Week 14 of 21 · John 14 · Thursday February 18
Do Not Let Your Heart Be Troubled
Jesus calms troubled hearts with Himself: He is preparing a place and will come again, He is the only way to the Father, and to see Him is to see the Father. He will send another Helper, the Spirit of truth, to live in His people. Those who love Him keep His word, and He leaves them His own peace.
“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”John 14:6
MondayRead John 14 twice and mark itMon Feb 15
TuesdayStudy notes and the Observe questionsTue Feb 16
WednesdayInterpret, Weigh the Teachers and ApplyWed Feb 17
Thursday eveningTogether: the film, the worksheet, prayerThu Feb 18
Season 5, Episode 3 · “Woes” (opening scene)“Do not let your heart be troubled… In My Father’s house are many dwelling places” (14:1–3).
Read it against John 14
- Season 5, Episode 8 has Jesus repeat 14:15–16 in Gethsemane. In John those words are spoken in the upper room.
- Thomas’s and Philip’s questions (14:5, 8) and “I am the way, and the truth, and the life” (14:6) are central here. Note what the episode keeps.
- The promise of the Helper, the Holy Spirit (14:16–26), is only briefly touched.
The Chosen is a drama, not Scripture. Watch it to picture the people and places, then test every scene by the text — “examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11). God’s Word is the truth; where the film differs, the Word wins.