I Will Reveal Myself to Him

I Will Reveal Myself to Him

“He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love Him and reveal Myself to him.” John 14:21.

Only the disciples have His commandments. Jesus can only take care of us after we have committed ourselves to becoming disciples. Then He entrusts us with His commandments. However, there is a considerable difference between the disciples. We can see that when we consider those who were with Jesus. He did not reveal Himself equally to them. The three saw His glory more than the others.

We live a life of faith. By faith we can keep His commandments. They go against our reasoning and feelings, and our love for Him is revealed to the extent that we keep His commandments. He reveals Himself to the one who loves Him. The glory of His commandments and the joy of life come when He reveals Himself.

If you have His commandments, you can make a speech about the various commandments; but if you have not kept them so that the Father and the Son have revealed themselves to you, you will lack the glory in the commandment. Even if what you say is ever so true, you will lack joy when you say it.

There are many examples of this from the old and the new covenant. Before Enoch was raptured, he received the testimony that he pleased God. We can also be assured that Abraham loved God before He revealed Himself to him. He did what God commanded him, even to the point of sacrificing his son. Then God revealed Himself to him—not with commandments, but with blessings and promises, because Abraham had proved that he loved God. There are many such examples.

Ahithophel was David’s counselor. His counsel was as if one had inquired at the oracle of God (2 Sam. 16:23), but he was not David’s friend. This love relationship did not exist between them, and it went badly with him in spite of his wisdom. Hushai, on the other hand, was the King’s friend. 1 Chron. 27:33. The King could open up to him, and God used him to defeat Ahithophel’s counsel. 2 Sam. 17:14.

You can have the word of wisdom and of knowledge as a gift of the Spirit (1 Cor. 12:8), but that is not a guarantee that you have a love relationship to Jesus so that He and the Father can reveal Themselves to you.

David was a tested man. God revealed Himself to him and said that He would build him a house and put someone on his throne who would rule forever. To receive such revelations, a person has to have shown his love through obedience for a long time.

Cornelius, too, had shown his faithfulness and love for a long time, and so God revealed Himself to him. This is how Paul received revelations, and this is how all those who show their love through obedience and patience experience that the Father and the Son reveal Themselves to them. Then they have a glory revealed to them which “eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man.” 1 Cor. 2:7-10. When a person has proved his love through obedience for a long time, it will be revealed to him what God has prepared for those who love Him. When such people preach the commandments, there is a glory over it. They cannot acquire the anointing and the joy through their knowledge. They will receive it only when the Father and the Son reveal Themselves to them.