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John 14:1–7 – Jesus the Way to the Father

What happens:
Jesus comforts his disciples, telling them not to let their hearts be troubled. He assures them of many rooms in his Father’s house and promises to prepare a place for them. He declares, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Thomas asks how they can know the way, and Jesus replies that anyone who has seen him has seen the Father and that he goes to prepare the place but will come again to bring them to himself.

What it means:
Jesus affirms exclusive access to God through himself. His promise of an eternal home assures believers of secure fellowship with the Father. Knowing Christ is knowing God, and trusting him dispels fear of loss or separation.


John 14:8–14 – Promise of Christ’s Works

What happens:
Philip asks Jesus to show them the Father and it will suffice. Jesus responds that anyone who has seen him has seen the Father, for he and the Father are one. He tells them to believe in him and that whoever asks in his name will receive, so that the Father may be glorified through the Son. He promises that whatever they ask in his name, he will do.

What it means:
Jesus reveals his unity with the Father and the authority to act on heaven’s behalf. Prayer in his name aligns our requests with God’s purposes, bringing divine power into earthly needs and magnifying God’s glory.


John 14:15–24 – Indwelling Love and Obedience

What happens:
Jesus says that anyone who loves him will keep his commands, and he and the Father will make their home with that person. He promises the Father will send the Advocate—the Spirit of truth—who will teach and remind them of all he has said. He assures them of peace, not as the world gives. Judas (not Iscariot) asks how the Spirit comes, and Jesus explains that the Spirit of truth will come from the Father and testify about him. He adds that whoever loves him will be loved by the Father, and he will reveal himself to them.

What it means:
Obedience springs from love and invites divine presence. The Holy Spirit guarantees ongoing fellowship with Christ and empowers disciples to understand and live his teaching. Peace through Jesus transcends circumstances.


John 14:25–31 – Promise of Peace Amid Trials

What happens:
Jesus reminds them that he spoke these things while with them, promising that the Advocate will come. He tells them that peace leaves the world because of coming distress, but they should not be afraid because he has overcome the world. He concludes by urging them to remember his words, telling them he is going to the Father and that his departure brings obedience and love.

What it means:
Jesus prepares his followers for hardship but secures them with his peace. His victory over the world assures believers that even in trials, his life and love reign. Obedience to his word is the proper response to his sacrificial love.


Application

  • Trust Jesus as your exclusive way to God, resting in his promise of an eternal home
  • Pray confidently in Jesus’ name, knowing your requests align with God’s will and bring him glory
  • Show your love for Christ by obeying his commands and welcoming the Holy Spirit’s guidance
  • Embrace the peace Jesus gives, even when facing trials, by remembering his overcoming presence
  • Cultivate intimacy with the Father by abiding in Christ’s love and living out his teachings

Bible

1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

2In 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.

3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

4And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

5Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

7If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

8Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

12Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

15If ye love me, keep my commandments.

16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

19Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

20At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

24He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

25These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.

26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

28Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

29And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

30Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

31But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

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