The Gospel of the Father

Malachi introduces the main theme of this study on the figure of God the Father in the Bible and even more particularly in the Gospel. Malachi speaks of God as the Lord of hosts, who is revealed to us and tells us that in the future his name will be great among the nations of the whole earth, and to Him will be offered in every place, the prayers and life itself, as this is the offering of incense will be offered "incense" to my name!. "t is said also to be presented to the Lord a pure offering pure oblation!, which reminds us of this symbolic offering in Genesis 14:18, and then resumed in Psalm 110:4, Hebrews 5:6-10, Hebrews 6: 0, and Hebrews !:1- 1. Here we find the Melchi#edek $ing of %alem, which offers &bread and wine& to 'braham as a sign of a new
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covenant no longer based on blood sacrifices but the elements of nature, a symbolic offering that comes directly from the *riest of God Most High . +ith this statement of Malachi God is t"e #at"er of all! opens one of the most important chapters for what concerns the concept of &Father& developed later in the Gospel. Malachi 1:11 &For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering t"at is pure, for My name will be great among the nations,& says the L-./ of hosts.

"saiah confirms the words of Malachi through the message of the &new heavens and new earth&
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where all memory of the past is erased by the 1oy of living beside God Isaiah 65:17-19 &For behold, I create new heavens an a new earth, 'nd the former things will not be remembe( red or come to mind. 65:1! &But be glad and re1oi( ce forever in what " create, For behold, " create 2e( rusalem for re1oicing 'nd her people for gladness. 65:19 &" will also re1oice in 2erusalem and be glad in My people, 'nd there will no longer be heard in her 3he voice of weeping and the sound of crying. Isaiah 66:"" &For 1ust as the new heavens and the new earth +hich " make will endure before Me,& declares the L-./, &%o your offspring and your name will endure.
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Isaiah #5:6 3hat men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun 3hat there is no one besides Me. $ am t"e %&'() and t"ere is no ot"er) Isaiah 6$:6 &' multitude of camels will cover you, 3he young camels of Midian and 5phah, 'll those from %he( ba will come, 3hey will bring gold and frankincen( se, 'nd will bear good news of the praises of the L-./. Isaiah 66:1! &For " know their works and their thoughts, the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. 'nd they shall come and see My glory. Geremia 1$:6-7 3here is none like 6ou, - L-./, 6ou are great,
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and great is 6our name in might. 1$:7 +ho would not fear 6ou, - $ing of the nations8 "ndeed it is 6our due9 For among all the wise men of the na( tions 'nd in all their kingdoms, 3here is none like 6ou. 3he last book of the Gospel .evelation! speaks of the holy city, the new 2erusalem and that God "will wipe away e*ery tear" and will disappear &death, grief, lamentation and an:iety& %evelation "1:1-# 'nd " saw new Heavens and a new 5arth, for the former Heavens and the former Earth had depar( ted, and the %ea was no more. "'nd " saw 3he Holy ;ity, <ew 2erusalem, descending from Hea( ven from beside God, prepared like a bride ador( ned for her husband. &'nd " heard a great voice
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from Heaven that said, >Behold, the 3abernacle of God is with the children of men, and he dwells with them and they shall be his people and the same God is with them and shall be their God. #'nd he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and from now on there shall not be death, neither grieving, nor clamor, neither shall there be disease again, for His sake. 3he narrator speaks o*er t"e way in which God will take care of people and t"e place where all this will be looking for. /escribes a home that is the sky that the earth will no longer those of the past, as if to indicate the various geographical coordinates "t"e "ea*en and t"e first eart" "ad passed away"! and a different type of planet "++ and t"e sea was no more "!. 3his particular 1ust described there is also confirmed by 2ohn in the
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fourth chapter, where we read about the worship of the Father. 'ohn #:"1-"# 6eshua said to her, Woman, believe me that the hour is coming in which neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship 3he Father. ""6ou are worshiping what you do not know. +e know what we are worshiping, for 3he Life is of the 2ews. "&But the hour is coming and now is, when the true worshipers will worship The Father in The Spirit and in The Truth) for 3he Fa( ther also is seeking such worshippers as these. "#( For 3he %pirit is God, and it is fitting that those who worship him worship in 3he %pirit and in 3he 3ruth.@

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"t said to us, in fact, that &neither in this mountain nor in 2erusalem will you worship the Father& as to want to understand that this is a place (eyon o)r planet as seen earlier!. "n addition to this, it also refers to the type of worship &the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.& +e found that in a place and at a future time the modes of worship will be very different from the times in which these writings were disclosed. +hat could it mean to be &worship in spirit and truth&8 3his Buestion is clarified by 'ohn in chapter 1#:15-17 where he speaks of the promise of the Holy %piritC >"f you love me, *eep my comman ments. 16>'nd " shall reBuest from my Father and he will give you another .edeemer of the accursed, that he will be with you for eternity.@ 17>He is 3he
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%pirit of 3ruth, whom the world cannot receive, because it has neither seen him nor known him, but you know him, for he dwells with you and he is in you.@ +e are clearly told to keep His commandments, the commandments of 2esus other passages in which we can read these e:hortationsC 'ohn 1&:&# >" give a new commandment to youC +,ove one another, 1ust as " have loved you, you should also love one another.E Galatians takes this stepC Galatians !"# For all of 3he +ritten Law is fulfilled in one say( ing, by thisC $ou shall love %our neighbor as %ourself&'
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"n a more complete form here is what he tells us MatthewC Matthew ((!)*-#+ >3eacher, which commandment in 3he +ritten Law is the greatest8@ &76eshua said to him, $ou shall love THE ,-./ JEH-01H %our 2od from all %our heart and from all %our soul and from all %our power and from all %our mind&' &!>3his is the great and the first commandment.@ &9>'nd the second which is like it is, 3$ou shall love %our neighbor as %ourself&3 #$-n these two commands depend all 3he +ritten Law and 3he *rophets.@ 3o be able to worship the Father in &spirit and truth& but there is need for a -re(irth- and this is said in 2ohnC

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'ohn &:1-7 -ne man of the *harisees was living there, his name was <icodemus. He was a leader of the 2u( deans. "3his man came to 6eshua at night and said to himC >.abbi, we know that you are a teacher sent from God, for no man is able to do these mi( racles that you are doing unless God were with him.@ &6eshua answered and said to himC >3ime( less truth " am telling youC 4f a person is not born again, it is impossible for that one to see the 5ingdom of 2od&' #<icodemus said to himC >How can an old man be born8 "s it not impossible for him again to enter his motherEs womb a second time and be born8@ 56eshua answered and said to himC >3imeless truth " am telling youC 4f a person is not born from water and The Spirit, it is impossible that he shall enter the 5ingdom of 2od& 63hat which is born from flesh is flesh, and that
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which is born from 3he %pirit is spirit. 7/o not be surprised that " said to you that all of you must be born again. +e are told that those who are born of the %pirit is free to ,o where they want to blow! and t"ey "ear t"eir *oices li-e t"e wind you can "ear t"e sound! but it will be impossible to determine their origin and their destination. 3hat is to say t"at will be "idden at all) only t"eir *oice or "word" will be "eard by all+

.aptism in the /pirit

"n the Gospel we find two types of baptism, the one that comes from men and that which comes from GodC

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Mar* 11:&$ >From where was the baptism of 6ohannan, from Heaven, or from the sons of men8 3ell me.@ 't the beginning of Mark is indicated in the figure of 6eshua, the one who will bapti#e with the Holy %piritC Mar* 1:! " have immersed you in water, but he will immerse you in 3he %pirit of Holiness. "n 2ohnEs Gospel we find the procedure through which you receive the gift of the %pirit, and Baptism. 'ohn 1#:15-"9 "f you love me, keep my commandments.@ 16>'nd " shall reBuest from my Father and he will give you another .edeemer of the accursed, that he will be with you for eternity.@ 17>He is The Spirit of
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Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it has neither seen him nor known him, but you know him, for he dwells with you and he is in you.@ 1!>" shall not leave you as orphans, for " shall come to you in a little while.@ 19>'nd the world will not see me, but you shall see me, be( cause " live, you also shall live.@ "$'t that day, you will know that " am in my Father and you are in me and " am in you.@ "1>+hoever has my com( mands and keeps them, he does love me, but he who loves me shall be loved from my Father and " shall love him, and " shall show myself to him.@ ""6ehuda said to him he was not %cariota!, >My Lord, how is it you are going to show yourself to us and not the same to the world8@ "&6eshua an( swered and said to him, >+hoever loves me keeps my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our lodging
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with him.@ "#>But he who does not love me does not keep my word, and this word which you are hearing is not mine, but 3he FatherEs who has sent me.@ "5>" have spoken these things with you while " am with you.@ "6>But he, 3he .edeemer of the accursed, 3he %pirit of Holiness, whom my Father sends in my name, he will teach you all things and he will remind you of everything whatsoever " have told you.@ "7>*eace " leave with you, my peace " give to you. "t is not as the world gives that " give to you. /o not let your heart be troubled, and do not let it be afraid.@ "!>6ou have heard that " said to you, E" am going away, and " am coming to youE, if you had loved me, you would have re( 1oiced that " am going to 1oin my Father, for my Father is greater than ".@ "9>'nd now, behold, " have told you before it happens, that when it has happened, you may believe.@
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.o recei*e t"e /aptism is necessary to lo*e 0esus and -eep his commandments as seen earlier in 1att"ew :26-40!, in response to these two actions the Father will love us. <ot only that, but 6eshua loves us and is said to be manifested in us. Later, the same step is taken for the third with the final additionC &and we will make our lodging with him.& as demonstrating the effect of the .aptism in the /pirit0 3he Holy %pirit is also called as -The .edeemerand everyone will know that he received when he will understand the meaning of sin, righteousness and 1udgment. 'ohn 16:5-! >But now " am going to 1oin him who sent me, and no man among you asks me, E+here are you going8E@ 6>For " said these things to you and
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sadness has come and has filled your hearts.@ 7>" tell you the truthC it is beneficial for you that " go away, for if " do not go away, the .edeemer of the accursed will not come to you, but if " depart " shall send him to you.@ !>'nd when he comes, he will correct the world concerning sin and concerning 1udgment,@ "n 2ohn A e:plains when will that &rivers of living water will flow from within him&, this will be the time of the outpouring of the /pirit on 1arth. 'ohn 7:&7-&9 But at the great day, which is the last of the feast, 6eshua stood and he proclaimed and saidC 4f a man is thirst%, let him come to me and drin6&' &!>5veryone who trusts in me, 1ust as the
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scriptures have said, rivers of living water shall flow from within him.@ &9But this he spoke about 3he %pirit, +hom those who were trusting in him were being prepared to receive, for 3he %pirit had not yet been given, because 6eshua had not yet been glorified. <ow on the last day of the festival, Hos"ana 'abba", 6eshua stood and cried out, 3$f anyone is t"irsty) let "im -eep comin, to me and drin-in,4 4D+hoever puts his trust in me, as the %cripture says, rivers of living water will flow from his inmost being9@ 4F <ow he said this about the %pirit, whom those who trusted in him were to receive later H the %pirit had not yet been given, because 6eshua had not yet been glorified.! +e read the two scenes that identify with places and dates, the descent of the Holy %piritC
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2cts ":"-# %uddenly there was from Heaven a sound like a mighty wind and the whole place in which they were sitting was filled with it. &'nd tongues like fire that were divided appeared to them, and they sat on each one of them. #'nd all of them were filled with 3he %pirit of Holiness, and they were going out speaking in various languages, according to whatever 3he %pirit was giving them to speak. 'ohn "$:19-"& But when it was evening of the first day of the week and the doors were barred where the disciples were staying, because of fear for the 2udeans, 6eshua came and stood in their midst and he said to them, >*eace be with you.@ "$He said this and he showed them his hands and his side and the disciples re1oiced because they saw -ur
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Lord. "1But 6eshua said to them again, >*eace be with you. 2ust as my Father has sent me, " also am sending you.@ ""+hen he had said these things, he breathed upon them and he said to them, >.eceive 3he %pirit of Holiness.@ "&>"f you will forgive a manEs sins, they will be forgiven him, and if you hold a manEs, they will be held.@

The Father+s 3o)se

't )0 years old, 6eshua is found in the temple to pray and to ask Buestions to the teachers of the law, in the "56'78 7ersion " the Gospel of Luke we find this e:pressionC ,)*e ":#9 'nd he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me8 wist ye not that " must be in my FatherEs house8
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"n the "59/P68" instead it is written slightly differentlyC ,)*e ":#9 He said to them, >+hy were you looking for me8 /o you not know that it was fitting for me to be in my FatherEs house8@ "f we wanted to integrate both translations and complement each other will understand that through place "business time") the temple! and "t"e business of eternity") t"e -things-! t"e reason 6eshua wants to convey the concept of &being one& with the Father and as such &deal@ affairs of the $ingdom of God. 'lready in this first episode is traced a path or leitmotiv which will then be developed through the e:ample of the life of 2esus and the true message he tried to convey.
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The tr)e 4hil ren of the Father

$n 0o"n 8:24-58 we find an interesting passage that puts us on guard with regard to the theme of the Father, and with regard to fatherhood brings us to understand that in man there are two natures, one that recogni#es the Father through the %pirit and the other more material instead recogni#es in the &things of this world& and as such has &the devil& as a father. Matthew wroteC Matthew 75"1 "t is not everyone that says to me, EMy Lord, my LordEE, who enters the $ingdom of Heaven, but whoever does the will of m% Father who is in Heaven. 'nd 2ohn wroteC 'ohn !:&#-5! 6eshua said to themC >3imeless truth " speak to
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youC Whoever commits sin is a servant of sin& @ &5>'nd a servant does not always remain in the house, but a son always remains.@ &6>"f 3he %on therefore will set you free, you will truly be the children of liberty.@ &7>" know you are the seed of 'braham, but %ou see6 to 6ill me because %ou cannot comprehend m% word.@ &!>" am speaking the thing " have seen with my Father, you are doing the thing that you have seen with your fa( ther.@ &93hey answered and were saying to him, >'braham is our father.@ 6eshua said to them, >"f you were children of 'braham, you would have been doing the works of 'braham.@ #$>But now, behold, you are seeking to kill me, " am a man who have spoken the truth with you, which " have heard from God, this 'braham did not do.@ #1>But you are doing the deeds of your father.@ 3hey were saying to him, >+e are not from fornication, we
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have one father, God.@ #"6eshua said unto them, >"f God were your father, you would have loved me, for " have proceeded from God and have not come of my own pleasure, but he has sent Me.@ #&>'nd why do you not understand my word8 "t is because you cannot hear my word.@ ##>6ou are from your father 3he /evil, and the desire of your father you are willing to do, from the beginning he has been murdering men and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him7 whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from what is his, because he is of falsehood and is also its fa( ther.@ #5>But you are not believing in me, " who am speaking the truth.@ #6>+ho among you is convicting me of sin8 'nd if " speak the truth, why do you not believe me8@ #7Whoever is from 2od hears 2od3s words, therefore you are not hearing, because you are not from God.@ #!3he 2ews an(
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swered and they were saying to him, >'re we not saying correctly that you are a %amaritan and have a demon in you8@ #96eshua said to them, >' de( mon is not in me, but " honor my Father and you dishonor Me.@ 5$>But " am not seeking my glory, 3here is -ne who seeks and 1udges.@ 51Timeless truth 4 spea6 to %ou! whoever 6eeps m% word shall never see death&' 5"3he 2ews were saying to him, ><ow we know that a demon is in you, 'bra( ham is dead and 3he *rophets, and you are saying, E+hoever keeps my words shall never taste death.E > 5&>'re you greater than our father 'braham who died and 3he *rophets who have died8 +ho are you making yourself8@ 5#6eshua said to them, >"f " glorify Myself, My glory is nothing, it is my Fa( ther who glorifies me, he of whom you say, EHe is our God.E > 55>'nd you do not know him, but " know him, and if " had said that " did not know
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him, " Myself would have been a liar like you, but " do know him and " keep his word.@ 56>'braham your father desired to see my day, and he saw it and re1oiced.@ 573he 2ews were saying to him, >6ou are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen 'braham8@ 5!6eshua said to themC >3imeless tru( th " speak to youC Before 'braham would e:ist, " 'M 3H5 L"I"<G G-/.@ ."e messa,es t"at come to us from t"ese *erses are many) but w"at seems to be at t"e center of t"e sub:ect treated about sla*ery 5and by8 sin+ The Sons of 2od are no longer 8or never were9 slaves of sin&

6o one can come to me )nless it is sent (y the Father

'ohn 6:"5-#6 'nd when they found him at the other side of the
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sea, they were saying to him, >-ur Master, when did you come here8@ "66eshua answered and said to them, >3imeless truth " speak to youC you seek me, not because you saw the signs but because you ate the bread and were filled.@ "7>/o not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures for the eternal life that 3he %on of Man will give you, for 3his -ne has 3he Father sealed as God with his seal of approval.@ "!'nd they were saying to him, >+hat shall we do to work the service of God8@ "96eshua answered and said to themC >3his is the service of God, that you trust in him whom he has sent.@ &$3hey were saying to him, >+hat sign will you do, that we may see and believe in you8 +hat sign will you perform8 &1-ur forefathers ate man( na in the wilderness, 1ust as it is written 3He gave them bread from Heaven to eat&3 > &"6eshua said to them, >3imeless truth " speak to youC "t was not
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Moses who gave you bread from Heaven, but my Father gave you 3he 3rue Bread from Heaven.@ &&>For 3he Bread of God is he who has descended from Heaven and gives life to the world.@ &#3hey were saying to him, >-ur Lord, always give us this bread.@ &56eshua said to them, >" 'M 3H5 L"( I"<G G-/, 3he Bread of Life, whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever trusts in me shall never thirst.@ &6>But " said to you that you have seen me and you do not believe.@ &7Ever%one whom m% Father has given me shall come to me, and whoever will come to me 4 shall not cast out&' &!>For " came down from Heaven, not to do my will, but to do the will of him who has sent me.@ &9>But this is the will of him who has sent meC " shall not destroy anyone from him whom he has given to me, but " shall raise him in the last day.@ #$>For this is the will of my FatherC
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Ever%one who sees The Son and trusts in him shall have eternal life, and 4 shall raise him in the last da%&' #1But the 2udeans were murmuring about him for sayingC >" 'M 3H5 L"I"<G G-/, 3he Bread, which has descended from Heaven.@ #"'nd they were saying, >"s not this 6osephEs son, whose father and mother we know8 How does this man say, E" have come down from Heaven8E > #&6eshua answered and said to them, >/o not mutter one with another.@ ##:o man can come to me, unless The Father who has sent me will draw him, and 4 shall raise him in the last da%&' #5>For it is written in 3he *rophets, E'll of them will be taught of God.E 5veryone, therefore, who has heard from The Father and has learned from him, comes to me&@ #6>;o man "as seen ."e #at"er) e<cept "e w"o is from God= "e "imself sees ."e #at"er+>
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"n this issue of the ;bread of life; is an interesting e:pression that clarifies the identification of the true children of God, it is said that "my #at"er "as ,i*en me s"all come to me,+" 3his e:pression makes it clear once and for all the source or predestination of those who are sometimes called -elect0- %o those who believe in GodEs %on has eternal life, but always in subordination to the FatherEs will, in fact, in verses 77J7? is again the same sentence and e:pandedC ##:o man can come to me, unless The Father who has sent me will draw him, and 4 shall raise him in the last da%&' # 3#or it is written in ."e Prop"ets) ?9ll of t"em will be tau,"t of God+? 6*eryone) t"erefore) who has heard from The Father and has learned from him, comes to me& > #*3;o man "as seen ."e #at"er) e<cept "e w"o is from God= "e "imself sees ."e #at"er+>
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'ohn 1:1! :o man has seen 2od at an% time , 3he -nly Be( gotten God +ho is in the bosom of 3he Father, he has declared him.@ 2ohn tells us that God has never been seen by anyone and this makes us understand that it is beyond any doubt that God has appeared &to the human eye&, only the -7ne-4hil and wants to -now. 1Giovanni 1:1-& 4n the origin The Word had been e<isting and That Word had been e<isting with 2od and 3hat +ord was himself God. "3his -ne himself was at the origin with God. &5verything was in his hand, and without him not even one thing e:isted of the things that e:isted.
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.egotten! "as made -nown to t"ose w"o wanted

3he word of life, that Logos who created out of nothing is manifested in the flesh, in the First Letter of 2ohn is reaffirmed the concept that sees the %on of the ;reator of matter. 'lso in ;olossians is confirmed that the %on is the Logos, the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature and the ;reator of all things. 4olossesi 1:15-17 He who is the image of The =nseen 2od and is The Firstborn of all creation& 16By him was eve( rything created which is in Heaven and in 3he 5ar( thC everything that is seen and everything that is unseen, whether 3hrones or /ominions or *rinci( palities or .ulers, everything has been created by his hand and in him. 171nd he is The -ne who is before all, and all things e<ist b% him& $n ot"er scriptures we are) t"e nature of t"e @on
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5in t"e $ma,e of t"e #at"er8 John )!)#-)* For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for it was not in a measure that God has gi( ven 3he %pirit. &53he Father loves 3he %on and he has given all things into his hands. &68hoever is tr)sting in The /on5 has The 1ternal ,ife , and whoever disobeys 3he %on shall not see 3he Life, but the anger of God shall abide upon him.@ 'ohn 6:6"-65 >3ruly you will see therefore 3he %on of Man ascending to the place where he was from the fir( st.@ 6&>3he %pirit is 3he Life Giver, the body does not benefit anything. 3he words that " speak with you are spirit and life.@ 6#>But there are men among you who do not believe@, for 6eshua him( self knew from the first who they were who were
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not believing and who he was who would betray him. 65'nd he said to them, >ecause of this, 4 said to %ou that no man can come to me unless it has been given to him from m% Father&' John ?!"*-"@ .>But even if " do 1udge, my 1udgment is true, be( cause " am not alone, but 4 and m% Father who has sent Ae&@ 17>'nd in your +ritten Law it is writtenC E3he testimony of two men is true.E > 1!>" 'M 3H5 L"I"<G G-/, " who testify about my( self, and my Father who has sent me has testified about Me.@ 193hey were saying to him, >+here is your Father8@ 6eshua answered and said to them, >6ou know neither me nor my Father. "f you had known me, you would have known my Father also.@

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John ?!(*-(@ 3here are many things for me to say and 1udge concerning you, but he who has sent me is true, and those things that " have heard from him, these things 4 am spea6ing in the world&@ "7'nd they did not know that he spoke to them about 3he Fa( ther. "!6eshua spoke again to themC When %ou have lifted up The Son of Aan, then %ou shall 6now that 4 1A THE ,404:2 2-/, and 4 do nothing for m% own pleasure, but Bust as m% Father has taught me, so 4 am spea6ing& "9'nd he who has sent me is with me, and my Father has not left me alone, because " am doing always what is beautiful to him.@ John !)*-)C But my testimony which is borne to me is greater than 6ohannanEs, for the wor6s that m% Father
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gave me to finish, those wor6s which 4 have done testif% for me that The Father has sent Ae& 4A'nd 3he Father who has sent me, he testifies of me. 6ou have never heard his voice and you have not seen his appearance, $t is furt"er reiterated t"at God can not be seen or "eard+ 'ohn 1":#6-5$ 4, The ,ight, have come to the world, that no one who believes in me shall abide in dar6ness&' #7>'nd whoever hears my words and does not keep them, " am not 1udging him, for " have come, not to 1udge the world, but to give life to the world.@ #!>+hoever re1ects me and does not re( ceive my words has one that 1udges himC the word that 4 have spo6en, that shall Budge him in the last da%&' #9>For " have not spoken from myself,
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but 3he Father who sent me, he gave me com( mandments, what " will say and what " will utter.@ 5$>" know that his commandments are eternal life, therefore, these things which " am speaking, 1ust as 3he Father tells me, thus " speak.@

'ohn 1#:9-1" 6eshua said to him, >'ll this time " am with you and you have not known me *hillip8 Whoever has seen me has seen The Father, and how do %ou sa%, 3Show us The Father3D' 1$>/o you not be( lieve that " am in my Father and my Father in me8 3he words which " am speaking, " am not speaking from myself, but my Father who dwells within me, he does these works.@ 11>Believe that " am in my Father and my Father in me, otherwise believe be( cause of the works.@ 1">Timeless truth, 4 tell %ou! 3whoever believes in me, those wor6s which 4
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have done he will also do, and he will do greater wor6s than these, because 4 am going to the presence of m% Father&3 'ohn 1#:6 Aes"ua said to "im) 4 1A THE ,404:2 2-/, The Wa% and The Truth and The ,ife= no man comes to my #at"er but by me alone+>

2(o)t their con )ct

"in t"e ima,e of our #at"er w"o is in "ea*en" Matthew 5:1&-16 6ou are the salt of the earth, but if salt becomes in( sipid, with what will it be salted8 "t is good for no( thing e:cept to be thrown outside and to be trod( den upon by people. 1#6ou are the light of the
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world. 6ou cannot hide a city that has been built upon a mountain. 15'nd they do not light a lamp and set it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all those who are in the house. 16Thus %our light will shine before the children of men that the% ma% see %our good wor6s, and ma% glorif% %our Father who is in Heaven& Matthew 5:#&-#5 6ou have heard that it was said, >%how kindness to your neighbor and hate your enemy.@ ##>ut 4 sa% to %ou, love %our enemies and bless the one who curses %ou, and do what is beautiful to the one who hates %ou, and pray over those who take you by force and persecute you. #5%o that you will be( come the children of your Father who is in Hea( ven, for his sun rises on the good and upon the evil and his rain descends on the 1ust and on the un1ust.
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,)c*e 6:&5-&6 >But love your enemies and treat them well and lend and do not cut off the hope of any person, and your reward shall be great and %ou shall be the children of The Highest because he is 6ind toward the evil and toward the unbelievers&' &6>Be therefore merciful, 1ust as also your Father is mer( ciful.@ Matthew 6:1-5 *ay attention in your charity giving, that you do it not in front of people so that you may be seen by them, otherwise there is no reward for you with your Father in Heaven. "+hen therefore you do your charity giving, you should not blast a trumpet before you like the pretenders in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be glorified by the children of men, truly " say to you, they have
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received their reward. &But you, whenever you do charity giving, let not your left know what your right is doing. #%o that your charity may be in se( cret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you in public. 5'nd when you pray, be not like the pretenders who like to stand in the synago( gues and in the corners of the streets to pray, that they may be seen by the children of men, and truly 4 sa% to %ou, the% have received their reward&

19)ality with the Father

'ohn 5:17-#5 But 6eshua himself said to themC >My Father is working until this hour, and " am also working.@ 1!'nd because of this, the 2ews were especially seeking to kill him, not only because he broke the %abbath, but also because he said that God was his
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Father, and was making himself eBual with God. 19But 6eshua answered and said to themC Timeless truth 4 tell %ou! The Son cannot do an%thing of his own will, but the thing that he sees The Father is doing7 for those things that The Father does, these also The Son does li6e him& "$For 3he Father loves his %on and he shows him everything he does, greater deeds than these He will show him, that you may be astonished. "1For 1ust as 3he Father raises the dead and gives them life, thus also 3he %on gives life to them whom he will. ""( For it is not 3he Father who 1udges a man, but he has given all 1udgment to 3he %on. "&3hat everyo( ne should honor The Son as one honors The Father& He who does not honor 3he %on is not hono( ring 3he Father who sent him. "#3imeless truth " speak to youC Whoever hears m% word and trusts in him who has sent me has the eternal
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,ife, and he comes not into Budgment, but he moves from death into ,ife& "53imeless truth " speak to youC 3he hour is coming, it is even now, when the dead shall hear the voice of 3he %on of God, and they who hear shall live. "6For 1ust as 3he Fa( ther has 3he Life in himself, so he has given also to 3he %on to have 3he Life in himself. "7'nd he has given him authority to also do 1udgment be( cause he is 3he %on of Man. "!/o not be astoni( shed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in the graves shall hear his voice, "9'nd they shall come outC those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil deeds, to the resurrection of 1udgment. &$4 cannot do an%thing of m% own will, but according to that which 4 have heard, " 1udge, and my 1udgment is 1ust, for " am not seeking my will, but the will of him who has sent Me. &1'nd if " te(
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stify about myself, my testimony is not true. &"( 3here is another who testifies about me, and " know that his testimony, which he testifies of me, is true. &&6ou sent to 6ohannan and he testified concerning the truth. &#But " was not receiving the testimony of a man, but " say these things that you may live. &5He was a bla#ing and shining lamp, and you were willing to boast about the time in his light. &6>ut m% testimon% which is borne to me is greater than $ohannan3s, for the wor6s that m% Father gave me to finish, those wor6s which 4 have done testif% for me that The Father has sent Ae& &7'nd 3he Father who has sent me, he testi( fies of me. 6ou have never heard his voice and you have not seen his appearance, &!'nd his word is not abiding in you, because you are not trusting in him whom he has sent. &9%earch the scriptures, for in them you hope that you have eternal life, and
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they testify concerning Me, #$'nd you are not willing to come to me that eternal life may be yours. #1" do not receive glory from the children of men. #"But " know you, that the love of God is not in you. #&4 have come in The :ame of m% Father and you do not receive me, and if another shall come in his own name, you will receive him. ##How can you believe, who are accepting glory one from another, and you are not seeking the glo( ry of 3he -ne God8 #5/o you think that " am ac( cusing you before 3he Father8 3here is one who accuses youC Moses, the one in whom you hope.

3e comes from Go an ret)rns to Go

'ohn1&:"-5 'nd when it was supper he cast %atan into the heart of 6ehuda son of %himeon %cariota, so that he would betray him. &'nd because 6eshua him(
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self knew 3he Father had given everything into his hands and that he had gone out from 2od and he would go to 2od, #He arose from supper and put off his robe and took a towel and tied it around his waist.5He took water in a wash basin and began to wash the feet of his disciples and he wiped them with a towel which he had tied around his waist.

%elationship (etween Father an /on

'ohn 5:""-"& For it is not 3he Father who 1udges a man, but he has given all 1udgment to 3he %on. "&3hat everyo( ne should honor 3he %on as one honors 3he Fa( ther. He who does not honor 3he %on is not hono( ring 3he Father who sent him.

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'ohn 5:"6-"7 For 1ust as 3he Father has 3he Life in himself, so he has given also to 3he %on to have 3he Life in himself. "7'nd he has given him authority to also do 1udgment because he is 3he %on of Man. ."is c"apter introduces t"e term ;Son of Aan; w"o "as come to mean a second nature) ""uman" as opposed to t"e term ;Son of 2od; to "di*ine" nature+

The personal relationship with the Father

Aatthew ""!( -(C 't that time 6eshua answered and said, >" thank you my Father, Lord of Heaven and 5arth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and you have revealed them to infants. "66es, my Father, for so it was desirable
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before you. "75verything has been given up to me by my Father and no man knows 3he %on e:cept 3he Father only, also no man knows 3he Father e:cept 3he %on only, and he to whom 3he %on desires to reveal him. ,u6e "+!"C-(( 'nd those seventy whom he had sent returned with great 1oy and they were saying to him, >-ur Lord, even the demons are sub1ect to us in your name.@ 1!But he said to them, >" was beholding %atan himself who fell like lightning from Hea( ven.@ 19>Behold, " have given you authority that you may tread on snakes and scorpions and all the power of the enemy and nothing will harm you.@ "$>However, you should not re1oice in this, that the demons are sub1ect to you, but re1oice that your names are written in Heaven.@ "1'nd in that
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hour 6eshua triumphed in 3he %pirit of Holiness and he said, >" thank you, my Father, Lord of Hea( ven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and have revealed them to infants, yes, my Father, for thus it was a pleasu( re before you.@ ""'nd he turned to his disciples and he said to them, >5verything has been delive( red to me from my Father, and no man knows who 3he %on is e:cept 3he Father only, and who 3he Father is e:cept 3he %on, and he to whom 3he %on will be pleased to reveal him.@ ,u6e ?!"@-(" 3hen 6eshuaKs mother and brothers came to see him, but they couldnKt get near him because of the crowd. 0G"t was reported to him, >6our mother and your brothers are standing outside and want to see you.@ 0)But he gave them this answerC >My
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mother and brothers are those who hear GodKs message and act on it9@

The Father and the e<ample of Forgiveness

Aatthew "?!("-) 3hen $aypha approached him, and he said, >My Lord, >"f my brother commits an offense against me, how many times shall " forgive him8 %even ti( mes8@ ""'nd 6eshua said to him, >" do not say to you until seven times, but until seventy times se( ven each. "&3herefore the $ingdom of Heaven is compared to a man who was a $ing, wanting to take an account of his servants. "#'nd when he began to take it, they brought him one who owed )G,GGG talents. "5'nd when he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded that he would be sold, and his wife and his children, and everything that he had,
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and he would pay. "6'nd falling down, that ser( vant worshiped him, and he said, >My Lord, be pa( tient with me, and " shall pay you everything.@ "7'nd the lord of that servant was moved with pity, and he released him, forgiving his debt. "!( But that servant went out and found one of his as( sociates who had owed him a hundred denarii, and he sei#ed him and throttled him, and he said to him, >Give me that which you owe me.@ "9'nd that associate fell down before his feet, begging him and saying to him, >Be patient with me and " shall pay you.@ &$But he was not willing, but he went and he cast him into prison until he would give him whatever he owed him. &1But when their associates saw all what happened, it was very grie( vous to them, and they came and revealed to their lord everything that had happened. &"3hen his lord called him, and said to him, >6ou wicked ser(
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vant, " forgave you that entire debt because you begged me.@ &&>+as it not incumbent upon you also for you to have mercy on your associate 1ust as " had mercy on you8@ &#'nd his lord was an( gry, and he delivered him to the scourgers until he would pay everything that he owed him. &5%o my Father who is in Heaven will do to you unless each of you forgives his brother his offenses from your heart. ,u6e *!) -)* >But love your enemies and treat them well and lend and do not cut off the hope of any person, and your reward shall be great and you shall be the children of 3he Highest because he is kind toward the evil and toward the unbelievers.@ &6>Be there( fore merciful, 1ust as also your Father is merciful.@

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Aatthew !#)-#? 6ou have heard that it was said, > Show 6indness to %our neighbor and hate %our enem%&' ##But " say to you, love your enemies and bless the one who curses you, and do what is beautiful to the one who hates you, and pray over those who take you by force and persecute you. #5%o that you will become the children of your Father who is in Hea( ven, for his sun rises on the good and upon the evil and his rain descends on the 1ust and on the un1ust. #6For if you love those who love you, what bene( fit is it to you8 Behold, do not even the 3a: ;ol( lectors the same thing8 #7'nd if you pray for the peace of your brethren only, what e:cellent thing are you doing8 Behold, are not even the 3a: ;ol( lectors doing the same thing8 #!Be therefore per( fect, 1ust as your Father who is in Heaven is per( fect.@
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The mandate
'ohn 17:1! 2>2ust as you have sent me into the world, " also have sent them into the world.@ 'ohn "$:19-"9 But when it was evening of the first day of the week and the doors were barred where the disci( ples were staying, because of fear for the 2udeans, 6eshua came and stood in their midst and he said to them, >*eace be with you.@ "$He said this and he showed them his hands and his side and the di( sciples re1oiced because they saw -ur Lord. "1But 6eshua said to them again, >*eace be with you. Just as m% Father has sent me, " also am sending you.@ ""+hen he had said these things, he brea( thed upon them and he said to them, >.eceive 3he
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%pirit of Holiness.@ "&>"f you will forgive a manEs sins, they will be forgiven him, and if you hold a manEs, they will be held.@ "#But 3homa, one of the twelve, who is called 3he 3win, he was not there when 6eshua had come. "5'nd the disciples were saying to him, >+e have seen -ur Lord@, but he said to them, >Lnless " see in his hands the places of the nails and " shall put my fingers in them, and reach my hand into his side, " will not believe.@ "6'nd after eight days, again the disciples were inside and 3homa was with them and 6eshua came when the doors were barred, he stood in the center and he said to them, >*eace be with you.@ "7'nd he said to 3homa, >*ut your finger here and be( hold my hands and put your hand and reach into my side and do not be an unbeliever, but a belie( ver.@ "!'nd 3homas answered and said to him, >My Lord, and my God.@ "96eshua said to him,
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><ow that you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen me and have believed.@

How to recogniEe the Sons of 2od

"John )!?-"+ He who commits sin is from %atan, because %atan is a sinner from the beginning. 3he %on of God ap( peared for this reasonC 3o destroy the works of %a( tan. 9<o one who is begotten from God commits sin, because his seed is in him and he is not able to sin because he has been begotten from God. 1$By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of %atanC <o one who does not do righteousness, neither loves his brother, is from God.

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The commandments and love

John " !"-(C >" 'M 3H5 L"I"<G G-/, 3he 3rue Iine, and my Father is the vine dresser.@ ">5very branch on me not yielding fruit he takes away, and that which yields fruit he purges that it may bring forth much fruit.@ &>From now on you are purged because of the word which " have spoken with you.@ #>%tay with me, and " am in you. 2ust as the branch can( not yield fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, so neither do you unless you stay with me.@ 5>" 'M 3H5 L"I"<G G-/, 3he Iine, and you are the branches, whoever abides with me and " in him, this one brings forth much fruit, because wi( thout me, you can do nothing.@ 6>"f a man does not abide with me, he is thrown away like a shrive( led up branch, and they gather it, throwing it into
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the fire to burn.@ 7>But if you are abiding in me and my words will abide in you, everything wha( tsoever you desire to ask, it shall be done for you.@ !>"n this 3he Father is glorified, that you will bring forth much fruit and that you will be my di( sciples.@ 9>2ust as my Father has loved me, even so " have loved you, continue in my friendship.@ 1$>"f you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, 1ust as " have kept my FatherEs commands and " abide in his love.@ 11>" have spoken these things with you that my 1oy may be in you and that your 1oy may be perfect.@ 1">This is m% commandment, that %ou love one another, Bust as 4 have loved %ou&' 1&>3here is no greater love than thisC that a person would lay down his life for the sake of his friends.@ 1#>6ou are my friends if you will do all that " command you.@ 15><o longer do " call you servants, because a servant does not
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know what his master does, but " have called you my friends, because all that " have heard from my Father, " have taught you.@ 16>6ou have not cho( sen me, but " have chosen you and " have appoin( ted you so that you also will go bring forth fruit and your fruit will remain, so that all you will ask my Father in my name, he will give to you.@ 17>3hese things " command you that you will love one another.@ 1!>'nd if the world hates you, know that it hated me before you.@ 19>'nd if you had been from the world, the world would have loved its own, but you are not from the world, but " have chosen you from the world, because of this the world hates you.@ "$>.emember the word that " have spoken to you, that there is no servant greater than his master. "f they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also, if they have kept my word, they will also keep yours.@ "1>3hey will do
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all these things among you because of my name, because they do not know him who has sent me.@ "">"f " did not come speaking with them, they would have no sin, but now there is no covering for their sin.@ "&>+hoever hates me hates my Fa( ther also.@ "#>"f " had not done the works in their sight which no other man had done, they would not have sin, "53hat the word which is written in their law maybe fulfilledC E3hey hated me for no( thing.E >ut now the% have seen and hated me and m% Father also&@ "6>But when 3he .edeemer of the accursed comes, him whom " shall send to you from the presence of my Father, 3he %pirit of 3ru( th, he who proceeds from the presence of my Fa( ther, he shall testify concerning me.@ "7>6ou also are testifying, who are with me from the begin( ning.@

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John "*!( -(? >" have spoken these things in parables with you, but the hour is coming when " shall speak with you, not in parables, but " shall declare to you about 3he Father plainly.@ "6>"n that day, you will ask in my name, and " do not say to you that " shall reBuest from 3he Father for you.@ "7>For 3he Fa( ther himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that " have come forth from union with God.@ "!For " have proceeded from union with 3he Father and " have come into the world, and again " leave the world, and " am going to 1oin 3he Father.@ "John #!C-? Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God, !Because God is love, and eve( ryone who does not love does not know God.
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The Fower of ,ife

John "+!C-"? But again 6eshua said to them, >3imeless truth " speak to you, " 'M 3H5 L"I"<G G-/, 3he Gate of the flock.@ D>'nd all who had come were thie( ves and robbers, but the flock did not hear them.@ F>" 'M 3H5 L"I"<G G-/, 3he Gate, if anyone will enter by me, he shall live and shall go in and out and shall find the pasture.@ )G>But a thief does not come e:cept to steal, kill and destroy, " have come that they may have life and have whatever is abundant.@ ))>" 'M 3H5 L"I"<G G-/, 3he Good %hepherd. 3he Good %hepherd lays down his life for his flock.@ )0>But a hired man who is not a shepherd, whenever he may see a wolf co( ming, leaves the flock and runs.@ )4>But a hired man runs because he is a hired man, and cares not
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about the flock, and a wolf comes snatching at and scattering the flock.@ )7>" 'M 3H5 L"I"<G G-/, 3he Good %hepherd. " know mine and am known by mine.@ )=>2ust as my Father knows me and " know my Father, and " lay down my life for the flockEs sake.@ 16:.)t I have other sheep which were not from this fol ; I m)st also (ring them0 They also will hear my voice5 an the entire fol shall (e one5 an 7ne /hepher 0< )A>Because of this my Father delights in me, be( cause " am laying down my life that " may receive it again.@ )D><o man takes it from me, " am laying it down of my own will, for " am authori#ed to lay it down, and " am authori#ed to receive it again, this commandment " have received from my Fa( ther.@

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John "+!( -)@ 6eshua answered and said to them, >" have told you, and you do not believe, and the works that " do in the <ame of my Father, they testify of Me.@ "6>But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep, 1ust as " said to you.@ "7>My sheep hear my voice and " know them and they follow Me.@ "!>'nd " am giving them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them from my hand.@ "9A% Father who gave them to me is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch anything from my FatherEs hand.@ &$4 and m% Father, We are -ne&' &1'nd the 2udeans picked up stones again to stone him. &"'nd 6eshua said to them, >Many e:cellent works from the presence of my Father " have shown you. For which of tho( se works are you stoning me8@ &&3he 2udeans were saying to him, >"t is not for e:cellent works
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How to Fra%
Aatthew *! -" 'nd when you pray, be not like the pretenders who like to stand in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets to pray, that they may be seen by the children of men, and truly " say to you, they have
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received their reward. 6But you, when you pray, enter into your closet and lock your door, and pray to your father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you in public. 7'nd whenever you are praying, you shall not be verbo( se like the heathen, for they think that they are heard by speaking much !3herefore you shall not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 93herefore pray in this wayC 3-ur Father who are in Heaven, hallowed be %our name, "+,et %our 5ingdom come, let %our will be done also in the earth, Bust as it is in Heaven& ""2ive us our necessar% bread toda%& "(1nd forgive us our debts, Bust as we also forgive our debtors& ")1nd lead us not to temptation but deliver us from evil, for %ours is the 5ingdom and the power and the glor%, for the eternit% of eternities&3
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1#For if you forgive the children of men their faul( ts, your Father who is in Heaven will also forgive you your faults. 15But if you will not forgive the children of men, neither has your Father forgiven you your faults. Aatthew C!C-"" 'sk and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock, and it will be opened to you. !For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it is opened. 9'nd who is the man among you whose son will ask him for bread and will hand him a stone8 1$'nd if he will ask him for a fish, will he hand him a snake8 11"f therefore you who are evil know to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give good things to those who ask him8
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Aatthew C!(" $t is not e*eryone t"at says to me) ?1y %ord) my %ord??) w"o enters t"e Bin,dom of Hea*en) but w"oe*er does t"e will of my #at"er w"o is in Hea*en+ ,u6e ""!@-") >" am also saying to you, 'sk and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find, knock and it will be opened to you.@ )G>For everyone who asks re( ceives, and whoever seeks finds, and whoever knocks, it is opened to him.@ ))+hich of you is a father whose son will ask him for bread and would hand him a stone, and if he asks him for a fish will, instead of a fish, hand him a snake,@ )0>'nd if he would ask of him an egg, would give him a scorpion8@ )4>'nd if you, who are evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more
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will %our Father in Heaven give The Spirit of Holiness to those who as6 himD' Aatthew C!C-"" 'sk and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock, and it will be opened to you. !For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it is opened. 9'nd who is the man among you whose son will ask him for bread and will hand him a stone8 1$'nd if he will ask him for a fish, will he hand him a snake8 11"f therefore you who are evil know to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give good things to those who ask him8 John "C!"-(* ."e priestly prayer
2ohn )4C) .o DC47, Hebrews AC07(0D, 7C)7()?!
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3hese things spoke 6eshua and lifted his eyes unto Heaven and he saidC >My Father, the hour has come, Glorify your %on, that your %on may glorify you.@ 0>2ust as you have given him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to them, because %ou have given all things whatsoever unto him&' 43/ut t"ese t"in,s are eternal life: ?."ey s"all -now you) for you alone are ."e God of .rut") and Aes"ua ."e 1essia" w"om you "a*e sent+? 3 7>" have glorified you in the earth, " have accomplished the work that you have given me to do.@ =:ow, glorif% me, m% Father, in union with %ourself, in that glor% which 4 had in union with %ou before the universe was&' ?3$ "a*e re*ealed your ;ame to t"e c"ildren of men) t"ose w"om you "a*e ,i*en me from t"e world= yours t"ey were) and you "a*e ,i*en t"em to me) and t"ey "a*e -ept your word+> A><ow " know that everything
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whatsoever you have given me is from your *resence.@ D>For the words that you gave me " have given them, and they have received them and known truly that " have proceeded from unity with you.@ F>" pray over them, " was not praying over the world, but " was praying for those whom you have given me, for they are yours, and they have believed that you have sent me.@ )G>'nd everything that is mine is yours, and yours is mine, and " am glorified in them.@ ))>From now on, " do not dwell in the world, but these are in the world, and " am coming to 1oin you. Holy Father, keep them in your <ame( that <ame which you have given me, so that they shall be one, 1ust as we are.@ )0>+hen " was with them in the world, " kept them in your <ame, " have kept those whom you gave me, and no man among them has perished, e:cept 3he %on of /estruction, that the scripture
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should be fulfilled.@)4>But now " come to you, and " am speaking these things in the world, that my 1oy shall be complete in them.@ )7>'nd " have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they are not from the world, even as " am not from the world.@ )=>"t is not that " am praying you would take them from the world, but that you would preserve them from 3he 5vil -ne.@ )?>For they are not from the world, even as " am not from the world.@ )A>Father, sanctify them by your truth, because your word is truth.@ )D>2ust as you have sent me into the world, " also have sent them into the world.@ )F>'nd " sanctify myself for them, that they shall be sanctified in the truth.@0G:either do 4 pra% onl% for them, but also for these who are trusting in me b% their word,' 0)>3hat they all shall be one, 1ust as you, my Father, are in me, and " am in you, so that they
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also shall be one in us. >00>'nd " have given them the glory that you have given me, so that they shall be one, 1ust as we are one, so that the world shall believe that you have sent me. > 04>" in them and you in me, so that they shall be perfected as one, and so that the world shall know that you have sent me, and that you have loved them 1ust as you have also loved Me. > 07>Father, " will that these whom you have given me shall also be with me, that they shall see my glory which you have given me, because you have loved me from before the foundation of the world. >0=>My .ighteous Father, although the world has not known you, " have known you, and these have known that you have sent Me.@ 0?>'nd " have revealed to them your <ame, and " am revealing it, so that the love with which %ou have loved me shall be in them, and 4 shall be in them&'
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3he 3rue Gospel Message of the Father we have 1ust readC )! 3hat all may know the true God, 0! 2esus showed the name of God to men

2(o)t 2n=iety an >ersec)tions

Matthew 6:"5-&# Because of this " say to you, you shall not take pains for yourselves with what you will eat, or what you will drink, neither for your body, what you will put on, behold, is not the soul greater than food, and the body than clothing8 "6Behold the birds of the sky, that they neither sow nor reap, neither do they gather into barns, and %our Father who is in Heaven sustains them7 behold, are %ou not better than the%D "7But who of you, while ta( king pains, is able to add a foot and a half to his
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stature8 "!'nd why are you taking pains about clothing8 ;onsider the lilies of the field, how they grow without laboring or weaving. "9But " say to you, not even %olomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these. &$But if God so clothes the grass of the field that is today and will fall into the oven tomorrow, does he not multiply more to you, -h small of faith8 &13herefore do not be concerned or say, EE+hat will we eat8E, or EE+hat will we drink8E, or,EE+hat will we wearE8 &"For the Gentiles are seeking all these things, but %our Father who is in Heaven 6nows that all these things are necessar% for %ou& &&But seek first the $ingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be ad( ded to you. &#3herefore you shall not be concer( ned about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be concer( ned for itself. ' dayEs own trouble is sufficient for it.
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,)*e 1$:17-"# 'nd those seventy whom he had sent returned with great 1oy and they were saying to him, >-ur Lord, even the demons are sub1ect to us in your name.@ )DBut he said to them, >" was beholding %atan himself who fell like lightning from Hea( ven.@ )F>Behold, " have given you authority that you may tread on snakes and scorpions and all the power of the enemy and nothing will harm you.@ 0G>However, you should not re1oice in this, that the demons are sub1ect to you, but re1oice that your names are written in Heaven.@ 0)'nd in that hour 6eshua triumphed in 3he %pirit of Holiness and he said, >" thank you, my Father, Lord of Hea( ven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and have revealed them to infants, yes, my Father, for thus it was a pleasu( re before you.@ 001nd he turned to his disciples
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and he said to them, Ever%thing has been delivered to me from m% Father, and no man 6nows who The Son is e<cept The Father onl%, and who The Father is e<cept The Son, and he to whom The Son will be pleased to reveal him.@ "&'nd he turned to his disciples by themselves and he said, >Blessed are those eyes that are seeing whatever you are seeing.@ "#>For " say to you that many *rophets and $ings have desired to see the things that you are seeing, and they have not seen, and to hear the things that you are hearing and they have not heard.@ ,)*e 1":"9-&# >6ou should not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, neither should your mind be di( stracted by these things.@ &$>For all the people of the world are seeking these things, for %our Fa( AF (

ther 6nows that these things are necessar% for %ou.@ &1>However, seek 3he $ingdom of God, and all these things are added to you.@ &">Fear not, little flock, for %our Father desires to give %ou The 5ingdom&' &&>%ell your possessions and give charity, make for yourselves pouches that do not wear out and treasure that is not diminished in Heaven, where a thief does not come in and a moth does not devour.@ &#>For wherever your treasure is, there shall your heart be also.@ Matthew 1$:16-"" >Behold, " am sending you as lambs among wol( ves, be therefore crafty as snakes and innocent as doves.@ 17>But beware of the children of men, for they will deliver you to the courts and they will scourge you in their synagogues.@ 1!>'nd they will bring you before Governors and $ings becau(
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se of me, for their testimony and that of the Genti( les.@ 19>But when they arrest you, do not be an( :ious how or what you will speak, for it will be gi( ven to you in that hour what you should say.@ "$>For it will not be you speaking, but 3he %pirit of your Father speaking in you.@ "1>But brother will deliver his brother to death, and a father his son, and children will rise against their parents and will put them to death.@ "">'nd you will be hated by everyone because of my name, but whoever will endure until the end, he will be saved.@ 'ohn 16:1-& >" have spoken these things with you that you would not be subverted.@ ">For they shall put you out from their assemblies, and the hour will come when everyone who would kill you will think that he presents an offering to God.@ &1nd the% shall
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do these things because the% do not 6now either m% Father or me&' 14orin?i ":7-16 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, that which was kept secret and God had consecrated before the world for our glory. !3hat which none of the .ulers of this world knew, for if they had known it, they would not have crucified 3he Lord of Glory. 9But as it is writtenC >5ye has not seen, ear has not heard, and upon the heart of man has not come up that which God has prepared for those who love him.@ 1$But God has revealed it to us by his %pirit, for 3he %pirit searches into everything, even the depths of God. 11'nd who is the man who knows what is in a man e:cept only the spirit of the man that is in him8 %o also a man does not know what is in God, only 3he %pirit of God kno(
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ws. 1"But we have not received 3he %pirit of the world, but 3he %pirit that is from God, that we may know the gift that has been given to us from God. 1&But those things we speak are not in the teaching of the words of the wisdom of men, but in the teaching of 3he %pirit, and we compare spiri( tual things to the spiritual. 1#For a selfish man does not receive spiritual things, for they are mad( ness to him, and he is not able to know, for they are known by 3he %pirit. 15But a spiritual man 1udges everything and he is not 1udged by any man. 16For who has known the mind of 3H5 L-./ 25H-I'H that he may teach him8 But we do have the mind of 3he Messiah.

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