John 14:21 The person who has My commands and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I [too] will love him and will show (reveal, manifest) Myself to him. [I will let Myself be clearly seen by him and make Myself real to him.] AMPC
Jesus is clearly telling us that if we obey Him, He will manifest Himself to us. The opposite is true as well, if we don't obey Him He won't show Himself to us. The reason is, is that if we don't obey Him —we have rejected Him. If we don't obey Him —we separate ourselves from Him. If we don't obey Him, we deny Him and if we deny Him —He will deny us (Luke 9:26).
That certainly is not what He wants, but we have a choice, We can choose life or death it is up to us (Deuteronomy 30:19).
We can choose Jesus by obeying Him —or we can choose death by rejecting Him. If you choose not to obey Jesus you are rejecting Him. If you reject Him then all those prayers you are asking for to be answered are really silly right? How can you ask something of Someone you are ashamed of, Someone you are rejecting?
I realize you might not have know this; that you may lack knowledge. I realize this may be new to you, or you just didn't think about what you were doing. But now that you know you can fix it! Now is the time to get right with Him before He comes; or before you stand before Him.
Realize when you reject Him (by disobeying Him) you are not only missing out on your prayers being answered but, you may also be giving up your eternity with Him. Jesus said on that day, if you disregarded His commands —He is going to say away from Me I never knew you, you who practice lawlessness (Mathew 7:21-23).
Hosea tells us —My people perish for a lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6). Why do we lack knowledge? Are we too lazy or don't we know He is His Word (John 1:1), and to know Him we have to know His Word? We actually have to take the time to know Him. He is a real Person and being a Christian is having a real relationship with Jesus. A relationship takes time, therefore you have to take the time to know Him, no one else can know Him for you, you have to know Him.
Knowing His Word alone isn't enough but we have to be doers of the word (James 1:22). Romans 10:17 tells us faith comes from hearing the Word. Hearing the Word then is what is going to bring us to the place where we can know Jesus and have faith in Him to obey Him.
You have a part in your faith and that is to hear the Word, hear Jesus, and then obey Him. Then you can say you love Him, then He will manifest Himself to you, then you will see those prayers answered!
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