'He that believeth on me....'

Joh 14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 

Joh 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 

Joh 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? 

Joh 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 

Joh 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. 

Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 

Joh 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 

Joh 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

"Believe me"

"He that believeth on me"

If you believe in someone that means they are a reality to you. You can't believe in something that is not reality to you. If you say you believe in fairies that means you believe in their reality. Are fairies real? No. However angels are real and they minister to us. People who believe in things that aren't real- such as the sun being green and the moon being made of cheese- they are called delusional.

My son and I recently watched a movie called- 'A Case for Christ.'  It is a bit old fashioned, but overall a good movie. As the title reveals someone is going to make a case for Christ and His existing, His reality. A husband is very upset when his wife turns to religion after they establish a marriage without any religion at all. The husband sets out to prove Christ did not rise from the dead, if he can prove this then the whole Christian religion falls apart. He goes to great lengths to prove his case 'against' Christ, and ends up not succeeding.  There is just too much evidence for Christ and the fact He rose from the dead. 

There are quite a few people who do not believe Christ rose from the dead, they call him fictional or merely a prophet, a teacher but that He didn't rise from the dead.

One quote from the movie which actually written by C.S. Lewis-

'Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance.'

In the verses above our Savior is talking about believing and how incredibly important it is to believe.

Joh 14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 

Joh 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 

Joh 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? 

Joh 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 

Joh 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. 

Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 

Joh 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 

Joh 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

We must believe that Jesus is in the Father, and the father in Him, that the very words Jesus speaks are not of Himself but of the Father in Him, it's the Father that does the works Jesus performs.

How is it possible for someone to perform the work of another? We see it all the time don't we? We have no trouble at all watching actors and actresses as they perform the work of another. We know the actor is acting out the actions another has written down, we've no trouble comprehending how that is done. Not all actors can be script writers themselves, they must have another write down what they are going to do. Taking this sort of analogy  we have to be able to comprehend that our Savior was letting the Father work through Him. There was no script to follow, Jesus wasn't an actor to God's script writing, but rather a Son knowing the Father's will and doing that will. A Son who knew that He had given up His divinity to take on flesh, lowering Himself, taking on the form of a slave.

Php 2:5  For think this within you, which mind was also in Christ Jesus, 

Php 2:6  who subsisting in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, 

Php 2:7  but emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, having become in the likeness of men 

Php 2:8  and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, having become obedient until death, even the death of a cross. (LITV)

Jesus had to rely on the power of the Father working in Him, all He did He was able to do through the Father and it was very important people knew and understood this fact.

We through our Savior are able to live our lives as He wills, all we do for Him, He will give us the power to do and all this because of the Father!

Jesus wants us to pray to the Father and we do- in Jesus' name and the FATHER is glorified in the SON.

We choose to believe, by the grace of our Savior, we believe and ask Him to help any unbelief in us changing it all to belief!

All through His love and mercy! By the Father, through the Son, of the Holy Spirit, now and forever!!!!!!!