June 12, 2025
Pentecost - Part 4
John 14:28-29
06/12/2025
28 You heard me say to you, `I am going away, and I
will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have
rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for
the Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have told you before it takes place, so
that when it does take place you may believe.
(ESV)
On the night that Jesus was betrayed He prepared the
disciples for His death, resurrection, and ascension. He
promised to send the Holy Spirit who brings all the words Jesus
taught to remembrance, even these parting words of comfort.
Jesus said:
You heard me say to you, `I am going away, and I will
come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced,
because I am going to the Father, for the Father is
greater than I. And now I have told you before it
takes place, so that when it does take place you may
believe.
Jesus first went away from the disciples as He lay in the
tomb following His crucifixion. He came back to them on Easter,
proclaiming the forgiveness of sins and commissioning the
disciples to spread the peace which comes from His death and
resurrection. These are the words of comfort of which the Holy
Spirit reminds the Church, the promise that Jesus will come
again.
Although Jesus is truly God, He humbled Himself to be born
of the virgin Mary, suffer under Pontius Pilate, be crucified,
die, and be buried. In His humility, Jesus truly placed Himself
under the Father's will for our salvation from sin and eternal
death.
From the Gospel accounts, we do see that the disciples did
not at first believe the words of comfort Jesus spoke. Only
after He was risen from the dead, only after the Holy Spirit came
to them, did they truly have faith. Only after Pentecost did the
disciples boldly proclaim the truth that Jesus is Lord and
Savior.
May our Lord's words of comfort bring you peace as you trust
in His promise to return in glory. Amen.