14:10John 14:10

Christ is one with the Father in complete and lasting mutual indwelling, so the words He speaks are not from Himself alone but are the Father's, and the Father dwelling in Him does the works through Him.8T 266.2–5+4 To have seen Christ by faith is to have seen the Father, for He embodies the glory of the Godhead and manifests the character and personality of the invisible God.MH 419.5–420.2+4 He points to that oneness and to works no other man could do — healing the sick, feeding the hungry, raising Lazarus, relieving suffering for the blessing of humanity — as grounds to believe His claim and as secure foundation for faith in the coming trial.RH Jan 7, 1909+4 Spoken in the upper chamber on the night before the crucifixion in answer to Philip, who after long time with Him had not yet discerned His divine character, these words were given to comfort and strengthen the disciples when their faith would be tried by His suffering and death.ST Jan 17, 1878+4 That oneness is also the pattern for believers, who by dependence on God and the indwelling of Christ are to speak His words, do His works, and reveal the Father's character in lives united with Christ.SC 75.1–2+4

The saying was given in the upper chamber on the night before the crucifixion, alone with the eleven after Judas had left.MH 419.5–420.2+2 It was spoken with divine love and tenderest sympathy before telling of approaching separation, pointing first to the great object of His mission kept ever before Him and to His joy that all His humiliation and suffering would glorify the Father's name.DA 662.1 His hour of trial was nearing and a cruel death lay just before Him, and this instruction came before leading them toward the Mount of Olives.MH 419.5–420.2+2

It was Christ's answer to Thomas and Philip about knowing the way to where He goes, declaring Himself the way, the truth, and the life through whom alone anyone comes to the Father.ST Jan 17, 1878+2 Philip's request for another sign showed he had not yet understood, and the reply exposed failure to discern His divine character even after long time with Him.ST Jan 17, 1878+2 His human appearance veiled His divinity, but His words and works revealed the Father to those with spiritual perception.ST Jan 17, 1878+1

The words were spoken for the disciples as comfort and consolation, bringing encouragement, peace, hope, and assurance of God's deep love.Lt 144, 1898, par. 3–4+2 Christ knew how severely their faith and courage would be tried by temptation and trial, by His suffering and death, and by trials to come to His church through unconverted believers, and He desired to strengthen them to endure without failing.MH 419.5–420.2+2 They were meant to awaken from indifference to live by faith and share truth with others, and to help them remember His love in their work and counsel.Lt 84, 1907, par. 11+1 They are so simple that all, even children, may understand them, yet the disciples could not comprehend them because they were contrary to their wishes and desires, and they will bring to the true believer strength and assurance as long as time shall last.Ms 71, 1902, par. 5–8

The verse belongs to Christ's instruction in John 13 through 17, named with John 6 and John 14 through 16, which only the Son of God could give.Ms 45, 1890, par. 21–24+2 That instruction plainly expresses God's will for His people and contains the divine antidote for the sin of the whole world.RH Jun 18, 1901+1 It teaches the great process by which believers are made one with Christ in this present life to be one with Him through eternity, so that His life is in them and they have eternal life even though they may die.RH Jun 18, 1901 It gives important lessons about faith and love and warns against letting the world absorb the heart.Ms 45, 1890, par. 21–24 It teaches the obedience required of God's sons and daughters, with keeping His commandments as love shown and as the Bible's test for those who have received the privilege of light.Lt 23, 1900, par. 2+1 It specifies duties by Christ as Substitute and Surety that bear divine credentials that God gave His Son so believers should not perish, and living out that instruction cures dissension, produces unity with one another and with Christ, forms an impregnable wall against Satan, and enables standing the test in the shaking time.RH Jun 18, 1901

The chapter's meaning is more fully understood when the Holy Spirit writes and applies the Word in the heart and reshapes the mind, rather than through reading its words alone.Lt 144, 1898, par. 3–4+1 It teaches the right kind of faith that believes the promises of God are yea and Amen in Christ, which must be cultivated under every circumstance and brought into practical life by believing Christ is the only Saviour.Ms 112, 1898, par. 1 It presents God's manifest love in that when people draw near to God He draws near to them and whoever takes a step toward Jesus is met by His advance.Lt 97, 1893, par. 5

John 14:10 means a mutual, vital, complete and lasting indwelling and oneness in which the Father dwells in Christ and Christ is in the Father.8T 266.2–5+4 The words Christ speaks are not spoken from Himself independently or alone but are the Father's, not originating independently of the Father.8T 266.2–5+4 The Father dwelling in Him does the works and works through Him, so that Christ's words and works reveal that He is in the Father and the Father is in Him.8T 266.2–5+4 This unity grounds assurance that His promised presence and work continue with His followers.ST Nov 18, 1897

Christ lived and acted in dependence on God and in perfect harmony with the Father, not acting independently.ST Jan 17, 1878+3 Of Himself He could do nothing, speaking no words of Himself and doing no works of Himself, and all power and glory is of God.Ms 23, 1898, par. 12+1 His human appearance veiled His divinity, but His words and works revealed the Father to those with spiritual perception.ST Jan 17, 1878 His human life was united with divine power so that while living among people He reached the throne of the Infinite through His divine nature.Ms 169, 1902, par. 49–51

The Son is one with the Father while remaining distinct in His own person.Ms 58, 1900, par. 33–36 Christ speaks in His own name, yet His authority is also the Father's, and the Father dwells in Him.Ms 58, 1900, par. 33–36 This unity was true when Christ spoke the law at Sinai and continued after He assumed humanity.Ms 58, 1900, par. 33–36 His plans were made with the Father before the foundation of the world.Ms 23, 1898, par. 17 His union with the Father makes Him the appointed meeting place where God and humanity are united and commune, through whom people can know God more fully.Ms 7, 1898, par. 13–16

Christ represents the Father, for the Father dwells in the Son and the Son is in the Father in mutual indwelling, so that His words are not spoken independently from Himself but are the Father's and the works are done by the Father dwelling in Him.MH 419.5–420.2+4 He is the embodiment of the glory of the Godhead and the image of God, the express image of His Father's person, manifesting to human sight the personality and character of the invisible God.MH 419.5–420.2+1 To have seen Christ is to have seen the Father, and to know Christ by faith is to know the Father, for His words and works reveal His divine mission and give reason to believe in that union.RH Jan 7, 1909+3 This was declared as the answer to Thomas and Philip about knowing the way to where He goes, that He is the way, the truth, and the life through whom alone any come to the Father.Ms 75, 1912, par. 3–7 His ministry of healing the sick and feeding the multitude with compassion displayed the Father's works in Him as grounds for belief.RH Jan 7, 1909

Seeing the Father through Christ is by faith, not by beholding God in an external bodily form.Ms 41, 1897, par. 14–20 God made Himself known by taking human nature in His Son, and in the person of His only begotten Son the God of heaven stooped to human nature.ST Jul 3, 1907+1 The light of the knowledge of the glory of God is to be beheld in the face of Jesus Christ, who gives a fuller revelation of God than nature, which alone cannot be accepted as God.Ms 92, 1898, par. 3–4 Christ's works, including raising Lazarus, show the Father at work through Him and provide convincing evidence of His divinity, giving faith a secure foundation in God to endure the coming trial of His suffering and death.Ms 41, 1897, par. 14–20 Knowing God savingly means knowing the truth as revealed in Jesus.ST Jul 3, 1907

Christ's words and works reveal the Father dwelling in Him, showing the Father's true character and divine glory.ST Sep 26, 1895+4 His compassion, tenderness, and love toward people are the Father's own attributes, and His teachings of grace, promises of joy, and loving deeds come from the Father.ST Sep 26, 1895+1 His words and deeds of mercy, compassion, and love show what the Father is like, revealing His love, mercy, power and glory.ST Dec 12, 1895+2 The grace, joy, love, and divine appeal seen in Christ come from the Father, making Him the perfect representation and perfect revelation of the Father's character.ST Aug 20, 1894+1 Knowing Jesus is thus how people can know what the Father is like.ST Dec 12, 1895+1

The verse proves that God the Father has a personality just as truly as Christ has.10MR 114.2 Christ's unity with the Father reveals the Father to the disciples.8T 266.2–5 His union with the Father makes Him the appointed meeting place where God and humanity are united and commune, so that through Christ people can know God more fully.Ms 7, 1898, par. 13–16 In Christ the invisible God is revealed, for the Father is in the Son and the Son is in the Father.Ms 7, 1898, par. 13–16

The works done through Christ are the Father's own works, for the Father dwelling in Him does them, and Christ points to this indwelling oneness as the ground for belief, calling for belief in His relation to the Father or belief for the very works' sake.Lt 84, 1907, par. 5–7+4 His words are not spoken from Himself independently or alone but are the Father's, and His authority and command of heaven's treasures also show His oneness with God.Lt 84, 1907, par. 5–7+3 The Father's works were seen in His ministry in healing the sick and feeding the multitude, and these works give evidence for believing that the Father is in Christ.RH Jan 7, 1909+2

The feeding of the hungry multitude illustrates those works, done with compassion and without seeking personal exaltation.Ms 101, 1908, par. 5–7+1 Raising Lazarus likewise shows the Father at work through Him.Ms 41, 1897, par. 14–20 Every miracle He performed was a sign of His divinity, doing the very work foretold of the Messiah for the blessing of humanity by relieving suffering.DA 406.3–4 He did works no other man had done or could do, including miracles and healing that restored God's moral image in people.Ms 38, 1898, par. 23

The greatest significance of His miracles is that they blessed humanity, and the highest evidence that He came from God is that His life revealed the character of God.DA 406.3–4 Such a life doing the works and speaking the words of God is the greatest of all miracles.DA 406.3–4 His works show He is divine and reveal the Father, providing sound and convincing evidence of His divine mission and grounds for believing His claim about His relation to the Father.Ms 41, 1897, par. 14–20+3 Belief in this connection and in the evidence of His works gives faith a secure foundation in God, so it can endure the coming trial of His suffering and death.Ms 41, 1897, par. 14–20

The disciples did not yet understand this teaching, but at Pentecost the Holy Spirit made its meaning clearer, though their knowledge of God remained partial until the conflict is ended and faithful workers see Him face to face.ST May 19, 1909 After the resurrection they would understand the complete and lasting union and know that, though Christ would be absent after His ascension, they could still know Him by faith and trust His continuing loving interest.Ms 41, 1897, par. 39–40

The Jewish leaders with heartless indifference to suffering and with selfishness and oppression that had caused much of the affliction He relieved rejected this greatest miracle as an offense and reproach and refused the very evidence of His divine character.DA 406.3–4 The people who saw works no other man could do refused Him and killed Him because lack of piety and His humble appearance kept them from recognizing the Prince of life.Ms 38, 1898, par. 23

The verse is precious promise and precious light, joined to the truth that He is the way, the truth, and the life through whom alone anyone comes to the Father, with the assurance that believers will do His works and greater works because He goes to the Father.Ms 188, 1903, par. 1–3+1 Those who believe thus become laborers together with God, while Christ intercedes in heaven, takes the sins of sincere and contrite praying ones so they stand innocent before the Father, and fills their hearts with the light of truth and love.Ms 28, 1901, par. 13–14 It grounds confidence that God will do more than can be asked or thought, so believers should stop doubting and by faith unlock God's storehouse and show Christ's compassion in larger measure.Lt 97, 1895, par. 42–44

Christ speaks this question today to His own people as He spoke it to Philip, asking whether after long time with Him they still do not know Him.Lt 108, 1899, par. 21 No one can see Christ as He is unless the truth exerts its sanctifying influence upon the life.Lt 108, 1899, par. 21

Christ's oneness with the Father is the pattern for the believer's oneness with Christ.SC 75.1–2+1 As the Father dwells in Christ and does the works through Him, so Christ's indwelling in believers works in them to enable them to act as He acted.SC 75.1–2+1 By bringing thoughts, desires, inclinations, and appetites into harmony with God, they can be united with Christ and grow up into Him.SC 75.1–2+1

The verse means complete dependence on God in service.Lt 123, 1899, par. 12–13+1 Though the greatest Teacher the world ever knew and the Son of the infinite God, Christ said He spoke nothing of Himself and did nothing of Himself, but the Father dwelling in Him did the works, for of Himself He could do nothing and all power and glory is of God.Lt 123, 1899, par. 12–13+2 His human life was united with divine power so that while living among people He reached the throne of the Infinite through His divine nature, continually receiving instruction, with the Spirit dwelling in Him as the source of His knowledge and power in serving others.Ms 169, 1902, par. 49–51+1 His ministers and workers are to depend on that same Spirit for knowledge and power as they carry on His work, turning from reliance on human judgment to God's wisdom and power and letting the Spirit reshape their minds to understand His teaching with new light.Ms 169, 1902, par. 49–51+1

Because the work of God is so sacred, no one should dare to touch it without the presence of Jesus at the side, but should plead urgently for the heavenly endowment.Lt 123, 1899, par. 12–13+1 This is the pattern for workers ministering to the most hopeless, needy cases, including those who have abused health and lost moral power to control appetite and passion, to work with simplicity and eloquence in personal labor and not merely preaching, ever bearing in mind they are doing service for God.Lt 123, 1899, par. 12–13+1 Christ is the divine foundation of His disciples' ministry, so that their human effort can accomplish the work He gave them only when joined with divine power.RH Nov 4, 1902+1

Believing in Christ is joined to doing one's best and then relying on Him as Saviour and Redeemer, with a faith that works by love and purifies the soul.Ms 130, 1909, par. 4–6+2 Giving all might, power, and glory to Him who loved us and gave Himself for us belongs to this dependence.Ms 43, 1891, par. 22–23+1 The grace of Christ is ready with every provision made, but lack of faith in the human agent hinders, so growth in grace requires living faith and believing fully that Christ is the personal Saviour.Ms 130, 1909, par. 4–6+1

As Christ dwelt in the Father and the Father in Him and did the Father's works, Christians should represent Christ's person and conduct and represent the Father as Christ represented Him.10MR 114.2+1 By doing His works and living His life their lives are to reveal the power of the grace Christ offers to save sinners and will manifest the character and spirit of the Father.10MR 114.2+1 When converted to God, He teaches them to speak His words and do His works.Ms 22, 1892, par. 5–8+1 This shows that God Himself manages His own work and does not trust it to any man, seeing and understanding every movement made in His cause, and that believers are not orphans, because God is a tender, pitiful Father and every believing child is the object of His special care.Ms 22, 1892, par. 5–8+1

This partnership in which Christ's work honors and glorifies God calls believers to work in partnership with Christ and to become laborers together with God.Ms 28, 1901, par. 13–14+1 That partnership calls for faithful, thorough work in everything done by hand or mind.Ms 101, 1908, par. 5–7+1 It includes studying the Word and teaching it simply.Ms 101, 1908, par. 5–7+1 Those who believe will do the works Jesus does and greater works because He goes to the Father, while Christ intercedes in heaven, takes the sins of sincere and contrite praying ones so they stand innocent before the Father, and fills their hearts with the light of truth and love.Ms 28, 1901, par. 13–14+1

This unity means Christ's commandments are not separate from the Father's commandments, so that refusing to obey Christ's words is refusing to obey God's words.Ms 72, 1901, par. 5–6+1 Christ is set as the highest model of perfect obedience to the Word and will of God, revealed in benevolence and meekness, whose example must be kept before us and studied and practiced in life.Ms 72, 1901, par. 5–6+1 By thoroughly doing His revealed will the doctrine is known, and no movement of unsanctified natural temperament divorces the soul from God.Ms 43, 1891, par. 22–23 The sinner must cooperate with God by repenting of sin and coming just as he is without waiting to become good enough, believing on the Lord Jesus Christ as the only One who can make pure and keep pure and holy and obedient.Ms 72, 1901, par. 5–6+1

This unity grounds the disciples' assurance that Christ's promised presence and work will continue with them, for His words are not spoken independently and the works done through Him are the Father's works.ST Nov 18, 1897+1 The verse belongs to Christ's instruction to His disciples before His departure, given to prepare and strengthen them for future trials and temptations and to help them remember His love in their work and counsel.ST Nov 18, 1897+1