John 14 (One) The Godhead

Good morning

For as long as it takes we are going to study the gospel of John chapters fourteen to seventeen. Some of it will be what I have already written and some will be new. Therefore it may sometimes appear that I leave off in the middle of a topic to be continued, since I have reached my daily word count limit. We will also return to placing a blog posting daily for the time being.

Jesus spent a lot of time teaching. If we ignore His directions, He has wasted his time and energy to come to this earth. He did not just come to die for our sin as some tend to believe. He came to enable us to make a difference in this world. He said in Mark 16:15 “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation” and in Matthew 28:19 and 20 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”

Doing and teaching His commands are very important. George Müller made an amazing difference in his time early in the 19^th century and his work is still going on even today, more than a hundred years later. He had an amazing faith, which caused, in today’s terms, millions of pounds to go through his hands without him having to have done a single business deal or ever having to have asked for money. He simply prayed and believed. His secret – he read through the whole Bible more than 300 times during his seventy years ministry! “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17).

Let’s open the Word at John 14. We are going to focus on John 14 to 17 - Jesus’ final words to His past and present disciples and His prayer for all of us.

 

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going,” (John 14:1-4).

The teaching in these four chapters revolves around intimacy with the Lord. Before we proceed it is important to understand the Trinity of the Godhead. I have heard quite a number of explanations, but the one most logical to me, I believe the Holy Spirit revealed to me.

We must always remember we were created in the image of God. The systems by which man therefore functions are actually systems God designed and also lives by. One can therefore see the Godhead as a Company, such as in a business. The Company’s name is God. The Managing Director of God is Father. He does all the planning, directing and commanding. Another ‘Director’ is Jesus Christ. Since the creation of the earth He was in control of every interaction with man and usually manifested to Old Testament people, such as Abraham and Gideon, as ‘The Angle of the Lord’. From His birth as a man until His ascension into heaven He was directly involved with mankind. After that the third ‘Director’ of God, the Holy Spirit became involved with mankind until today.

One can also see the Trinity as a family unit with the surname, God where Father God is the father and Jesus and the Holy Spirit are the two sons doing the father’s bidding.

When we therefore talk about God we mean the Godhead or otherwise we will call the individual ‘directors’ by name. The Bible, however, often refers to the Father as God, since He is the head. In these chapters of John, Jesus gives clear direction concerning each of these ‘directors’ future involvement with those who follow Him.

From the above passage we first of all learn that our heavenly house belongs to the Father and in that house are enough rooms for all who want to be there. We also learn that these rooms need to be prepared by Jesus himself so His disciples could be where He is. But where is He? He is at the Father’s side, at His right hand. “But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God” (Luke 22:69). What does this preparation of Jesus entail? These words of Jesus regarding the preparation were written in the present tense. In other words the process is continuous.

Thank you Lord that your Word went out from your mouth, via your servant’s pen, and it will not return to you empty, but will accomplish what you desire and achieve the purpose for which you sent it.

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