Week 27 Day 3

The Daily Take 10

The Gospel of John

Week 27 Day 3

Introduction…Jesus said to all of us, to those who would be His disciples…“listen to me, look at me and believe in me.” If we do this, we become enabled believers and effective disciples. Throughout the Scriptures there are some amazing challenges and tremendous promises. The ones found in these 3 verses are quite stimulating because they, like all Scripture, are true.

Read John 14:12-17 “This is the truth I tell you, he that believes on me will do the works that I do and he will do greater works than these because I go to my Father. And I will do whatever you shall ask in my name that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. If you love me, keep my commandments and I will ask the Father and he will give you another helper to be with you forever, I mean the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot receive him because it does not see him or know him. But you know him because he remains among you and will be within you.

Bible Study

• What did Jesus mean when He said His disciples would do what He did and even greater works?
  • 1 Corinthians 12: 9, 28 and 30 speaks of the gifts of the Holy Spirit that are gracious bestowments given to certain members of the Church to be used for and within the Church to bless and build it.
  • James 5:14 tells us that Christians should pray for each other with faith for those who are in need and God would heal them.
  • But Jesus saw the sea of humanity and the plethora of need they represented throughout the ages and said there is much more to do.
  • It would be His disciples in every decade and around the world that would do greater works by virtue of sheer numbers than Jesus did in His short 3 year ministry that took place only in Israel.
• Jesus taught us to pray. He taught us to pray to the Father. See Matthew 6
  • In the passage we study today, Jesus teaches us to pray in His name.
  • Pray in the strong and mighty name of Jesus, our mediator and intercessor who is on the right hand of the Father.
• If we love the Lord, we will obey Him and His Word and not our selfish desires
  • We use the word ‘love’ in too many situations. We love Dr. Pepper, nachos, surfing, baseball and God! Something is wrong here.
• Jesus would not leave His disciples or us today all alone without Him when Jesus ascended and returned to the Father, He sent the Holy Spirit.
  • Jesus would ask the Father and He would send ‘another of the same as Jesus’, the Holy Spirit, not someone different that we must get to know.
  • Parakletos is the word used for ‘helper or comforter’ that is called in for the purpose of God being with us, in us and upon us to guide and help us.
  • Jesus was limited by time and space because He had a physical body, but the Holy Spirit, the 3^rd person of the Triune God, is omnipresent.
  • We are not to grieve the Holy Spirit, but cherish His presence in us.
  • The Holy Spirit reveals to us Truth. Reveals to us Jesus, who reveals to us the Father.

Application

• We as disciples of Jesus Christ and Christians everywhere recognize and believe Jesus is the Son of God, the Savior of the world.
• With the power of Jesus name and the anointing of the Holy Spirit, we are enabled to take His Gospel into all the world.
• Jesus lived His life as the greatest Servant Leader the world has ever known. Why can we say that with certainty?
• He was…
  • Born in a stable
  • Worked as a carpenter
  • Ministered for only 3 years
  • Wasn’t a king or political figure
  • Developed 12 disciples
  • Washed people’s feet with humility
  • Served the needs of others before His own
  • Died for His people when other leaders required their people to die
  • Influenced people for all time and eternity for good and for God
• We too can lead like Jesus and do the work He did loving this world as an ambassador of God.

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