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  • When life gets loud, Jesus has given us what we need to keep walking with Him.

 

  1. When life gets confusing, come back to what ______ ________________________________. John 14:25-26

 

  1. When life gets loud, receive ____________________ that Jesus gives. John 14:27

 

John 14:27 (NASB) 27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

 

  1. When you don't understand what is happening, ____ ________________________________ John 14:28-29

 

John 14:28-29 (NASB) 28 You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.

 

  1. When you know what Jesus wants you to do, take the _____________________________ John 14:30-31

Takin’ It Home…

Life will get LOUD, When it does, bring Jesus into that moment…

“Jesus, what does _______________________ look like right now?”

 

DIGGING DEEPER

“The Father Is Greater Than I”

In John 14:28, Jesus says:

“…I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.”

At first glance, that statement can sound as though Jesus is saying that He is somehow less divine than the Father. But that would conflict with what John has already told us about Jesus.

John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

Later, John 10:30 says, “I and the Father are one.”

So what does Jesus mean?

The key is the context of His mission. The eternal Son had willingly entered our world, taken on human flesh, and humbled Himself to accomplish our salvation. Jesus is speaking as the Son who was sent by the Father and is now preparing to return to Him.

Paul describes this in Philippians 2:6–8, where Christ, although existing “in the form of God,” humbled Himself and took “the form of a bond-servant.”

Jesus' statement in John 14:28 is therefore about His position in His incarnate mission, not a denial of His divine nature. The Father and Son are distinct persons, and the Son willingly carries out the Father's will.

That also explains why Jesus says the disciples should rejoice that He is going to the Father. His departure is not a defeat.

The Son who came from the Father is completing His mission and returning to the Father.

DIG A LITTLE DEEPER

Read John 1:1–3; John 10:30; John 14:28; and Philippians 2:5–11 together.

Notice how Scripture holds two truths together:

Jesus is fully divine, and Jesus willingly humbled Himself in obedience to the Father.

We don't have to diminish either truth to affirm the other.