It surprises me that some important truth has been almost missed from modern Christianity that is central to what is recorded in the gospels that The Christ taught, this being His promise that He and The Father and The Holy Spirit will come to those who lovingly obey Him and make themselves known and effectively reside with such people. There is a major blessing being perhaps missed from teaching. This is a true promise, naturally since it is from God whose word is a word of truth and whose Son testified about it in truth before laying His life down and being restored to resurrection life.
Reference about this is found to some extent throughout the preaching of Jesus before His crucifixion and death found in The Gospel of John chapters 13 to 17, but especially chapter 14. Jesus gave assurance of it after Judas (not Iscariot) asked a question. Maybe the implcation is missed but it is there regarding the Father making Himself known as well as Jesus promising to make Himself known to individuals or group who obey Jesus. The Father's manifestation was (and is) promised because of the nature of Judas' question being answered by Jesus which is about Jesus being manifest to disciples and not to everyone in general and Jesus brings God The Father into the answer and says the words are God's not His, that both Jesus and God would visit and dwell with the one loving Jesus enough to obey, which by implication includes God showing Himself to such a one.
Reference about this is found to some extent throughout the preaching of Jesus before His crucifixion and death found in The Gospel of John chapters 13 to 17, but especially chapter 14. Jesus gave assurance of it after Judas (not Iscariot) asked a question. Maybe the implcation is missed but it is there regarding the Father making Himself known as well as Jesus promising to make Himself known to individuals or group who obey Jesus. The Father's manifestation was (and is) promised because of the nature of Judas' question being answered by Jesus which is about Jesus being manifest to disciples and not to everyone in general and Jesus brings God The Father into the answer and says the words are God's not His, that both Jesus and God would visit and dwell with the one loving Jesus enough to obey, which by implication includes God showing Himself to such a one.
From The Gospel of John chapter 14 verses 19 and following:
"A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 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 manifest Myself to him.”
Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”
Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.
