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words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but
             the  Father  abiding  in  Me  does  His  works.”    He  said  “God
             Himself put Himself in Me and I initiate nothing and He does
             everything.  It’s not My will; it’s His will.  It’s not My works;
             it’s His works.”  That’s why before He multiplied the loaves He
             thanked His Father.  That wasn’t table grace.  He was saying,
             “Thank You for doing this miracle.”  That’s why at the grave of
             Lazarus He said, “I thank You, Father.  You always do it.”

             John 8:50, “But I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks
             and judges.”  John 7:18, “He who speaks from himself seeks his
             own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the one who sent
             Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.”  Do
             you see His testimony?  “I initiate nothing.  I have no will of
             My own.  All My works are from My Father.  I never seek My
             own  glory.”    John  12:27&28,  “Now  My  soul  has  become
             troubled and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour?’
             But for this purpose I came to this hour.”

             John 14:24, one more testimony from Jesus, “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.”  He said,  “The
             words which I speak are not mine.”  John 12:49 is the same
             thing, “For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father
             Himself who sent Me has given Me commandment, what to say,
             and what to speak.”

             When  He  spoke  to  Nicodemus  they  were  the  words  of  the
             Father.  When He spoke to the woman at the well, they were the
             words of the Father.  When He gave the Sermon on the Mount,
             they were the words of the Father.  When He gave the Sermon
             in the Valley, they were the words of the Father.  Jesus said, “I
             do nothing on My own initiative.  And I have no will of My
             own and I do nothing but what He does.  He does it in Me.  I
             don’t seek My own glory.  I only speak what He tells Me to
             speak.
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