in his role as a human and the sacrificial lamb of God,
did the subservient will of the Father who sent Him•
•29 “Now I have told you before it happens, so
that when it happens, you may believe.
–Many of His disciples
believed Jesus was a man sent from God
•A great prophet
•A great teacher
•Jesus taught using
stories or parables
•Jesus taught using
miracles
•Jesus was removing
all conjecture•
•30 “I will not speak much more with you, for the
ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;
–Who was the ruler
Jesus was speaking of?
•Cesar?
–The ruler of the
known world
•Satan?•
•The Greek word for
world here is Kosmos and the word for ruler is archon meaning prince (XEphesians
2:2 )
–In the Cross
reference Paul calls Satan a prince of this world
–Jesus states in the
next verse the ruler of this world will be cast out
• The last sentence
“and he has nothing in Me”
–Satan (the ruler of
the world) possesses nothing in the person of Christ and has no power over Him
whatsoever.
»This is more evidence
of Christ’s sinlessness•
•31 but
so that the world may know that I love the
Father, I
do exactly as the Father commanded Me.
Get up, xlet us
go from here.
