Sermon Notes for Sunday April 3, 2011
John 14:1-4
Hope When There Appears To Be None
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- When All Seems Hopeless, Keep The Faith!
o Not just in God, But also in Jesus
o This is not just belief in ‘a god.’ This is a belief in the Triune God. It is a belief in the full humanity and deity of Jesus Christ. He will tell his disciples in John 14:26 that the 3rd person of the Trinity will come from the Father in Jesus name.
o Paul alluded to this same type of hope in Romans 4:18 when he said that Abraham had “hope against hope.” When their seems to be nothing to hope for or even in, Abraham trusted God. So to must the disciples then and us now.
o Illustration:
§ When you fly in an airplane, you have no doubt that the airplane can land. However, your faith is not in the airplanes ability to land, but in the skill and training of the pilot to land the plane safely and in the desired location.
Jesus told his disciples that they are not to just have faith in god (even the Yahweh) of the Old Testament. They were to have faith in Yahweh and Yahweh in Human form. To put it in modern terms, they were to trust in the person and work of Jesus Christ. That He was who He said He was, and He did what He said He was going to do.
- Remember In Your Darkest Times That Our Hope Is Not In This World, But In The World To Come!
o Jesus left to prepare a place.
o Mansions or Dwelling Places? “μονή -mone” LV= Mansiones Luther=apartment
§ John 14:23
o Illustration:
§ Jewish Groom going away to build a home for his new bride.
o Our hope is not in what this world has to offer, but in the fact that Jesus is preparing a place for us and is coming back for us!
o Our assurance is that if Christ is preparing a place for us, he will also come back for us. It matters not what the world does to us or if we fail in our mission as Peter will. What matters is are we hoping in Him!
- As You Go About Your Daily Life, Is Your Hope in This World? The Things Of This World? In The World To Come? Or Solely In The Person and Work of Jesus Christ?
o The place isn’t the focus, it’s the illustration that the disciples/we are to keep our eyes on Jesus.
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