John 14:8-14
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Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
Was Philip asking for a personal visit?
Philip’s response indicates that he still doesn’t know who Jesus is. It also reveals a fundamental human longing to see God.
I am not sure that Philip meant for this to be a teaching point for us but obviously the Holy Spirit guided these words to be in our Bible.
You have made known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
And I—in righteousness I will see your face;
when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
We long to have more knowledge of God and we try to gain more understanding. Philip wanted what Moses desired and received:
When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
What comes to your mind as you hear the question, “Don’t you know me?”
Philip was called to serve Jesus.
The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
This verse tells us that Jesus found Philip. Philip knew Him as the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote.
Warren Wiersbe states that John uses the word “know” 141 times in his gospel.
There are 4 different levels of knowing:
Knowing a fact.
Knowing enough to understand the truth behind a fact.
Introduces a relationship - to believe in a person and become related to him or her.
Developing a deeper relationship and developing a richer communion.
Jesus wanted His disciples to understand that to know Him was to know the Father. I appreciated Philip’s desire to know the Father. What a lesson for us to have the desire to know the Father more and more.
Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
The Father dwells within Him. The Lord dwelled within the temple of Jesus.
But the temple he had spoken of was his body.
The fulness of God dwells in Jesus.
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,
The words and works are the Father in Him.
Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.
The disciples can believe that the Father and the Son are one because of His character; because of His words (7:16; 12:49-50; 14:24); and because of His works (5:36; 10:38).
I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
Faith does not exist without obedience. Faith and love prompt the true disciple. When Jesus goes to the Father, His disciples are to carry on in His Name.
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.
The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”
Luke 10:
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.
Do we pray in the Name of Jesus for what Jesus’ pleas are and for the glory of God, or do we pray in our own plans or our own wishes?
Often in our prayers, we may be guilty of seeking our own interests and for what will improve our own situations. We must discover the will of God and align our prayers to fulfill His purposes. When that happens, our prayers become as powerful as those of Jesus.
You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Praying in the Name of Jesus associates our request and prayer to the very character of Jesus. It is saying this prayer is in continuation with the work of Christ.
Why do we pray in the Name of Jesus?
Christ is ready to answer the prayers of the His people.