I, CHRIST tell you the TRUTH, anyone who has FAITH in ME will do what I have been doing. He will do even GREATER things than these, because I am going to the FATHER. And I will do whatever you ask in MY NAME, so that the SON may bring GLORY to the FATHER. You may ask ME for anything in MY NAME, and I will do it." If you LOVE ME, you will OBEY what I COMMAND. And I will ask the FATHER, and HE will give you another COUNSELOR to be with you FOREVER - the SPIRIT OF TRUTH. The WORLD cannot ACCEPT HIM, because it neither SEES HIM nor KNOWS HIM. But you KNOW HIM, for HE LIVES with you and will be IN you. I will not leave you as ORPHANS; I will COME to you. Before long, the WORLD will not SEE ME anymore, but you will SEE ME. Because I LIVE, you also will LIVE. On that day you will REALIZE that I am in MY FATHER, and you are in ME, and I am in you. Whoever has MY COMMANDS and OBEYS them, he is the one who LOVES ME. He who LOVES ME will be LOVED by my FATHER, and I too will LOVE him and SHOW MYSELF to him."
Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "But, LORD, why do you intend to show YOURSELF to us and not to the WORLD?" JESUS replied, "if any one LOVES ME, he will OBEY MY TEACHING. MY FATHER will LOVE him, and WE will COME to him and MAKE OUR HOME with him. He who does not LOVE ME will not OBEY MY TEACHING. These WORDS you HEAR are not MY own; THEY BELONG TO THE FATHER WHO SENT ME.
All this I have SPOKEN while still with you. But the COUNSELOR, the HOLY SPIRIT, whom the FATHER will send in MY NAME, will TEACH you ALL THINGS and will REMIND you of EVERYTHING I have SAID to you. PEACE I leave with you; MY PEACE I GIVE YOU. I do not GIVE to you as the WORLD GIVES. Do not let your HEARTS BE TROUBLED and do not be AFRAID.
"You heard ME say, I am going away and I am COMING BACK to you." If you LOVED ME, you would be glad that I am going to the FATHER, for the FATHER is GREATER than I. I have told you know before it happens, so that when it does happen you will BELIEVE. I will not SPEAK with you much longer, for the PRINCE OF THIS WORLD is COMING. He has no HOLD on ME, but the WORLD MUST LEARN THAT I LOVE THE FATHER and THAT I DO EXACTLY WHAT MY FATHER HAS COMMANDED ME. "COME NOW; LET US LEAVE.
CHRIST SAID,"I AM THE TRUE VINE, and MY FATHER IS THE GARDNER. He cuts off every BRANCH in ME that BEARS NO FRUIT, while every BRANCH that does BEAR FRUIT GOD PRUNES so that it will be even more FRUITFUL. You are already CLEAN because of the WORD I have SPOKEN to you. REMAIN in ME, and I will REMAIN in you. No BRANCH can BEAR FRUIT by itself; it must REMAIN in the VINE. NEITHER CAN YOU BEAR FRUIT UNLESS YOU REMAIN IN ME.
"I AM the VINE; you are the BRANCHES. If a man REMAINS in ME and I IN HIM, HE WILL BEAR MUCH FRUIT; APART FROM ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING. If anyone does not REMAIN in ME, he is like a BRANCH that is thrown away and withers; such BRANCHES are picked up, thrown into the FIRE and BURNED. If you REMAIN in ME and MY WORDS REMAIN IN YOU, ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH, and it will be GIVEN YOU. This is to MY FATHER'S GLORY, that you BEAR MUCH FRUIT, showing yourselves to be MY DISCIPLES.
"As the FATHER has LOVED ME, so have I LOVED you. Now REMAIN IN MY LOVE. If you OBEY MY COMMANDS, you will REMAIN IN MY LOVE, just as I have OBEYED MY FATHER'S COMMANDS and REMAIN in HIS LOVE. I have told you this so that MY JOY may be in you and that your JOY may be COMPLETE. MY COMMAND is this: LOVE each other as I have LOVED you. GREATER LOVE has no one than this, that he lay down his LIFE for his FRIENDS. You are MY FRIENDS if you do what I COMMAND. I no longer call you SERVANTS, because a SERVANT does not know his MASTER'S BUSINESS. Instead, I have called you FRIENDS for everything that I LEARNED from MY FATHER I have made known to you. You did not CHOOSE ME, but I CHOSE you and APPOINTED you to go and BEAR FRUIT - FRIUT that will LAST. THEN THE FATHER WILL GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU ASK IN MY NAME. THIS IS MY COMMAND: LOVE EACH OTHER. AMEN!
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