Intro: Set the scene Ch.13
A)Final Words
/ Deeds / Prayer
"Let
not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father's house are many mansions; if
it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Mansions =
Dwelling Places Pastor and Bus driver
He droved pp
prayed / You taught pp slept
3 And 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
where I go you know, and the way you know."
5
Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can
we know the way?"
6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through Me.
Now I want you to note something here He doesnt say: No
man comes to God
me
A)He uses the
term Father Much different much more personal
B) One
difference of the NT from OT / NC vs OC
1) OC
Distance God was Omnious
C) Remember at Sinai Mt quaked lighting thunder smoke
1) People said
to Moses You talk to Him tell us what He says
God appeared to Abe El Shadai
the Almighty
A)Moses as the
I AM Yahweh Didnt really know how to pronounce YHWH
B) Over the
yrs
1) Jehovah Jireh:The
Lord our Provider
2) Jehovah Nissi: The Lord our Banner
3) Jehovah Shalom:
Peace
4) Jehovah Ra
.. Shepherd
5) Jehovah Rapha
.. Our
healer
6) Jehovah sikenu -
Our righteous
7) Jehovah Shama
. The
Lord ever present
C) All through
the OT God was revealing himself in his name
1) He reveals
himself according to the needs of man
But it was never Father Only once does the Lord say in Reference
to Solomon : I will be His Father and he shall be my son
A)David a man
after Gods own heart the great Psalmist 150
Psalms only once Psalm 89
B) Those are the only two times in the OT until you come to
Isaiah where He uses the term a couple of times but in reference to { Father of the nation
C) Not once do
you hear one of the Patriarchs or Prophets Crying out to God My Father
But then we come to the NT Jesus says when you pray: Our
Father
A)You talk to
Him - Personal
B) One of the
problems with Catholism
1) Too many
mediators Saints Mary Priest
C) One Mediator Jesus You come address as Father
D) He wants to
talk to You intimate with you
1) Not just at
Bible study from me Your heart
E) Pray: Our
Father
1)Fathers
house /
V.7
"If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on
you know Him and have seen Him."
Here He throws a zinger at them you can imagine the
disciples looking at Thomas an hoping he will ask for clarification again
This time its Philip
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Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for
us."
Show is the
Father and we will be satisfied
9
Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not
known Me, Philip?
These
words must have pierced Philips Heart
Philip
mean to say you dont know me ? So Jesus clarifies so glad he did
He who has
seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
We want to know God the Father Jesus says look at me!
A)Heart for
those broken / healed / fixed / widows
B) The Heart
of the Father is manifested in the Son
God,
who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by
the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son,
V.3
Brightness of Glory express image of His person
10
Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words
that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who
dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe
Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the
sake of the works themselves.
A)The Greek construction of the question in
B)he did
believe that Jesus was in the Father and the Father in Him.
1) That being the case, Philip should have realized
that the words of Jesus, as well as His works, came from the Father and revealed
the Father.
C)
Jesus revealed the Father in: what He said (7:16 "My doctrine
is not Mine, but His who sent Me.)
What
He did
(5:19 for whatever He does, the Son also does
in like manner.) during His earthly ministry.
Four hundred
years before Christ was born, the Greek philosopher Plato wrote, "To find
out the Father and Maker of all this universe is a hard task, and when we have
found Him, to speak of Him to all men is impossible."
But Plato was
wrong! We can know the Father and Maker of the universe, for Jesus Christ
revealed Him to us.
A)Why should
our hearts be troubled when the Creator & Governor of the universe is our
own Father?
"Most
assuredly, 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 My Father.
A)Greater
works than Jesus that seems impossible
What does this
mean
B) Book of
Acts healings / dead raised but nothing to the degree of Jesus
1) Not greater
in Sensation or Magnitude
C) Greater in Scope : Jesus limited his ministry to
1) Jesus physical body He was limited one place at
a time
D) Now Thru
his body all over the World
1) Billy Graham Preaches Technology 1 billion pp
D)
Missionaries All over the World
1) Computer
Tech right here in
His spirit in
the heart of Millions
13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that
the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
A)What is this
about is this a sort of Credit card from Heaven
B) Some one
suggest that Name it claim Blab it grab it -
Lexus SUV In Jesus Name
1) Fred Price
Lexus Faith or VW faith
C) What is Jesus
saying ? Best comm. Is Bible
7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will
ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
A)Abiding in
His word You have His heart
Psalm 37:4
Delight
yourself also in the LORD,
And
He shall give you the desires of your heart.
B) His Desires
become yours as you delight
Yet
you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because
you ask amiss , that you may spend it on your pleasures.
I know people who are souly
delighting in the things of this World
A)Talking to
someone recently God revealed she was an idolater
Took away her stuff
B) Asking in
His name starts with delighting yourself in the Lord His heart
Learn that 3 things here are necessary in our prayers:
[1] in my name
- Not just tacking in Jesus name to the end of every prayer.
In Hebrew thought, the name expresses the essential character of the person named.
To pray in Jesus name is to make requests that are in fullest harmony with Christs character and His purposes.
[2] We are not able to perform them: it is Christ in us who will do them.
[3] Our
purpose in prayer is for the Father to be glorified!
V.15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments.
A)Here Jesus
reveals that obedience holiness are a matter of Love not of Duty
B) If it is only duty that holds us to Gods commandments
Drudgery Fail
1) But if Love
is the motivating Factor different story
much more consistent
C) But the
Fact of the matter is We still struggle
Which is why
what Jesus says next is wonderful
1)
He introduces
us the HS
D) In fact the
most comprehensive teachings on the HS from the lips of Jesus come here in
1) Look at in
depth Sun am after New years
E) Briefly
consider tonight
And I
will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide
with you forever
Another =
Another of the same Kind { Just like Jesus
Helper or
comforter Jesus is a helper and comforter
The
word is Parakletos One called
alongside to Help The nature of the Spirit of Jesus
He will not
it HS is a person 3rd person trinity
A)Not a force not electricity He supplies power but He is not a power
B) HS has
personal Characteristics
1) He loves force cant love Electricity cant
2) He speaks
3) He has a mind
4) He teaches
5) A will
6) Be lied to
7) He can be grieved
C) When we
interpret our theology that way we are no longer active We are passive
1) Not how
much of the HS can you get but how much of You does the HS have!
And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another
Helper, that He may abide with you forever
A)Forever
not just until the canon of Scripture was finished
B) Take HS ought of some Churches today and 90% of
their activity would continue
1) Programs
C) Take the HS out of the early Church and 90% of their
activity come to a screeching halt
1) They
recognized in the same way they were dependent on Jesus when He was alive w/
them
D) Afterwards
they were equally dependent upon His spirit living in their hearts
Now in V.17 He identifies the HS in an important way! The
Spirit of Truth !
17
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive,
A)The world is
not so much into truth these days
B) Jesus was
full of grace & truth He is the way the truth and the Life
1) Makes sense that His Spirit would be the Spirit
of truth
C) HS reveals
truth He convicts of truth !
1) What is
right
D) Beauty of
the Christian HS is in our hearts
1) Jesus
continues
The world does not receive because it neither
sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in
you.
He was w/ them because Jesus was with them
A)In them
B) HS in us
teaches truth / reveals word guides us into all truth
1) When we
step out of that line Convicts ALARM going off
- BED
18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
A)Not leave
orphans not left to our own devices
I will come to
you How? HS
V.19 "A little while longer and the world will see Me no
more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. 20 At that day you will know that I am in My
Father, and you in Me, and I in you.
A)Joy those
words had after the Resurrection
ALIVE becomes
he rose { Ill rise .. He rose
B) Christ
living in us ! The Father being manifested to us
21
He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who
loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to
him."
Now once again Jesus is equating love with Keeping the
commandments
A)He is not
suggesting here that we are under the law
Oswald
Chambers: Christian perfection is not perfection of performance but
perfection of relationship.
B) As
believers we seek to keep the commands of God we hold them dear to us
embrace them
1) We believe
that they are right standards for living
C) Contrast that with the Worlds approach to Gods
commandments They want to cast them down
1) They seek
to cast away all that is Holy / All that is righteous / everything that is good
2) Every standard of Morality
D) But you and
I on the other hand embrace the Standards of God we hold to the truth
1) Because we
are indwelt with the spirit of truth
It is not that we fulfill everyone of them perfectly and
consistently but we embrace them as the standard to live by
A)Example:
Bible says that a Husband is to love His wife as Christ
..
B) There is not a husband who has ever done that perfectly and
consistently
1) In fact
most of us fail miserably more than we have success in that area
C) But that
doesnt lessen the standard Listen the Bar is still high
D)This is one
of the things that disturbs me in the Church
today.
1) Because the
Church is so concerned about people feeling good about themselves Lower the
bar
E) Make something less attainable the standard
1)Holiness get
redefined
2) Marriage
gets redefined
3) Ethics
redefined
Listen the Lord set the Bar high to make us dependent on the
HS
A)We embrace
it because we love the Lord
B) Fail
constantly as a Father / a Husband a pastor
1) My wife
loves me because she Knows I am still aiming at the Bar !
Wrap this up
22 Judas (not Iscariot) part of his
name said to Him, "Lord, how is it that You
will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?"
A)They
expected the Messiah to manifest himself to the World
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 home with
him. 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 Me.
B) Jesus is
basically suggesting that He is going to be manifested to the world in those who
love Him
C) The Phrase in v.23 We will come to him
and make Our home with him. Is interesting
1) Word Home
once again is mansion
D) Jesus says
of the Godhead We are going to make our mansion His life our dwelling
His heart
1) Put that
together w/ what Jesus says He preparing a mansion for us
E) Great trade: - He gets these old tents we get
glory
25"These things I have spoken to you while being
present 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 things that I said to you.
A)Takes us
right back to the Key HS
B) Teach and
bring to remembrance Study and trust
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But as it is written:
"Eye
has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor
have entered into the heart of man
The
things which God has prepared for those who love Him."
10
But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all
things, yes, the deep things of God.
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