Gospels (64) - John 14:16-27

Teacher: Rusty Kennedy
Series: Gospels

Rusty's Notes

ANOTHER COUNSELOR PROMISED
15 “If you love me, you will keep my commands.
 - Last week…
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with (abide) you forever. 17 He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive him because it doesn’t see him or know him. But you do know him, because he remains (abides) with you and will be in you.

• Old Testament – The Spirit follows and rests upon them.
• After Acts 2 – The Spirit comes and dwells in the believers.

 
THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you. 19 In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live too.

• How did Jesus live? Father through the Son.
• John 10:10 – “I came that you might have life… abundant life.”

20 On that day (Pentecost) you will know that I am in my Father, you are in me, and I am in you.

• Envelopes

21 The one who has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.

• Believe & love – Spirit through the Son through the Father.
• I John 3:22-24 - and receive whatever we ask from him because we keep his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight. 23 Now this is his command: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as he commanded us. 24 The one who keeps his commands remains in him, and he in him. And the way we know that he remains in us is from the Spirit he has given us. [1]
• “As you go…”
• I said if you want to know how to make your marriage better… believe/know Him
• If you want to grow churches… believe/know Him
• If you want to change a particular behavior… believe/know Him
• If you want to impact the world – believe/know Him
• Knowing Christ is our only goal.

And the one who loves me will be loved by my Father. I also will love him and will reveal myself to him.”

• What does it mean to live by His life? - John 14:10 - The Father who lives in me does his works.[2]
• Romans 6:6 - For we know that our old self was crucified with him[3]
• Romans 6:11 - So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.[4]
• Romans 6:13 - But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God,[5]
• The goal is to believe and love… when we do this, God reveals himself to us.

 
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it you’re going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”

• Judas is still thinking from a physical perspective.

23 Jesus answered, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

• This sounds like LAW.
• How do you keep the Word?
• Just as Jesus did… You live your life by the source of another. Jesus did by the Father… we do by Jesus.
• Romans 8:4 - in order that the law’s requirement would be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.[6]
• We are no longer under the Law but under the Spirit.
• All 3 of the Trinity come and make a home in us.

24 The one who doesn’t love me will not keep my words. The word that you hear is not mine but is from the Father who sent me.

• It was an act of mercy that He did not manifest Himself to the world, because that would have meant judgment.[7]
• We get emotionally charged when we see people sin.
• As we grow in Spiritual maturity we get less emotional about others sin.
• We understand it is natural for a sinner to sin.
• We understand that believers are making a choice to walk in their flesh (even if they think they are free).
• Does this mean we are light on sin?
• Absolutely not… It’s not my issue… unless the Spirit makes it my issue.

25 “I have spoken these things to you while I remain with you. 26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you.

• The Spirit will never tell us to do anything that contradicts God’s Law.
• The Spirit’s revelation will always align with the Word of God.
• Who wrote this book of “John”?
• Acts 4:13 - When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.[8]
• Yet they were the one who wrote the New Testament books.
• They would have to know the Old Testament word for word for their writings to align with the law, history and prophecy.
• Luke 2 – Jesus is referenced as “The Glory” – The Glory of the Lord shown around about them.
• Ezekiel 11 – Not
• Exodus 3 – Glory was in the bush
• Exodus 19 & 20 - on Mt. Sinai
• Exodus 40 – The Glory was in the Tabernacle
• 2 Chronicles 5 – King Solomon’s Temple
• Ezekiel 11 – Gone back to heaven
• Then Jesus has to be crucified at a specific day and time.
• Jesus has to be raised in 3 days
• “they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.”
• Being with Jesus makes all the difference.

 
JESUS’S GIFT OF PEACE
27 “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you.

• Jesus’ peace before He goes to the Garden of Gethsemane.
• Worst thing He could ever face in His life and yet He still had peace.
• This family that drowned in Branson. How does this lady survive?
• My friend, Becky Novakoski, is laying in a hospital in Knoxville, TN clinging to her life but I know that Jesus has given her His COMPLETE peace.
• My friend, Todd, is in the back of the room… and Jesus gives you HIS peace.

I do not give to you as the world gives. Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful.[9]

• You have to know that peace.
• It has been made available to you.
• It is accessible.
• It is a fruit of the Spirit.
• You’re probably not going to experience unless you can figure out what Sabbath Rest is.
• We learn about peace through pain.
• We even learn through other’s pain.
• I’m taking notes on Becky & Todd

[1] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (1 Jn 3:22–24). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[2] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Jn 14:10). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[3] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Ro 6:6). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[4] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Ro 6:11). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[5] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Ro 6:13). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[6] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Ro 8:4). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[7] Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (Vol. 1, p. 353). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
[8] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Ac 4:13). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[9] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Jn 14:15–27). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.