In My Father’s House

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In My Father’s House

Posted on Jun 16, 2023 in Devotions |

16
Jun '23

Introduction: Three little boys were bragging about their fathers; One said, “my daddy can run faster than your daddy”! Another said, “my daddy is stronger than your daddy”!! The third boy said, “my daddy can beat up your daddy”!!! To which the other boy said, “So WHAT. My MAMA can beat up my Daddy!!!!”

A little girl was asked in Sunday School to explain what the Bible was all about she replied,
God the Father “THOUGHT it “!
God the Son “BROUGHT it”!
God the Holy Spirit “WROUGHT it”!
The devil “FOUGHT it”!
But thank God I “CAUGHT it”!

While not all were blessed to have a loving earthly father (even though this writer was), all who put their faith in the God of the Bible can experience our heavenly FATHER’S PEACE, PRESENCE and POWER.

Just prior to going to the cross to die for the sins of the whole world, Jesus Christ gathered His disciples in the upper room and began to share with them what was about to transpire; i.e. namely the Father’s will for Him and them. Here is what He told them and what it means to us today.
 

1. Our FATHER has a CURE for a TROUBLED HEART! (John 14:1)

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.”

What causes heart trouble?
• loneliness
• selfishness
• sinfulness

The Bible’s ekg shows man has a heart problem. But the great physician gives those who trust in His sacrificial blood a new heart – a transplant. Have you experienced that?
 

2. Our FATHER has a NEW HOME for the citizens of Heaven! (John 14:2)

“In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.”

The word “mansions” is μονή (mon-ay’), which means lodging, dwelling-place, room, or abode.

According to book of Revelation, the NEW JERUSALEM (heaven) is going to be absolutely breathtaking! Listen to the description:

“And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11Having the glory of God…..16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. {approx 1500 miles by 1500 miles x 1500 miles- cube shape} And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. 19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones….21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls…and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass” (Revelation 21).

Even though its splendor and extravagance are indescribable, the Lord JESUS will be its main attraction. Can you imagine? The songwriter put it, “I CAN ONLY IMAGINE”!
 
This is our FATHER’S House.
 

3. Our FATHER knows the HOUR when He will send His Son -Jesus- to come back to earth! (John 14:3)

“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”

In the Olivet discourse recorded in the twenty fourth chapter of Matthew’s gospel, Jesus foretells His disciples what
will happen before, during and after the time of Jacob’s trouble otherwise known as the seven year tribulation.
In regards to His second coming (not the rapture), He lets them know that only His Father knows the hour.

“36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only” (Matthew 24:36).

Among other “SIGNS of the TIME”, we can tell clearly the hour is late. We must be ready. Are you ready for the rapture, which will precede Jesus second coming?
 
Conclusion: These words of Jesus about “Our heavenly FATHER” should give every CHRISTian HOPE. He keeps His PROMISES as we can see from looking back in the past, seeing the present and anticipating the future. Not only does our FATHER knows what is best, but He is also in control; therefore, He knows the time. Will you keep trusting today or perhaps trust Him for the first time?
 
Love y’all,
Dr. Randy Reese