In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.
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Now there's one more, one more principle that is so helpful. Verse 19, verse 20. After a little while, the world will behold me. No more. That means he's leaving. But you will behold me because I live, you shall live also. In that day, now in your case, that would be the day of salvation. You shall know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you. To them, it was a reference to the day of Pentecost, when the Spirit of God came in full power and indwelt every believer. Recorded there in the book of Acts chapter 2. Here's the sixth. Your life is inseparably linked to the Lord Jesus Christ. Not only do you have double security, you have a double indwellment. The Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ himself. Now, he's not going to let something happen to him that's insignificant or unimportant. Because he's within you. His reputation is at stake. He's not going to lose it. He's going to keep it. …
I will come to you. In a little while, the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live and you will live. On that day, you will realize that I am in the Father and you are in me and I in you. Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him. The Gospel of the Lord. let you have a seat so um we just had our last week of finals last weekend last week and i was just thinking i was you know in those in those times i sometimes reflect on man why did i choose to go to school where i went to school like they just got done a lot of our graduates just graduated now they're off wherever um and i think wow i i chose to go to the school i went to for a very particular reason. So I've mentioned many, many times that in high school I had a conversion. I had an encounter with Jesus in confession that just really changed my life. And that kind of set my life on this track of just wanting to learn more about who God is. And at one point, I heard today's second reading. And I was like, that's what I need. So what does St. Peter say? …
… has got the power to give you life. John chapter 14, verse 19. A little while longer and the world will see me no more, but you will see me because I live, you will live also. So how do you know you're gonna be in heaven forever, Jack? Because Jesus is. Because he lives. Next verse. John 11, 25. Jesus said to her, I'm the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live. That's a great verse to use, by the way, at the hospital or in hospice to tell someone who is a believer, you're about to die. Family members, by the way, will often encourage us pastors to say, you know, can you go into them and give them some hope and, you know, kind of comfort them. Doctors said it's pretty serious. Yes, exactly. That's what we do? And you walk in there and the doctor grabs you after you go into the room. Doctor says, this guy's got like maybe a couple hours. …
… Jesus says in verse 19, this is a strange statement. He says, a little while longer and the world will see me no more. But you will see me. Because I live, you will live also. Now, this is a strange statement Jesus makes. He says, the world won't see me, but you'll see me. Matter of fact, it is such a strange question. It is such an unusual statement that one of the disciples say, how are you going to do that? How are you going to make it so we can see you but the world won't see you? And that's what I want to talk to you about today. This is what the message is about today. Have you seen Jesus? Do you see him? Look at your neighbor and say, do you see Jesus? Just ask him. Now some people think they've seen Jesus from a dream or something they saw at the foot of their bed, a nightmare they had. But no, no, no. No, no, no. …