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14:1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God;1 believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?2 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”3 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also.4 From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.
12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me5 anything in my name, I will do it.
15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper,6 to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be7 in you.
18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.
25 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, 31 but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.
[1] 14:1
[2] 14:2
[3] 14:4
[4] 14:7
[5] 14:14
[6] 14:16
[7] 14:17
(ESV)
One of my favorite desserts is brownies. I love pretty much any kind of brownie, but as a general rule, the gooier and the chocolatier, the better. That's why, growing up, I had a special affinity for my mother's brownies. They were always so rich and moist. And that's why, right before she would pop them in the oven to bake, I would always position myself right next to my mother's mixing bowl and spoon so that I could barter with her for a child's most precious delight: licking the spoon dripping with leftover brownie batter.
Now, most of the time, even if I put on my best forlorn face and most pitiful puppy dog eyes, my mother would refuse my request to lick the brownie batter off her wooden baking spoon. But every once in a while, if she was feeling especially gracious, would say to me, "Go ahead, Zach. But don't be a pig! After all, I don't want you spoiling your supper. You can have a brownie after the pan comes out of the oven."
A couple of weeks ago in Adult Bible Class, I spoke on God's strength in the midst of our weakness and how, although God does not promise to take away all of our weakness, pain, and suffering, he does promise to be with us, strengthen us, and comfort us through our trials. Following the class, a member approached me and said, "I'm confused. You say that God does not promise to take away all of our weakness and pain, but Jesus says, 'I will do whatever you ask in my name.'" So, if I ask Jesus to take away my suffering, doesn't he have an obligation to?
The verse to which this person was referring is actually part of our text for today from John 14. And Jesus, just to make sure we don't miss the significance of what he's saying, actually repeats himself. He begins, "I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the son may bring glory to the Father." And then, in the very next verse, he continues, "You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it" (verses 13-14). Jesus is unequivocally clear: "You want something? Just ask. And I will do it."
This sounds like a pretty astounding claim from Jesus, doesn't it? Whatever we ask in Jesus' name will be given to us? What kind of pie-in-the-sky promise is this? After all, there are clearly some things for which we ask God that we do not receive. So what is Jesus talking about here?
It is important to note the tense of Jesus' promise. It is future tense. Hence, the verb "will." And, at least in a limited way, I would argue that this is still a future tense promise, even for us 2,000 years later. In other words, Jesus makes no pledge to instantaneously gratify all of the desires that we might offer up to him in prayer. Indeed, if our desires are bad, twisted, or maligned, the Lord even forthrightly states that he will refuse our requests. As James warns, "When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may get what you spend on your pleasures" (James 4:3). In other words, Jesus never promises to fill our request for a Ferrari, no matter how many times we may beg him. For such a request is usually rooted in our own pleasure rather than in God's glory. But how can asking for the healing of a loved one or for the restoration of a marriage or for the removal of a trial possibly be a bad or selfish request? And here's where Jesus' future tense "will" becomes all-important.
In a sense, Jesus' promise to give us whatever we ask is a bit like my mother's brownie batter. There are many times when Jesus, out of his goodness and grace, gives us little "tastes" of his healing and restoration. And these are indeed glorious tastes. They are not to be belittled or minimized. But we can't forget that we're still waiting for the whole pan of brownies. We're still waiting for the Last Day, when Jesus will finally fulfill all of his future tense promises to heal diseases, restore relationships, and wipe away all pain, suffering, and even death (cf. Revelation 21:1-4). We're still waiting for the whole pan of brownies - Jesus' sweet redemption. In fact, Jesus even warns us of the suffering that we will have to endure in the mean time when he says, "The prince of this world is coming" (verse 30). Satan is here and, until he is finally cast into hell by God, throws his bitter arrows of sin and destruction into the sweetness of God's goodness. We're still waiting for the whole pan of brownies.
And so, if you are praying for something and it has not yet happened, remember Jesus' future tense "will." For his "will" is his promise. It's his guarantee. The whole pan of brownies is on its way. And if you are praying for things that are righteous - things such as healing, restoration, and comfort - they will come to pass, even if only in eternity. Satan will fail and we will finally get the whole pan of brownies. And to that I say, "Come, Lord Jesus!"
65:1 I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
to a nation that was not called by1 my name.
2 I spread out my hands all the day
to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
following their own devices;
3 a people who provoke me
to my face continually,
sacrificing in gardens
and making offerings on bricks;
4 who sit in tombs,
and spend the night in secret places;
who eat pig’s flesh,
and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;
5 who say, “Keep to yourself,
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all the day.
6 Behold, it is written before me:
“I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
I will indeed repay into their lap
7 both your iniquities and your fathers’ iniquities together,
says the LORD;
because they made offerings on the mountains
and insulted me on the hills,
I will measure into their lap
payment for their former deeds.”2
8 Thus says the LORD:
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
and they say, ‘Do not destroy it,
for there is a blessing in it,’
so I will do for my servants’ sake,
and not destroy them all.
9 I will bring forth offspring from Jacob,
and from Judah possessors of my mountains;
my chosen shall possess it,
and my servants shall dwell there.
10 Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks,
and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
for my people who have sought me.
11 But you who forsake the LORD,
who forget my holy mountain,
who set a table for Fortune
and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,
12 I will destine you to the sword,
and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter,
because, when I called, you did not answer;
when I spoke, you did not listen,
but you did what was evil in my eyes
and chose what I did not delight in.”
13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
“Behold, my servants shall eat,
but you shall be hungry;
behold, my servants shall drink,
but you shall be thirsty;
behold, my servants shall rejoice,
but you shall be put to shame;
14 behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart,
but you shall cry out for pain of heart
and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
15 You shall leave your name to my chosen for a curse,
and the Lord GOD will put you to death,
but his servants he will call by another name,
16 so that he who blesses himself in the land
shall bless himself by the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
shall swear by the God of truth;
because the former troubles are forgotten
and are hidden from my eyes.
[1] 65:1
[2] 65:7
(ESV)
Paul uses Isaiah's opening words from this chapter to express his own dismay over the unbelief of his fellow Jews in Romans 10. Our God is always ready to be sought and found but far too many never seek Him. This was true even among God's chosen people Israel. God spreads out His hands to receive His people, but instead they provoke Him to His face by their devotion and sacrifices to idols. Their spiritual pride is displayed in their holier-than-thou attitude: "Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am too holy for you." Those of Israel who forsook the true God and made sacrifices to idols must expect that the LORD will repay them for their iniquities. However, there is yet a remnant in Israel that God will preserve like a good cluster of grapes filled with new wine. Thus, God makes a sharp distinction between His faithful servants and those who forsake the LORD. The latter are destined for the sword and for slaughter, while the former will dwell with the LORD. So, those servants who have been faithful will eat, while the rebellious will go hungry; the faithful will drink but those who forsake God will remain thirsty; and God's servants will rejoice, but the wicked will wail because their hearts are broken. This sharp distinction within Israel is like the distinction that Jesus made between the sheep and the goats (Matthew 25:31-33). This distinction cuts through all of humanity separating those who respond to God's grace from those who continually reject Him. Sadly, the names of those who have rejected God will be used as a curse, but those servants who trust in Him will be given a new name. They will call upon the God of truth and be set free from all their former troubles.
52:1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
2 Your tongue plots destruction,
like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
3 You love evil more than good,
and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
5 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
6 The righteous shall see and fear,
and shall laugh at him, saying,
7 “See the man who would not make
God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!”2
8 But I am like a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.
9 I will thank you forever,
because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, for it is good,
in the presence of the godly.
(ESV)