John 14:2 KJV
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
I see the loving concern of our Saviour in that He says, "... if it were not so, I would have told you..."
If there were no Heavenly home
If there were no place for the believer to go
If God did not desire us to be with Him
If heaven's splendors were not accessible to usJesus would have told us so
If there was no salvation
If there was no way to have our sins forgiven
If we could not possibly be reconciled to God
Jesus would have told us so
Christ's love for us is expressed in the fact that He has told us all the truth. He has not only told us what we want to hear, He has told us what we don't want to hear but need to hear, and He has corrected our thinking when what we thought has been wrong. Jesus did not allow His disciples to hold to cherished opinions not based in Scriptural fact. It was one of the things the Jews struggled so much concerning Him. He only gave them the truth. He refused to let them continue on in their delusions of right.
And it is one of the greatest reasons to trust the Word of God. If it were not trustworthy, Jesus would have told us so.
So
There is a way to be reconciled to God
There is a heavenly home awaiting the believer
There are mansions prepared for them there and
Jesus is coming again that where He is we may be also.
Jesus told us so.
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
I see the loving concern of our Saviour in that He says, "... if it were not so, I would have told you..."
If there were no Heavenly home
If there were no place for the believer to go
If God did not desire us to be with Him
If heaven's splendors were not accessible to usJesus would have told us so
If there was no salvation
If there was no way to have our sins forgiven
If we could not possibly be reconciled to God
Jesus would have told us so
Christ's love for us is expressed in the fact that He has told us all the truth. He has not only told us what we want to hear, He has told us what we don't want to hear but need to hear, and He has corrected our thinking when what we thought has been wrong. Jesus did not allow His disciples to hold to cherished opinions not based in Scriptural fact. It was one of the things the Jews struggled so much concerning Him. He only gave them the truth. He refused to let them continue on in their delusions of right.
And it is one of the greatest reasons to trust the Word of God. If it were not trustworthy, Jesus would have told us so.
So
There is a way to be reconciled to God
There is a heavenly home awaiting the believer
There are mansions prepared for them there and
Jesus is coming again that where He is we may be also.
Jesus told us so.
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