The Truth Revealed
John 14:8-11 Philip said to him, âLord, show us the Father. That is all we need.â Jesus answered, âPhilip, I have been with you for a long time. So you should know me. Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father too. So why do you say, âShow us the Fatherâ? Donât you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The things I have told you donât come from me. The Father lives in me, and he is doing his own work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or believe because of the miracles I have done.
Truth is very much a contested space in this post-Christian age in which we live, with everyone clamouring for their version, their truth narrative if you will, to gain supremacy to sit atop of the heap.
Itâs into this cacophony of competing âtruthsâ that still today, God means to speak the eternal truth that He sent His Son to save us. He yearns for us to encounter His love, His grace, His mercy through Jesus. That is the truth. So, how does He choose to reveal it?
John 14:8-11 Philip said to him, âLord, show us the Father. That is all we need.â Jesus answered, âPhilip, I have been with you for a long time. So you should know me. Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father too. So why do you say, âShow us the Fatherâ? Donât you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The things I have told you donât come from me. The Father lives in me, and he is doing his own work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or believe because of the miracles I have done.
God told His truth incarnationally. He revealed Himself into the complex, messy lives that we lead, relationally. Truth canât be learned; it has to be lived â just as the disciples wandered those dusty roads of first century Israel with Jesus.
Friend, Jesus is the truth. And as you get to know Him, believe in Him, experience Him ⊠He will transform your life. For anyone whoâs seen Jesus has seen the Father. Thatâs the truth.
And thatâs His Word. Fresh ⊠for you ⊠today.
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