Saturday, October 22, 2016

John 14:19

John 14:19 says, Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me no more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye shall live also.  After His death, the world would no longer see Jesus.  His earthly ministry would be over, but the salvation of the world would have just begun, and those who are His followers would indeed see Him.  Have I seen Jesus physically?  No, but we see Him through the Holy Spirit.  Some people did indeed see Jesus physically after His crucifixion and before His ascension, but we see Him through the presence of the Holy Spirit. We see Him through faith.  Verse twenty adds, At that day ye shall know that I am in My Father, and ye in Me, and I in you.   Jesus had said He was the Son of God, and after the crucifixion and resurrection, this would be proven true. We may not always see the evidence of God's work until after the fact as we continue on in faith.  The disciples were definitely about to have a crisis in faith, but Jesus assured them that just as He was in the Father, so were they in Him.  The world does not see Jesus.  If they acknowledge Him at all, it as a historical figure like any other historical figure.  We, as His followers, see Him through faith in Him, by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.  By faith, we live in Him as He lived in the Father.  His followers would continue to see Him by faith, and so will we.  Verse twenty-one continues, He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them he it is that loveth Me: and He that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and manifest Myself to Him.  If we don't see God working in our lives today, maybe we are not keeping His commandments.  We should remember that Jesus said that He gave us a greater commandment that we love one another.  If we do not love everyone in this lost and dying world as Jesus loves them, then we are not and cannot keep His commandments. 


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