Jesus Relationship With God The Father

John 14:7-15

The disciples clearly did not understand the relationship between Jesus the Son and God the Father. Jesus expresses disappointment about that as He responds to Philips question about that. Even though we have God’s Word and the Holy Spirit residing in us as Christians the concept of the Trinity is still difficult for us to comprehend and one we will probably not totally understand until we are united in heaven.

Jesus does reiterate that He perfectly reveals the Father and mentions three proofs of this fact. First, His character reveals as He says “I am in the Father and…the Father is in Me” (v. 20). He also claims that His words are the Father’s words (7:16; 12:49-50; 24). He also explains that the miracles He performs are evidence of the Father’s working through Him (5:36). The fact that the works or miracles that Jesus performs (5:36; 10:25, 38; 11:47; 12:37; 20:30-31) are gracious pointers to faith is a key element of John’s gospel.

Jesus now makes a very intriguing statement in v. 12 as He says “he who believes in Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do…” That is because of the greater work of the Holy Spirit in our age. Consider the impact of great evangelists down through the ages.

Finally, He shares in this section that if we, as His children, ask anything in His name and the Father is glorified through the filling of our request, He will do it and also makes the statement that if we love Him we will keep His commandments. He set the pattern; we only have to follow.