The Gospel
John 14:15-21
Jesus said, ”If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.
”I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”
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Jesus promises not to leave us alone. He does so for good reason. Remember that he knows us better than do we ourselves. Left to ourselves, we will mess things up.
Only note that Jesus does not promise to stay with us in order to keep us from messing up. He longs to be with us because of the great love he has for us. The love of God is shown us in Jesus, who desires to be with us. There are hardly words to express the warmth and gratitude that this should cause in our hearts.
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