{"id":243,"date":"2023-05-03T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy-cam.tempurl.host\/gospeladventure\/?p=243&2023"},"modified":"2023-05-01T18:00:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T00:00:36","slug":"room-in-his-house-john-14-1-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/room-in-his-house-john-14-1-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Room in His House: John 14:1-14"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: John 14:1-14 (CEV)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\"><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <sup class=\"versenum\">1<\/sup> Jesus said to his disciples, \u201cDon\u2019t be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in me.    <sup class=\"versenum\">2<\/sup> There are many rooms in my Father\u2019s house. I wouldn\u2019t tell you this, unless it was true. I am going there to prepare a place for each of you.   <sup class=\"versenum\">3<\/sup> After I have done this, I will come back and take you with me. Then we will be together.   <sup class=\"versenum\">4<\/sup> You know the way to where I am going.\u201d   <sup class=\"versenum\">5<\/sup> Thomas said, \u201cLord, we don\u2019t even know where you are going! How can we know the way?\u201d <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <sup class=\"versenum\">6<\/sup> \u201cI am the way, the truth, and the life!\u201d Jesus answered. \u201cWithout me, no one can go to the Father.   <sup class=\"versenum\">7<\/sup> If you had known me, you would have known the Father. But from now on, you do know him, and you have seen him.\u201d <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <sup class=\"versenum\">8<\/sup> Philip said, \u201cLord, show us the Father. That is all we need.\u201d <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <sup class=\"versenum\">9<\/sup> Jesus replied: <br \/>\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Philip, I have been with you for a long time. Don\u2019t you know who I am? If you have seen me, you have seen the Father. How can you ask me to show you the Father?   <sup class=\"versenum\">10<\/sup> Don\u2019t you believe that I am one with the Father and that the Father is one with me? What I say isn\u2019t said on my own. The Father who lives in me does these things. <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <sup class=\"versenum\">11<\/sup> Have faith in me when I say that the Father is one with me and that I am one with the Father. Or else have faith in me simply because of the things I do.   <sup class=\"versenum\">12<\/sup> I tell you for certain that if you have faith in me, you will do the same things that I am doing. You will do even greater things, now that I am going back to the Father.   <sup class=\"versenum\">13<\/sup> Ask me, and I will do whatever you ask. This way the Son will bring honor to the Father.   <sup class=\"versenum\">14<\/sup> I will do whatever you ask me to do. <\/p>\r\n<p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John 14:1-14&amp;version=cev\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">John 14:1-14<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>In today\u2019s journal entry, I want to shine light on an easy-to-miss idea that even the disciples didn\u2019t seem to pick up on, or if they did pick up on it, other things drew their focus away from the amazing significance of this one simple idea, which is found in verse 2:<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>\u201c. . . I am going there to prepare a place for each of you.\u201d<\/strong> <em>(v. 2b)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>What is absolutely amazing about this simple idea is that Jesus (i.e. God) is preparing a place for <em>you and for me<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n<p>If you have ever looked up at the stars and imagined how big the universe is, or if you have ever heard scientists or astronomers talk about the size of the universe, you know that we are at most, a tiny speck living on a tiny speck in a massively huge universe.<\/p>\r\n<p>With this frame of mind, let\u2019s place this idea next to Jesus (God\u2019s Son) leaving heaven, which is either outside of, or on the other side of, the universe. <em>And what place does Jesus choose to come?<\/em> He comes to this earth, as a human, just to restore a relationship with us. This is one unreal thought.<\/p>\r\n<p>Then place these two ideas next to the promise Jesus gives in the verse.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>God loves us so much that Jesus came to restore our relationship. Now, He is up in heaven preparing a place for you and me. When everything is ready, He\u2019ll return and bring us to Him. <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>That idea is amazing, and it seems as though the disciples either miss it, or they discount it while trying to understand where exactly Jesus is going.<\/p>\r\n<p>What about you?<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Are you going to accept Jesus\u2019 gift of a restored relationship with God and a room in His Father\u2019s house?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--243\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, <a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/\" title=\"Check out Reflective Bible Study!\">click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p><p><em><a class=\"underline\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onClick=\"rbs_aj_inline_subscribe(this, '243');\">Subscribe<\/a> to this blog and never miss an insight.<\/em><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In today\u2019s journal entry, I want to shine light on an easy-to-miss idea that even the disciples didn\u2019t seem to pick up on, or if they did pick up on it, other things drew their focus away from the amazing significance of this one simple idea, which is found in verse 2: \u201c. . . 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