John 14:1-4
OF CHRIST'S GOING TO THE FATHER. The comfort of Christ's going:... [ Continue Reading ]
OF CHRIST'S GOING TO THE FATHER. The comfort of Christ's going:... [ Continue Reading ]
LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED; YE BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHITHER I GO YE KNOW, AND THE WAY YE KNOW. The last speeches of Christ to His disciples, held partly in the upper room of the Passover feast, partly on the way to Gethsemane, are full of the most glorious cheer and comfort, whose value has in no wise suffered with the passing of time. There are... [ Continue Reading ]
THOMAS SAITH UNTO HIM, LORD, WE KNOW NOT WHITHER THOU GOEST; AND HOW CAN WE KNOW THE WAY?... [ Continue Reading ]
An interruption by Thomas:... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE; NO MAN COMETH UNTO THE FATHER BUT BY ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF YE HAD KNOWN ME, YE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN MY FATHER ALSO; AND FROM HENCEFORTH YE KNOW HIM, AND HAVE SEEN HIM. Thomas was but expressing the thoughts of the majority of the disciples; he acted, in a way, as their mouthpiece. So firmly and completely were their hearts and minds bound up with the matter... [ Continue Reading ]
An interruption by Philip:... [ Continue Reading ]
PHILIP SAITH UNTO HIM, LORD, SHOW US THE FATHER, AND IT SUFFICETH US.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS 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, SHOW US THE FATHER?... [ Continue Reading ]
BELIEVEST 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
BELIEVE ME THAT I AM IN THE FATHER AND THE FATHER IN ME; OR ELSE BELIEVE ME FOR THE VERY WORKS' SAKE. The remark of Philip, requesting to be shown the Father, in order that he might see Him with the eyes of his body, showed just as much spiritual denseness and blindness as that of Thomas. His words... [ Continue Reading ]
VERILY, 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
The promise of greater works:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK IN MY NAME, THAT WILL I DO, THAT THE FATHER MAY BE GLORIFIED IN THE SON.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF YE SHALL ASK ANYTHING IN MY NAME, I WILL DO IT. In connection with the mention of works which He was performing to testify in His own behalf, Jesus here gives His disciples of all times a glorious promise of works which they should. do in their office as His ministers. Most solemnly He assures th... [ Continue Reading ]
OF LOVE AND LIFE. The coming of the Comforter:... [ Continue Reading ]
IF YE LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I WILL PRAY THE FATHER, AND HE SHALL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER THAT HE MAY ABIDE WITH YOU FOREVER,... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN 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. The prerequisite and condition for the continuance of the loving relationship between Christ and His followers is this, that they sho... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU COMFORTLESS; I WILL COME TO YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
Further encouragement:... [ Continue Reading ]
YET A LITTLE WHILE AND THE WORLD SEETH ME NO MORE; BUT YE SEE ME. BECAUSE I LIVE, YE SHALL LIVE ALSO.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT THAT DAY YE SHALL KNOW THAT I AM IN MY FATHER, AND YE IN ME, AND I IN YOU. The Lord repeats His comforting assurance from another angle. He promises not to leave His disciples orphans, without a guide, deprived of all comfort. In addition to the fact that He will provide the Comforter for them, H... [ Continue Reading ]
HE 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
The effects of the mystical union:... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDAS SAITH UNTO HIM, NOT ISCARIOT, LORD, HOW IS IT THAT THOU WILT MANIFEST THYSELF UNTO US AND NOT UNTO THE WORLD?... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS 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. Not the having only, but the keeping of the commandments of Christ is an evidence and proof of faith. For the love of Christ, which grows fr... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT. v. 24. HE THAT LOVETH ME NOT KEEPETH NOT MY SAYINGS; AND THE WORD WHICH YE HEAR IS NOT MINE, BUT THE FATHER'S WHICH SENT ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN TO YOU, BEING YET PRESENT WITH YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT 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 UNTO YOU. If there is no love for Christ in the heart of a man, because faith never found entrance into that heart, then there... [ Continue Reading ]
PEACE 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
The gift of peace:... [ Continue Reading ]
YE 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND NOW I HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE IT COME TO PASS, THAT, WHEN IT IS COME TO PASS, YE MIGHT BELIEVE.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEREAFTER I WILL NOT TALK MUCH WITH YOU; FOR THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD COMETH, AND HATH NOTHING IN ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT 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. This was the last talk of Jesus with His disciples, the last opportunity for speaking with them at length. And so He made a verbal request. He not only said His farewell b... [ Continue Reading ]