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Let’s continue reading and find out why. Beginning again with John 16:7, “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter [or Helper] will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.” Now, verses 13-15: “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.” Then in verses 22-25: "And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father." Notice in these statements how Jesus connected knowing the Father with the joy of The LORD. He knows that joy is the result of the Father being revealed. And when joy rises, there is strength (Nehemiah 8:10). So, how are we going to know and understand the Father? Philip asked Jesus this very question. He said, “How are you going to show us the Father?” And Jesus replied, “If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father.” To get a revelation of the Father, you need to look at Jesus. The LORD spoke to Oral Roberts several years ago and said, 'You'll know Me better than you know any man if you will read Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and the book of Acts three times in 30 days, and do it on your knees.' And 30 days later Brother Roberts said, “I know Jesus Christ of Nazareth more intimately than any person on earth.” Jesus revealed Himself to Brother Roberts in and through The WORD of God. When he saw Jesus, he saw the Father. You can come to know Him in that same way. Jesus has made that promise to everyone who keeps His WORD. In John 14:21-23 He says, “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest [or reveal] myself to him...If a man love me, he will keep my words.” God's fundamental method of revealing Himself is through The WORD. “And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full” (1 John 1:4). If you will purposely search The WORD of God for a revelation of Jesus and a revelation of the Father, the joy of The LORD will arise in your heart. And if you will stay with it, there is no condition of the body, no mental condition, no spiritual condition, no social situation, no political problem that will be able to keep you down. People every day are searching for this kind of victory and strength. They seek it everywhere except where it can really be found—in The WORD of God, fellowshiping with Jesus and the Father. God also reveals Himself through the gifts of the Spirit. Didn’t Jesus say that the Spirit was coming to reveal the Father? So, that means that when the Spirit manifests Himself, the Father is revealed. ***KC continues on next page*** *****ADVERTISEMENT******* Kingdom Health/Wealth/Harvest Conference: Feb. 19-21 Waco Convention Center 100 Washington Ave. Waco, TX 76701 | 1-254-486-2999 Free registration For more information, go to JeremyLaBorde.com. Speakers: Marty Copeland Ken Harbaum Jerry Savelle Dr. David Robinson Jeremy LaBorde Speaker Schedule: Wed., 7 p.m. Jerry Savelle Thu., 10 a.m. Marty Copeland / Dr. David Robinson Thu., 7 p.m. Ken Harbaum Fri., 10 a.m. Marty Copeland / Dr. David Robinson Fri., 7 p.m. Jeremy LaBorde Praise and Worship with Mandy Senor Special Youth Service with Selo Lozano, Wed. 7 p.m. (Schedule is subject to change.) ********************************** 20 : BVOV : MAR '14

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