Do You Know The Way
Sermon • Submitted
0 ratings
· 5 viewsNotes
Transcript
Sermon Tone Analysis
A
D
F
J
S
Emotion
A
C
T
Language
O
C
E
A
E
Social
Where I am going you cannot come!
Where I am going you cannot come!
2 types of people, those that cannot come and those that know where he is going and can come.
Therefore Jesus said, “For a little while longer I am with you, then I go to Him who sent Me.
“You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
Officers of the Sanhedrin
The Jews then said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He?
Pharisees
Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
Then He said again to them, “I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.”
So the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”
Unbelief was the reason why some were unable to follow Jesus. Unless one realizes that Jesus came from heaven, and has returned to the father in heaven, he does not appreciate who Jesus really is.
Therefore Jesus said, “For a little while longer I am with you, then I go to Him who sent Me.
“In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.
skepticism may keep us from getting to the Fathers house.
Those that Know the Way
Those that Know the Way
“And you know the way where I am going.”
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
mans intended destination is the Father, the only way is thru Christ
without truth man is lost
So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;
and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
“So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
only in Christ is there eternal life
And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
why were the unbelieving Jews unable to follow him to heaven?
What did Jesus say would be their end?
John 8:21
Then He said again to them, “I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.”
Is New Testament Christianity the exclusive way to God?
What is the state of the people who do not know Christ?
Mansions = there is plenty of room
HE THAT HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER
HE THAT HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER
No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
Jesus said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
“Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.
Don’t Be Upset
Don’t Be Upset
Peter said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You right now? I will lay down my life for You.”
Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?”
“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.
“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
2 reasons
I go to prepare a place for you
I’m going to send a comforter
“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;
that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.
TWO GREAT FUNCTIONS OF THE SPIRIT IN THE APOSTOLIC MINISTRY
TWO GREAT FUNCTIONS OF THE SPIRIT IN THE APOSTOLIC MINISTRY
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
completeness of the Revelation
“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.
which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.
For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.
For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.
By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard,
God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.
For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”—
and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.
But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation,
for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John,
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,
Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne.
Secondly
remind you of all that I said. Jesus teachings perpetuated.
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
Jesus word are very important fro them to remember.
“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
“He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.
“You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here.
Why were the apostles troubled?
What term is applied to both Jesus and the Holy Spirit?
In what way was the spirit to function as a helper?
Are the promises of John 14:26 applicable to all Christians?
Could you prove that Jesus was talking to His disciples?