--The Human Face of God ~~
By: David Wilkerson - angelwing

If you're serious about your walk with God, then you want to get to know your heavenly Father. And so you may study his majesty, his power, his glory. But do you know the Lord?

When Christ told his disciples he was about to return to the Father, He said, "Whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. (John 14:4).

When the disciples heard this, they were dumbfounded. Thomas replied, "Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way?" (vs.5). In other words, "How can we know where you're going? And if you leave us, how will we ever get to the Father? You told us yourself that you're the only way to him."

Jesus answered him, "If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also; and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him" (vs.7). Philip was befuddled by this. He must have thought, "What does Jesus mean, we've seen the Father? How can we see a spirit? And how can Jesus be God, if we can see him? This is all some kind of incomprehensible riddle." Finally, he blurted out, "...Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us" (vs8).

Jesus knew Philip's request was sincere, so he answered it patiently:"...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" (vs.9)

Jesus then turned and addressed all the disciples: "Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?..." (v.11). After saying this, He gave them a glorious promise: "At that day [after my resurrection] ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you" (vs.20).

What an amazing converssation! Christ was telling these men, "Look at Me! Don't you see I'm God, clothed in human flesh? I'm the very essence of the Father. All that He is--in nature, substance and character--is in Me. Everything I say and do reveals what He's like. So, when I act and speak, you're seeing Him at work. I've come to earth to show you the face of God!

"I realize you can't comprehend all this now. But when I'm raised from the dead, "I'll show you conclusively who the Father is. I'll mainifest him to you, for He an I are One."

Today, we know Christ's entire ministry was a manifestation of who the Father is. Jesus did only what he saw the Father doing, or what the Father told him to do and nothing else. In fact, Jesus stated outright, "I can of mine own self do nothing..." (5:30). He repeats this assertion throughout the gospel of John.

"I have not spoken of myself, but the Father which sent me,He gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak" (12:49-50). "He that seeth me seeth him that sent me (vs45). " I and my Father are one" (10:30). "...I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but He sent me" (8:42).

The apostle Paul confirms this when he says of Christ,"...God was manifest in the flesh..." (1 Timothy 3:16). Elsewhere, Paul calls Jesus "...the image of the invisible God..." (Colossians 1:15).

A clear picture emerges: God sent his son to show us exactly what He, the Father, is like. So, to know and see God, we first must know and see Christ! (our Creator).
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JESUS IS LORD! JESUS IS GOD IN HUMAN FLESH! We serve a Triune God/ God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
jesuslovesyou You talk to Him in prayer, He talks to you through His Word. Read it everyday, and He will guide you.

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]