The Way To God
John 14:1-16 (NIV)
1 "Do not let your hearts be troubled.
Trust in God; trust also in me.
2 In my Father's
house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going
there to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that
you also may be where I am.
4 You know the way
to the place where I am going."
5 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going,
so how can we know the way?"
6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the
truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
7 If you really
knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and
have seen him."
8 Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough
for us."
9 Jesus answered: "Don't you know me,
Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has
seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
10 Don't you
believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I
say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who
is doing his work.
11 Believe me when
I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe
on the evidence of the miracles themselves.
12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has
faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things
than these, because I am going to the Father.
13 And I will do
whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.
14 You may ask me
for anything in my name, and I will do it.
15 "If you love me, you will obey what I
command.
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you
another Counselor to be with you forever--
