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While many treat this moment in John 14 as Jesus laying out the trinitarian formula, it is for us, something far greater: a greater sense of purpose.
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In the Farewell Discourse, Jesus speaks to his followers about leaving, about what is coming, and about the trust that’s involved.
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What Jesus tells his disciples is the certainty they seek is in the keeping of his commandments, which should be far more evident to us than it is.
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Jesus speaks of the way to the Father and two disciples ask for certainty and clarity. The response they get is “you already know” and “wake up.”
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In this encounter with the disciples, Jesus names his confidence in the disciples, in what they know. And they’re like, you can’t be serious.
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Some treat certainty as a pre-condition for belief, rather than something that comes through the process of coming to believe.
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