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“In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.” —John 14:20 (NASB)

“What Does John 14:20 Mean?” By Knowing-jesus.com:

“Verse Thoughts: Jesus had just finished telling His confused disciples that He was going away to prepare a place for them in His Father's house, but that He would not leave them comfortless but send the Holy Spirit to be with them and to live inside them. Their bodies were to become God's holy temple, His permanent residence, and although they did not know it, Pentecost was on the near horizon.

The disciples must have been overwhelmed with the speed with which things took place in those last few days before Christ's crucifixion. They believed He would overthrow the Romans and set up His eternal kingdom as Scriptures foretold. Had they not been preaching this for the last three years? “Turn from your sins.. Jesus is the Messiah. He is the King of Israel.. the kingdom of heaven is at hand and we're going to sit on 12 thrones.” YES - there was much they did not yet understand.

They would have to learn that the kingdom was to be delayed for a time. They had to discover that Gentiles and Jews were to become one Body in Christ. They were to learn of the hidden mystery, which was given to Paul: “Which is Christ in You the hope of glory.” YES, there was much that they would have to learn from the apostle Paul in the early years of the Christian Church, but they could not bear it at this time as the Cross loomed ever closer.

Jesus had told them that the Holy Spirit would be sent to them from Father after His departure (and we know that He came at Pentecost). And Christ expanded this exciting truth by telling them: “In that day, you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in You.” But the mountain of 'Church age' doctrine that Christ started to share with them following His rejection as Israel's Messiah was overwhelming to these confused men, much of which they would not be understood until later - when many Church age mysteries were revealed to Paul.

They would soon discover the astonishing truth of our permanent union with Christ and that His resurrected life would be imputed to all believers so that instead of being influenced by the old Adamic nature, we would receive a new nature - the resurrected life of Christ. No surprise that the disciples could not bear these identification truths at that time for like us, they had to discover the inability of the old self life and that only the new life in Christ, which we all receive at Salvation can live a godly life.

In that day Christ told them, when I have gone to be with my Father, you will receive the promise of the Father (the indwelling the Holy Spirit) Who is with you now but He will be IN you as a Witness that I am in My Father (in union with Him).

In that day when the Church is born and the Spirit is sent, Jesus told them, you will know that you are in Me (i.e. positioned in Christ - baptised into His Body - united with Him in spirit and truth - born again and covered in Christ's own righteousness - a branch of the True Vine.. seated with Him in heavenly places - accepted in Christ and positioned in HIM)

In that day, when you are in-dwelt by the Holy Spirit; placed into the Body of Christ and sealed - He told them, you will also know that I am in you (My resurrected life given to you - My eternal life imparted to you - My perfect life imputed to you) so that I may influence your choices and decisions, until it is not I that lives, but Christ that lives in me.. YES.. in that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you

“The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices. —Proverbs 21:3 (NLT)

“What Does Proverbs 21:3 Mean? Verse Thoughts: I am sure that Solomon, who probably authored these wise words, had heard the contrite prayer of his father David, who confessed that the sacrifice that God, so desires is a broken and contrite spirit, for the king had learned that God will not reject a truly penitent and repentant heart – a heart that in turning from sin changes direction to look to the Lord.

King Saul exercised the opposite of this vital truth and learned this important lesson through the loss of his kingdom to David, as well as the loss of his life – for Samuel the prophet chastised him with the words - to obey is better than sacrifice and to do what is right is more acceptable to the Lord than to give Him offerings and oblations.

There is much in Scripture that adheres to this truth – for the inner motive of a truly broken heart that recognizes its own lack and poverty, insufficiency and helplessness before the Lord, is of far greater value to the Father that the outward trappings of the life that appears to be so beautiful to the outward eye - but which can so often conceal an unclean motive and hypocritical heart.

Indeed, it is not the sacrificial acts of a man or woman who desires to be pleasing to the Lord that delights His heart – but the one that walks in spirit and truth – the one that dies to the self-life and lives to Christ – the one that looks to Jesus – the one that abides in Christ - the one that can say, nothing in my hand I bring, simply to Thy cross I cling.

My Prayer: Loving Father I do want to please You - but I recognise that simply trusting Your word, applying it in my life and looking to Jesus is of far greater worth than anything I myself can offer You. Keep me low at the cross I pray and keep me broken before You - all the days of my life, in Jesus I pray, AMEN.”

Each believer is called to run the race that God has set before him. Every Christian has a specific purpose that God Himself has called them to achieve. Each have their own unique goal to attain and that goal is purposed and planned by the Father, for it is God who works in each of His children both to will and to do that which pleases God.

No two life-journeys are the same for we all face our own particular problems, disappointments, and challenges, and we are all equipped with our own unique God-given abilities, gifts, and graces. But the call of God for all His children is a life that is being conformed into the image and likeness of the Lord Jesus; a life that is seeking to live godly in Christ Jesus, until it is no longer I who live, but Christ Who lives in me: "And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me."

“Let us run the race that is set before us and press on towards the goal of the upward call of God, looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith.”

~ Knowing-Jesus

Indeed, some are openly mocking those who are eagerly awaiting the coming of the Lord Jesus and Peter talks about these people: "Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, 'Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue just as they were from the beginning of creation.'"

We should not let these mockers cause doubts in our hearts that Christ will return and, heaven forbid, we join with them in their mocking chorus. The Bible tells us that Jesus is returning. There will be a day when the wait is over and we will see Him, face to face. Paul encourages us to know the times in which we live: "It is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now, salvation is nearer to us than when we first believed. The night is almost gone, and the day is near."

The scornful scoffers and deriding mockers that belie the fast approaching Day of the Lord, are unaware that every passing moment is not slackness or disinterest on God's part, nor is God's acceptance or indifference towards man's sin, but just another expression of His long-suffering grace and His unwillingness that any should perish, but that all should turn from their sin to Jesus as the substitute offering for their sins and their glorious Savior.

Every day that passes is one more example of God's long-suffering grace towards the children of men.