![]() Verse 2 is powerful hope so that our hearts are not troubled while living on this earth. Jesus is going to do something for his disciples. Jesus’ departure is to the advantage for all of his disciples. Jesus has to go so that he can secure the destiny of all who believe in him. There is so much comfort in these words as Jesus explains why he has to leave them. ![]() Do not believe in what you see in this world. Friends, this is the answer for our troubled hearts. Trusting in God and trusting in Jesus means not trusting in whatever power is evident in this world. But they were not put their faith in what their eyes would witness over the next 24 hours. The challenge for these disciples would be to not believe in what their eyes would see in less than 24 hours. The challenge is to place our faith in Jesus himself. To have one’s hope in God is to have one’s hope squarely upon Jesus. This is a staggering statement because Jesus is affirming his deity, placing himself on an equal level with the Father as an appropriate object of faith. Just as the disciples believe in God, they are to have the same faith in Jesus. You believe in God believe also in me.” The answer for the troubled heart is faith in Jesus. But Jesus gives the solution for troubled hearts. The news that Jesus is leaving their presence is troubling the hearts and minds of the disciples. Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled (14:1) The scene has not changed and the chapter break occurs in the very middle of Jesus’ conversation with his disciples about his leaving them. This is where we pick up in the account as we begin John 14. Peter wants to know why they cannot follow him (13:37) and Jesus responds by asking if they are ready to lay down their lives for him. After telling them to love one another as Jesus has loved them, he tells them that he is going away and where he is going they cannot come (13:33). Jesus is left with the other eleven apostles. Judas has been identified as the betrayer and has been sent out. The thirteenth chapter of John records the scene in the upper room. ![]() By this time tomorrow Jesus will have been executed on the cross and placed in a tomb. Yeshua states that no man will come to the Father without the means of His hand - implying that it is solely by his sovereign election and grace (by means of His own "outstretched hand") that a soul can be admitted into the very presence of the Father.It is the final night of Jesus’ life. It is in Yeshua Himself that we see the way and the truth and the life of God it is in the Yeshua that we can find the fulfillment and significance that our hearts truly seek and it is in the Yeshua that we find our means of drawing near to the heavenly Father. In this verse from the Brit Chadasha (New Covenant), Yeshua the Mashiach states that these vital words all refer to Him – He is the beginning and ending of their true fulfillment and significance. Each of these special words represents a universe of meaning to one who studies and reveres the Torah of the God of Israel. No man cometh to the Father, but by me (John 14:6)Įwish tradition is filled with the sages' reflections on the way (derekh) and the truth (emet) and the life (chayim) of the pious Jew. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life
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