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About-Him.Com Devotional 02-11-2006
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My Thoughts on the Life of Christ, from His Baptism to His Ascension.

211a: Jesus’ Parting Words Jn. 14:1-11  

John 14:1 ¶  Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2  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.
3  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.
 

After celebrating the Passover, washing His disciples feet and instituting the Lord’s supper,  Jesus then tried to prepare the disciples for the dark days that lay ahead.  

He would be going away, but they shouldn’t be troubled. He was going to His Father. However the departure would only be temporary. He was going to prepare an eternal resting place in the Father’s house for all believers.  

4 ¶  And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5  Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
 

Thomas, true to his nature couldn’t comprehend. Where was Jesus going? If they didn’t know where He was going, how could they know the way?  

6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7  If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
8  Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9  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, Shew us the Father?
10  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.
11  Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
 

Phillip, no doubt desiring to see God in some spectacular fashion, such as the Theophanies of the Old Testament, then asked Jesus to make the Father visible to them. If they could just see with their eyes, that would be enough.  

Let me paraphrase Jesus' reply to Phillip:  "Phillip, you’ve been with me for three and a half years. You’ve seen the dead raised, and the blind healed. You’ve seen me feed multitudes with just a small amount of bread and fish. You’ve seen the devils acknowledge my Deity and you were there when I rebuked the wind and the sea..  What more do you need, Phillip, to know who I am? If you have seen Me you have seen the Father!"  

Conclusion and Application:  

“Let not your heart be troubled.” Fitting words for our generation: We are fighting a war against international terrorists, who represent a religion more than they do individual countries.  We see nations such as Iran striving to build nuclear weapons and calling for holy war and  the destruction of Israel. I believe that Armageddon is on  the very near horizon.  

However, we are not troubled by all of this because we know Whom we have believed (Ephesians 1:13;II Timothy 1:12). He promised that He would return and take us to an eternal home where we would live with Him forever. This promise has always been the hope of the Christian church (Matthew 25:31, Acts 1:11; I Thessalonians 1:10, Revelation 1:7) , and may it ever continue to be so.  

Jesus put Himself on a par with God when He said "If you believe in God, believe in me also." If He was asking them to believe in a separate God, this would have been abhorrent to these Jewish disciples (Exodus 20:3, Deuteronomy 6:4). He is simply stating that He was and is the visible manifestation of the One eternal Spirit in the flesh of a man.  

Hebrews 1:3 tells us that He is the expressed image of the invisible  God’s person or substance. He is the One who spoke to John the Revelator and revealed Himself as the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, the First and the Last, The Almighty (Revelation 1:8,11; 21:6; 22:13). He is the one setting on the throne of God and the Lamb in Revelation (Revelation 4:2;5:6,13;6:16) . We will behold God, when we see Jesus face to face (Revelation 22:16).  

Don’t let your heart be troubled or afraid. Jesus is the I AM,  the way, the truth, and the life: we can only come to God through Him. There is no other way.  

So look up!  Jesus has it all under control! All we need to do is believe Him!  

Next week: More of the parting words of Jesus  

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There was a preacher that was trying to sell his horse. A potential buyer came to the church for a test ride. 'Before you start' the preacher said,'You should know that this horse only responds to church talk.' 'Go' is 'Praise the Lord' and 'Stop' is 'Amen.'  

So the man on the horse says 'Praise the Lord,' and the horse starts to trot. The man again says 'Praise the Lord,' and the horse starts to gallop. Suddenly there is a cliff right in front of the horse and the man yells 'Amen!!!' The horse stops just at the edge of the cliff. The man wipes the sweat from his brow and says 'Praise the Lord.'

Somebody Has Said
"If you read history you will find that the Christians who did the most for this present world were precisely those who thought most of the next." - C.S. Lewis

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Don and Marie Spooner
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