Thought on This Chapter
JN 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Here we see a connection between biblical love and action. Real
biblical love results in obedience. If you truly love Christ, then the
natural result will be that you keep His commandments. The motivation
behind obey Jesus is not works, it is not what I can get out of it, it is not
status. The motivation to obey Jesus is love.
JN 14:21 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.
JN 14:23 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.
The result of loving Jesus and thus obeying Him is sweet fellowship with God.
You cannot loose your salvation. However, you can choose to be
disobedient. You can choose to love the things of this world more than
Jesus. Many say that they don't and might even believe it. But
remember love and obedience are tied together.
JN 14:24 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 is a very strong statement made by Jesus. Again we see love
and obeying tied together. They go hand in hand. Jesus says that
those who do not love Him will not keep His sayings.
If you really want to know how much you love Jesus, then stop and take a look
at how obedient you are to Him.
Thought On This Chapter
JN 14:27 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.
Jesus is the giver of peace. It is not like the
peace of this world. The peace of this world can dissolve almost
instantly. Not only peace between countries, but peace at work, or between
friends. One day everything is fine and peaceful and the next watch out!
Trouble, discord, strife, and anger. That is the peace of the world.
Jesus says that the peace that He gives is not like the world's peace. His
peace does not just instantly vanish. Jesus gives peace in many areas.
First He gives peace with God. Man is born a sinner under condemnation.
The Bible tells us that we are born enemies of God. When you accept Jesus
as your Saviour, then the war is over. You have peace with God. And
that peace is permanent. It does not go away. You cannot loose it.
You will have it for all eternity. It is not a fleeting peace like the
world's peace.
Second Jesus gives peace in the midst of tribulation
and trials. The peace of the world only exists when conditions are right.
Things go wrong and there goes the peace. God's peace is very different.
His peace comes and is strong when conditions are not right. He can and
will give peace at all times in any circumstance.
2Th 3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace
always by all means. The Lord [be] with you all.
Col 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,
to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
He has the ability and the desire to always give us
peace in our hearts. Our part is to let His peace rule in our hearts.
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King James Bible Main Index:
JN 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
JN 14:2 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.
JN 14:3 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.
JN 14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
JN 14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
JN 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
JN 14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
JN 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
JN 14:9 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?
JN 14:10 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.
JN 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
JN 14:12 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.
JN 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
JN 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
JN 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
JN 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
JN 14:17 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.
JN 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
JN 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
JN 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
JN 14:21 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.
JN 14:22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
JN 14:23 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.
JN 14:24 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.
JN 14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
JN 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, 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.
JN 14:27 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.
JN 14:28 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.
JN 14:29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
JN 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
JN 14:31 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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JN 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth,
and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Jesus is the only way to heaven. He is THE way.
Allah will not get you there. The Pope cannot get you there. The
church cannot get you there. Baptism cannot get you there. Good
works cannot get you there. Your good outweighing your bad will not get
you there. No man cometh unto the Father, but by Jesus.
And Jesus is the truth. In Him is no darkness at all. In Him is no
error and Jesus cannot lie. Jesus is the truth. All of this worlds
religions and philosophies have errors in them. Only Jesus has absolute
truth. And Jesus is the life. He is the only
provider of eternal life. He offers and provides eternal life to all that
come.
What about you?
Have you come to the way, the truth, and the life?
Are you relying on Jesus and Him alone for your salvation?
If you have, then are you telling others about the wonderful gift of eternal
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