John 14:1-5

In order to have peace in a world of chaos and live fearlessly in a world hell bent on destruction you have to believe that God is and that He is a rewarder of those who place their total trust in Him. Through Christ He has given us eternal life and that life is to be lived abundantly honoring Him with the life that we have been given. Fear not for He has not left us alone!

After announcing Judas’s betrayal, His own imminent departure, and Peter’s denial, Jesus told His disciples not to be troubled, but to trust Him. Peter may have failed Jesus, but Christ will not fail to return for Peter and for everyone else who has believed in Him.

believe (Gk. pisteuō) Strong’s #4100: The Greek word for believe literally means “to place one’s trust in another”; it occurs over 90 times in the Gospel of John alone. To believe in Jesus is to believe in His person and to trust in Him completely for salvation. Many of Jesus’ contemporaries believed in Jesus’ miraculous powers, but they would not believe in Jesus Himself. Others wanted to believe in a political Messiah, but would not believe in the One who suffered for their sins. But we must be careful to believe and trust in the Jesus presented in the Scriptures, in the Son of God who sacrificed His life for our sins.

John 14:1-5

14 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. ² In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. ³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. ⁴ And where I go you know, and the way you know.”