The Last Teachings of Jesus by Jim Rooney - HTML preview

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Chapter 11

To Whom Does Jesus Reveal Himself?

 

Jesus told His disciples that in a little while the world would no longer see Him. The disciples, however, would see Him. After His death and resurrection, Jesus appeared to His disciples on several occasions. They also would see Him in their spirit as the Holy Spirit would reside within them and would reveal Christ to them continually. Because Jesus lived, they too would live. Jesus is the Giver of all life. He sustains all life. Jesus had given them everlasting life by their faith in Him. We, as Christians, who believe and trust in Jesus have this everlasting life.

And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” (John 6:40)

After Jesus rose from the dead and visited with His disciples, they understood that Jesus was in the Father, that they were in the Son, and that the Son was in them. As Christians, we are all part of the body of Christ. We are intimately intertwined with Jesus and the Father.

Those who love Jesus will keep His commandments. The Father will love those people and Jesus will love them and reveal Himself to them. One of His disciples asked Jesus why He revealed Himself to them but not to the world. Jesus said to him that those who love Him will keep His commandments. The Father will love them, and both the Father and the Son will come to them and make their home with them. Those who don’t love Jesus will not keep His words. The words that He delivered to people are not His but those of the Father who sent Him.