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JOHN CHAPTER 14
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Jn 14,1-6
· (208d) Salvation Ø
The salvation of God Ø Salvation verses Ø
The expectations of God Ø God expects us to
follow Him
Jn 14,1-3
· (140c) Temple Ø
Temple made without hands Ø Hiding place Ø
House where you live with Jesus
· (209a) Salvation Ø
The salvation of God Ø Personal relationship Ø
Being married to God Ø We go where He goes
Jn 14-1
· (24c) Sin Ø
Poverty (Forms of fear) Ø Anxiety Ø
Fear of losing spiritual territory -- This verse goes with verse 27
· (85m) Thy kingdom come Ø
Belief Ø Treating the knowledge of God as fact Ø
Believing the Son by obeying the Father Ø
Obeying the old covenant through the new
Jn 14-2,3
· (35c) Gift of God Ø
God is willing to Give Ø God’s immeasurable
generosity
· (50b) Judgment Ø
God judges the world Ø The second coming of
Christ
· (226d) Kingdom of God Ø
Illustrating the kingdom Ø Rewards of the
kingdom of heaven Ø Reserved in heaven Ø
Our inheritance is reserved in heaven
Jn 14-3
· (224f) Kingdom of God Ø
Illustrating the kingdom Ø Description of
heaven Ø The joyful kingdom Ø
We shall always be with the Lord
· (231g) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø Body of
Christ is the organism of God’s kingdom Ø
Jesus is the head of His body’s kingdom Ø The
kingdom of heaven is where Jesus is
Jn 14,4-9
· (66h) Jesus’ authority Ø
His cross is the power of God
· (169a) Works of the devil Ø
Manifestations of the devil Ø The world is
blind to God Ø Blind to Jesus Ø
Blind to the glory of God in Christ – When the disciples looked at Jesus, they were
seeing the Father through the Son, but they didn’t know that. Phillip asked
Jesus to show them the Father. Although he had performed so many miracles, yet
all they could see was His flesh. When Jesus asked Phillip, “How can you
say, ‘Show us the Father,’” He was saying, ‘I don’t understand why
you don’t understand.’ He had been talking to them about these things and
they still didn’t get it. The disciples were not dense or stupid; they were
spiritually blind, just like the rest of us. Jesus picked these guys for good
reason, first of all because they perfectly represented the human race, who
are just as blind to the things of God. The truth of God and His personal
attributes are completely unknown to man to such a degree that without the
Holy Spirit we could never guess in a million years who is waiting for us at
the end of our lives. God could clothe Himself in human flesh and pick twelve
people and use them to represent the rest of the world, and demonstrate the
character of God in their very presence for 3 ½ years, and at the end of that
period they would not be any more enlightened than they were at the beginning.
This is how spiritually blind people are to the person of God, who are without
the Holy Spirit. They still thought God was someone other than whom Jesus
represented. How long would it take someone without the Holy Spirit to finally
come to know God? Obviously it would take longer that 3 ½ years. In fact it
would take an eternity. The flesh of man will never, ever understand God. If
anyone understands God, it is because of the spirit of God who dwells in that
person.
· (175k) Works of the devil Ø
The religion of witchcraft Ø Ignorance Ø
Ignorant of what God means Ø Ignorant of the
meaning of God’s works
Jn 14,4-6
· (66j) Jesus’ authority Ø
His words are the authority of God -- These verses go with verses
16&17
· (91l) Thy kingdom come Ø
The narrow way Ø Trail of good works Ø
The trail that Jesus walked
Jn 14,5-9
· (196f)
Denying Christ Ø Man exercises his will against
God Ø Not mature enough to seek God Ø
Unable to know the mind of Christ
– Thomas walked with Jesus for 3 ½ years, and after so many experiences and
time spent with Him, Jesus accused him of not knowing Him, saying, “If you had
known me you would have known my Father also. From now on you know Him and have
seen Him.” What would a man say in order to be remembered for 2000 years, and
be on virtually every person’s conscience who ever lived, a man who could
raise the dead and walk on water? The way Jesus spoke, especially to his
disciples, was indeed puzzling, but isn’t that what we would expect from a man
so futuristic and otherworldly? His disciples had no chance of knowing Him or
understanding His words, because He spoke to them retroactively, as though the
Holy Spirit had already come and filled their hearts with a spirit of knowledge
that could interpret His words for them. Jesus knew they didn’t know what He
was talking about, but spoke to them just same, knowing they would understand
later.
Jn 14,5-7
· (107e) Thy kingdom come Ø
Truth of the trinity Ø
Jesus is truth
· (210g) Salvation Ø
The salvation of God Ø Jesus is our savior Ø
Jesus is the only savior
· (254f) Trinity Ø
Holy Spirit’s relationship between Father and Son Ø
Jesus is the life of the Spirit Ø Jesus is the
substance of God’s life Ø Jesus is the
manifestation of God’s life
Jn 14-6,7
· (245b) Kingdom of God Ø
Spirit realm imposed on the natural realm Ø
Literal manifestations Ø Literal manifestation
of Jesus Christ Ø Jesus is the manifestation of
the Father
Jn 14-6
· (83h) Thy kingdom come Ø
Jesus intercedes for us Ø He represents us before
the Father
· (114k) Thy kingdom come Ø
Working the grace of God Ø Working God’s grace
through Christ Ø Jesus is the way to the Father
-- This verse goes with verse 13
· (106o) Truth
(Key verse)
Jn 14,7-15
· (207h) Salvation Ø
The salvation of God Ø Salvation verses Ø
The kingdom of God Ø Salvation authority of God’s
kingdom
· (253h) Trinity Ø
Relationship between Father and Son Ø Father
and Son glorify each other Ø Father and Son
represent each other
Jn 14,7-11
· (117j) Thy kingdom come Ø
Eyes of your spirit Ø Seeing through the eyes
of your spirit Ø Acknowledging the presence of
God
Jn 14,7-9
· (209b) Salvation Ø
The salvation of God Ø Personal relationship Ø
Counterfeit relationship through religion Ø
Knowing about God, but not knowing God
· (253d) Trinity Ø
Relationship between Father and Son Ø Jesus is
equal with the Father Ø Jesus has all the
internal qualities of the Father Ø Jesus is the
exact representation of the Father
Jn 14-8,9
· (20c) Nature of sin Ø
Unbelief Ø Having a mind that is unable to
receive
· (183f) Works of the devil Ø
The origin of lawlessness Ø Spirit of error Ø
Incubators of the spirit of error Ø Ignorance
· (198j) Denying Christ Ø
Man exercises his will against God Ø
Frustrating the grace of God Ø Frustrating
Jesus Ø Frustrating Jesus through unbelief
Jn 14-9
· (221e) Kingdom of God Ø
The elusive kingdom of heaven Ø Kingdom
hidden behind the veil from the world Ø God
hides from the mind of man Ø He hides the
truth from man’s understanding
Jn 14-10
· (110f) Thy kingdom come Ø
Spirit and the word Ø Spirit speaks through you
Ø Spirit speaks through Jesus
· (150i) Witness Ø
Validity of Jesus Christ Ø Works of the church
bear witness of Jesus Ø Speak the word of the
Spirit Ø
Speaking the words that God has spoken to you
Jn 14,11-13
· (146j) Witness Ø
Validity of Jesus Christ Ø Jesus’ works bear
witness of Himself Ø Purpose of Miracles, Signs
And Wonders Ø Proof that Jesus is the son of
God Ø That the church may believe --
These verses go with verse 29
Jn 14,12-15
· (35e) Gift of God Ø
God is willing to Give Ø Ask to receive
· (114a) Thy kingdom come Ø
Working the grace of God Ø Obeying the Holy
Spirit Ø Believing the Father by obeying the
Son Ø Obeying Jesus’ word
· (129e) Thy kingdom come Ø
Manifestations of faith Ø Bearing fruit Ø
Bear fruit by dying to self
· (231c) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø Mystery
of godliness Ø God’s grace is the mystery of
godliness Ø God working in you is a mystery –
It was statements like this that the disciples had absolutely no chance of
understanding, but he told them anyway, knowing they would understand later.
They must have stared at Him emptily without a clue of what He
was saying, because they didn’t understand the plan of God. Not even Jesus
explained the plan of God to them until the end of His ministry, when He began
telling them that He would die on a Roman cross, which was the opposite of
their expectations. These words went in one ear and out the other. For that
matter the church may still not understand the plan of God, particularly when
it comes to the Holy Spirit. Most denominations of the church have no idea
what to do with the Holy Spirit, and those that claim they know mostly fudge
their doctrines, hence have little to nothing to show for all their faith.
That is not to condemn them, at least they are trying, but it shows that we
are no better than Israel throughout the Old Testament in understanding
God’s plan and fulfilling it.
Jn 14,13-15
· (83b) Thy kingdom come Ø
Receiving from God through prayer Ø Ask and it
shall be given –
Materialism is highly improbable as part of God’s plan for our lives, since
He railed against the Pharisees and the rich for their love of money. That is
not to say God will not give us things if we ask for them, but if we value
them too much we won’t receive them from God. The object of Christianity is
to assimilate into His will for our lives, which is spiritual in nature. He
has a plan already prepared for us according to Eph 2-10. If we walk on
God’s designated trail of good works, we will discover God’s plan for our
lives and He will create in us the person He saw in us from the beginning.
Combine these two promises: 1. The works that He did we will do also, and 2.
Whatever we ask He will do for us if we love Him and keep His commandments.
The implication of these two promises is not for the individual to believe in
God isolated and alone, but is intended for the entire body of Christ to do
His will. The outcome is unity, which is the focus of Jesus’ vision for His
church, hence the focus of these four chapters in the gospel of John: 14-17.
Chapter 17 is the great crescendo of His vision of unity. None of His promises
in these chapters will ever make sense or even see the light of day without
unity.
· (114h) Thy kingdom come Ø
Working the grace of God Ø Jesus does God’s
work Ø All his works are done through the
father
Jn 14-13,14
· (67k) Jesus delegates authority Ø
Praying in Jesus’ name
Jn 14-13
· (114k) Thy kingdom come Ø
Working the grace of God Ø Working God’s
grace through Christ Ø Jesus is the way to the
Father -- This verse goes with verse 16
Jn 14,14-16
· (68h) Authority Ø
We have been given authority through prayer
Jn 14,15-24
· (208h) Salvation Ø
The salvation of God Ø Personal relationship Ø
Being the friend of God Ø Relationship with God
by the Spirit
Jn 14-15
· (89c) Thy kingdom come Ø
Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom Ø Wisdom
never exceeds what is appropriate
· (206f) Salvation Ø
God makes promises on His terms Ø Conditions to
promises Ø Conditions to the love of God Ø
Conditions to loving Jesus –
Jesus makes a promise that is topped only by the promise of eternal life. It
is one of the most wonderful things He has ever said, and one of the most
outrageous things anyone one has ever said. Basically, Jesus has written us a
blank check to do whatever we ask of Him. If that sounds a little fanciful to
you, then we are on the same page. Now we are stuck trying to make sense of it
in a world like ours. Does this statement depict the level of commitment God
has for us? Yes it does, and it implies that we will see the fulfillment of
this verse as soon as we reciprocate that same level of commitment toward Him,
which we almost never see, being the reason we almost never see this verse
fulfilled. What is the next verse? “If you love me you will keep my
commandments.” There is the condition of answered prayer. If God didn’t
set conditions, then psychopaths and reprobates would have access to the
promises of God. Now only those who are fully committed to God to the degree
that God is committed to us will see the fulfillment of this promise on a
consistent basis. What do you think happens to a person who commits himself to
this degree; do you think he will ask for material things or for spiritual
things that interest God? He will ask for things that God wants to give him,
which is why Jesus was willing to make this promise in the first place.
Jn 14,16-26
· (228c) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø God
working in you Ø Comforted Ø
We are comforted in the presence of God Ø Holy
Spirit is our comforter
Jn 14,16-24
· (34c) Gift of God Ø
Believer owns everything Ø Holy Spirit belongs to
us
· (35g) Gift of God Ø
God gives Himself to us Ø Jesus sends the Holy
Spirit -- These verses go with verse 27.
Take away the teaching of the Holy Spirit from these four chapters in the gospel
of John (14-17) and there would no longer be a gospel. There are many Christians
today who want to somehow pattern their lives around the gospel without
understanding the Holy Spirit any better than the disciples. Innumerous
denominations and churches exclude the Holy Spirit from their theology, from
their ministries and from their personal lives, partly because they don’t
understand Him, but also because they are afraid of Him. People who live and
walk by the Spirit are an exception to the rule.
· (44e) Judgment Ø
Satan destroyed Ø Transformed Ø
Completed by God – We have all heard that man is composed of a
body, soul and spirit. We know we have a body, and there is strong evidence that
we have a soul, since atoms and molecules cannot perceive consciousness, but
whether we have a spirit is questionable. It actually seems redundant that we
should have one, since four entities would then comprise our form after we were
born again. Therefore, we need to realize that man has no spirit until he is
born of God, who takes up residence and mixes with our souls to make us
spiritually half divine! We who are born of the spirit have God dwelling in us
as part of His nature.
· (132a) Holy Spirit Is In God’s People
(Key verse)
· (132b) Temple Ø
Your body is the temple of God Ø Holy Spirit is
in God’s people Ø spirit of God in the spirit
of man Ø Spirit of Jesus –
There was something about Jesus that attracted the disciples. It was the Holy
Spirit. The fact that Jesus was the embodiment of the Holy Spirit meant that
when He promised to send the Helper, He was promising to send Himself. He
planned to come back to the world, not as a mere man who can be in only one
place at a time, but as the Holy Spirit, who can now be everywhere at
once.
· (155g) Witness Ø
Validity of the believer Ø Witness of the
believer Ø Holy Spirit bears witness of the
believer
· (164h) Works of the devil Ø
Manifestations of the devil Ø The world is at
enmity with God Ø The world does not know God – Jesus said of the Holy Spirit that the world
cannot receive Him, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but He said to
His disciples, “You know Him, because He abides with you and will be in
you.” The fact that the Holy Spirit did not dwell in the disciples while Jesus
was speaking to them was the reason they did not understand Him, suggesting that
no one can understand Jesus without the Holy Spirit. Throughout His ministry His
disciples loved and respected Him, but understood very little about Him. He
challenged the religious establishment of His day and railed against the
Pharisees who held the people in bondage to their expensive religion. He was
fearless and had a way with words, and He loved the poor and the downcast. He
had all these qualities and so many more, yet the world wanted nothing to do
with Him, because according to them He had the wrong Spirit. Jesus associated
with a Spirit that was opposite of the world. The world hated Him for taking the
Holy Spirit with Him wherever He went, and the world hates His followers who do
the same.
· (201a) Denying Christ Ø
Whoever is not with Jesus is against him Ø He is
against Christ who does not receive Him Ø Whoever
does not receive God’s word is against Christ
· (205c) Salvation Ø
Salvation is based on God’s promises Ø
According to promise Ø Promise of the Holy Spirit
· (205g) Salvation Ø
Salvation is based on God’s promises Ø New
covenant Ø The new one is a better one
· (207j) Salvation Ø
The salvation of God Ø Salvation verses Ø
The generosity of God’s salvation Ø Salvation
is the gift of God
· (217h) Sovereignty Ø
God overrides the will of man Ø God’s will over
man Ø I never knew you Ø
Because you never did His will
· (221j) Kingdom of God Ø
The elusive kingdom of heaven Ø Kingdom hidden
behind the veil from the world Ø God hides from
sin Ø He hides behind disobedience
· (230d) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø Partaking of the power of God Ø Partaking of the
ministry of the Holy Spirit
· (231h) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø Body of
Christ is the organism of God’s kingdom Ø Jesus
is the head of His body’s kingdom Ø Jesus
builds His kingdom in your midst
· (238b) Kingdom of God Ø
Pursuing the kingdom Ø Transferring the kingdom Ø
The kingdom is transferred to the church Ø Born
again Ø Born of the Spirit by the will of man
· (255b) Trinity Ø
Holy Spirit’s relationship between Father and Son Ø
God’s word is Spirit Ø Spirit of the word Ø
Words of His Spirit are truth
· (255g) Trinity Ø
Father, Son and Holy Spirit Ø The process of
imparting the substance of God Ø Father discloses
the Spirit by the word –
Jesus intends to unveil Himself to those who love
Him, meaning that He is hidden from those who do not. These verses make it difficult to criticize the doctrine of the trinity that
claims God as three persons in one, yet it seems there is no way to deny it. It
says that not just the hearer of the word, but the doer of the word is the one
who loves Jesus, and those who love Jesus will be loved by the Father, and Jesus
will also love him, and will disclose Himself to that person. Jesus just said He
loves those who love Him, but isn’t that what He condemned in the beatitudes,
teaching that to love those who love us back is nothing, but to love our enemies
is behaving like God (Mat 5,43-48)? Yet here Jesus is saying, ‘I and the
Father will love the doer of the word, because he loves Me.’ However, this is
a different kind of love than what Jesus was referring in Matthew. In the
beatitudes He was referring to an undeserving agape kind of love that involves
kindness when kindness is absent, whereas Jesus here is saying He will love
those who love Him by disclosing Himself to them via the Holy Spirit, who
emanates from the Father. It is intriguing that Jesus can equate disclosing the
Holy Spirit with disclosing Himself. He is essentially equating Himself to the
Holy Spirit. Therefore, it wouldn’t be a stretch to equate the Father with the
other two members of the trinity. Heb 1-3 speaks for Jesus saying, “He is the
radiance of His [Father’s] glory and the exact representation of His
nature,” which is why the trinity makes sense. They are one and the same with
each other in three different forms.
Jn 14,16-21
· (107g) Thy kingdom come Ø
Truth Ø Truth of the trinity Ø
Spirit is truth
Jn 14,16-20
· (117f) Thy kingdom come Ø
Rest in Jesus Ø Rest in His mercy
· (238g) Kingdom of God Ø
Pursuing the kingdom Ø Transferring the kingdom
Ø The kingdom is transferred to the church Ø
Jesus will never leave us
Jn 14-16,17
· (66j) Jesus’ authority Ø
His words are the authority of God -- These verses go with verses 4-6
· (111c) Thy kingdom come Ø
Spirit and the word Ø Spirit of truth
· (199i) Denying Christ Ø
Man chooses his own destiny apart from God Ø
Rejecting Christ Ø The world rejects God Ø
World rejects God because it does not know Him
· (244f) Kingdom of God Ø
The eternal kingdom Ø Eternal life of the
trinity Ø Spirit is the source of eternal life
Jn 14-16
· (83e) Thy kingdom come Ø
Intercession Ø Jesus stands in the gap Ø
He prays for us
· (114k) Thy kingdom come Ø
Working the grace of God Ø Working God’s
grace through Christ Ø Jesus is the way to the
Father -- This verse goes with verse 20
Jn 14,17-19
· (118h) Thy kingdom come Ø
Eyes of your spirit Ø Giving God your attention
Ø Resolutely focus on the glory of God Ø
Focus on Jesus
Jn 14-17
· (169e) Works of the devil Ø
Manifestations of the devil Ø The world is
blind to God Ø Darkness has a blinding effect --
This verse goes with verse 19
Jn 14-18
· (36k) Adopted (Key
verse)
· (36l) Gift of God Ø
Adopted Ø We are adopted by the Spirit
Jn 14,19-24
· (117h) Thy kingdom come Ø
Eyes of your spirit Ø Vision Ø
Real-eyes God’s purpose Ø Understand God’s
purpose for your life
· (129j) Thy kingdom come Ø
Manifestations of faith Ø Unity Ø
love perfects unity Ø Pursue unity in love that
the world may be saved
· (230h) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø Mystery
of godliness Ø Mystery of the trinity Ø
Obey the mystery of godliness like Jesus did –
Jesus said he was going away, but was coming back to His disciples in the form
of the Holy Spirit, saying, “If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced
because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.” He meant His
Father had greater authority, but Jesus was the greater servant. Although the
members of the trinity are perfectly equal, yet they have separate offices,
each being greater than the others in either authority or servitude. The
Father is greatest of all in authority, but Jesus was a greater servant, and
the Holy Spirit was greater still as a servant of both the Son and of the
Father. Jesus’ service to the Father was that He should sacrifice His flesh
on the cross, and the Father honored Him above all things, which became the
grounds for the ministry of the Holy Spirit, who has a greater ministry than
Christ. To God servitude is equivalent to authority, so that each member of
the trinity is glorified in either authority or in honor of their service,
making them all equal to one another. Jesus actually says in Jn 16-7 that the
Holy Spirit has a better ministry than Him, “It is to your advantage that I
go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper shall not come to you; but if I
go, I will send Him to you.” Not only does the Holy Spirit do a better job
ministering to the world, He has a better ministry with the individual. Jesus
spoke to His disciples for 3 ½ years until He was blue in the face, and they
got very little from what He said, but when God released the Holy Spirit on
the day of Pentecost, everything fell into place, and they immediately
understood His purpose. Therefore, the Holy Spirit has a better ministry than
Jesus. Jesus became frustrated with His disciples on a number of occasions
(Mat 17-17; Mk 9-19; Lk 9-41) saying, “O unbelieving and perverse
generation… how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with
you?” NIV. That is not to say the Holy Spirit doesn’t get frustrated with
us.
Jn 14-19,20
· (254b) Trinity Ø
Holy Spirit’s relationship between Father and Son Ø
Jesus is the life of the Spirit Ø We live
because He is life Ø We live because we are in
Jesus
Jn 14-19
· (64l) Paradox Ø
Anomalies Ø God helps Satan Ø
Jesus blinds the world -- This verse goes with verses 22-24
· (154g) Witness Ø
Validity of the Father Ø God bears witness
against the world Ø Witness that the world is
rebellious against God Ø Witness against sin --
This verse goes with verses 22-24
· (169e) Works of the devil Ø
Manifestations of the devil Ø The world is
blind to God Ø Darkness has a blinding effect --
This verse goes with verse 17
· (223j) Kingdom of God Ø
The elusive kingdom of heaven Ø Miss God Ø
Missing the train Ø Miss the invitation from
God -- This verse goes with verses 22-24
· (240h) Kingdom of God Ø
Opposition toward the kingdom of God Ø
Hindering the kingdom Ø Natural disadvantage Ø
Natural disadvantage of the world -- This verse goes with verses 22-24
Jn 14,20-23
· (71l) Authority Ø
We are ordained through obedience
Jn 14-20,21
· (229g) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø Kingdom
grows by itself Ø Kingdom assumes the mind of
Christ Ø Kingdom grows through knowledge
Jn 14-20
· (94m) Thy kingdom come Ø
God’s perspective Ø God reflects on His
creation
· (114k) Thy kingdom come Ø
Working the grace of God Ø Working God’s
grace through Christ Ø Jesus is the way to the
Father -- This verse goes with verses 23&24
· (136j) Temple Ø
Your spirit is the temple of God Ø The body of
Christ Ø Body of Christ is the temple of God
Jn 14,21-24
· (117b) Thy kingdom come Ø
Rest in Jesus Ø Rest in His yoke through
obedience
Jn 14,21-23
· (6b) Responsible to advocate God’s cause Ø
Jesus’ yoke of love
· (114f) Thy kingdom come Ø
Working the grace of God Ø Obeying the Holy
Spirit Ø Receiving a revelation from God
through obedience
· (255i) Trinity Ø
Father, Son and Holy Spirit Ø Three in one Ø
God is one –
The disciples had a bad habit of asking a lot of stupid questions, but Judas
(not Iscariot) knocked one out of the park when he asked Him how He planned to
disclose Himself to them and not to the world. Jesus reiterated, “If anyone
loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we [both the
Father and the Son] will come to him and make our abode with him.” Jesus and
His Father will come and dwell within the believer. Isn’t that the role of
the Holy Spirit? There it is; the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are all
dwelling in the souls of His children. If anyone else said this, it would
sound like heresy, but what do you do with Jesus, who came to teach us about
heaven and about the very depths of God? We don’t really have a choice but
to believe Him. We may not understand Him; He may not make sense to our carnal
minds; it may seem otherworldly and crazy like a sci-fi movie, but isn’t
that what you would expect from someone who created the universe, and life
from lifeless atoms and molecules? If He were like us, we wouldn’t believe
Him, any more than the Jews believed in Jesus because He was too much like
them, who came to them in a mortal body. Yet, God seems strange to us, so we
reject Him out of hand, because we cannot relate to Him. Therefore, it
doesn’t matter whether we can relate to God or not, we like to follow our
natural proclivities, and we have one that likes to reject God, but there are
those who believe, and God lives in their hearts through faith against the
current of the world. The point is Jesus visited us for this very reason:
there is a contradiction between He and His creation – we are unwilling to
operate by His principles. He came to deliver us from the waywardness of the
world.
Jn 14,22-24
· (32h) Gift of God Ø
Father will honor you if you die to self Ø Your
obedience
· (64l) Paradox Ø
Anomalies Ø God helps Satan Ø
Jesus blinds the world -- These verses go with verse 19
· (107f) Thy kingdom come Ø
Truth Ø Truth of the trinity Ø
Father is truth
· (154g) Witness Ø
Validity of the Father Ø God bears witness
against the world Ø Witness that the world is
rebellious against God Ø Witness against sin --
These verses go with verse 19
· (223j) Kingdom of God Ø
The elusive kingdom of heaven Ø Miss God Ø
Missing the train Ø Miss the invitation from
God -- These verses go with verse 19
· (240h) Kingdom of God Ø
Opposition toward the kingdom of God Ø
Hindering the kingdom Ø Natural disadvantage Ø
Natural disadvantage of the world -- These verses go with verse 19
Jn 14-23,24
· (114i) Thy kingdom come Ø
Working the grace of God Ø Jesus does God’s
work Ø All His works are what the Father does
· (114k) Thy kingdom come Ø
Working the grace of God Ø Working God’s
grace through Christ Ø Jesus is the way to the
Father -- These verses go with verse 26
Jn 14-23
· (70j)
Authority Ø Believer’s authority Ø
We have been given authority over all creation
– If Jesus is in the Father and in us, and if
we are in Christ, then we are one with the Father through Christ in unity with
Him as witnesses of the godhead (see Col 2-9,10). People think God is hard on us
for not coming to our rescue during times of distress, but He has a very large
reward waiting for us in heaven that He thinks is worth our faith and suffering.
We who are born of the Spirit are in a state of unity with God. It is no wonder,
then, that Jesus’ vision of His church is for us to be in unity with each
another.
· (111e) Thy kingdom come Ø
Spirit and the word Ø Father and the Son
· (206e) Salvation Ø
God makes promises on His terms Ø Conditions to
promises Ø Conditions to the love of God Ø
Conditions to the father’s love
· (252a) Trinity —
Key verse for the entire chapter
Jn 14-24
· (180h) Works of the devil Ø
Practicing witchcraft Ø Rebellion Ø
Rebelling against God’s narrow way Ø
Rebelling against the word of God
Jn 14-26
· (109g) Spirit The Teacher
(Key verse)
· (109h) Thy kingdom come Ø
Spirit and the word Ø Spirit the teacher Ø
Spirit teaches us about the word of God –
Although Jesus had alluded to the Holy Spirit from the beginning of His
discourse with His disciples, He formally introduced Him in verse 16, calling
Him the Helper of the Christian walk. His primary purpose is to dwell in the
believer and teach us the word of God. Just as Jesus earlier explained the
nature of God in three persons; He is now explaining the Holy Spirit’s
relationship with the word of God made flesh (Jn 1,1-14). The Spirit and the
word refer to the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ working in tandem. What is the
Father’s role? Jesus explained to the woman at the well in John chapter four
that God is Spirit (verse 24). The generic name “God” refers to the Father.
That means the Holy Spirit and the Father are one and the same person, though
they occupy distinct offices within the trinity.
· (114k) Thy kingdom come Ø
Working the grace of God Ø Working God’s grace
through Christ Ø Jesus is the way to the Father
-- This verse goes with verse 6
Jn 14-27
· (24c) Sin Ø
Poverty (Forms of fear) Ø Anxiety Ø
Fear of losing spiritual territory -- This verse goes with verse 1
· (35g) Gift of God Ø
God gives Himself to us Ø Jesus sends the Holy
Spirit -- This verse goes with verses 16-24
· (125j) Peace
(Key verse)
· (126b) Thy kingdom come Ø
Manifestations of faith Ø Peace Ø
God is at peace Ø The Peace of God –
When Jesus said He offers a peace the world cannot give, He was referring to
the peace of the Holy Spirit. Peace is one of the fruits of the Spirit. The
spiritual fruit of peace belongs to us as a gift from Christ. He said to them,
“Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” God extends
His peace to protect us from a troubled and fearful heart. Why? Fear is
something God does not want us to know anymore than we already do. Fear is one
of a handful of elementary forces of destruction that has the power to change
the course of our lives in all the wrong ways, and has the power to asphyxiate
any and all efforts to succeed in positive directions.
· (165d) Works of the devil Ø
Manifestations of the devil Ø The world is at
enmity with God Ø The world has no hope
Jn 14-28
· (214a) Sovereignty Ø
God is infinite Ø Jesus owns you Ø
God owns everything
Jn 14-29
· (146j) Witness Ø
Validity of Jesus Christ Ø Jesus’ works bear
witness of Himself Ø Purpose of Miracles, Signs
And Wonders Ø Proof that Jesus is the son of
God Ø That the church may believe --
This verse goes with verses 11-13
Jn 14-30,31
· (87c) Thy kingdom come Ø
Obey all the will of God Ø Jesus obeys all of
the Father’s will –
Jesus was obedient in all things, primarily so the world would know He loved
His Father. Note that Jesus never once said that He loved the world. Does that
mean He didn’t? No, Jesus does love the world; it just means He went to the
cross not in pity for the world, but in obedience to His Father. It was His
Father who loved the world and sent His only begotten Son (Jn 3-16), which
means even more coming from Him, since He has the greater authority. Jesus
expresses His love for His disciples, but makes no claim to love the world in
Jn 17-9, “I ask on their behalf [His disciples]; I do not ask on behalf of
the world, but of those whom you have given me; for they are thine.” Had
Jesus claimed to love the world, there would have been room to wonder whether
the Father had the same affections for mankind. You can’t accuse Jesus of
being without love, who came to represent the Father, and it is the Holy
Spirit who demonstrates His love, ministering to the saints and convicting the
world of sin. So, who should we emulate, the Father’s vision of the world,
or Jesus’ vision of the church? This is wrong thinking, evidenced by the
perfect unity between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. For that reason there
can only be one vision, evidenced by the church originating from the world.
This is a simple a matter of emphasis on priority. It was important that the
Father initiate His love for the world, since He most clearly represents God,
and it was important that we understand Jesus as obeying the Father instead of
acting out His own will in order to show the hierarchy of authority within the
trinity.
· (164c) Works of the devil Ø
Manifestations of the devil Ø The world system Ø
Satan rules the world Ø The world is his
kingdom –
The moment darkness overtook Jesus He stopped speaking. When darkness in us
overwhelms the Holy Spirit, He goes silent in our hearts. Jesus testified
saying that Satan has nothing in Him, meaning that he is His exact opposite.
He is the antithesis of the Holy Spirit, and the fruit that He bears in his
children. He is the antithesis of the mindset of servitude and all the
attributes of God.
· (165g) Works of the devil Ø
Manifestations of the devil Ø Do not partake of
the world Ø Be in the world but not of the
world
Jn 14-30
· (41d) Judgment Ø
Satan destroyed Ø Be like Jesus Ø
Jesus overcame sin
Jn 14-31
· (13c) Jesus serves His Father Ø
He is the servant of God – See also: Ministering to God.
· (144h) Witness Ø
Validity of Jesus Christ Ø Witnesses of Jesus
Ø Trinity bears witness of Jesus Ø
Word of God bears witness to Jesus
· (153b) Witness Ø
Validity of the Father Ø Witnesses of the
father Ø Jesus bears witness of the Father
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