John 14



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My Father's house are many mansions, means Resting Place, put your trust in the Lord
 
John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
  • Heart = Mind
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.
  • My Father's house are many mansions, means Resting Place
  • Bible study hour: The Gulf in Heaven
  • Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
  • Revelation 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in His throne.
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.
  • If you believe in Him, He prepare a place for you, where I am, there ye may be also.
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?

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  • I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  • When you pray, Pray to the Father, and ask your needs in Jesus name
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.
  • The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
  • Dwelleth means the same as mansions, resting place, together, a place of safety
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

12 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.
  • He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do
  • Also; and greater works than these shall he do
  • Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
    7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
    8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
    9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  • Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name = to teach God's word
  • That will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son
  • The subject in this chapter is do My work
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
  • Verse 12 says, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do
  • He did not say, your needs, He said, the works that I do - shall you do
  • If you ask for things to do His work, which means If you need thing to bring His work, His word to His children.
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
  • If you Love Me, keep my commandments
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
  • I will pray to the Father, He shall give you another Comforter
  • That he may abide with you for ever
  • What is the Comforter?
  • Verse 26, The Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, means Holy Spiritual
  • Who shall teach you?
  • He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance
17 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.
  • What did He say, The Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive
  • Ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
  • He's talking to His Elect
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
  • I will not leave you, I will come to you
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
  • The world seeth me no more, but ye see me, I live, ye shall live
  • Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to Me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
    7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

21 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.

22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

23 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.
  • Abode with him = same word as mansions = rest
  • If a man love me, he will keep my words
  • My Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our rest with him.
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.

25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.

26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
  • The Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit
  • Who shall teach you?
  • He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance
  • Romans 8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
    28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
    29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
    30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
27 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.
  • Peace, always by the Lord. Compare Daniel 10:19.And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
  • With you = to you.
  • My peace, The Prince of Peace alone can give true peace.
  • Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
  • Compare John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
  • Unto = to
  • World = The world talks of peace, and we have Peace Societies, and Temples of Peace, while the nations are arming to the teeth.
  • Acts 4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
    28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
  • The world slew Him Who came to bring peace, and now talks of creating a "World's Peace" without the Prince of Peace.
28 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.
  • I go away, and come again unto you
29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
  • Who is the prince of this world?
  • The prince of this world cometh, he hath nothing in me, It's Satan
  • 1 Corinthians 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
  • John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
  • Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
    13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child
  • John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
31 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.
 
                     
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