Lord Jesus says that if we obey His commands we can do what He did and even greater things! (John 14:12) You can find different versions which say slightly different words like, “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these”. This statement is from the New International version of the Holy Bible. In another place Lord Jesus says that if we LOVE HIM we will “obey His commands”. (John 14:15)
What He has shown me since I became a Christian and have been working to obey His commands and know Him better every day, is that He means what He says! Of course, He is the SON of the most High God! So what the above words about “obeying His commands” mean are deadly serious! If you are a “Christian” and you are not obeying His commands, what are you doing?
I have witnessed pastors and preachers, preaching false words in churches all over the world, virtually making excuses for themselves and their congregations, saying that we “all fall short” of the mark and we aren’t worthy of gathering some crumbs from under a table! Rubbish! If what those people are saying is true then why did our Lord Jesus bother to tell us that if we will obey His commands we can do what He did and “even greater things”?
Why would He say those words if He didn’t mean them? He is the SON of GOD! Why would He say anything that He didn’t mean? He is “THE TRUTH”, therefore it is impossible that He said anything at all not meaning what He said. So if someone is making an excuse to you, or you are making an excuse for yourself, DO NOT LISTEN! This HAS to be coming from “the evil one” as Lord Jesus sometimes refers to as the devil!
If you make an excuse for yourself and the Lord does NOT, where will you stand when He returns? Ask Him. If you can’t hear Him, listen to the Gospels! He commands us to “Be perfect as my Father is perfect”! Wow! What do these words mean? Who knows how to “BE”? Since I became a Christian in 1995, I have been asking Lord Jesus to help me with everything I need help with, which is a lot!
I am so excited every single day, because He helps me and He helps me and He helps me and on and on every day! He commands us to “ask” and says we WILL receive! I ask Him to help me and I receive His help! Is that so hard? NO! It is SO easy! However, if you do not have a mind that is open to the spiritual realms, which is where Lord Jesus dwells, He is seated at the right hand side of His Father, the most high God up in heaven, then you will find it a lot harder to receive this spiritual help.
You can ask Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit to help you to open your mind. If you feel the devil trying to stop you in any way, you can say, “Get behind me satan in the name of Jesus”. You keep asking until you receive the help you need. Never stop until you receive it. If you aren’t receiving the help you want, then you can also look inside at the “plank in your eye” and ask Lord Jesus if there is any place where satan is holding you in bondage.
There may have been decisions you have made in your life which you need to repent of and ask the Lord for forgiveness. You may have been judging others (against a command of Lord Jesus)! You may have not been loving your neighbour as yourself (against another command of our Lord Jesus)! You just have to keep going until you are right with the Lord and you will see the results immediately as your life will start to run so smoothly and in a miraculous way. Miracles will start to happen every single day!
Lord Jesus also says that we will not get into the “Kingdom, unless we obey the commands” of His Father. All through the Old Testament in the Holy Bible, it is written in many places that the most High God EXPECTS us to obey Him! He refers to us as “mere mortals”! Through Lord Jesus, who tells us NOT to call anyone on earth “Father” because we only have ONE Father and that is our Father in heaven, God has become our Father! (Matthew 29:3)
This is so much for a new comer to Christ to truly take in, but WAIT there’s more! There is so much more to take in which is totally life changing when you do. The words of our Lord Jesus are SO HUGE that He says that “heaven and earth shall pass away” but His “words will NEVER pass away”!(Matthew 24:25) He also said that everything He speaks has come not from Him but from the one who sent Him, His Father the most HIGH GOD!(John 12:49)
Therefore it is so important to remember all of the above when you are speaking with our Father, Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit! If your mind can’t comprehend anything that Lord Jesus said, ask Lord Jesus to help you! Ask and ASK AGAIN! Ask the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, to show you, lead you and counsel you.
If your mind will not accept what Lord Jesus has said over 2,000 years ago, you need to ask for prayer from other Christians and find out whether you are in bondage in any way to demons or the devil. You can’t be a lone Christian. We all need so much help along this pathway following our Lord Jesus!
If you find yourself thinking, “I don’t need any help from people I have the Lord He will help me”, then look closely at yourself. If this is coming from an arrogant or pride filled place, this is NOT of God. As Lord Jesus says there are only “two masters”, God and Mammon, as arrogance is an “abomination” to God, you know for sure that this attitude you have is NOT from God!(Matthew 6:24) Therefore it is from the other master.
I have been searching for years to find out what Lord Jesus is really speaking about. He has shown me that behind “mammon” or “the world” is the “father of lies” as He also calls the devil. If we are not “awake” as Lord Jesus tells us to be, or we have a high opinion of ourselves, because that is the way we were brought up to be, the devil can easily fool us. Many Christians I have met around the world on my travels singing and preaching, have been in bondage to the devil, have no idea about this and need prayer and deliverance.
If you do not really truly believe that God is your one and only “Father” but you are coming in the name of the Lord, what will Lord Jesus say to you when He returns? If you believe that God is your Father and you never have a conversation with Him, it is highly probable that you are deluded about your belief in Lord Jesus. How can you find out what the most High God wants for your life, what He wants you to do for Him and for Him to help you to learn His ways ( as He says through the prophets in the Old Testament) if you never speak to Him on a daily basis as a child would to their earthly dad?
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If your mind is not truly open to God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, you can’t even “worship in the spirit”. As Lord Jesus said to the woman at the well, “A time is coming when all will worship in the spirit and that is the worship that God wants”! Time to open your mind to God, more every day! God bless you, in all ways, Kelly Newton-Wordsworth, Jesus Rocks My World!
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