John 14: 1-24

30-Mar-12 

As we continue to read the Farewell Discourse of Jesus it will be very helpful to keep in the forefront of our mind the foundation Jesus laid for this discourse. In Jesus, the Glory of God has been revealed. In Jesus, we see the heart of God the Father. Jesus, as the revealed Glory of God washed the feet of his disciples, he loved his disciples, and he was the Passover Lamb that took away the sins of the world. This Jesus is the revealed Glory of God. This Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. This Jesus shows us the way home to paradise, the way home to God our Father.

Jesus promises us the gift of His very presence in our lives. His presence, the Holy Spirit, our Helper and our Comforter, will teach us to dwell in God’s greatest Glory, the deepest theological truth of God of all:

Jesus and God are in each other;

we are in Jesus;

and Jesus is in us.

It will be through this revelation knowledge of God’s Glory that we can grasp the meaning and power of praying in Jesus’ name. We don’t pray in Jesus’ name by tagging ‘in the name of Jesus’ at the end of our prayer. We pray in Jesus’ name when the substance of our prayer expresses the Glory of God in Christ, when our prayer exemplifies the very life of Jesus. When our heart aches for the things Jesus’ heart aches, when our hearts desires the things Jesus desires, when our heart loves the way Jesus loves, we pray in Jesus’ name.

Now all glory to God,

who is able to keep you from falling away

and will bring you with great joy

into his glorious presence

without a single fault.

All glory to him who alone is God,

our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All glory, majesty, power, and authority

are his before all time,

and in the present,

and beyond all time!

Amen.

Jude 1:24-25

What word or phrase in these verses

attracts your attention?

Reflect on that word or phrase.

What insights come to you?

How does this passage touch your life today?

Reading for 31-Mar-12      John 14:25-15:17

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