“IT IS ENOUGH FOR US!”

 John 14:8-11                    (ESV)

[8] Philip said to HIM, “LORD, SHOW US THE FATHER, and “IT IS ENOUGH FOR US”.” [9] JESUS said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and YOU STILL DO NOT KNOW ME, Philip? Whoever has seen ME has seen the FATHER. How can you say, ‘Show us the FATHER’? [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 on MY OWN authority, but the FATHER WHO dwells in ME does HIS works. [11] Believe ME that I am in the FATHER and the FATHER is in ME, or else believe on account of the works themselves.”

Do you remember ever having someone in your life question your belief (or disbelief) in a subject that you SHOULD HAVE had been made aware of beforehand???  

THE LORD was in the midst of explaining to HIS Disciples WHO HE was in detail when Philip asked to be shown the FATHER, and “IT IS ENOUGH FOR US”!  Philip may have been speaking for others without cleaning it with them first, but to claim “IT IS ENOUGH FOR US” was pretty declarative.  Knowing that EVERYONE who could hear what he heard could not necessarily have their EYES OPENED  to understand that JESUS CHRIST and THE HEAVENLY FATHER are/were the same (John 10:30)!  

JESUS had just said to Thomas in John 14:6 “I AM THE WAY, and THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE.”  Now HE is telling HIS Disciples that HE is a PART of the HOLY TRINITY and that when they saw HIM they were SEEING HIS FATHER!  Their finite minds had to be OPENED to SEE the TRUTH, or they would not be able to COMPREHEND what JESUS was try to tell them!

HIS Disciples (with the exception of John) were ALL required to end their physical lives earlier than most because of who they were and what they Believed!  What if “IT IS ENOUGH FOR US” really meant that they were going to be willing to die for JESUS?  Knowing that JESUS CHRIST was willing to lay down HIS LIFE for them, AND RECLAIM THAT LIFE THREE DAYS LATER, probably gave them the ability to say “IT IS ENOUGH FOR US”!!!