John 14:29 Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.
Jesus reminded His disciples of what He told them earlier, recorded in 13:19. “From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.” At this point, He said, “I have told you before it happens.” He told them 8 things that were to happen to provide a basis for their faith. 1. He was going to the Father and preparing a place in Himself for them. 2. He will leave them, they will not see Him for a while, and then they will see Him, but the world wouldn’t see Him. 3. Because He went to the Father to prepare a place for them, He will come again to them, and they will see Him. 4. Because He went to the Father to prepare a place for them, they will do greater works than He had done as they pray and Jesus works. 5. The Father will send the Holy Spirit, who will bring His presence into their lives forever. 6. The Holy Spirit will guide them into truth, teach them all things, and remind them of what He had said to them. 7. The day they see Him and receive the Holy Spirit, they will know that Jesus in the Father, that they are in Jesus, and that Jesus is in them. 8. He leaves them with His supernatural peace. These things all happened to the disciples as Jesus said they would. They believed. They were written here, so we might also believe and receive the same promises. We have the same basis for faith that the disciples had. Let us rejoice, believe in Jesus, and live to love with Him today.
Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com
