SUNDAY- 5^TH 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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