John 14:1-4 New King James Version (NKJV) The Way, the Truth, and the Life 14 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions;[a] if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.[b] 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.” I’M COMING BACK! Scripture Reading: John 14:1-4 “I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.” —John 14:3 In John 1:14 we read the good news that Jesus, the divine Word, came to dwell with us. And today we see its glorious result: we will dwell with God. Jesus was about to leave his disciples, and that would cause them much anxiety and fear. But he was quick to encourage and assure them with words of hope: “I will come back and take you to be with me.” What a deeply personal, loving thing for Jesus to say! Jesus doesn’t want to spend eternity without us, his disciples, his friends. He is determined to take us to his Father’s house! And the Father will smile and say, “Welcome! Come in; enjoy yourselves! Let’s celebrate, for your salvation is complete, just as we intended from long ago!” Together with the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit have been working to save us and to restore all things that were corrupted since the fall into sin, including the creation itself. From the call of Abraham, to the formation of his people Israel, to the coming of Jesus through that nation, and on to the formation of his church led by the Holy Spirit, God has been shaping history and building his kingdom so that all who call on his name may be saved to live forever with him (see Genesis 3; 12; 2 Samuel 7; Joel 2:28-32; Matthew 1; Acts 1-2). God with us, and we with God—the way it’s supposed to be. Prayer: Jesus, it’s humbling to know that you want us to live with you forever. Come back soon, so that with you, the Father, and the Spirit, we can enjoy full life together. Amen.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:31:55 +0000
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