NOTES for Joh 14:1-11
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. |
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. |
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. |
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. |
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? |
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. |
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. |
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. |
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? |
10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. |
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. |
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It turns out that the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ did not complete God's plan for our salvation, but opened a new stage in the spiritual history of the world. And the Lord speaks to us about this in today's reading from the Gospel of John. "I will send you another Comforter, the Spirit of truth."
He speaks of such nearness of God as we are unable to imagine and could not have expected. The Spirit of God Himself, whom the world does not see and does not know, will be not only with us but also in us. The Lord says that the Spirit, the Comforter, will guide us into all truth; therefore we will no longer be alone in our search for God, but He Himself will lead us to Himself. And another name of the Spirit of God is the Spirit of life, the life-giving Spirit, as our Creed calls Him. He creates in us life that never ends, never grows poor, and never ceases.
Readings for 17 May 2025
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