Oakwood Church
Obey - John 14:12-24
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 PM
“Whoever believes in me will also do the works I do… If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”
John 14:12,15
John 14:12,15
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these he will do because I am going to the Father.”
John 14:12
John 14:12
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these he will do because I am going to the Father.”
John 14:12
John 14:12
Promises from Jesus to Empower Obedience:
1. Answered Prayer: His power is available to accomplish His work
“Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
John 14:13
1. Answered Prayer: His power is available to accomplish His work
“Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
John 14:13
1. Answered Prayer: His power is available to accomplish His work
o You can do greater things because of Jesus’ Intercession
“If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.”
John 14:14
o You can do greater things because of Jesus’ Intercession
“If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.”
John 14:14
Promises from Jesus to Empower Obedience:
2. The Helper’s Presence: His Spirit will always be with you
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper to be with you forever.”
John 14:15-16
2. The Helper’s Presence: His Spirit will always be with you
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper to be with you forever.”
John 14:15-16
2. The Helper’s Presence: His Spirit will always be with you
○ You are never alone because the Holy Spirit Dwells in you forever
“Another Helper to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth… You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.”
John 14:16-17
○ You are never alone because the Holy Spirit Dwells in you forever
“Another Helper to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth… You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.”
John 14:16-17
2. The Helper’s Presence: His Spirit will always be with you
○ You are never alone because the Holy Spirit Dwells in you forever
“The Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.”
John 14:17
○ You are never alone because the Holy Spirit Dwells in you forever
“The Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.”
John 14:17
Promises from Jesus to Empower Obedience:
3. Eternal Life: His return will be your resurrection
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you… Because I live, you also will live.”
John 14:18-19
3. Eternal Life: His return will be your resurrection
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you… Because I live, you also will live.”
John 14:18-19
3. Eternal Life: His return will be your resurrection
○ You have nothing to fear because Jesus is coming back Soon
“Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.”
John 14:18-19
○ You have nothing to fear because Jesus is coming back Soon
“Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.”
John 14:18-19
Promises from Jesus to Empower Obedience:
4. Loving Union: His revelation will show you the Father’s glory
“In that day you will know that I am in my Father and you in me, and I in you.”
John 14:20
4. Loving Union: His revelation will show you the Father’s glory
“In that day you will know that I am in my Father and you in me, and I in you.”
John 14:20
4. Loving Union: His revelation will show you the Father’s glory
○ You can rejoice because you know God and are loved in Christ
“Whoever has my commands and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
John 14:21
○ You can rejoice because you know God and are loved in Christ
“Whoever has my commands and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
John 14:21
4. Loving Union: His revelation will show you the Father’s glory
○ You can rejoice because you know God and are loved in Christ
“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him and we will come to him and make our home with him.”
John 14:23
○ You can rejoice because you know God and are loved in Christ
“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him and we will come to him and make our home with him.”
John 14:23
4. Loving Union: His revelation will show you the Father’s glory
○ You can rejoice because you know God and are loved in Christ
“Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.”
John 14:24
○ You can rejoice because you know God and are loved in Christ
“Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.”
John 14:24
Promises from Jesus to Empower Obedience:
1. Answered Prayer: His power is available to accomplish His work
2. The Helper’s Presence: His Spirit will always be with you
3. Eternal Life: His return will be your resurrection
4. Loving Union: His revelation will show you the Father’s glory
1. Answered Prayer: His power is available to accomplish His work
2. The Helper’s Presence: His Spirit will always be with you
3. Eternal Life: His return will be your resurrection
4. Loving Union: His revelation will show you the Father’s glory