15 “ If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;
17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
19 After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.
20 In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.
21 He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”
22 Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?”
23 Jesus answered and said to him, “ If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.
24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me
(John 14:15-24 NASB)
Introduction:
Theme: Four incredible benefits to Jesus’ followers so you will be motivated to live more faithful for Him.
Review:
I. The evidence Jesus offers that you are His follower vs. 15
II. The request Jesus makes of the Father for His followers vv. 16-17
III. The announcement Jesus makes to His followers vv. 18-20
IV. The certainty Jesus promises His followers they receive vv. 21-2
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