John chapter 14. If you have your Bibles, John chapter 14, we're continuing in this series here through the gospel of John, but in particular, we've been looking over the last several weeks at chapters 13 to 17.

Chapters 13 to 17 in the gospel of John are known as the upper room discourse.

This is when Jesus shares a Passover meal with his disciples

in this upper room in some unnamed house in Jerusalem. This will be the last Passover he shares

with his disciples before he's crucified. So this is a very intimate time of just ministering to his disciples.

By the time we get here to chapter 14, Judas has already exited the room.

He is now going to betray Jesus.

He's gathering some troops together of Roman soldiers.

They're going to march to the Garden of Gassimini.

He will betray Jesus with a kiss.

So Judas has departed the scene now, and Jesus is still here having this very tender personal conversation with now the 11 instead of the 12.

And that's what is known now as the upper room discourse, these five chapters 13 to 17.

Well, when we come here to chapter 14, Jesus is going to emphasize a subject that he speaks of through the rest of this discourse more than any other particular topic.

So it's an important topic.

And if you'll notice with me,

John 14, I'll start reading at verse 15. Jesus says this, if you love me, keep my commandments.

And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another helper. Circle that in your Bible's helper.

Some translations, NIV say counselor. If you have King James Bible, it says comforter. So helper, counselor, comforter,

depending on what translation you're reading. He will give you another helper that he may

abide with you forever, the spirit of truth, whom the world cannot

receive because it neither sees him nor knows him, but you know him, for he dwells with you

and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you. So that word helper that I'm

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