(John 14:8-9 NKJV) Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.” {9} Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
These verses make me shake my head in awe.
Jesus was openly confessing to the disciples that He was God in the flesh. He was the human essence of God the Father.
The Father is spirit. We cannot see or behold Him. But He wanted to come to earth in bodily form to reach out to us, to make himself approachable to us and to “walk in our shoes”, so to speak.
Jesus coming to earth was God’s ultimate way of saying “I Love You”, even in dying for us on the cross.
Let’s not take this lightly. Read and re-read the verses above and let this get into your spirit. Jesus said “Have I been with you so long and yet you have not known me?”. He was answering as the Father… the supreme Lord of all.
How completely awesome is that?
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
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