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		John 14:1-11

JOHN 14:1-11
Jesus Comforts His Disciples

I. JESUS EXHORTS HIS DISCIPLES TO BELIEVE IN THE FATHER AND IN HIM 14:1

Let not your heart (kardia – the seat of a man’s conscience. It is with the heart we _______) be troubled (tarassō – to be agitated, thrown into a state of confusion and perplexity. It is a present imperative and therefore a continual _______).

How we see the _______ love of the Savior for those He loves! Though He Himself was troubled in spirit as He faced going to the cross, His concern was for His _______ and not Himself.

Jesus knows that in a matter of hours, when he dies on the cross and is buried, the ______ of the disciples will be __________ even more.

Jesus also knows that the only remedy for the troubled hearts of the disciples, is the assurance that He is ____, and will conquer death and the grave, and remain their _______.

II. JESUS TEACHES ABOUT HEAVEN AND PROMISES TO COME AGAIN FOR HIS DISCIPLES 14:2-3

Jesus was __________ the disciples, who dreaded to think their Lord would leave them. He assured them that His going away to the Father’s house had as its purpose - a _______, and was not a permanent separation.

Apart from Christ’s death, resurrection, and ascension, there would be no place in _______ for any of God’s _______.

In God’s dwelling place there are entire dwelling-places, permanent _______ or mansions for _____ God’s children.

Jesus was telling His disciples the ______. He would be going back to the Father to prepare a place for all those the Father had ______ Him.

So wonderful is Christ’s _____ for His own, that before taking them to a place that He has prepared for them, He will receive them to _______ that they may be with Him where He is.

III. JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN 14:4-6

Jesus is the ____ in two important ways:

1. He is the way from God to ____. Hebrews 1:1-2

2. He is the way from man to ____. 1 Timothy 2:5

Jesus is the ______ in four important ways:

1. He is the very __________ of truth. 1 John 5:20

2. He is the truth over against the ____. John 8:44-45

3. He is the truth that sets one ______ from the penalty and bondage of sin. John 8:31-32, 34-36

4. Jesus is the truth concerning _______ life. John 6:47

Jesus is the ______ in four important ways:

1. He is life as opposed to ______. John 5:24

2. He is life _______ Himself. John 5:26

3. He is the source and _______ of life for His own.John 10:27-28

4. He is the _______ of life. John 8:12

_______ Christ and there can be ___ redemptive ______, no everlasting _____; therefore, no way to the Father.

IV. JESUS AND THE FATHER ARE ONE 14:7-9

Matthew 11:27

If the disciples truly understood who Jesus was they would have known that He and the Father were of the same _______, that they were one.

Most likely Philip with his _______ eyes wanted to see a visible manifestation of the Father’s glory, such as had been granted to Moses, and other believers in the old dispensation.

This passage of scripture teaches that redemptive __________ apart from Christ is __________. In the Son we have God’s final revelation of Himself.

V. JESUS ADMONISHES HIS DISCIPLES TO BELIEVE WHAT HE SAYS 14:10-11

_______ and ____________ are two separate things. We believe many things we do not understand with our finite minds, even with the indwelling Holy Spirit.

True _______ faith says, “Though I do not understand this yet, I believe it because God’s Word says it.” ________ alone cannot penetrate the mysteries of God.

The expression “I am in the Father and the Father in me” makes sense only if Father and Son are ____ in essence, that is, in ____ their divine attributes.

The works of the Father are not limited to the words of the Son. They also include His _________ or signs. These serve to ________ faith, to strengthen it, to assist it in becoming spiritually strong.