Jesus saith unto him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by Me. If ye had known Me, ye should have known My Father also: and from henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him." Philip saith unto Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us."
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 say thou then, "Show us the Father?" Believe 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 dwells in Me, he doeth the works. Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me: or else believe Me for the very works' sake.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believe 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. And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in My name, I will do it." (John 14:6-14)
Why should we believe that JESUS is the Father? Because Jesus Himself said so. (John 10:30; John 14:6-14) So did the apostles whom Jesus, after He was taken up, through the Holy Ghost gave commandments unto the apostles whom He had chosen.
"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory." (I Timothy 3:16)
Note as well that the prophets also pointed to Jesus as God in the flesh, and that the Lord would come forth as a mighty man. (Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 42:13)
The Lord God said, "Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside Me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside Me. Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by Myself, the Word is gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, "That unto Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear." Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to Him shall men come; and all that are incensed against Him shall be ashamed. In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory." (Isaiah 45:21-25)
God became our Saviour. "He was in the world and the world was made by Him and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own and His own received Him not." (John 1:10-11)
In the beginning, God. (Genesis 1:1-2) This same God -- the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father. (John 1:14) The visible image of God -- Christ Jesus our Saviour.
"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the Word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high: being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
For unto which of the angels said He at any time, "Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee?" And again, "I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son?" And again, when He brings in the first begotten into the world, He saith, "And let all the angels of God worship Him."
And of the angels He saith, "Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire." But unto the Son He saith, "Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of Thine hands ..." (Hebrews 1:1-10)
If you do not understand the Godhead, I encourage you to read God’s Word and study the scriptures for yourself. Let God’s Word come into you and fill your heart and mind with His glory. Why? Because we cannot both love JESUS and still reject His Word. For indeed the Word of God is embodied in JESUS, who is the WORD of God manifest in flesh appearing as a Son. If God had appeared in a different fashion, then we might suggest that an alien had visited earth. But this is not the case, and the scriptures are clear on this point.
Every single book of the Bible (both in the old and the new) points to JESUS. "Lo, behold, the volume of the book is written of Me!" Not written of them, or us, as the modern day religious culture would have us believe, but One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism. One God and Father who is above all, and through all, and in you all. (Ephesians 4:5-6) And this same Lord clothed Himself in flesh, so that He could become our Saviour, shedding His precious holy blood on a cross, so that we might have life abundantly. After the kindness and love of God our Saviour. (Titus 3:4-7)
But I digress. Continuing from the point above, note that on the contrary, it is us - you and I - who are the aliens. Totally alienated from God. We instead let evil captivate our imaginations rather than trust God for our blessings. But the good news is this.
When JESUS' empowered His disciples to go into the harvest field of the world, commissioning them to heal the sick and to cast out demonic spirits in HIS NAME, He did so in order for you and I to return to Jesus. And then as the scriptures state, upon returning to JESUS the apostles were rejoicing declaring that even the demonic spirits were subject to the disciples in JESUS' NAME. Later, we read that JESUS commissioned and empowered another 100 disciples sending them also to heal the sick and cast out demons. This was Jesus' way of showing that the Kingdom of God is near. Then Jesus instructed the disciples to deliver this good news gospel message - the same gospel message contained in the scriptures - and declare this very same gospel message to one and all.
Further, JESUS said at the time that it was not Him (His flesh) that was performing the miracles. Rather, it was the Father who dwelt within Me - it is He who does these things. Yes, God was in the man JESUS the Christ endeavouring to reconcile the world back to Himself (God). JESUS being the SEED of the holy Spirit (and therefore God) implanted into the womb of a willing surrogate mother named Mary, whose sin prone flesh was to veil the Holy Ghost coming forth from her -- E/Immanuel or God with us. (Luke 1:35; Matthew 1:18-23; Isaiah 9:6)
Although admittedly, all bodies are sin prone, commencing from the time that Adam and Eve rejected God’s instructions in the Garden of Eden. However, when they were banished from the Eden Garden, the two entered into an unknown -- an untamed natural world. But JESUS dwelt in such a sin prone body capable of sinning even as we are but totally without sin. The difference being that inside JESUS dwelt the Holy Spirit. "To wit, God was in Christ ..." (II Corinthians 5:19)
Therefore, even though tempted by sin, JESUS did not sin. God’s pure and holy spiritual humanity indwelt JESUS!
You see, JESUS did not come to dazzle us. Rather, JESUS came to save us from ourselves. Jesus came to save us from the strong delusion of unbelief that Adam and Eve experienced. The delusion of unbelief and pit of ignorance that we have fallen into, professing ourselves to be wise and instead becoming as fools. And in our ignorance declaring that dumb matter could bring forth intelligent life.
Is it any wonder then that God winks at such ignorance on our part? We ought to save ourselves from such dark nonsensical unbelief.
Thus, to go full circle, we need to understand that reverential fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom! Why? Because JESUS is the wisdom of God! And Jesus is the wisdom of God now being delivered to those who have hearing ears. Our Heavenly Father who is one Spirit speaks to us -- His Wisdom -- but in a Son's body. Similar to our spirit that talks through our physical bodies God who is Spirit is inviting us to come to Him through His own body.
His Name is JESUS in this current dispensation of grace.
Stand in the offering plate.
For unto which of the angels said He at any time, "Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee?" And again, "I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son?" And again, when He brings in the first begotten into the world, He saith, "And let all the angels of God worship Him."
And of the angels He saith, "Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire." But unto the Son He saith, "Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of Thine hands ..." (Hebrews 1:1-10)
If you do not understand the Godhead, I encourage you to read God’s Word and study the scriptures for yourself. Let God’s Word come into you and fill your heart and mind with His glory. Why? Because we cannot both love JESUS and still reject His Word. For indeed the Word of God is embodied in JESUS, who is the WORD of God manifest in flesh appearing as a Son. If God had appeared in a different fashion, then we might suggest that an alien had visited earth. But this is not the case, and the scriptures are clear on this point.
Every single book of the Bible (both in the old and the new) points to JESUS. "Lo, behold, the volume of the book is written of Me!" Not written of them, or us, as the modern day religious culture would have us believe, but One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism. One God and Father who is above all, and through all, and in you all. (Ephesians 4:5-6) And this same Lord clothed Himself in flesh, so that He could become our Saviour, shedding His precious holy blood on a cross, so that we might have life abundantly. After the kindness and love of God our Saviour. (Titus 3:4-7)
But I digress. Continuing from the point above, note that on the contrary, it is us - you and I - who are the aliens. Totally alienated from God. We instead let evil captivate our imaginations rather than trust God for our blessings. But the good news is this.
When JESUS' empowered His disciples to go into the harvest field of the world, commissioning them to heal the sick and to cast out demonic spirits in HIS NAME, He did so in order for you and I to return to Jesus. And then as the scriptures state, upon returning to JESUS the apostles were rejoicing declaring that even the demonic spirits were subject to the disciples in JESUS' NAME. Later, we read that JESUS commissioned and empowered another 100 disciples sending them also to heal the sick and cast out demons. This was Jesus' way of showing that the Kingdom of God is near. Then Jesus instructed the disciples to deliver this good news gospel message - the same gospel message contained in the scriptures - and declare this very same gospel message to one and all.
Further, JESUS said at the time that it was not Him (His flesh) that was performing the miracles. Rather, it was the Father who dwelt within Me - it is He who does these things. Yes, God was in the man JESUS the Christ endeavouring to reconcile the world back to Himself (God). JESUS being the SEED of the holy Spirit (and therefore God) implanted into the womb of a willing surrogate mother named Mary, whose sin prone flesh was to veil the Holy Ghost coming forth from her -- E/Immanuel or God with us. (Luke 1:35; Matthew 1:18-23; Isaiah 9:6)
Although admittedly, all bodies are sin prone, commencing from the time that Adam and Eve rejected God’s instructions in the Garden of Eden. However, when they were banished from the Eden Garden, the two entered into an unknown -- an untamed natural world. But JESUS dwelt in such a sin prone body capable of sinning even as we are but totally without sin. The difference being that inside JESUS dwelt the Holy Spirit. "To wit, God was in Christ ..." (II Corinthians 5:19)
Therefore, even though tempted by sin, JESUS did not sin. God’s pure and holy spiritual humanity indwelt JESUS!
You see, JESUS did not come to dazzle us. Rather, JESUS came to save us from ourselves. Jesus came to save us from the strong delusion of unbelief that Adam and Eve experienced. The delusion of unbelief and pit of ignorance that we have fallen into, professing ourselves to be wise and instead becoming as fools. And in our ignorance declaring that dumb matter could bring forth intelligent life.
Is it any wonder then that God winks at such ignorance on our part? We ought to save ourselves from such dark nonsensical unbelief.
Thus, to go full circle, we need to understand that reverential fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom! Why? Because JESUS is the wisdom of God! And Jesus is the wisdom of God now being delivered to those who have hearing ears. Our Heavenly Father who is one Spirit speaks to us -- His Wisdom -- but in a Son's body. Similar to our spirit that talks through our physical bodies God who is Spirit is inviting us to come to Him through His own body.
His Name is JESUS in this current dispensation of grace.
Stand in the offering plate.
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