SUNDAY- 5TH
WEEK OF EASTER –A
I Reading: Acts 6:1-7:
They selected seven men full of the Holy Spirit.
II
Reading: 1Peter 2:4-9: But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood.
Gospel:
John 14:1-12: I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.
Jesus’ Death
Delivers Troubled Hearts, 14:1-3
Jesus’ death delivers
troubled hearts. The disciples had reason to be troubled. Several things had
just happened that would disturb anybody of people. Divisiveness (Lk 22:24-30),
desertion and betrayal (Jn 13:18f), separation from the Lord (Jn 13:33) and
denying Jesus ( Jn 13:38) all these things grasp the impact of what Jesus was
about to say. Jesus said that deliverance from trouble comes through five
things.
1. Delivers through
trust and belief (v.1)
2. Delivers through the
hope for God’s house and its rooms and mansions (v.2)
3. Delivers through
Jesus’ work (v.2)
4. Delivers through
Jesus’ return (v.3)
5. Delivers through an
eternal habitation with Jesus (v.3)
Another
Outline: Jesus’ death delivers troubled hearts
1. His commandment:
trust, believe in me (v.1)
2. His assurance: God
has a house (v.2)
3. His departure: to
prepare (v.2)
4. His great promise:
to return (v.3)
5. His great purpose:
an eternal reunion (v.3)
The Way to God is by Jesus Alone, John 14:4-7
Jesus declared in
unmistakeable terms how a person gets to God, and He makes it clear: there is
no other way to God.
1. Jesus’ destination
(v.4-5)
a) The destination is known
b) The way is known v.4
c) Thomas’ contradiction and scepticism
2. The way to God is
Jesus himself (v.6)
3. The destination is
God (v.6)
4. The only way to God
is Jesus (v.6)
5. The only way to God
is now revealed-unmistakeably (v.7)
The
Embodiment of God is Jesus Himself, John 14:8-14
This is one of the most
astounding claims ever made-Jesus Christ is the very embodiment of God Himself.
1. Philip’s
request-show us the Father, a dazzling sight (v.8)
2. The revelation:
Jesus is the full embodiment of God (v.9)
3. The clear evidence
(v.10)
a. God’s presence
b. Jesus’ Words
c. Jesus’ works
4. The clear challenge:
Believe the claim of Jesus (v.11)
5. The clear promises:
Are conditional- to the person who believes on Jesus (v.12-14)
a. The power to do great works
b. The answer to all prayers
Thought: Note
the contradiction and scepticism of the world even today. The world proclaims:
“We do not know where God is, not really. Even if He exists, we can only seek
Him the best we can, trying to find out just where He is. Every person must
find and discover his/her own way and hope has found it. (Jn 8:19; 16:3; Acts
17:23; 28:27; Eph 4:18).
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