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John 14:24-26
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.
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.
Verse 24. _HE THAT LOVETH ME NOT_, c.] Hence we learn that the man who is not _obedient_ to the testimonies of Christ does not _love_ him and the Spirit of this truth has said, He who loves not the Lo...
THE WORD WHICH YE HEAR IS NOT MINE - See the notes at John 5:19; John 7:16....
CHAPTER 14 1. Let not Your Heart be Troubled! (John 14:1 .) 2. I Am in the Father and the Father in Me. (John 14:8 .) 3. The Other Comforter Promised. (John 14:15 .) 4. I Go unto the Father. ...
John 14:1 takes up the thoughts of the previous paragraph, not of the last verse. The thoughts of separation and treachery had led to perplexity, if not despair. Jesus bids them trust God and Himself....
HE THAT LOVETH ME NOT KEEPETH NOT, ETC. Disobedience springs from the absence of the love of Christ in the heart, and Christ only manifests himself in the heart that loves him. But he who refuses to...
THE PROMISE OF GLORY (John 14:1-3)...
"I will not leave you forlorn. I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me; but you will see me because I will be alive and you too will be alive. In that day you will know t...
SAYINGS. words. Greek. _logos._ Same as "word "in the next clause, and in John 14:23. Compare John 8:51; John 8:52; John 8:55, and see note on...
_is not mine_ To be understood literally: see on John 12:44....
ΟΥ̓Κ ἜΣΤΙΝ ἘΜΌΣ. Quite literally; comp. John 12:44. This explains why Christ cannot manifest Himself to the world: it rejects God’s word. On ΠΈΜΨΑΝΤΟΣ see on John 1:33. Perhaps there is a pause after...
Ver 22. Judas said to him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world? 23. Jesus answered and said to him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and m...
_LOVE LEADS TO OBEDIENCE -- JOHN 14:15-24:_ Now we come to recognize the path by which we enjoy God's blessings. Jesus said, "If you love me, you will do as I command you." "He that hath my commandmen...
ΆΓΑΠΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΓΑΠΆΩ, _см._ John 14:15. Subst. part. подчеркивает лицо, выполняющее действие. Это подобно исполнению условия, ΠΈΜΨΑΝΤΌΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΈΜΠΩ (G3992) посылать. _A...
GOING TO SEND THE STRENGTHENER AND REVEALER _Text 14:15-24_ 15 If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 14:21-31 The following is an Analysis of the closing section of John 14: 1. Christ manifested to the believer, verse 21. That the central design of Christ in t...
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. HE THAT LOVETH ME NOT KEEPETH NOT MY SAYINGS. Hence, it follows that all obedienc...
34 As our Lord is about to leave His beloved disciples, He compresses His ministry into one new precept-love. That was to be their law and their life and make them a light in the world. This should ch...
THE COMFORTER 1-31. The mansions in heaven. The mission of the Comforter. This great discourse, which is not easily susceptible of formal subdivision, deals with five main subjects: (1) the heavenly...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 14 JESUS IS THE WAY TO GOD THE *FATHER 14:1-14 V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘Do not worry! Trust God. And trust me,...
HE THAT LOVETH ME NOT KEEPETH NOT MY SAYINGS. — He has shown in the previous verse how the Father and the Son can take up their abode in the hearts of the believers. He now shows how they could not be...
VIII. _ JESUS ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE._ "When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; and God shall glorify Him in Himself, and straightw...
XI. _ THE BEQUEST OF PEACE._ "Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto Him, Lord, what is come to pass that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a ma...
The necessity of love as a condition of this manifested presence is further emphasised by stating the converse, ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν με … πατρός. The κόσμος of John 14:22 is here more closely defined by ὁ μὴ ἀ...
_A fourth interruption, by Judas_....
to John 14:31 comprise one continuous conversation, introduced by Jesus' announcement (John 13:31-35) of His speedy departure....
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH John 14:12-24 There is no adequate translation for the word _Paraclete._ It may be rendered “interpreter,” “comforter,” “advocate,” but no one word suffices. The Greek means “one...
There is no real break between the end of chapter 13 and beginning of chapter 14. Therefore continuing, while now including all the disciples, He charged them not to let their heart be troubled. He th...
Lord, how is it? Literally, what is done, or, what will be done, that thou art about to manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? This apostle imagined, that the Messias would make manifest his gl...
CHAPTER 23 THE VALEDICTORY SERMON John 14-16. Now that the Passover meal has been enjoyed, and that celebrated Mosaic institution totally eclipsed by bloody Calvary, normally verified and abolished f...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 15-24. 1. The meaning of the word παράκλητος has been much discussed. It is evidently founded upon the verb παρακαλεῖν as a verbal adjective, and the fund...
“ _Jesus answered and said to him, If any one loves me, he will keep my word; and my Father will love him and we will come to him, and make our abode with him._ 24. _He who does not love me, does not...
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; (17) Even the spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
24._He who loveth, me but keepeth not my words. _As believers are mixed with unbelievers in the world, and as they must be agitated by various storms, as in a troubled sea, Christ again confirms them...
The Lord now begins to discourse with them in view of His departure. He was going where they could not come. To human sight they would be left alone upon the earth. It is to the sense of this apparent...
HE THAT LOVETH ME NOT, KEEPETH NOT MY SAYINGS,.... These words may have respect both to external professors of religion, who being destitute of true love to Christ, though they outwardly observe his o...
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. Ver. 24. _But the Father's_] Therefore to be obeyed, because of divine authority....
_I will not leave you comfortless_ Greek, ορφανους, orphans: a word elegantly applied to those who have lost any dear friend; _I will come to you_ By my spiritual presence. The Greek, ερχομαι, is lite...
MINISTRY OF ENCOURAGEMENT CENTERED IN CHRIST PERSONALLY (vs.1-6) Had the Lord spoken the last words of chapter 13 with the object of discouraging Peter? By no means. For His next words are "Let not y...
18-24 Christ promises that he would continue his care of his disciples. I will not leave you orphans, or fatherless, for though I leave you, yet I leave you this comfort, I will come to you. I will c...
Because they did not love him, nor keep his sayings, their sin was aggravated; because the words which he spake were not his will only, but the will of his Father who had sent him into the world, to r...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians But the Holy Spirit does not speak His own things, but those of Christ, and that not from himself, but from the Lord; even as the Lord also announced to us the th...
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‘Jesus answered and said to him, “If a man loves me he will hold firmly to and obey (keep) my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. The one who does no...
JESUS RESPONDS TO JUDE'S QUESTION ABOUT AN EARTHLY KINGDOM BY POINTING OUT THAT THE NEED IS FOR A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH GOD. THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD IS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE (JOHN 14:22...
2). THE DEMANDS THAT HE MAKES AND THE PROVISION THAT HE IS MAKING FOR THEIR FULFILMENT (JOHN 14:12). Jesus now stresses what He is expecting from His disciples and assures them that full provision has...
Judas has now gone out; Jesus is alone with the disciples whom He loved; and the last disturbing element has been removed from the midst of the little company. But the hour is come when the servants m...
John 14:24. HE THAT LOVETH ME NOT KEEPETH COT MY WORDS: AND THE WORD WHICH YE HEAR IS NOT MINE, BUT THE FATHER'S WHICH SENT ME. A fuller explanation than before why the world cannot receive the manife...
HE THAT LOVETH ME NOT (ο μη αγαπων με). Present active articular participle of αγαπαω with negative μη, "the one who keeps on not loving me."IS NOT MINE, BUT THE FATHER'S (ουκ εστιν εμοσ, αλλα το...
John 14:22 Observe: I. The harmony we may trace between the Spirit's working and the working of our own hearts and minds, according to the ordinary laws of thought and feeling which regulate their mo...
In this «sacred farewell» talk of our Lord's, he gives us many a revelation of the soul's way of intercourse with him. John 14:21. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them. he it is that loveth...
I suppose that many of you know this chapter by heart. I notice that, in all old Christians' Bibles, this leaf is well worn, sometimes worn out. We have here our Lord's homely talk to his disciples; i...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me._ Here is a troubled company of disciples, very much cast down, so their Divine Master, full of infinite tenderness,...
Let us read that well-known and most blessed chapter, John 14:1, which so clearly shows our Saviour's tender consideration for the comfort of his people, lest the great grief excited in them by his im...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me._ You will be troubled; that cannot be helped. But let not your heart be troubled. You are like a ship, and all the w...
John 14:15. _If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;_ Is it not very sweet to think that the Spi...
John 14:15. _If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever, Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world can...
John 14:15. _If ye love me, keep my commandments._ We cannot expect the Holy Spirit to dwell with us unless we are obedient to the commands of Christ. Our Saviour here tells us much about the spirit...
CONTENTS: Jesus foretells His second coming and promises the Holy Spirit to believers. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Thomas, disciples, Philip, Judas. CONCLUSION: Jesus is the way let us foll...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled._ Our Saviour having denounced Judas as a traitor, and plainly spoken of his own departure out of the world, left no jewish hope of a temporal kingdom; sorro...
_Judas saith unto Him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us and not unto the world?_ HOW MAY THE LORD DISCLOSE OR REVEAL HIMSELF TO HIS DISCIPLES, AND NOT TO OTHERS?...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 14:15. KEEP MY COMMANDMENT.—“Ask in My name. Keep My,” etc. These go together. We can only truly pray in His name when we _keep,_ etc. John 14:16. ἐγὼ ἐρωτήσω.—T...
EXPOSITION JOHN 14:1 It is not necessary to follow Codex D and some of the versions, and here introduce into the text καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ._ _It is enough that the awful warning to Pe...
Jesus said, Let not your heart be troubled (John 14:1): Now, they were troubled because He had been saying these things. "I'm going to go away; where I go you cannot come." He's been talking about H...
1 John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 8:8; 2 Corinthians 8:9; John 12:44;...
My sayings [λ ο γ ο υ ς]. Rev., words. Compare word, ver. 23. The constituent parts of the one word....
THE COMFORT CHAPTER John 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We remember the statement, "Never man spake like this Man." These words were true from many viewpoints. However, of all the wonderful things which ou...
THE COMFORT CHAPTER John 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS How wonderful it is that our Lord Jesus Christ could give forth such words of comfort in the hour when He, Himself, was hastening on toward the angu...