John's writing is simple because he was just a net-mender. However, his writing is profound because he fully experienced God in a subjective way. John 14 demonstrates this.
What does 14:6 mean? Jesus said to him, I am the way and the reality and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me. Is it a human language?
How about 14:10? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak from Myself, but the Father who abides in Me does His work. What is this?
John 14:20 is really confusing. In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. Who is in whom?
Many Bible readers just scratch their heads and skip this chapter. In fact, this is one of the most crucial chapters in the Bible. Read this chapter prayerfully and carefully with the help of the footnotes in the Recovery Version. Don't read it with your limited mind, enjoy it with your spirit contacting the Comforter who is the Holy Spirit (John 14:26). If you are open and soft toward Him, He will teach you all things (John 14:26, First John 2:27).
May the Lord bless you with His sweet presence and His divine speaking within your spirit. If God can use John, He can use you and me. Amen.
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