A Continuing Ministry

John 17:25-26 (NLT) 25 “O righteous Father, the world doesn’t know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me. 26 I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them.”

Matthew 11:27(KJV) All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

The world worships "idols" because they do not know God. Man thinks that God can be taken out of government and schools and public places because they do not know they are finite and God is infinite. Knowledge in this realm is limited until God chooses to increase knowledge. Only Jesus can reveal the Father to us. We can search, study and strive to know more, but until Jesus reveals through the Holy Spirit, we do not know.

However, Jesus does choose to reveal the Father. It is part of the covenant promise to us in Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit is with us,and in us, as Teacher and Guide. Jesus has made known the Father and will continue to make the Father known. The Spirit is leading us in experiential knowledge of the Love of the Father. To block this is the most consistent attack of Satan to believers. Satan's goal is to cause you to question the love of God for you personally. If he can get you to question His love, he can get you to question God's forgiveness. These two doubts undermine any identity you have with God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. God becomes a Being you worship but cannot identify with. You doubt He hears you when you pray or will love you enough to answer. His Will becomes clouded with your inability to believe His love and so all unanswered prayers are channeled as His Will. When we cannot identify with the Father, we cannot identify with His love. I have heard people question that God could love Jesus and let Him suffer such a death.

Jesus knew the Father loved Him. He was also driven by that love. When we are confident that we are loved by the Father, we will also be confident that Jesus reigns within us. We, too, become driven by that love to love as we are loved.