If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.”
Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”Jesus said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.
“Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves. “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. “Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. “If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:7-14 NASB
The key to the “greater works” ministry that Jesus promised is our knowing Jesus and understanding how He did His works. Jesus asked: “Have you not known me, Philip?” Do we as a church know Jesus? From all appearances in today’s church in America we do not. We have substituted our programs for Jesus. Worst yet, we have substituted our gifts and anointings for Jesus. Jesus is even greater than these.
If we are willing to get to know Jesus in new and more intimate ways then we will begin to understand how He did His ministry. (Some evangelists and revivalists are content on knowing certan angels instead.) Jesus wants to teach us how to do ministry. We should do ministry the way He did ministry on the earth. Let us not forget that He emptied Himself before coming to the earth as a human being. He had to rely upon an anointing from the Holy Spirit to do His ministry. In fact, He went one step further that “Pentecostals” need to grasp. He relied upon the Father to do the ministry through Him. The Father directed Him. Jesus explained: “The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.”
Jesus wants to lead us to the Father. In fact, Jesus is the only one who can present us spotless before the Father. Then He wants to teach us how to listen to the Father.
There is a new generation of leaders that will grasp this message. But there are many prominent leaders in America that would rather rely upon their gifts instead. That way they can keep control of things. But revival will not come through them. Do we want revival? Do we want to obey the Father? Do we want the Father’s Kingdom or our kingdom? If we align ourselves and our ministries with the Father’s will then we can ask what we will. But there will be no glory for us. All the glory goes to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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