Commentary on the Gospel of John

                                   Chapter Fourteen

                                                                                                                                              Verses 22-26

Judas asked Jesus how He would be able to manifest Himself to His believers but not to the world. Judas displayed that tendency  of most humans to believe that reality consists only in that which one can perceive with the five senses.

Jesus taught Judas, and His Church, that in the future they would not be able to see Him in His physical form, but they would be able to see Him with their spiritual eyes as His Spirit indwelt their inner beings. Jesus taught His Church that the invisible spiritual world that He and His Father inhabited happened to be even more real than the physical world.

Jesus further taught His disciples that the Holy Spirit within them would bring all of His teachings to their remembrance that He wanted them to teach His Church. In other words, Jesus authorized the writing of the New Testament. This fact can only mean that whatever Jesus taught His disciples, He also taught His Church.

                                                                                                                                              Verse 27

Jesus gave His disciples, and He has given His Church, a spiritual peace which happens to be far greater than any peace that one can ever feel in the world. This peace is so deep and powerful that it passes all understanding; that is, it cannot be explained in words. Philippians 4:7. Believers will not always feel this peace, but when the Comforter allows the believer to feel this peace, the believer will not be troubled or afraid of anything. This peace will allow the believer saved by grace to know that God will take care of him no matter what happens.