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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 14:8

ON KNOWING GOD‘Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.’ John 14:8 Was it well or ill spoken, this word of St. Philip? It evidently came from his heart. It was no captious objection. Shall we then commend or blame him for his inquiry? We must blame him for the sad ignorance betrayed. But we commend him for the splendid faith evinced. ‘And it sufficeth us,’ he says in the midst of his heaviness of heart. I. Faith in God was the sheet-anchor of his soul.—But his knowledge of God was so... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 14:9

POWER THROUGH CHRIST‘Because I live, ye shall live also.’ John 14:9 This was the word of comfort in the ears of the disciples, and the new and added sense and joy in a certainty of personality beyond the grave strengthened their wills, purified their characters, and uplifted them with a sense of wonderful dignity. I. The graciousness of the truth—that is, if we are in Christ, though death come and the dust fall upon our coffins, we shall be more powerfully alive to help our friends who remain... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 14:12

GREATER WORKS‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto My Father.’ John 14:12 It is a mysterious saying; what did our Lord mean by it? I. What were the ‘greater works’?—On the first reading this saying of our Lord’s seems to apply to His miracles and to the miracles which His followers should work in His Name, and I suppose it was inevitable that those who first heard the saying... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 14:15-17

THE MISSION OF THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH‘If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may be with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth.’ John 14:15-Esther : (R.V.) It is very important to consider what the Spirit of truth is said to do for us. He does much more than give us fresh knowledge. He gives us knowledge indeed, but it is knowledge which none else can give, knowledge which has a Divine power in it. If we look at... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 14:17

THE INDWELLING CHRIST‘The Spirit of … truth shall be in you.’ John 14:17 How is it that so many well-meaning people are content to live according to a low standard of religion—to live on year after year as though, like the disciples at Ephesus, they had ‘never so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost’? I. It is often from want of thought, that fruitful source of so much evil in this life. From the mere force of habit regular attendants at church come to repeat their belief in the Holy... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:1-31

Jesus’ Final Words To His Apostles (John 13:31 to John 17:26 ). This next section, from John 13:31 to John 17:26, can be seen as the equivalent of the dying words of Jesus. Words spoken on approaching death, and especially on a deathbed, were considered to be particularly potent. There are numerous examples of this in Scripture, like the blessings of Jacob to his sons in Genesis 47:29 to Genesis 49:33, Moses’ farewell words in Deuteronomy 33:0, the farewell of Joshua to the nation of Israel... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:4-11

Their Certainty For The Future Lies In Their Knowing Him As The One Who Is The Way To The Father And Is The One Who Fully Reveals the Father (John 14:4-11 ). Having made clear their final destiny Jesus now ensures that they recognise that their way of entry to the Father is through response to Him as the One Who alone truly reveals the Father in all His fullness. This is so to such an extent that to have seen Him is to have seen the Father. As John says in the Prologue, ‘No man has seen God... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:8

‘Philip says to him, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be sufficient for us”.’ As yet they were not fully enlightened and could not grasp this. Philip, for example, had not yet had time to contemplate the wonder of Christ, and he therefore did not quite appreciate what Jesus meant by their having seen the Father in Him. Like some today he thought that Jesus was simply referring to a kind of general ‘seeing of the Father’ by analogy. But he wanted something more. He wanted actually to see... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:9-10

‘Jesus says to him, “Have I been with you all (plural) so long and yet you (singular) do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How then can you say ‘show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak from myself. But the Father, dwelling in me, carries out his works”.’ Jesus corrects his false impression, and in doing so makes clear that to have seen Him is genuinely to have seen God. He points... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:11

“Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me, or else believe me for the very works’ sake.” Jesus now repeats what He has said in John 10:38. He longs that they may look at Him and consider His life and recognise His uniqueness as the One Who is the abode of the Father, recognise that He fully and actually represents the Father distinctively and completely, and that because They are in such unity that when One acts the Other is acting. But if the disciples are not quite there yet,... read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 14:8

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 14:9

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 14:12

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 14:15-17

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 14:17

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:1-31

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:4-11

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:8

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:9-10

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:11

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