John 14 is a very beautiful verse of scriptures it is a parable where Jesus describes the life and walk of his children in the kingdom of God. I want to start off with these verses
Mat 13:13 ASV - Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Mat 13:34 ASV - All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:
Mat 13:35 ASV - that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world. The word foundation here is the very essence of Gods love and his great plan of salvation. Foundation Greek: katabole
Foundation (To Lay), Founded:
lit., "a casting down," is used
(a) of "conceiving seed," Hbr 11:11;
(b)
of "a foundation," as that which is laid down, or in the sense of
founding; metaphorically, of "the foundation of the world;" in this
respect two phrases are used,
(1) "from the foundation of the world," Mat 25:34 (in the most authentic mss. in 13:35 there is no phrase representing "of the world"); Luk 11:50; Hbr 4:3; 9:26; Rev 13:8; 17:8;
a) the injection or depositing of the virile semen in the womb
b) of the seed of plants and animals
2) a founding (laying down a foundation)
He was the word made flesh , Mary gave Christ his body but God gave him his very life . The Holy Ghost overshadowed Mary. God put his seed in Marys womb and she conceived. He was the son of man in his sacrifice and the son of God in his redemption. The washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Jhn 14:16 ASV - And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,Jhn 14:17 ASV - [even] the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.
Jhn 3:5 ASV - Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God! The basic foundation of salvation is being filled with the spirit of God. With out the spirit no man can know God , The second chapter of Acts is where God led the people to the very beginning of their salvation. He said tarry in Jerusalem UNTIL YOU BE FILLED with power from on high. Act 2:39 ASV - For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him. This promise was for all men even to the end not just the disciples.
Luk 24:49 ASV - And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high. Rom 13:14 ASV - But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].Mat 16:1 ASV - And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Mat 16:4 ASV - An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed. Sign of Jonah
Mat 12:40 ASV - for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Mat 12:41 ASV - The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
To understand this better we must read the story of Jonah 1. The second verse is a parable of the crucifixion of Christ, and a prophetic word of his suffering. So the sign was Christ and him crucified for the sins of the world. He spoke of the temple in Jerusalem and compared it to his body being destroyed for the sake of those that believe on him. God no longer lives in a temple of stone , bricks
and wood. He is in the hearts of men, and that being by his spirit. 2Cr 1:20 ASV - For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.
2Cr 1:21 ASV - Now he that establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
2Cr 1:22 ASV - who also sealed us, and gave [us] the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
The only way to be children of the kingdom is to be born into the family an heir of the estate a child born into the household of God, be born of God the father. We are the household of God born into his glorious kingdom. The word says Jhn 1:12 ASV - But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
Jhn 1:13 ASV - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Jhn 1:14 ASV - And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
Now we go back to the 14 chapter of John verse 2 Mansions Greek: mone
Abide, Abode:
"an abode" (akin to No. 1), is found in Jhn 14:2, "mansions" (RV marg., "abiding places"), and Jhn 14:23, "abode."
Mansions:
primarily "a staying, abiding" (akin to meno, "to abide"), denotes an "abode" (Eng., "manor," "manse," etc.), translated "mansions" in Jhn 14:2; "abode" in Jhn 14:23. There is nothing in the word to indicate separate compartments in heaven; neither does it suggest temporary resting-places on the road. metaph. of the God the Holy Spirit indwelling believers. Jesus is speaking in the parable of you as being the mansion or the dwelling place of the spirit , no ye not your body is the temple of God. 1Cr 6:19 ASV - Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;
Jhn 14:3 ASV - And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also. John said behold the Lamb of God that takes AWAY the sins of the world Jhn 1:29 ASV - On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world! For Jesus to prepare a place for us he had to make a way for us to redeem us from our sins. The fathers house is speaking of his children we are the house of God house in Greek: oikia metaphorically, the heavenly abode, spoken of by the Lord as "My Father's house," Jhn 14:2, the eternal dwelling place of believers; the body as the dwelling place of the soul, 2Cr 5:1; similarly the resurrection body of believers (id.); property, e.g., Mar 12:40; by metonymy, the inhabitants of a house, a household, e.g., Mat 12:25; Jhn 4:53; 1Cr 16:15. Remember the word mansion in the Greek is to Abide , Abode Jhn 14:23 KJV - Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our ABODE with him.
1Cr 15:22 ASV - For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
1Cr 15:23 ASV - But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming.
1Cr 15:24 ASV - Then [cometh] the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power. We must realize that all these things must take place before Christ can deliver up the kingdom. And the kingdom being the redeem , the true children of God. So now let us look at what is this kingdom that Paul speaks of.
Luk 13:18 ASV - He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?
Luk 13:19 ASV - It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.
So I am seeing here it is not the amount of faith it is what you do with the faith you have, the word says we were save by Grace and it is a gift of faith to even believe in God. And a man must first believe that God is before he can come unto him. Everything in this walk is a gift of God its says in John men sat in darkness Jhn 1:4 ASV - In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Jhn 1:5 ASV - And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
Eph 2:8 ASV - for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; So we build upon this faith by exercising that faith , and walking in the power of our faith. Faith is absolutely contrary to this world , the thinking of man. If we can not make it happen it will not not happen. That is carnal thinking and your arm of flesh. Jesus said if you had faith as small as a mustard seed
Rom 1:17 ASV - For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.
Rom 1:18 ASV - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom 1:19 ASV - because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them.
When he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power , the word of God is the only power and authority in his kingdom. How can two walk together unless they agree Amo 3:3 ASV - Shall two walk together, except they have agreed? Mat 18:19 ASV - Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven.
That is you and the word of God your life must reflect as in a mirror the whole word of God . Rom 12:2 ASV - And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. And how do we renew our mind by this glorious word of God. It is the wash water for our souls. The verse says but be ye transform it is a walk every day we are transformed into the image of Christ. And that image is what will be present in that day when Christ shall deliver up the kingdom to God . Jesus said when you see these signs happening know that the kingdom of God has come unto you. Jesus also said Luk 17:20 ASV - And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Luk 17:21 ASV - neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.
Col 1:27 ASV - to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: 1Jo 3:2 ASV - Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.
The verse Colo 1-27 above says CHRIST IN YOU THE HOPE OF GLORY. The verse above says if he shall be manifested we shall be like him. Christ is manifested in you, this to is the man child.
Jhn 16:21 ASV - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world. The first fruits Rom 8:19 ASV - For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God.
Rom 8:22 ASV - For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Rom 8:23 ASV - And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for [our] adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body. I give my apologies for what might seem to be rambling in my writing please forgive me, but aside from my words Gods word is for ever true and brings perfection to the hungry heart. God bless you
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