John 14:15-27
New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, keep my commands.Question:
Do I show my love for God by keeping the commands?
Application:
I need to work on loving God's approval more than man's by obeying him even when it will cause conflict.
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
Question:
Do I believe that Jesus speaks to the Father on my behalf? Do I listen to the Spirit of truth and let him be my advocate and helper? How do i deal with the fact that the world can see him nor knows him. Do I choose to follow his lead when those around me can't understand the path I am taking? Do I live believing he is coming for me or like I have been abandoned? -- Do I live because Jesus lives?
Application:
20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
Question: Word picture. Do I write His commands on my heart and keep them? In so doing show my love? Is my obedience to Him manifested in him showing himself to me and me knowing I am loved by Jesus and the Father?
Application:
22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”
23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
Question:
Twist - Do I, like Christ, only make myself known to those that will respect me and follow after God?
Application:
25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Question:
Do I let the holy Spirit teach me? Do I know the difference between the peace Jesus is talking about and what the world considers peace? Do I turn my troubles and fears over tot he Lord so that they will not trouble me. Do I live in His presence in the moment he has given me or do I live in the "what if's" of tomorrow?
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