If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.
Most men know they are unworthy to approach God, yet they rush forward anyway, rashly and haughtily, then scramble afterward to find excuses. Christ repeats this once more: pray to the Father in His name alone. He lays His hand on us so we do not waste our strength seeking other intercessors.
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Christ repeats this to strengthen His disciples' faith in the matter. Whatever they ask in His name, calling upon it, pleading His merits, His blood, His righteousness, if it accords with God's will and His glory, He will do it for them, absent as well as present.
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The disciples feared abandonment when Christ departed, but He clothed them with power sufficient to sustain them. In His name they would do the very works He did: heal the sick, raise the dead, convert sinners. His departure would not stop the work; it would be carried on as vigorously as ever.
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Commenting on John 14:12-14