John
14 New International Version - UK (NIVUK)
Jesus
comforts his disciples
14
‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God[a]; believe also in me.
2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you
that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be
where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.’
Jesus
the way to the Father
5
Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we
know the way?’
6
Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know[b] my Father
as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.’
8
Philip said, ‘Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.’
9
Jesus answered: ‘Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you
such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say,
“Show us the Father”? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that
the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority.
Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me
when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe
on the evidence of the works themselves. 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever
believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even
greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do
whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14
You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Jesus
promises the Holy Spirit
15
‘If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will
give you another advocate to help you and be with you for ever – 17 the Spirit
of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows
him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[c] in you. 18 I will
not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will
not see me any more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
20 On that day you will realise that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and
I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.
The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and
show myself to them.’
22
Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, ‘But, Lord, why do you intend to show
yourself to us and not to the world?’
23
Jesus replied, ‘Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love
them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does
not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own;
they belong to the Father who sent me.
25
‘All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy
Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and
will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as
the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
28
‘You heard me say, “I am going away and I am coming back to you.” If you loved
me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater
than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen
you will believe. 30 I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this
world is coming. He has no hold over me, 31 but he comes so that the world may
learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me.
‘Come
now; let us leave.
There
are times in our lives when our peace is based simply on our own ignorance. But
when we are awakened to the realities of life, true inner peace is impossible
unless it is received from Jesus. When our Lord speaks peace, He creates peace,
because the words that He speaks are always “spirit, and they are life” (John
6:63). Have I ever received what Jesus speaks? “. . . My peace I give to you. .
.”— a peace that comes from looking into His face and fully understanding and
receiving His quiet contentment.
Are
you severely troubled right now? Are you afraid and confused by the waves and
the turbulence God sovereignly allows to enter your life? Have you left no
stone of your faith unturned, yet still not found any well of peace, joy, or
comfort? Does your life seem completely barren to you? Then look up and receive
the quiet contentment of the Lord Jesus. Reflecting His peace is proof that you
are right with God, because you are exhibiting the freedom to turn your mind to
Him. If you are not right with God, you can never turn your mind anywhere but
on yourself. Allowing anything to hide the face of Jesus Christ from you either
causes you to become troubled or gives you a false sense of security.
