He Shows Goodwill Tells the Good Story 14
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NO OTHER GUIDE
His followers hung their heads as his words sank deep into their hearts. Creator Sets Free (Jesus) gathered them together and had them sit down in a circle, like an eagle gathering her young under her wings. He spoke softly but clearly to them.
1“Do not let your hearts fall to the ground,” he encouraged them. “Trust in the Great Spirit, and trust in me. 2My Father’s lodge has room for everyone. If this were not so, then why would I tell you that I am going to prepare a place for you? 3When I am finished, I will come back to you, so that you will always be with me. 4You already know the path to where I am going.”
5Looks Like His Brother (Thomas) interrupted and said, “Wisdomkeeper, if we do not know where you are going, how can we know the path?”
6“I am the Great Spirit’s pathway, the truth about who he really is, and the life of beauty and harmony he offers to all. There is no other guide who can take you to the Father. 7To know me is to know my Father, so from now on you know him and have seen him.”
SHOW US THE FATHER
8Friend of Horses (Philip) said to him, “Wisdomkeeper, show us the Father, and that will be enough.”
9“Friend of Horses (Philip),” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) said, “how long have you walked with me, and still you do not know me? How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? The ones who have seen me have seen the Father. 10Do you not believe that the Father is in me and I am in the Father?
“The words I speak to you are not my own. It is the Father speaking in me. 11Trust in me, for I am in the Father and he is in me. Or at least trust in the works my Father does through me.
12“I speak from my heart. The ones who trust in me will do the same things I do, and even greater things, for I am going away to my Father. 13-14When you ask the Father for anything, ask it in my name, representing who I am. When you ask for anything in this way, I will do it to bring honor to my Father.
PROMISE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
15“If you love me, you will walk in my ways. 16I will ask the Father to send one who will always walk beside you and guide you on the good road. 17He is the Spirit of Truth, the one this world is not able to accept because it does not see or know him. But you know him, for he is with you now and will soon be in you.
18“I will not leave you like a child with no parents. I will come back to you. 19Soon this world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I will live again, you will also live. 20When that day comes, you will know that I am in the Father, that you are in me, and that I am in you. 21The ones who walk in my ways and stay true to my message love me. They will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and show them my true self.”
22Speaks Well Of (Judas), not the one who betrayed him, asked, “Wisdomkeeper, how will you show yourself to us and not to the rest of the world?”
23“I will show myself to the ones who love me and are staying true to my teachings. They will be loved by my Father, and we will come and make our home in and among them. 24The ones who do not return my love will not walk in my message. This message is not only mine. It is from my Father, the one who sent me.
25“I have told you these things while I am still with you, 26but there is one whom the Father is sending to represent me. He will walk beside you and be your spirit guide. He is the Holy Spirit, who will be your Wisdomkeeper and will help you to remember all that I have told you.
GREAT PEACE
27“I leave you now with my great peace. It is my gift to you. It is not the kind of peace the world gives. Do not let the troubles of this world fill you with fear and make your hearts fall to the ground, and do not let fear hold you back. 28I told you I am going away and that I will come back. This should make your hearts glad if you truly love me, for I am going to the one who is greater than I am—to my Father, the One Above Us All.
29“I have told you all these things beforehand, so when you see them happen you will believe. 30There is only a little time left for me to talk with you. The dark ruler of this world is coming. His power over me is nothing, 31but I must walk the path the Father has for me, so the world will know the great love I have for him.
“Get up!” he said to them. “It is time for us to go from here.”
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