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14:1 [This Chapter (John 14) along with John 17 are the two greatest chapters in the Bible to describe the true hope and true good news that Jesus came to preach.]
"Let not your heart be troubled; you trust in God, trust in me also.
14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you, for I go to prepare a place for you.
14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and take you to myself;1 so that where I am, there you may be also. [This applies to all his disciples, now and then; it refers to being translated into the Kingdom of Heaven, and to be raised with Christ to sit down in heavenly places in Christ.]
14:4 You know where I go, and you know the way."
14:5 But Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?"
14:6 Then Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man comes to the Father, but by me.
14:7 If you had known me, you would have also known my Father. From this time forward you know him and have seen him."
14:8 Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied."
14:9 Then Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you such a long time, and you still have not known me, Philip? He who has seen me, has seen the Father; so how can you then say, 'Show us the Father?'
14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you are not spoken from myself; but from the Father living in me, who does the miracles.
14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, or else believe me because of the miracles themselves.
14:12 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me, he shall also do the works that I do; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to my Father.
14:13 And whatever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14:14 If you shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.
14:15 If you love me, you will obey my commands. [the commands you hear him speak to you from within your heart.]
14:16 I will ask the Father, and he will give you another comforter [helper], so that he may remain with you forever2 - -
14:17 [Who is] the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees him, nor knows him. But you know him because he dwells with you [now], and shall be in you [soon].
14:18 I will not leave you comfortless like orphans; I will come to you.
14:19 Before long the world will no longer see me; but you will see me; and because I live, you will also live.
14:20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.3
14:21 He who has my commands [the commands you hear him speak to you from within your heart], and obeys them, it is he who loves me; and he who loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will show myself to him."4
14:22 Then Judas, not Iscariot, said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will show yourself to us, and not to the world?" [This means that Jesus only appears for a second time to those disciples who have obeyed him, to be purified, and who are waiting on his return. He appears in a man's heart; but he is hidden to the world. This applies then to all true disciples, who carry their cross to crucify their lusts and affection, 2000 years ago until now.]
14:23 And Jesus answered and said to him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my words [obey me, practice my teachings]; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home5 with him [in his heart; and they live in a kingdom which they also bring to you].
14:24 He who doesn't love me, does not keep [and obey] my teachings; and the teachings that you hear are not mine, but are the Father's who sent me.
14:25 I have spoken these things while still present with you.
14:26 But the Comforter, who is the Holy Spirit and whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things,6 and bring all things to your remembrance — whatever I have said to you.
14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
14:28 You have heard how I said to you, 'I am going away, and will come again to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' because my Father is greater than I.
14:29 And now I have told you before it has comes to pass, so that when it comes to pass, you might believe [even more].
14:30 From this point on I will not talk much with you, because the prince of this world comes, and there is nothing in me he owns.
14:31 But so that the world may know that I love the Father, I only do exactly as the Father has instructed me to do. Arise, let us go from here."
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1 Jesus left the earth to not be seen again by the world, (19) but he said he would come back [in spirit] and take [in spiritual translation to the kingdom] his disciples to be with him [while still alive, but to remain resident on the earth] where he was going. (3). And this applied not only to his disciples but to those in the future who would believe from their word and teachings.
2 Jesus said he would send the Spirit of Truth to be in their hearts forever, (17) and be in them (17).
3 Jesus said that in that day, the person who loved and obeyed him would know that Jesus is in the Father, the person is in Jesus, and Jesus is in the person, (20), and is seen by that person, (21,19).
4 Jesus said that those who loved him, would obey and practice his teachings.(21) He said the world would no longer see him, but the disciples would see him (19); he would show himself to whoever loved and obeyed him — the obedient would see him. (21). Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Mat 5:8, and When we see him, we will be like him. All those who have this hope, purify their hearts as he is pure. 1 John 3:2-3 and For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Cor 4:6, 3:18.
5 Jesus said the Father and himself would come and make their home [dwell and live] in those who loved and obeyed him. (23) I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 2 Cor 6:16 and That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith..that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Eph 3:17-19. Until we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. Eph 4:13.
6 Jesus said the Holy Spirit would teach them all things; (26) which is the only way we can learn. We must be quiet to listen to the Holy Spirit's teachings. And 1 John 2:20, "But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things; and 1 John 2:27, But the anointing that you have received from him abides in you, and you do not need any man to teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you all things, and is truth, and is no lie; and even as it has taught you, abide in him. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth..and show you things to come. John 16:13.
He also said his disciples would do greater things than he had done, (12), and on that day whatever they asked would be granted. (13).
Jesus has promised how his disciples, (and we who believe the promises), become one with Jesus and one with God, (junior but up to God). Jesus has described being translated into the Kingdom of heaven within them and around them.
These promises are the true hope, of the true believers. With this true hope, their obedient faith can purify their hearts and souls, so they can be presented perfect as acceptable company for fellowship with the Father and Son. For without purity, fellowship is impossible: For what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion has light with darkness? 2 Cor 6:14.
Notice, all these promises are predicated on obedience; obedience to the commands, the teachings, the words of Jesus. And to hear the commands, specifically tailored to your condition, you must come to him (wait in silence), listen for his words, hear his words, believe them to be from the Son of God, and then obey them as though your soul depends on obeying, which it does: You must listen, hear, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls, James 1:21; the words you hear the Lord speak to you, and which you obey, are grafted into your heart because the words he speaks to us are spirit and life — the words retained impart and build the life of God in us. By this process God writes his law into our hearts: I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people, Jer 31:33; as he says if you listen to and obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk completely in the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well to you. Jer 7:23.
These promises are beyond anything man has ever imagined - to become one with God, (junior but up to God). Yet the promises have been discarded, lost, forgotten, ignored, even ridiculed as impossible - all by the beast with horns like a lamb, with many names — the false church, the church of Babylon. Babylon means confusion, and confusion has veiled the true hope and faith from being realized, substituting ritual and form of godliness without power, to supposedly justify continuing to live in sin, in enmity to God. Just like Eve was deceived, can't you hear the tempter whispering his lies to deceive you now: "has not Jesus guaranteed you a place in heaven, with grace paying for all your sins (past, present, and future) - so go ahead, keep on sinning; haven't you been told that Jesus will stand up for you and excuse you; besides that, doesn't everyone sin?"
But as Jesus said: Repent or perish. Sin no more. If your hand, foot, or eye causes you to sin, cut them off; for it is better to enter the kingdom without a body part, than to enter Hell with them. Depart from me you who practice lawlessness, for I have never known you. As Paul said: You can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person..has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient. Eph 5:5-6.
And because to be born again and be free from sin requires one to lose their selfish life on the inward cross of self-denial, people rush to believe the false teachers describing the broad, easy way, that seems right, but leads to destruction.
Once you grasp the true promises, the true hope, the true gospel — then all the scriptures will begin to make sense, without having to discard the exclusions, the requirements, and the qualifying conditions; including the requirements of cleansing - purity - perfection and holiness.
we are saved by hope, Rom 8:24. Salvation is not to be presumed, salvation is to be experienced and seen.
We are saved by heart-and-soul-purifying grace through our faith in God's promises, but we must have the hope of our securing them:
- by the hope of being guided into all truth and taught all things by God,
- by the hope of being cleansed by the power of God,
- by the hope of being delivered from our sins,
- by the hope of coming out of darkness to the light of God,
- by the hope of becoming children of the light, (the light being God),
- by the hope of overcoming the world, the devil, and death, to victory,
- by the hope of being renewed into the spiritual image of God,
- by the hope of walking by faith, in the spirit, in love, and in the light,
- by the hope of becoming pure,
- by the hope of seeing God appear in your heart,
- by the hope of seeing the glory of God,
- by the hope of you appearing in glory with Him when he appears,
- by the hope of producing the fruit of the spirit and bringing glory to the Father,
- by the hope of becoming righteous,
- by the hope of becoming holy,
- by the hope of a forever cleansing and perfection,
- by the hope of being perfected as commanded,
- by the hope of growing up into a perfect man, the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
- by the hope of being raised with Christ,
- by the hope of becoming an entirely new creature,
- by the hope of Christ ruling in your heart,
- by the hope of entering the promised rest from our labors, to thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, energized by God,
- by the hope of joining in union with Christ and the Father,
- by the hope of entering the Kingdom,
- by the hope of fellowship with Christ and the Father,
- by the hope of fellowship in the Spirit with other saints in the world, and past men made perfect,
- by the hope of eternal Life in God that is brought to us as we see him bring our salvation - and
- by the hope of all of this occurring by faith through the grace of God as we live in this present world.
And how do we realize our hope? To sit at Jesus' feet and listen to his word is the one thing needed by any who wish to experience the promises of the Bible:
Jesus was not reading scriptures to Mary, he was speaking to her; we must hear him speak to us too: for the words I speak to you are spirit and they are life. John 6:63; his words spoken to us impart the life of God to us, if we hear and obey them. We must go to him. We must wait on him - listen silently, with the humility of a sinner in need of his changing power - grace. We must listen, hear, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. James 1:21. Daily we must seek, listen, obey..seek, listen, obey.....seek, listen, obey. We must endure to the end, when we see Christ bring our salvation.
To sit quietly, struggling with your mind to listen, is a cross to your will; to obey is a cross to your will — denying your will, and yielding to thy will be done — this is the inward cross of self-denial. Do this, and you are following Jesus.Without the power of God working in you, there is no victory, there is no overcoming. There are three sources to the power of God being released to purify you: 1) power in the true hope and gospel, 2) power in the inward cross of self denial, and 3) the power in the name of Jesus. This power of God works in us, and keeps us through faith to salvation, which is to be delivered from sin. Christendom today is without the cross and without the true hope; and so without the power of God, left only as a form (hollow shell) of the original Christianity, without the new life of the new creature, without holiness, wallowing in sin, boasting of their imperfection, perishing, whose end is destruction. For without the power of God released to change a man, his heart remains full of sin and unacceptable to God, whatever his lips may say in the form of worship. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; so that everyone may receive what is due him, according to what he has done in the body, whether it is good or bad. 2 Cor 5:10.
(Click to John 17 for more on the forgotten gospel, the true hope, and the true faith).
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