A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church (very slow to upload; please be patient)
I. CALM
A. CARE
Jn 14:1 Let not your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in Me.
1. PRESUPPOSITION
2. PREMISE
B. CONCERN
Jn 14:2 In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
1. PREPARATION
2. PRODUCT
C. CONSEQUENCE
Jn 14:3 And since I go to prepare a place for you, I will return to receive you to Myself, that where I am you may be as well.
1. PLACE
2. PRESENCE
II. CONDITION
A. CHALLENGE
Jn 14:4 And you know where I am going and know the way, too.”
Jn 14:5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we don’t know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”
1. PARADOX
2. PUZZLE
B. CONCLUSION
Jn 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
1. PLAN
2. PROVISION
III. CREDENTIAL
A. COMPREHENSION
Jn 14:7 If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”
Jn 14:8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it’s sufficient for us.”
Jn 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long, and you still don’t know Me, Philip? The one seeing Me has seen the Father; how can you ask, ‘Show us the Father’?
1. PROMISE
2. PERCEPTION
B. CHARGE
Jn 14:10-11 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you are not spoken on my own authority, but the Father Who abides in Me does His works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; but if not, believe on account of the works themselves.
1. PROBLEM
2. PRACTICE
IV. CONDUCT
A. CAPABILITY
Jn 14:12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, the one believing in Me will also do the works that I do; and to an even greater [extent] than these since I am going to the Father.
1. POWER
2. PREVALENCE
B. CONNECTION
Jn 14:13-14 Whatever you ask in My name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask [Me] anything in My name, I will do it.
1. PRAYER
2. PLEDGE