So long a time have I been with you, and have you not known Me? Philip, he that seeth Me, seeth the Father also. Amen, amen, I say to you, he that believeth in Me, the works that I do, he also shall do; and greater than these shall he do.
Alleluia, he that believeth in Me, the works that I do, he also shall do; and greater than these shall he do, alleluia, alleluia.
St. Philip by Giuseppe Mazzuoli (ca. 1644-1725) (top)
St. James the Less by Angelo de' Rossi. Nave of the Basilica of St. John Lateran (bottom)
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John 14, Reed's Version
“You are worried; calm your hearts. Trust in God, and trust in me. There’s plenty of room for you in my Father’s mansion. What did you think I meant when I told you that I’m going to prepare a home for you? So after I go and prepare your home, then I’ll return to bring you back with me, and then we’ll be together again. Don’t worry; you know the way to get where I’m going.”
But Thomas objected, “Lord, we don’t even know where it is you’re going! How could we know the way there?” Jesus told him, “Thomas, it’s me; I AM the way. I am truth, I am life itself. It’s only through me that anybody can come to the Father. If you know me, you know my Father also. Even now, you are starting to know Him and see Him.”
Then Philip told him, “Lord, just show us the Father, and that’ll be good enough.” But Jesus replied, “Really, Philip? After all this time, you still don’t recognize me? To see me is to see the Father. How can you, of all people, say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? It’s not my own words I’ve been speaking all this time. The Father has been accomplishing His will through me as He lives within me. You all must believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Everything you’ve seen the Father do through me should convince you of that.
“But I assure you, anyone who believes in me will do similar and even more amazing feats than those while I’m gone to be with the Father. That’s because whatever you ask me for the sake of my kingdom I will grant, in order to bring honor to the Father through the Son. I will do anything that you ask me for my sake.
“If you love me, you will do what I’ve told you. Soon I’ll ask the Father to give you another helper and friend, the Spirit of truth, who will be with you always. Worldly people can’t have him, because they don’t understand Him. But you understand Him, because He’s right here with you and will soon live inside of you. So I’m not leaving you abandoned; I’m coming back to you. Soon I’ll be gone from this world, but you’ll still be aware of me. I have life within me and so you will have life through me. But after I’m gone, you’ll finally understand my unity with the Father and your unity with me. If you embrace and obey my teaching, that shows that you love me. And those who love me, my Father will love them and I will love them and show myself to them.” Then the other Judas asked him, “Lord, why don’t you intend to present yourself to the whole world? Why only to us?” Jesus replied, “Because its only you and those who love me who obey my teaching. Those are the ones the Father loves, and we will come to such ones and make ourselves at home with them. But the world has rejected me and my teaching. And it’s not even my own teaching; it came from the Father who sent me.
“I’ve told you all this while I’m still with you in the flesh. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father is about to send to continue my work, He will teach you everything you need and help you remember all I’ve taught you. So I’m leaving you peace. It’s my very own peace I’m giving you, a peace which the world can’t give. So don’t be worried or afraid. You were sad when you heard me say, ‘I’m going away, but I will return.’ But if you loved me, you’d be happy for me! It’s great for me to go and be in the Father’s incomparable majesty. I’m telling you all this now beforehand, so that when everything happens just like I said, you’ll believe. I don’t have time to say much more to you; the ruler of this world is preparing his assault, even though he has no power to kill me. But so the world can see that I love the Father, I will be obedient and go to my death as He has told me to do. Come on, get up. Let’s head out.”
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John 14
“Do not let your heart be troubled; fnbelieve in God, believe also in Me.
2“In My Father’s house are many fnrooms; if that were not so, fnI would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you.
3“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again and will take you to Myself, so that where I am, there you also will be.
4“And you know the way where I am going.”
5Thomas *said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going; how do we know the way?”
6Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.
Oneness with the Father
7“If you fnhad known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.”
8¶
Philip *said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”
9Jesus *said to him, “Have I been with fnyou for so long a time, and yet fnyou have not come to know Me, Philip? The one who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
10“Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own, but the Father, as He remains in Me, does His works.
11“Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.
12“Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I am going to the Father.
13“And whatever you ask in My name, this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14“If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
15¶
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
The Holy Spirit
16“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another fnHelper, so that He may be with you forever;
17the Helper is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He remains with you and will be in you.
18¶
“I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.
19“fnAfter a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; because I live, you also will live.
20“On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you.
21“The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”
22Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what has happened that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
23Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will follow My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him.
24“The one who does not love Me does not follow My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.
25¶
“These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you.
26“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind you of all that I said to you.
27“Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. fnDo not let your hearts be troubled, nor fnfearful.
28“You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced fnbecause I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
29“And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.
30“I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has fnnothing in regard to Me,
31but so that the world may know that I love the Father, fnI do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let’s go from here.
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Church notes - 10th September 2023
10th
Proverbs 3:1 - 6
Psalm 51
Ecclectic group of unrelated ideas?
Jeremiah 29:11
God's favour is on your life.
God's plan for your life is a lot better than any plan you have.
Malachi 3:10
Titus 3:3 - 7
Sin has invaded every part of our personality. Human behaviour is not getting better.
Romans 3:23
Sin and falling short of God's standard are part of our lives.
Titus 3:4
Our Saviour appeared. He saved us. We have been aquitted of our sins because of what Jesus has done.
Titus 3:7
A hope of eternal life.
Change and transition.
Philippians 3:13, 14
Understand where you stand before God.
None of us are where we need to be without Jesus.
Genesis 3
The Fall
All fall short.
God has made provision, via Jesus on the Cross.
Romans 5:8
John 3:16, 17
We need to repent.
Mark 1:15
Repentance - agreeing with what God says.
A choice about Jesus - That He is the only way.
John 14:6
There is no other way.
Realise that you're a sinner.
Recognise that Jesus Christ died on the Cross for you.
Repent of your sin.
Receive Jesus Christ into your life.
Psalm 51
David repented of what he had done with Bathsheba.
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