John 14:1....Triumph in Our Troubles

Psalm 16:8 “I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.”

Introduction

Job says....

Job 14:1 ““Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble.”

We will have trouble in our lives. Some we bring upon ourselves and some come up with the intent to draw us away from Christ.

And trouble comes in so many forms....health, financial, on the job, at home, in the community, this state, this nation....TALK....

And with all of this trouble, it effects us…whether directly or indirectly, it effects you...

I see the news or read an article about whats going on over there in Gaza....it hurts my heart....TALK

I see what is going on right in America....TALK....

And seeing and hearing all of this takes a toll on a person and then the questions start to arise..

John John 14: One Way to the Father

The danger with troubled people is not that they will believe nothing, but that they will believe anything

John A. Heaven—The Father’s House (14:1–4)

Troubled people need peace and affirmation

And as we are about to see that affirmation is in Jesus Christ.

As the it was stated in Job 14:1 ““Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble.”

but we also see Jesus never wanted us to have life without trouble, but He promised that we could have an untroubled heart even in a troubled life.

In spite of whatever is going on in life, Jesus is letting us know that even in our troubles, we can have triumph.

And its all through Him.....

So when you walk out of here today, please remember that is triumph in our troubles.....

Let’s walk.....

John 14.....a text that is read at almost every funeral. but this is more than a funeral text.

this text can be a motivation for any trouble that may come up in your life....

the type of trouble that weighs heavy on your heart, your mind and your spirit.

and as i stated earlier it can come from any circumstance....

we say it as a joke but when those girls get on our nerves, we say that they trouble our spirit....

So Jesus knew there would be trouble and here in this first verse, He gives a commandment and a remedy for this troubled heart....

and as we will see that’s its Jesus’ death that will deliver a true believer from a troubled heart....

let’s look at the text.....

in John 13 beginning at verse 21....Jesus tells of his betrayal by Judas, next he tells of his death and departure from them and finally he tells Peter of his denial of Jesus…TALK, PREACH....

Thats alot to take in and the troubled hearts start...

The Teacher’s Bible Commentary He Is with Us (John 14:1–31)

The distress over Judas’ withdrawal and the rebuke given to Simon Peter had left the room full of tension.

side note...It is helpful to notice that this section concludes the events in the upper room. Verse 31 makes it clear that they departed.

so all of this was in the upper room....

so The fact that He said, "Let not your heart be troubled," indicates their hearts were troubled."

Jon Courson’s Application Commentary Chapter 14

Even in the hour of His own temptation and struggle, Jesus looked at His disciples with compassion. What a model for you and me. What an example for what we deal with daily. What a comfort to know that Jesus looks on me—dirty feet and all—and His heart is full of compassion toward me

the songwriter said, Jesus loves me this I know.....TALK,PREACH...

if we look at it from the disciples point of view, what we see is....

THE REASONS FOR TROUBLED HEARTS.

A. They were living in a hostile world.

1. Tensions were building.

2. Those with the power to sway public opinion were opposed to Jesus Christ.

B. The One they loved and trusted was talking about dying and leaving them.

1. They thought He was going to establish the Golden Age, and they would receive authority.

2. They could not bear the thought of His death.

a. What would they do without Him?

C. Peter had just been told that he was going to fail in the crisis hour.

1. That sense of failure can create a troubled heart.

D. Their future at this point very uncertain.

E. Any one of these conditions can trouble you, combined they can destroy you.

TALK, PREACH ABOVE POINTS...

Once again we do not have some of the same issues but if we bring it forward.....TALK, PREACH....

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Bible (Chapter 14)

Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However others are overwhelmed with the sorrows of this present time, be not you so

so as disciples of Christ we should keep our minds quiet and focused on Jesus, when everything else is unquiet…TALK, PREACH....

So troubles will come but here comes the remedy for a troubled mind.....Believe....

Jon Courson’s Application Commentary Chapter 14

Jesus gives the commandment, “Do not let your heart be troubled.” And then He gives the way to obey it when He says, “Believe in God; believe in Me

Jon Courson’s Application Commentary Chapter 14

Belief being the singular key to a trouble-free heart,

Instead of giving into a troubled heart, Jesus told them to firmly put their trust in God and in Jesus Himself. This was a radical call to trust in Jesus just as one would trust in God the Father, and a radical promise that doing so would bring comfort and peace to a troubled heart.

John A. Heaven—The Father’s House (14:1–4)

These disciples, good Jews, had already trusted in God

Why? Let’s remember the new testament was not around, they had their beliefs in the old scriptures…TALK, PREACH....

John A. Heaven—The Father’s House (14:1–4)

now Jesus asked them to trust in him. They had watched him feed five thousand people and bring Lazarus back from the dead, but now they must trust him not just for food or miracles, but with their lives.

Those that rightly believe in God will believe in Jesus Christ, whom he has made known to them; and believing in God through Jesus Christ is an excellent means of keeping trouble from the heart.

Where does our triumph come from when we have trouble....comes from and thru Jesus Christ........

When the money is low and the bills are high…let not your heart be troubled, believe....TALK,PREACH

before I leave let you, let me see if help us some more....

Jesus expresses to the disciples and us on how we should believe but Jesus goes on to give the disciples five reasons why they shouldn’t be troubled—and why we shouldn’t be troubled when things seem to be falling down around us.…

look at the text starting in v2....

1, In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you

2, I go to prepare a place…

3, …for you.

4, And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself;

5, that where I am, there ye may be also.

to know that my saviour has made a way for me....even in my troubles it all leads to Christ....

Jesus is my triumph over my troubles.....is there anybody in here......TALK, PREACH, CLOSE......

Jon Courson, Jon Courson’s Application Commentary (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2003), 556.

Jon Courson, Jon Courson’s Application Commentary (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2003), 556.

Jon Courson, Jon Courson’s Application Commentary (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2003), 555.

Jon Courson, Jon Courson’s Application Commentary (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2003), 555.

Matthew Henry and Thomas Scott, Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, 1997), Jn 14:1.

J. P. Allen, “John,” in The Teacher’s Bible Commentary, ed. H. Franklin Paschall and Herschel H. Hobbs (Nashville: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 1972), 680.