"Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". 5; vol. All rights reserved worldwide. Your heart can become a "heaven on earth" as you commune with the Lord and worship Him. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. Jesus did not clear up Judas" misconception, apparently because He wanted to stay on the subject of the importance of loving and obeying Him. He will offer it again and again as he appears to the disciples after the resurrection (cf. BibliographyBarnes, Albert. Salem Media Group. Prior to this, Jesus had mentioned how the world would no longer see Him (John 14:19–21). "O Lord our God, other lords beside you have had dominion over us; but we worship you alone" ( Isaiah 26:13).
The Basic Teachings Of Jesus—He’s Enough. (John 14:22). The answer is given, as so often in our Lord’s replies, not directly, but by repeating and developing the statement which elicited the question. "Frédéric Louis Godet - Commentary on Selected Books". "This truth is illustrated in the experiences of Abraham and Lot, recorded in Genesis 18 , 19. the commandments of verses: John 14:15, John 14:21. abode.
Thus will I manifest myself to the believing, loving, obedient disciple, and not to the world, who will not receive the Spirit of the truth. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jcp/john-14.html.
They even enjoyed a meal, and Jesus had a private talk with Abraham.
This answer is returned, and these words are spoken, for the further confirmation and explanation of what was before said: if a man love me, he will keep my words; by his "words" are meant not his doctrines, but his ordinances; the same with his commandments, ( John 14:21 ) , which he has said, ordered, and commanded to be observed, and which are observed … He is alienated from God, Ephesians 2:12; Isaiah 1:4; Ephesians 4:18; Colossians 1:21. First, he says of himself and the Father about those who love him: "We will come and make our home with them." Jesus in the soul is a guest that will make himself known; yes, abiding there, he is King therein. and my Father will love him: which is to be understood not of the love of the Father, as in his own heart, which is not taken up in time, but was in him from all eternity; nor of the first discovery of it to his people, but of greater manifestations of it to them, and a quicker sense of it in their hearts, and also of some other effects of it, to be enjoyed by them in an higher manner; such as larger measures of grace, more communion with him here, and eternal honour and glory hereafter: and we will come unto him: I who am now going away, and my Father to whom I am going, and the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, I have promised to pray for: hence a proof of a plurality of persons in the Godhead, of a trinity of persons, of there being neither more nor fewer than three; since neither more nor less can be collected from the context; and of their distinct personality, or it could not be said with any propriety, "we" each of us "will come unto him"; not locally and visibly, but spiritually, by affording our gracious and comfortable presence, the continuance of which is promised next: and make our abode with him; which denotes habitation; for the saints are the dwelling places or temples of the living God, Father, Son, and Spirit; and the constancy and perpetuity of their residence in them, not as a wayfaring man, but always, though this may not be always discerned by believers; and is a wonderful instance of the grace and condescension of God to dwell on earth with sinful men; and a far greater one it is, than if the most mighty potentate on earth should take up his abode in a poor despicable cottage with the meanest of his subjects.
These are the only two occurrences of this word in the New Testament. For to love the Lord is to live according to His precepts, and they who so love are loved in return by the Lord, who dwells in His own Word in the interiors of such, and thus makes them the everlasting habitations of His truth and love.Verses 14:25, 26, 27.
Nor does he even mean the first illumination, but those degrees of faith by which believers must continually advance, according to that saying, Whosoever hath it shall be given to him, (Matthew 13:12.). The items listed here are provided courtesy of our friends at the General Church of the New Jerusalem. The word is represented as one (Singular) in this verse, in reference to believers, who keep it whole: in John 14:24 ( τοὺς λόγους μου) more words than one (Plural) are mentioned, in reference to unbelievers, who rend them in sunder: “keepeth not My words.” Comp. Copyright � Broadman Press 1932,33, Renewal 1960.
logos: i.e. He describes the peace he offers as his own and says that he gives it "not as the world gives." Why tell the disciples all of this now? BibliographyAbbott, John S. C. & Abbott, Jacob. Religion is represented as God returning to the soul, and manifesting himself as reconciled through Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:18; Colossians 1:21. For first, The Father would love them; that is, manifest his favour to them in farther dispensations of grace and comfort. He therefore speaks, not of that eternal love with which he loved us, before we were born, and even before the world was created, but since the time when he seals it on our hearts by making us partakers of his adoption. "Commentary on John 14:23". Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament. And can any one imagine that the believer will be forever unconscious of his spiritual guests, and incapable of realizing the actuality of their communion? 1909-1922. 131, μονὴν … ποιούμενος. "Commentary on John 14:23".
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