Jesus answered, 'Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will make our home with them' — the answer moves from the individual to the communal: those who love Jesus and keep his word become the dwelling place of Father and Son. The promise "we will make our home with them" (poiēsomen monēn) echoes the earlier promise that the Father's house has many rooms; now Jesus reveals that the disciples' hearts, kept and transformed by obedience and love, become the Father's dwelling. God's ultimate home is not a distant heaven but the hearts of those who love Jesus.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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