Can’t you see?

John 14:1-14

2 mis-understandings:

Jesus: I am going to prepare a place for you … you know the way Thomas: Lord, we don’t know the way … , I AM the way

Jesus: If you had known me, you would have known the Father … Philip: Show us the Father … Jesus: see me, see the Father.

And yet —Jesus promises, again, anyone who believes will do the same works as I, and greater.

Discouragement

a part of human life

We all face it sometimes

Jesus

expresses disappointment

offers correction

provides encouragement

Shows us the way through our own difficult times

Following the right way doesn’t mean relying on our own ability to be righteous through thoughtful actions. Rather, it means understanding our need for His righteousness. It’s God’s work in us, recreating us. It’s His Spirit, directing our ways and making us new in Him.

John D. Barry; Rebecca Kruyswijk

The Apostles’ failure to understand Jesus, even after they were with him for so long a time, is a mirror to, and portent of, our own, inevitable, failings; and jesus’ support for them is our promise of his support for us in whatever difficulty we may be.