The Bible says we have not many fathers. It doesn’t say we don’t have enough. It just says there aren’t many. I not only have an earthly father, but I have a spiritual father. Oral Roberts, my father, has been my mentor all of my life.
Six months ago my mother went home to be with the Lord. And it was a very hard time in my family. But the good thing is, we know where she is. She is in heaven. The Bible says, “To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.”
And now my father’s eyes are upon heaven. And should the Lord tarry, I know it won’t be long until he will be headed to heaven too. I said to him, “Daddy, I want a double portion of the anointing that has rested upon you.”
And he looked at me as his son and said what Elijah said to Elisha, “Son, if you see me when I go, you shall have a double portion.” I wondered what he meant. What did he mean? And I think I had a word from God. If I keep my eyes on Jesus, if I keep my eyes on the Lord in him, then I can have that double portion. And I thank God for that. I thank God for my Christian heritage.
When I was a boy I ran away from God. During my teenage years, I wanted nothing to do with Christianity. I wanted to be a nightclub entertainer and a professional athlete. I was not interested in God. I had my own plan, I had my own dream, and God was not a part of it.
My father and I had no relationship. I had told him to stay out of my life and not to mention God to me. And when you tell God to stay out of your life, He will. The Holy Spirit is a gentleman. He will not go against your will. God will not go against your own belief. But if you come to Him, the Bible says you must believe.
But I did not want God in my life, and so I left home. My father had established a university by then, but I did not want to go there. I wanted my own dream. I was a young man, and I wanted my own life.
Richard Roberts – Jesus did not approve of her behavior, He accepted her and then told her to go and sin no more.