“When troubles, believe in the One you know.”
Sermon Title: COPING WITH BAD NEWS
Scripture Text: JOHN 14:1-6
Sermon Notes:
JOHN 14:1-3 NIV
1 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
JOHN 13:33 NIV
33 My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.
JOHN 13:36 NIV
36 Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.”
I. WHEN TROUBLED, BELIEVE IN THE ONE YOU KNOW
JOHN 14:1 NIV
1 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.
troubled | Greek: tarasso
agitation, trouble (a thing, by the movement of its parts to and fro)
“Believe” has the idea of putting all your weight on something.
“If you believe in Jesus, then live it!”
II. WHEN TROUBLED, BELIEVE WHERE YOU GO
JOHN 14:2-3 NIV
2 In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
JOHN 17:24 NIV
24 Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
“A heaven-mindset reminds us that this world is not our home.”
“A heaven-mindset allows us to travel differently.”
JOHN 14:1-3 NIV
1 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.