"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going."
Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."
Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us."
Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father living in me, or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Cannot you see? This magnificent earth we live upon and the infinite stars, galaxies, and the space around us are but one room in our Father's house. We cannot envisage in our physical minds the totality of this statement. But we can know that it must be infinite and glorious as is our Father.
He is the way and the truth and the life. How powerful. How simple. No one comes to our Father except through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, King of Kings, Lord of Lords.
"Don't you know me, Philip..." Truly he was God come to earth in human form. There is no hesitation in his answers. He speaks with such authority, such all-knowingness, absolute confidence in His manner. This is no madman...one day excited...one day depressed. He is the same today, yesterday, and tomorrow. Do we really believe? Do we really have faith? Do we need His love? We must have faith in Him and ask in His name, and you shall truly have it all...eternal life. He did not say this life would be easy. We must go forth as an army armed with His love to conquer and rescue our brothers and sisters in need. What armies with the most advanced weapons cannot do, we can do armed with His divine love. We must gather in our Father's children.We must begin now.
Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."
Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us."
Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father living in me, or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Cannot you see? This magnificent earth we live upon and the infinite stars, galaxies, and the space around us are but one room in our Father's house. We cannot envisage in our physical minds the totality of this statement. But we can know that it must be infinite and glorious as is our Father.
He is the way and the truth and the life. How powerful. How simple. No one comes to our Father except through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, King of Kings, Lord of Lords.
"Don't you know me, Philip..." Truly he was God come to earth in human form. There is no hesitation in his answers. He speaks with such authority, such all-knowingness, absolute confidence in His manner. This is no madman...one day excited...one day depressed. He is the same today, yesterday, and tomorrow. Do we really believe? Do we really have faith? Do we need His love? We must have faith in Him and ask in His name, and you shall truly have it all...eternal life. He did not say this life would be easy. We must go forth as an army armed with His love to conquer and rescue our brothers and sisters in need. What armies with the most advanced weapons cannot do, we can do armed with His divine love. We must gather in our Father's children.We must begin now.
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