Show us the father.

show us the father

John 14:5-7 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

John 14:8-11 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” 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’? 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. 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.

I. What is this Passage Telling Us?

A. If you know Jesus, you will know the Father. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him. - v7

Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” 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’? - v8-9

I. What is this Passage Telling Us? In (ἐν) = within or inside.
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” 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’? 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. - v8-10 In (ἐν) = within or inside.

B. The words that the Lord spoke were the words of God. 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. - v10

C. The deeds that the Lord performed were the works of God. 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. 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. - v10-11

I. What is this Passage Telling Us. II
I. What is this Passage Telling Us? II. What are the Evidences in the Bible for the Deity of Jesus?

II. What are the Evidences in the Bible
for the Deity of Jesus? A. Old Testament Verses Quoted in the New Testament.

for the Deity of Jesus? A. Old Testament Verses Quoted in the New Testament. 1. John the Baptist. Matthew 3:3 - This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”

for the Deity of Jesus? A. Old Testament Verses Quoted in the New Testament. 1. John the Baptist. Matthew 3:3 - This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’” Isaiah 40:3 - A voice of one calling: “In the desert prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God.”

for the Deity of Jesus? A. Old Testament Verses Quoted in the New Testament. 2. Isaiah’s vision. - Isaiah 6

for the Deity of Jesus? A. Old Testament Verses Quoted in the New Testament. 2. Isaiah’s vision. - Isaiah 6 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips v5

for the Deity of Jesus? A. Old Testament Verses Quoted in the New Testament. 2. Isaiah’s vision. - Isaiah 6 “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” - v8

for the Deity of Jesus? A. Old Testament Verses Quoted in the New Testament. 2. Isaiah’s vision. - Isaiah 6 John 12:40 - He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn — and I would heal them.”

for the Deity of Jesus? A. Old Testament Verses Quoted in the New Testament. 2. Isaiah’s vision. - Isaiah 6 John 12:40 - He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn — and I would heal them.” Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him. - v41

for the Deity of Jesus? A. Old Testament Verses Quoted in the New Testament. 3. Explanation of the Lord’s birth to Joseph. - Matthew 1:18-23

for the Deity of Jesus? A. Old Testament Verses Quoted in the New Testament. 3. Explanation of the Lord’s birth to Joseph. - Matthew 1:18-23 Isaiah 7:14 - The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

for the Deity of Jesus? A. Old Testament Verses Quoted in the New Testament. 3. Explanation of the Lord’s birth to Joseph. - Matthew 1:18-23 Isaiah 7:14 - The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. Matthew 1: and they will call him Immanuel” — which means, “God with us.”

for the Deity of Jesus? B. Direct statements from the New Testament.

for the Deity of Jesus? B. Direct statements from the New Testament. Mark 2:1-12

for the Deity of Jesus? B. Direct statements from the New Testament. “Son, your sins are forgiven.” – v5

for the Deity of Jesus? B. Direct statements from the New Testament. “Son, your sins are forgiven.” – v5 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” – v7

for the Deity of Jesus? B. Direct statements from the New Testament. “Son, your sins are forgiven.” – v5 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” – v7 “Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? – v8-9

for the Deity of Jesus? B. Direct statements from the New Testament. But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . .” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” – v10-11

for the Deity of Jesus? B. Direct statements from the New Testament. John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:14 - The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

for the Deity of Jesus? B. Direct statements from the New Testament. Philippians 2:6 - Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped . . .

B. Direct statements from the New Testament.
II. What are the Evidences in the Bible for the Deity of Jesus? B. Direct statements from the New Testament. I Timothy 3:15 - He a appeared in a body. a Some manuscripts God (Footnote at the bottom of the page) I Timothy 3:15 - God was manifest in the flesh. (King James Version & Young’s Translation)

for the Deity of Jesus? B. Direct statements from the New Testament. Colossians 2:9 - For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form . . .

for the Deity of Jesus? C. The Lord’s enemies correctly understood what He claimed about Himself.

for the Deity of Jesus? C. The Lord’s enemies correctly understood what He claimed about Himself. John 10:33 - “We are not stoning you for any of these,” replied the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”

for the Deity of Jesus? D. What did other people in the New Testament say about the Lord’s deity?

for the Deity of Jesus? D. What did other people in the New Testament say about the Lord’s deity? Titus: while we wait for the blessed hope — the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ Titus 2:13

for the Deity of Jesus? D. What did other people in the New Testament say about the Lord’s deity? Luke: Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. - Acts 20:28

for the Deity of Jesus? D. What did other people in the New Testament say about the Lord’s deity? Thomas: “My Lord and my God!” - John 20:28

for the Deity of Jesus? D. What did other people in the New Testament say about the Lord’s deity? Paul: Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! - Romans 9:5

I. What is this Passage Telling Us. II
I. What is this Passage Telling Us? II. What are the Evidences in the Bible for the Deity of Jesus? III. What Does This All Mean?

III. What Does This All Mean?
A. God identifies with ordinary people!

A. God identifies with ordinary people! 1. He had brothers & sisters. Mark 6:3 - Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?

A. God identifies with ordinary people! 2. He experienced being a baby - a child - a teenager!

A. God identifies with ordinary people! 3. His parents were lower middle class status.

B. God knows what it’s like to be tempted! Matthew 4:1-11

C. God experienced what we experience: 1. Pain 2. Disappointments 3. Frustration 4. Bodily needs

D. God used His human experience to impress upon you His love. The CROSS!

God loves you so much He was willing to empty Himself to experience your life & identify with you! He invites you to experience His life & identify with Him!

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