THE SOLUTION TO HEART
TROUBLE
John 14:1-14
COMFORT IN THE MIST OF TROUBLE
V:1. "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in
God, believe also in me"
A. Trouble starts in
the heart.
1. Heart= kardia=
thoughts , feelings, mind
a. Trouble=tarasso=
agitate
2. There is a
solution to heart trouble.
a. Trust God.
b. Trust Jesus.
3. You can control
weather you are troubled.
a. You must
trust the Word of God.
V: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."
A. The reason to be
at peace.
1. The Father
has a house.
a. House= oikia=residence
b. mansions=
monai= a staying, residence
2. In the
Father's house are many houses.
a. Houses on
earth are temporary.
b. Houses in
heaven are permanent.
B. " If it were
not so, I would have told you."
1. Jesus had
told His disciples that those who do the will of the Father would enter the
2. All who
believe in Jesus will have a place in the Kingdom
of Heaven
3. Jesus
explains that His Words are not in vain. What He said before is true.
4. Regardless of
what the situation appears to be, heaven is the residence of the
believers.
C. "I go to prepare a place for you."
1. Jesus was
speaking of His death on the cross.
2. The only way
for believers to get to heaven is the cross.
3. The blood of
Jesus shed on the cross atoned for the sins of man so the believers
would be
reconciled to the Father. Rom 5:10 ,
2 Cor 5:18 -19
4. The hearts of
the disciples were troubled when they saw Jesus dying on the cross.
JOY IN HEAVEN, THE PREPARED PLACE
V: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."
A. Only Jesus could
prepare a place in heaven for believers.
1. Only Jesus was
a perfect unblemished sacrifice acceptable by the Father.
2. Only the blood
of Jesus could wash the sins of man away.
3. The death of
Jesus was the only acceptable wage for the sins of man.
4. It was the
death of God's Son that prepared the place in heaven for believers.
B. "I will come
again, and receive you unto myself."
1. "I will
come again" points to Jesus resurrection and ascension back to heaven.
a. This
statement points to His divine supernatural nature.
b. Only God
can take Himself to heaven and return by His own power.
2. Jesus promises
a second coming to receive believers to Himself.
3. Jesus promises
believers a heavenly existence with Him.
C. "That where I
am, there ye may be also."
1. Jesus is
seated at the right hand of the Father. Mark 14:62
2. Only Jesus can
place believers in the throne room with Him.
JESUS HAS PREPARED THE WAY TO HEAVEN
V:4. "And whither I go ye know, and the way ye
know."
A. Jesus had talked
with disciples about His death and resurrection.
1. They had the
Word, but did not understand what they had received.
Mat 16:21 , Luke 9:22 ,
18:31 -32
2. When we study
the Word, we do not always get a complete understanding.
a. The Word
remains in our memory banks until God gives us an understanding.
b. The Word
cannot return void. Isa 55:11
3. Our study of
the Word should never cease.
V:5. "Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither
thou goest; and how can we know the way?"
A. When studying the
Word, we should pause and consider that which we do not
understand.
1. There are many
Biblical tools readily available to help our understanding.
2. Online are free
commentaries, Bible dictionaries and Lexicons.
3. As we research
the Word, the Holy Spirit will guide our understanding.
B. Before we begin our study, we should go to the source of the
Word which is Jesus
Christ in prayer.
1. Thomas went to
the Lord Jesus expressing his lack of understanding.
2. Lack of
understanding in one area, may prevent understanding in another
area.
a. He didn't
know where Jesus was going. How could he know the way?
b. If we miss
the basic, we want understand the complicated.
C. We should never
hesitate to seek answers to what we do not understand.
1. There are
others with the same lack of knowledge. Thomas said "we".
a. Other
disciples wanted answers.
b. Your
research will benefit others.
WHO IS JESUS?
V:6. "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth,
and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
A. "I am the
way."
1. Jesus is the
way to the Father.
a. Jesus alone
provides the way to the Father.
b. Jesus is the
only one who died for the sins of all mankind.
c. Jesus is the
mediation between God and man.
B. "I am the
truth."
1. Jesus is the
truth that fulfilled the teaching of the Old Testament and all the
requirements of the Law.
2. Man is in the
dark about his need for salvation until He is introduced to the truth.
a. It is the
Word, the Truth, that enlightens man to his need for salvation.
C. "I am the
life."
1. Only Jesus can
provide eternal life.
a. He is the
"way" to eternal life.
b. He is the
"truth" about eternal life.
2. It was Jesus
that created life in Adam.
a. He breathed
into a mold made of dirt and it became a living soul.
b. It is Jesus
that maintains life on earth.
c. It is Jesus
that provides eternal life for sinful men.
3. Jesus is the
life both in Grace and Glory.
D. "No man
cometh unto the Father, but by me."
1. Jesus is the
only way to the Father.
2. It is His blood
that paved the way to the Father.
3. Jesus is the
way by His doctrine.
4. Jesus is the
way by His example.
5. Jesus is the
way by His sacrifice.
6. Jesus is the
way by His spirit.
V:7. "If ye had known me, ye should have known my
Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him."
A. Jesus is identical
to the Father.
1. He is Spirit,
the Father is Spirit.
2. He has a
divine nature, the Father has a divine nature.
3. He and the
Father are omnipotent, omnipresence, and omniscience.
4. He and the
Father must be worshipped in spirit and truth. John 4:24
B. Jesus and the
father are one. John 10:30.
1. If you study
Jesus, you are studying the Father.
2. If you know
Jesus, you know the Father.
V:8. "Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father,
and it sufficeth us."
A. The Father is
present with us all the time.
1. We can only
see the Father through His creation and through the daily
miracles He
does for us.
2. We have to
open our hearts and see God all around us.
3. When we give
God the credit for our existence, we will appreciate His works.
B. The grace of God
is sufficient for us.
1. God said to
Paul, "My grace is sufficient for
you, for my power is made perfect in
weakness."
2. The grace of
God falls fresh on us each day.
a. Our existence is a testimony to the
grace of God.
BIBLE STUDY, THE KEY TO KNOWLEDGE
V: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?"
A. Length of service
in the Church is no guarantee that one knows Jesus.
1. No matter how
much you know, there is more to know about Jesus.
2. Philip knew
Jesus as his teacher and his Messiah, but there was more to know.
3. We may not
know everything about Jesus, but He knows all about us.
a. Jesus
knows each of us by name.
B. In the beginning
was the Word and the Word was God and the Word was with God.
1. We see Jesus
in the Word.
2. We see the
Father also in the Word.
C. To "know
Jesus" is to have a deep relationship with Him.
1. To know Jesus
is to have an intimate relationship with Him.
2. To know Jesus
is to understand His Works.
3. To know Jesus,
we must continue to study His Word.
D. When you know Jesus,
you Know the Father.
FAITH REQUIRED
V: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."
A. In this verse is
the unity of the God Head.
1. The Father is
in the Son and the Son is in the Father.
2. The Father
dwells in the flesh of the Son in the form of the Holy Spirit.
3. It is the
Father who does the work through the Son by the power of the
Holy Spirit.
B. Likewise, any
work we do for Jesus in the name of the Father is made effective
by the power of
the Holy Spirit.
C. We must believe
in the unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
1. The Holy
Spirit powers us to do the work of the Father according to the
Word of
Jesus.
V:11. "Believe me that I am in the Father, and the
Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake."
A. We must believe
that Jesus and the Father are one.
1. There is only
one God.
2. God exists in
three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
a. The God
Head is one God in three persons.
b. There is
unity in the God Head.
B. In order to the do
the work of the Father, you must believe in Jesus.
1. The work of the
Father is that you believe in the Father that sent Jesus. John 6:29
2. Jesus came to
do the work of the Father. John 9:4
THE PROMISE OF MISSION SUCCESS
V: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."
A. Jesus prepared His
disciples to continue the work of the Father.
1. Discipleship
requires us to take the Gospel to the lost.
2. For works sake,
that is the Gospel sake, we must first believe in Jesus.
B. There is much work
to do. Mat 9:37
1. The
"greater work" is the greater number of lost souls that need to hear
the Gospel.
2. The
"greater work" involves the greater number of disciples spreading the
Gospel
truths.
C. Our advocate in
Heaven is Christ Jesus.
1. The work of
the Father will be effective through our prayers in the name of Jesus.
2. When Jesus
work was done on earth, He returned to the Father to continue the
the work
through us. John 4:34, John 17:4
THE PROMISE AND THE POWER OF PRAYER
V:13. "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that
will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son."
A. The power of the
Gospel is consistence prayer.
1. Prayer is an
essential ingredient in the work of the Lord.
2. If you need
resources, the answer is prayer.
3. If you need
mountains moved, the answer is prayer.
4. If you need
problems solved, the answer is prayer.
5. If you need
good workers, the answer is prayer.
B. Jesus promised that whatever we need we will have if we
ask the Father in His name.
1. Whatever, means
whatever.
2. Whatever
includes everything you need.
3. Whatever
excludes nothing that you need.
C. There is a condition to getting mission prayers answered.
1. The Father must
be glorified in the Son.
2. This is not a
promise to get what we want for ourselves.
4. This is a
promise to get what we need to give God the glory.
D. Prayer moves the mission.
V:14. "If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do
it."
A. Jesus has an
interest in the success of the mission.
1. He promises
to do anything you ask.
2. Anything
means "Anything".
B. If Jesus places
something on you heart to do;
1. Don't worry
about how you are going to do it.
2. Trust Jesus
to make a way.
C. The reason Jesus
will do what you ask is so the Father gets the glory.
1. The Mission
make it
happen.
2. The Mission
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