Christ's Cure for a Troubled Heart (2) Is Christ Enough?

As we continue to look at , and Christ as he comforts his disciples we come to a very important subject. One that has been asked by many. Is Christ Enough. When our heart is troubled, Is Christ enough to relieve out fears and confusion. When our Heart is broken, is Christ enough to comfort us and heal. When we are sick and weak, is Christ enough to sustain us.

In Phillip told Jesus...

John 14:8 KJV 1900

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

John 14:

Jesus, we could bear all of this, if you just show us God! They had heard him speak of God as his father, of his Love, His Guidance and now that Jesus has told them that he is going away. They felt that they needed something more.

Johns Gospel tells us more about Philip than any of the other accounts.

Remember, Philip was the one who after Christ came and said “Follow Me” when and found Nathaniel and convinced him to come see Jesus saying

John 1:45 KJV 1900

Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

John 1:

Then when Jesus was about to feed the multitude in , it was Philip that Christ turned to and asked “Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” and his answer was “Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient”

The next time we see Philip, is in when the greeks approached him wanting to see Jesus!

We do not know a lot about Philip, but the places that he is mentioned show him to be a very practical man. He was matter of fact but declaring that Jesus was the messiah to Nathanael. He was thinking of the bottom line what asked about resources to fead the multitude. And when those from outside of Israel asked to see him, he was careful, asking Christ first before bringing them.

His practicality is seen as well in our text today, As he tells Jesus “Show us the Father, and it will suffice”. Having Christ before him wasn’t enough. He needed more to satisfy.

When we are not

And then Christ answers him and says, Philip, I am more than enough

As one man said “Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives for something beyond absolute perfections”

This Morning we ask ourselves this questions “Is Christ Enough?”

He is Sufficient in His Power

John 14:9–11 KJV 1900

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.

Jesus explains that to see Him, was to see the Father. Look at his answer “Have I been so long time with you and yet hast thou not known me!” His words hold the same power as the God’s word. His Works were of the same power of The works of God

He says

Exercised the Gospel

1 Corinthians 1:22–24 KJV 1900

For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

1 Corinthians 1:22-

Christ came with a mission, not to set up his kingdom in Jerusalem - but in our hearts. Not to removed the Roman oppression from his people, but the oppression of sin on the hearts of mankind. We see the power of Christ Exercised in the Gospel, the Death Buriel and Resurrection of Christ.

John 10:18 KJV 1900

No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

Philippians 3:10 KJV 1900

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

Of His

Experienced in His Grace

2 Corinthians 12:9 KJV 1900

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 Corinthians 12:9

Paul had an affliction, we don’t know what it was though many have speculated. He called it a thorn in the flesh. And he prayed 3 times for God to take it away. But the answer was not the one that many of us would have hoped for.

Instead of healing, sometimes God gives Grace.

He is Sufficient in His Provision

John 14:12–14 KJV 1900

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

John 14:12-14

His Provision For our Service

Ephesians 4:7–13 KJV 1900

But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Ephesians 4:8–13 KJV 1900

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Philippians 2:10 KJV 1900

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

1 Peter 4:10 KJV 1900

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

1 Peter

Romans 12:5–8 KJV 1900

So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

His Provision For our Supplications

This not a free ticket to get whatever you desire. Notice he says if you ask anything in may name. This isn’t just simply tagging “In Christ Name Amen” at the end of each prayer. In that culture, if you asked something in someone else name, you are saying that your request is within the will and is desired by that person. So To pray “In Jesus Name” means to align your will with his will, your desire, with His desire. When you do that, Christ will Answer!

Romans 8:26–27 KJV 1900

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

Romans 8:

He is Sufficient in His Presence

John 14:15–20 KJV 1900

If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

John 14:

Though this physical presence of God in Christ would be leaving them soon, Christ promised that His presence would still remain. This promise would be realized through the Holy spirit. Christ often describes the spirit as the Comforter. The Paraklete. The one who comes along side of.

The Indwelling of The Spirit

Ephesians 3:16–20 KJV 1900

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Ephesians 3:17 KJV 1900

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

Eph 3:16

The Instruction of The Spirit

John 14:26 KJV 1900

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

The disciples were discouraged, they were troubled. They were afraid. But Christ comforted them, not only with the news that one day they would be home with him in heaven, but that right here, right now he was more than sufficient to carry them through whatever they would be facing. His Power Is Sufficient, His Provision Is Sufficient, His Presence Is Sufficient. And Today, no matter what life has through at you. No matter what it is that is troubling your heart this morning, The same Christ that was Sufficient then, is the same Christ who is more than sufficient today.