Sermon Tone Analysis

Chapter 13-14

Preparation for When Christ Leaves

Christ is trying to prepare his disciples emotionally for his death and what it will mean for them in the positive while they deal with the negatives of the natural emotions that are associated with death and even the feelings of defeat

Continuing with the Upper room discourse

It starts out with a statement of intimacy

Don’t have a heavy heart Believe (Have Faith/Trust) in God and Believe (Have Faith/Trust) in Me

(The Faith Walk) II 5:7 (Expound)

In my Father’s House are Many Rooms

I am preparing a place for You

I wouldn’t say this unless it were true

When the time comes, I will come a get you

You should now how to get to me

Thomas Question?

How can we know the Way

Jesus Answer : I am the Way, The Truth & the Life

The Way: Gk (odos) road, direction, the path

The Truth: Gk(aletheia) correct, true, genuine, authentic, dependable, real/reality

The Life: Gk (Zoe) life physically, life substance, and Life Transcendence

Basically, this statement is saying, I am correct/true path that leads to a transcendent life

The Father and Jesus are interrelated as one

So then they only way to the live in intimate residence with Father is to have intimate residence relationship with the Son

The Signs of Truth Belief

Doing the Same Works that Jesus Did

What does asking in Jesus name mean in context to all of scripture?

To ask in someone’s name is to ask according to the Character, Power and Authority of that Person; It has the idea of asking what the person would have wanted if they had asked themselves.