ISSL Reflections July 31 2022 John 14:15–29 Post 2

IV.
Did you hear Jesus say, “I will not leave you orphaned”?

Spend time today taking note of how as disciples of Jesus and followers of his Way, we are not orphans.

V.
John 14:15-29 (New Revised Standard Version)

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.

“I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.” Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?” Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father who sent me.

“I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you this before it occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe.

VI.
In these words of Jesus we hear him speak of asking the Father and giving us an Advocate.

Can you take those words very personally and apply them to yourself?

What does Jesus ask of the Father on your behalf?

How does Jesus ask you to believe this request will be answered?

Jesus claims that, “… the Advocate, the Holy Spirit … will teach you …

What might the Advocate help you learn as you continue as a disciple of Jesus?

charles
{ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est}


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