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Dr. Arnold Murray, ORE
New~letter #170 - Dec. I, 1992
We have all heard the old
cliche from the beginning, God
has built for me a mansion in heaven.
I want you to learn two Greek words
"mane" and meno." "Mane" meaning: to
stay, to abide, a resting place, a man·
l.mnnsions :
of the wav? To be lost, to be con­
~ion. "Meno" means: to stay, to abide,
or to dwelL That is the prime root of
"mane," which is to dwelt, abide, or rest m. Our
Father has had a plan from the beginning. It has not
been altered. It has not been changed.
St. John 14: 1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe
in God, believe also in Me.
Hey! Don't worry. That's your Father speaking
through the Son saying hey don't worry. You believe
in God, believe also in Me. That is to say the Son
is the Savior.
St. John 14:2 In My Father's house are many man­
sions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you.
J want you to think in this respect. The Greek
is going from below to above. In other words. Christ
is 10 the flesh. The same as you are in the flesh and
we are addressing going from below to above, up­
ward to a resting place. It is natural and it is the
common teachings of Christ and the apostles that
when one dies, the spirit; which is the intellect of
the soul goes instantly to the Father that gave it.
You go to one of those places to abide.
St. John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that
where I am, there ye may be also.
I will come again. What does that mean'! It means
the second advent for one thing. It means something
else too and we will discuss it a little later.
St. John 14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way
ye know."
Why'? You can find that way in His word if you
win carefully understand the simplicity in which Christ
teaches. Do you know the way?
St. John 14:5 Thomas saith unto Him, "Lord, we know
not whither Thou goest; and how can we know the way?'
He has walked with Him. He has talked with
Him. It's so hard to get out of the flesh and un­
derstand the spirituality of things when Christ IS
speaking In the spirit. It IS necessary if you are
actually walking right with Him.
St. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, :1 am the way, the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but
by Me.
What are the opposites of those?
Have you ever thought about that'!
I am the way! What is the opposite
fused. What is the opposite of the
truth? A lie, a falsehood and the
opposite of life is death. Eternal
death.
St. John 14:7 If ye had known Me, ye should have
known My Father also; and from henceforth ye know
Him, and have seen Him."
Bare in mind, if you have seen the ~on, you have
seen the Father. This is very important, as far as the
Godhead is concerned. We have only one God. W{"
have only one Father. If you have seen the Son, you
have seen the Father.
St. John 14:8-9 Philip saith unto Him,'Lord, shew us
the Father, and it sufficeth us." e. Jesus saith unto him,
"Have I been so long time with you. and yet hast thou
not known Me, Philip? He that hath seen Me hath seen
the Father; and how sayest thou then,'Shew us the Father'?
Again, if you have seen the Son, you have seen
the Father. They are one, but different offices. Would
you recognize the Father's works if you had seen
them'! I thin k so.
St. John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the
Father, and the Father in Me? the words that I speak
unto you I speak not of Myself: but the Father That
dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works.
Do you believe that Christ is in the Father, and
the Father m Me? He does the works. It is His
supernatural ability that creates the work. So we see
the Sonship. We have "een the Father. When you
have seen one, you have seen the other.
St. John 14: 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father, and
the Father in Me: or else believe Me for the very work's
sake.
In other words; believe Me becall<,e Lazarus came
back to life four days after death. He was stinking
in the tomb, meaning: he wa<; dead in the flesh. The
Father gave him life through Me. Do you helieve
that? Look at the miracles.
St. John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
believeth on Me, the works that I do shall He do also;
and greater works than these shall he do; because I go
unto My Father.
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Why would some person he ahle to do greater
works than that? He just told YOll. He j!-, going to i
the Father, and who is it that actuaUy doe~ tht' work!,,'; ;
The Father. He is going there (1<; y,mf adVllcatc. a:o. i
your lawyer, as your spokesman, it" )'llur helper. GI)d ,
does the work and you either helieve if or you don 'I,
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If you want His help you will believe it. If you don't
believe it, don't try to waste His time. He knows
whether you believe it or not. You don't con God.
St. John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in
My name, that will I do, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son.
When you ask in the name of Jesus Christ, that
is the credentials to what? That you believe in Christ
or you would not be asking in His name. What is
serving our Father? He is talking about works of our
Father. What do you ask for in the nalLe of Christ?
Ask what you need to do "greater works" for your
Father. The subject is God's work and God does the
work.
St. John 14: 14 If ye shall ask anything in My name, I
will do it.
This has nothing to do with asking for personal
luxuries.
St. John 14;15-16 If Ye love Me, keep My command­
ments . .1J. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give
you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for
ever;
Abide is "meno." The prime root of mansion.
St. John 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; Whom the world
cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth
Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and
shall be in you.
There is only one spirit of truth. Do you know
what it is? It's the Holy Spirit. What does dwelleth
mean? In the prime root, it means "meno," mansion.
Is He beginning to tell us that we may already have
a mansion here? Hey, that could get interesting,
couldn't it?
St. John 74: 18-2Q I will not leave you comfortless: I
will come to you . .11. Yet a little while, and the world
seeth Me no more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye
shall live also. !2 At that day ye shall know that I am
in My Father, and ye in Me, and I in you.
We all live in the same house. We all live in the
same mansion. He was to be called Immanuel being
translated means 'God with us'.
St. John 14:21 He that hath My commandments, and
keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth
Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and
will manifest Myself to him.
He will give him or her eyes to see Me, to feel
Me, to hear Me. Do you hear Him from the word?
Do the words of God jump alive off the very page,
and speak to your heart and mind? Then He IS
making Himself known to you. We all fall short, but
when you repent He stamps you perfect. He is at
home, right in your heart and mind.
St. John 14.'22-23 Judas saith unto Him, not Iscariot,
'Lord, how Is it that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us,
and not unto the world?' .l! Jesus answered and said
unto him, 'If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and
My Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and
make Our abode with him.
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What does the word abode used 10 this verse
mean in the Greek? You've got it! It's not the prime
root. It's not "meno" it's "mone." The very same
Greek word that is used for mansion in verse 2 and
it is the very same mansion; not going from down
to up, but coming from up to down. Coming from
heaven to earth. He will come to you and dwell with
you.
Let us summarize. The mansion used in verse 2
going from down to up, are mansions prepared for
our loved ones who have preceded us in death. They
are in paradise.
The mansions used in verse 23 are for us today
who believe in Him and do His works. They are
from 'up' to 'down' for us today to step into and
enjoy the warmth of the comforter. It is not an
imaginary mansion but ever so real for us that are
indwelling with Him, and He in us.
Can we now understand why He would say in
verse 1 'don't worry'? For if you believe, regardless
of how ruff the storms of life, you dwell in a shelter
that is insured and protected by our advocate who
sits at the right hand of God. I wish you to note
in verse 23 He said" We", both Father and Son will
come to you.
Practice what you believe, believe what you know.
Believe the truth. Know the way. If you are in that
way, God will bless you, and you will have a full
cup. You will even have a cup that runneth over and
others will share along the brim wherever that cup
goes of God's blessing. Do you know what is the
greatest gift in the world to give? It is to have a
cup that runneth over, and your blessings bless everyone
else. It can happen, dear one, when you believe. God
shall overflow your cup when you take Him in. He
wants to give you your mansion today. He wants to
move in. I hope that you are able to taste that and
to experience it. His covenant was to give you peace.
Do you have that peace? If not, think about it, and
pray about it. He wants to live with you, if you will
let Him.
In His Service,
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Arnold Murray
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