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Jesus Wants More Than a Visit

In John 14:19-23, Jesus is preparing His disciples for what is coming.


He tells them that soon the world will no longer see Him, but they will see Him. He is going away from human sight. He is going to the cross. He is going to die. But death will not be the end. He will rise again. Then Jesus tells them something even deeper: “When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.”


Jesus is revealing union.


He is not just saying, “I will be near you.” He is saying, “You will be in Me, and I will be in you.”

This could not happen until after the cross and resurrection. Jesus had to die for sin, defeat death, rise again, and make the way for us to be brought into perfect union with Him by the Spirit.


Then Jesus says, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them.”


That is the reality Jesus wanted them to know, and it is the reality He wants us to know.


He does not just want to visit your life. He wants to make His home in you.


Once we are in union with Christ, everything changes.

  • If Christ is in me, I am never alone.

  • If Christ is in me, temptation is not my master.

  • If Christ is in me, I can pray with confidence.

  • If Christ is in me, my past is not my identity.

  • If Christ is in me, I can overcome.

  • If Christ is in me, what can I not accomplish?


But Jesus also makes something clear. Love is not just a feeling. Love has allegiance. Love obeys.


Love responds. Love does what He says.

Jesus wants all of our allegiance. He died for it.


Disciples do not pick and choose which parts of Jesus they want. Disciples accept and obey.

Jesus did not come only to save you from your sins, although that is where it starts. Jesus came to bring you into union with Himself.


So the question is not just, “Do I believe in Jesus?” The question is...

  • “Where have I stepped out?”

  • Where have I resisted His voice?

  • Where have I withheld obedience?

  • Where have I lived like I am alone when Christ has made His home in me?


Jesus wants more than a visit.

He wants union.



 
 
 

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