John 14:15

"If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it."

Key Reflection

In John 14:15, Jesus emphasizes the importance of keeping His commandments and living according to His teachings. This verse reflects the close relationship between Jesus and His disciples, where obedience is intertwined with prayer and trust in God’s will. By stating that if they ask anything in His name, He will do it, Jesus underscores the power of their unity and the effectiveness of prayer when grounded in faith and adherence to His instructions.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 15. If ye love me. Do not show your love by grief at my departure merely, or by profession, but by obedience. Keep my commandments. This is the only proper evidence of love to Jesus, for mere profession is no proof of love; but that love for him which leads us to do all his will, to love each other, to deny ourselves, to take up our cross, and to follow him through evil report and through good report, is true attachment. The evidence which we have that a child loves its parents is when that child is willing, without hesitation, gainsaying, or murmuring, to do all that the parent requires him to do.

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