The Cure
JESUS: THE ULTIMATE ANSWER Week 3 of 4

This week, make at least one deliberate choice to believe and not be troubled.

Bible Passage
(John 14:1 NIV) "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God ; trust also
in me.
(John 14:2 NIV) In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would
have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
(John 14:3 NIV) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and
take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
(John 14:4 NIV) You know the way to the place where I am going."
(John 14:5 NIV) Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going,
so how can we know the way?"
(John 14:6 NIV) Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No
one comes to the Father except through me.
(John 14:7 NIV) If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From
now on, you do know him and have seen him."
(John 14:8 NIV) Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough
for us."
(John 14:9 NIV) Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have
been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How
can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
(John 14:10 NIV) Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father
is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father,
living in me, who is doing his work.
(John 14:11 NIV) Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father
is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.
(John 14:12 NIV) I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what
I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going
to the Father.
(John 14:13 NIV) And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may
bring glory to the Father.
(John 14:14 NIV) You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Read it
Like the ocean waves on a stormy night, the tide of trouble seemed to rise among
the disciples. In the lamplight of the dinner we now call the Last Supper, their
faces betrayed their hearts. They were confused, distracted, questioning.
Moments before, Jesus had washed their feet, a moving act of service that got
their attention and made them wonder even more about the events swirling in the
darkness outside that upper room. If Jesus hadn't known their hearts, He could
have certainly read their faces.
Jesus saw the symptoms, and He prescribed the cure for troubled hearts. Start
with belief in God that grows into belief in Jesus. This lesson's key verse
gives us two golden action words to understand and apply: "let" and "believe."
These two words anchor a choice that Jesus placed before His disciples and us.
He essentially said, "Let not your heart be troubled; instead, let your heart
believe in Me." That same choice faces us every day. What are we going to let
our hearts be—troubled or believing? Actually, our hearts are going to "be" in
some condition every day. Consider some of the reasons Jesus gave in John 14 to
keep our hearts believing rather than troubled Jesus' identity. What trouble is
greater than God (v. 1)? Jesus' home. What hope is greater than heaven (v. 2)?
Jesus' promise. What promise is greater than Jesus' promise of "a place for you"
(v. 3)? Jesus' company. With whom else would we rather be (v. 3)? Jesus' role.
What other way would we choose than the One who is the Way (v. 6)? Jesus' Word.
Could there be a better life than abiding in the Truth (v. 6)? Jesus' presence.
What life is there beyond the Life, who is Jesus (v. 6)? The world offers
counterfeits to each of Jesus' reasons; but as good and tempting as they may
look, they turn out to be lies. We can't "let our hearts" be anything based on
the way things look. "There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is
the way of death" (Prov. 14:12). We must "let our hearts" believe based on who
Jesus is and what He said. Every time we let our hearts believe rather than be
troubled, we are acknowledging Jesus' presence in our lives.

Consider it
AS YOU READ JOHN 14:1–14, REFLECT ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

Why were the disciples so troubled?

What other reasons to believe rather than be troubled can you find in these
verses?

Which one of these reasons do you find most compelling in facing troubling
times?

Describe the relationship between God the Father and God the Son as these verses
explain it.

Apply it
Identify at least one situation in your life at this moment that will require
you to choose whether to let your heart be troubled or to let your heart
believe. How will you remember to make the choice Jesus wants you to make?

Express it
The disciples were troubled. You may identify deeply with them at this moment.
Perhaps your heart is habitually troubled. Express to God specifically what is
troubling you. Then look at the list of reasons above, and check whether there
are answers there for your troubles. And let your heart believe as you talk with
God.
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Remember it (Please Post this Section to the Bible Study Classroom or Send it to
stewart.cambourn@... )

1. What does Jesus say there are many of in His Father's house?

2. Who said, "Lord, we do not know where You are going"?

3. Who did Philip ask Jesus to show them?

4. According to Jesus, how many ways are there to the Father?

5. Why will Jesus do what we ask in His name?


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Seek it
GO DEEPER INTO YOUR STUDY OF THIS WEEK'S LESSON.

Worry:
Philippians 4:4–7
1 Peter 5:6–7
Trusting God:
Psalm 118:1–9
Isaiah 26:3–4