Come to the Father

Most people think that there is something that seperates us from God. Jesus Christ took away everything that is between us and God, by paying for our sins.

John 1414:1 DO NOT let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me.
14:2 In My Father's house there are many dwelling places (homes). If it were not so, I would have told you; for I am going away to prepare a place for you.

These dwelling places are like rooms. The King James version says Mansions, which simply means dwelling places. God is not building us big houses in heaven. Neither is He going to kill you when our supposed big house is finally finished. What does He mean with preparing a place? He went in as a forerunner (Heb6:20) into the Holy of Holies. He went in with His own blood, paying for our sins, and so making restitution for us with the Father. Jesus went in with His own blood, and paved the way for us, paid our debts ahead of time, so that we can enter without guilt, and have fellowship with the Father. So we have a dwelling place in the house of the Father, which is in heaven, while we are still alive. We can have fellowship with the Father, because Jesus has reconciled us with the Father.

In John 10 Jesus said 10:9 I am the Door; anyone who enters in through Me will be saved (will live). He will come in and he will go out [freely], and will find pasture.
10:10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).

14:3 And when (if) I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also.
14:4 And [to the place] where I am going, you know the way.
14:5 Thomas said to Him, Lord, we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?
14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.
14:7 If you had known Me [had learned to recognize Me], you would also have known My Father. From now on, you know Him and have seen Him.
14:8 Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father [cause us to see the Father-that is all we ask]; then we shall be satisfied.
14:9 Jesus replied, Have I been with all of you for so long a time, and do you not recognize and know Me yet, Philip? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say then, Show us the Father?

Jesus was sent from heaven, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1). The Son of God was manifested on the earth. He dwelt on the earth and in heaven simultaneously.
John 3:13 And yet no one has ever gone up to heaven, but there is One Who has come down from heaven-the Son of Man [Himself], Who is (dwells, has His home) in heaven.

He was one with the Father, and only did what He saw His Father doing
John5:19 So Jesus answered them by saying, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the Son is able to do nothing of Himself (of His own accord); but He is able to do only what He sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father does is what the Son does in the same way [in His turn].

So Jesus did the works of the Father, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said: you know the way, I am the Way the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me. People could not see the Father, but they could see the works of the Father through Jesus, and in that way, Jesus made the Father known.

John 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in Me? What I am telling you I do not say on My own authority and of My own accord; but the Father Who lives continually in Me does the (His) works (His own miracles, deeds of power).
14:11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me; or else believe Me for the sake of the [very] works themselves. [If you cannot trust Me, at least let these works that I do in My Father's name convince you.]
14:12 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father.

If we realise that Jesus Christ is the Way to the Father, and that He is one with the Father, and that we are now one with Him and in Him, we can do all things, because Jesus is now with the Father. How do we have fellowship with the Father? Through Jesus, the Way, the Door. Through believing the cross of Christ. The Gospel is the power of God unto Salvation, and makes us able to do the works of the Father, because we have fellowship with the Father, through Jesus.

John 14:13 And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son.
14:14 [Yes] I will grant [I Myself will do for you] whatever you shall ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM].
14:15 If you [really] love Me, you will keep (obey) My commands.

These commands are the Words of Christ. Keep them in your heart. These commands are not the dictates of the Law that one normally would try to do.

14:16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever-
14:17 The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you [constantly] and will be in you.
14:18 I will not leave you as orphans [comfortless, desolate, bereaved, forlorn, helpless]; I will come [back] to you.
14:19 Just a little while now, and the world will not see Me any more, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.

This little while is not 2000+ years. It is not the second coming. This little while is the three days of Christ's suffering, death and resurrection.

14:20 At that time [when that day comes] you will know [for yourselves] that I am in My Father, and you [are] in Me, and I [am] in you.
14:21 The person who has My commands and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I [too] will love him and will show (reveal, manifest) Myself to him. [I will let Myself be clearly seen by him and make Myself real to him.]
14:22 Judas, not Iscariot, asked Him, Lord, how is it that You will reveal Yourself [make Yourself real] to us and not to the world?
14:23 Jesus answered, If a person [really] loves Me, he will keep My word [obey My teaching]; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home (abode, special dwelling place) with him.

We receive the Word, so that the Word can become flesh in us. We receive the Holy Spirit by believing the message of the Gospel (Gal3:1-3). He has sent the comforter, and we start experiencing that by the Holy Spirit Who comes when we believe the Gospel.

14:24 Anyone who does not [really] love Me does not observe and obey My teaching. And the teaching which you hear and heed is not Mine, but [comes] from the Father Who sent Me.
14:25 I have told you these things while I am still with you.
14:26 But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you.
14:27 Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]

John 15:1 I AM the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.
15:2 Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit [that stops bearing] He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit.
15:3 You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you [the teachings I have discussed with you].
15:4 Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me.
15:5 I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.
15:6 If a person does not dwell in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken-off] branch, and withers; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and they are burned.
15:7 If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.
15:8 When you bear (produce) much fruit, My Father is honored and glorified, and you show and prove yourselves to be true followers of Mine.

We need to realise that we are in Christ. 2 Cor 5:17 says 5:17 Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!

The Old is the law and the Prophets that Testify about Jesus Christ. Jesus came and fulfilled it. The New is the new life in Christ, in the Holy Spirit, and the Spirit in us, which is a life full of the works of the Father, that we can only do by the power of the Holy Spirit in the Name of His Son Jesus Christ.

We need to realise that we have died with Christ, and have been resurrected with Him (Rom6). We need to realise that if we believe the Word, we dwell in Him and He in us. If He dwells in us, we can do all things, because we have fellowship with the Father.

Revelation 21:3 Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of God is with men, and He will live (encamp, tent) among them; and they shall be His people, and God shall personally be with them and be their God.
21:4 God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away.
21:5 And He Who is seated on the throne said, See! I make all things new. Also He said, Record this, for these sayings are faithful (accurate, incorruptible, and trustworthy) and true (genuine).
21:6 And He [further] said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I [Myself] will give water without price from the fountain (springs) of the water of Life.
21:7 He who is victorious shall inherit all these things, and I will be God to him and he shall be My son.

Rom 8:37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.

1John 5:4 For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith.
5:5 Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on that fact]?

Rom8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
8:15 For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!
8:16 The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.

We are God's children. We are the sons of God. We are those that conquer through faith in Him. He lives in us. We show Him to the world through His works that are done in us. We have access to the Father, to the Holy of Holies, through the blood and the broken flesh body of Christ. Our fellowship with Him, with His love, make us to be able to do all things.

Heb10:17 He then goes on to say, And their sins and their lawbreaking I will remember no more.
10:18 Now where there is absolute remission (forgiveness and cancellation of the penalty) of these [sins and lawbreaking], there is no longer any offering made to atone for sin.
10:19 Therefore, brethren, since we have full freedom and confidence to enter into the [Holy of] Holies [by the power and virtue] in the blood of Jesus,
10:20 By this fresh (new) and living way which He initiated and dedicated and opened for us through the separating curtain (veil of the Holy of Holies), that is, through His flesh,
10:21 And since we have [such] a great and wonderful and noble Priest [Who rules] over the house of God,
10:22 Let us all come forward and draw near with true (honest and sincere) hearts in unqualified assurance and absolute conviction engendered by faith (by that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), having our hearts sprinkled and purified from a guilty (evil) conscience and our bodies cleansed with pure water.
10:23 So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word.
10:24 And let us consider and give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up (stimulate and incite) to love and helpful deeds and noble activities.

I pray that the Lord Jesus Christ will show Himself to you. I pray that you will realise that you are in Christ, and that Christ is in you, and that you are therefore in the Father, and the Father in you.

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17:19 And so for their sake and on their behalf I sanctify (dedicate, consecrate) Myself, that they also may be sanctified (dedicated, consecrated, made holy) in the Truth.
17:20 Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching,
17:21 That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me.
17:22 I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one:
17:23 I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me.

Bless you