IN JESUS’ NAME

In John 14:13,14, Jesus told His disciples, “...whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.”

Jesus had at this time been with His disciples a little over three years and knew it was time that He should reveal unto them who He was, why He had come into the world, and that He was soon to return to His Father in heaven. He wanted to make sure they understood that they would also be with Him and God if they were faithful. In John 14:23, Jesus said, “If a man love me, he will keep my word; and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him.” What an awesome thing it is, to know that we will have both God and Christ to come and dwell with us as long as we keep His word, but if we are not faithful, He will not be with us (John 14:23, 24). Verse 25 and 26 goes on to assure us that the Holy Spirit will be with us also, helping us to remember the scriptures that we have studied given by His disciples. Jesus wants us to know that He and the Father are one, and the only way to God the Father is through Christ (John 14:9-11). Today our only avenue to God the Father is through Jesus Christ His Son, as he tells us in John 14:6, “I Am the way, the truth and the life; no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.” That is why we pray through Christ, or “in His name”, because He is our only access to God.

Love you, David V. Fultz