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Introduction
JOKE - I sneezed really hard today and although no bones were broken I did get some tissue damage!
JOKE - How many of you will join me a two-day challenge?
Here is the challenge.
Drink no coffee on February 30 and 31.
Can you do it?
Well, it is my turn to bring this month’s study on Wednesday evenings.
We are right back to the “I AM” sayings of Christ.
So far, we have studied these sayings:
“I AM” the Messiah - John 4:26
“I AM” the Bread of Life - John 6:35
“I AM” from the Light of the World - John 9:5
“I AM” the Door - John 10:7
“I AM” the Good Shepherd - John 10:11, 14
“I AM” the Son of God - John 10:36
“I AM” the Resurrection and the Life - John 11:25
“I AM” Lord and Master - John 13:13
Now, we come to the next one found in John 14.
Take your Bibles and turn to John 14.
We will be reading the first six verses.
This chapter, John 14, is the beginning of the Paschal Discourse.
Or, as we might also say, it was Christ’s farewell speech to His disciples.
A speech that spans three chapters, chapters 14-16, and is followed by Christ’s prayer for His disciples in chapter 17.
Much of what is recorded in these chapters shows the tenderness of Christ for His own.
The depth and comprehension of all that He says is unsurpassed in all the Scriptures.
He gave this address to the eleven disciples.
Judas Iscariot left before the address.
Note what is recorded in John 13.
Now that Judas was no longer among them, the Lord Jesus Christ shared with his remaining disciples all that was about to take place.
As you read these chapters, it is interesting that even though Christ spoke of Himself He did so that He might comfort His disciples.
Even to the bitter end, Christ was always thinking of others and not Himself.
Christ begins this discourse by saying to them in chapter 13 the following:
It is in this moment, they being to understand that He would be leaving them.
It is clear that they were troubled by all that He just said and done.
Thus, He says to them:
Christ knew they were troubled.
They were troubled from hearing that someone in their close group would betray Him.
They were troubled by the very fact that He, the Lord Jesus, was “troubled in spirit.”
They were troubled at the fact He said to them:
Now, He seeks to comfort them.
Even today He still seeks to comfort His own.
Scripture is full of His promises to us about the future showing both the bad that is come as well as the good.
It is our hope.
And, there is no greater comfort than the comfort that comes from the God of all comfort.
Thus, He softly says to them:
John 14:1 (KJV 1900)
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
“BE NOT TROUBLED”
The heart represents the seat of our emotions.
It is from the heart, that we speak and react.
The word “troubled” means to be agitated or trouble by all the moving parts.
They were troubled by all I just mentioned.
Hearing and seeing all that transpired agitated them greatly.
They were trouble right down to their inner core.
How many of you have experiences such trouble in your hearts?
I imagine we all have.
In fact, it is something we experience quite often.
Their is plenty in our world today that troubles us.
It agitates us.
However, we must remember these same words Christ gave to His disciples are words that apply to us even today.
We, as believers, must not let the things of this world (all its moving pieces) to trouble us or agitate us.
Instead, we must do what Christ told them to do.
Look again at verse 1.
“BELIEVE IN ME”
John 14:1 (KJV 1900)
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Here we find a double exhortation.
Remember that these were men of Jewish birth.
They were Israelites.
They knew the Old Testament prophecies.
Prophecies such as Isaiah 53 where it is recorded:
And, it is very likely that His disciples had without any hesitation accepted all that God has said about the Messiah.
They believed God.
Now, they needed to believe the Lord Jesus Christ just as they believed God.
He too was warning them what to expect.
He was to suffer many things at the hands of the chief priests and scribes.
He was to be put to death.
All of this was necessary and would happen.
Thus, they needed to believe Him and trust Him.
They needed to hold fast to their confidence in Him unto the end.
As they did, they were not to be “offended” by Him even though He would suffer a criminal’s death.
That same exhortation rings true of us today.
We must remember that He is God.
He is God who possesses infinite power, wisdom, and goodness.
He knows all that is best for us.
In fact, it is He who makes all things work together for our good.
He reigns on high and there not a single person who can stay His hand.
Our duty is to believe.
Believe in Him.
Believe in His sovereignty.
Believe in His wisdom.
Believe in His unchanging faithfulness.
Believe in His wondrous love.
We are to believe not just in God, but in the Lord Jesus Christ.
For it is He who died for our sins and rose again for our justification.
It is He who lives to make intercession for us.
It is He who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Note the world “also.”
Believe in God, believe ALSO in me.
What did Christ mean when using that word?
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