{"id":1298,"date":"2025-05-02T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=1298&2025"},"modified":"2025-04-29T18:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T00:00:19","slug":"living-because-of-jesus-john-14-15-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/living-because-of-jesus-john-14-15-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Because of Jesus: John 14:15-31"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: John 14:15-31 (GW)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\">\r\n<p><sup>15\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cIf you love me, you will obey my commandments. <sup>16\u00a0<\/sup>I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper who will be with you forever. <sup>17\u00a0<\/sup>That helper is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him, because it doesn\u2019t see or know him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be in you.<\/p> <p><sup>18\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cI will not leave you all alone. I will come back to you. <sup>19\u00a0<\/sup>In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. You will live because I live. <sup>20\u00a0<\/sup>On that day you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me and that I am in you. <sup>21\u00a0<\/sup>Whoever knows and obeys my commandments is the person who loves me. Those who love me will have my Father\u2019s love, and I, too, will love them and show myself to them.\u201d<\/p> <p><sup>22\u00a0<\/sup>Judas (not Iscariot) asked Jesus, \u201cLord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?\u201d<\/p> <p><sup>23\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus answered him, \u201cThose who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will go to them and make our home with them. <sup>24\u00a0<\/sup>A person who doesn\u2019t love me doesn\u2019t do what I say. I don\u2019t make up what you hear me say. What I say comes from the Father who sent me.<\/p> <p><sup>25\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cI have told you this while I\u2019m still with you. <sup>26\u00a0<\/sup>However, the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything. He will remind you of everything that I have ever told you.<\/p> <p><sup>27\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cI\u2019m leaving you peace. I\u2019m giving you my peace. I don\u2019t give you the kind of peace that the world gives. So don\u2019t be troubled or cowardly. <sup>28\u00a0<\/sup>You heard me tell you, \u2018I\u2019m going away, but I\u2019m coming back to you.\u2019 If you loved me, you would be glad that I\u2019m going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.<\/p> <p><sup>29\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cI\u2019m telling you this now before it happens. When it does happen, you will believe. <sup>30\u00a0<\/sup>The ruler of this world has no power over me. But he\u2019s coming, so I won\u2019t talk with you much longer. <sup>31\u00a0<\/sup>However, I want the world to know that I love the Father and that I am doing exactly what the Father has commanded me to do. Get up! We have to leave.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John 14:15-31&amp;version=gw\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">John 14:15-31<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>On the night Jesus was arrested while He and the disciples were finishing up their last supper together and making their way towards the garden of Gethsemane, John\u2019s gospel shares in detail Jesus\u2019 conversation with the disciples. While reading this event, a set of verses stood out to me in a different way than they had before.<\/p>\r\n<p>John tells us Jesus told the disciples that \u201c<strong>I will not leave you all alone. I will come back to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. You will live because I live. On that day you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me and that I am in you.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 18-20)<\/p>\r\n<p>In this set of verses, three phrases stood out that I\u2019ve never noticed before, and these three phrases together give us two clear promises we can hold on to.<\/p>\r\n<p>The first two phrases form the first promise, and this promise relates to Jesus\u2019 return. Jesus begins in verse 18 by saying, \u201c<strong>I will not leave you all alone. I will come back to you.<\/strong>\u201d In the context of these two phrases, we have the first phrase emphasizing the gift of God\u2019s Holy Spirit, and the second phrase emphasizing Jesus\u2019 return. Together, these two phrases bring us the promise that <strong>Jesus will return, and until that happens, we have God\u2019s Holy Spirit to lead us, teach us, guide us, and keep us company.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>The third phrase is the last statement in verse 19, where Jesus states: \u201c<strong>You will live because I live.<\/strong>\u201d This phrase stands out in my mind because it shows there was no doubt in Jesus\u2019 mind that there would be resurrection and new life following the cross. It also shows us that our future life depends entirely on what Jesus accomplished on that cross. The promise in this statement is clear: <strong>The only reason we have life is because Jesus gave His life for us.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Together, these three statements combine together to create the true reason for every Christian\u2019s hope: <strong>Everyone of Jesus\u2019 disciples and followers desires more of the Holy Spirit in our lives; we also look forward to the day Jesus returns; and we recognize that the only reason we have life is because Jesus gave His life for us.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--1298\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. 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