Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father; that will be enough for us.” Jesus replied, “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been with you all this time? Whoever 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 the Father is in me? The words I have spoken to you I don’t speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me does his works. Trust me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or at least believe on account of the works themselves. I assure you that whoever believes in me will do the works that I do. They will do even greater works than these because I am going to the Father. I will do whatever you ask for in my name, so that the Father can be glorified in the Son. When you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it. “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. I will ask the Father, and he will send another Companion, who will be with you forever. This Companion is the Spirit of Truth, whom the world can’t receive because it neither sees him nor recognizes him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be with you. (John 14:8-17, CEB)
Have you seen Jesus?
Have you seen God?
Now the Bible tells us that no one has seen God except the one who descended, meaning Jesus. But is that really the case?
Here, Jesus tells Philip, if you have seen Jesus, you have seen the Father. So then the question is have we seen Jesus?
The easy answer to that is no. We have not seen Jesus, as he was a man who lived over 2000 years ago, so we have not seen him. Yet we believe Jesus died and rose from the dead and ascended into heaven to be with the Father until a certain point when the kingdom will be fulfilled, and we will all be with God. But we also believe that Jesus is with us always, even until the end of the ages, and Jesus is always with us. And we believe that we are the image of God, so we see Jesus in those around us. So while we have not seen Jesus, we see Jesus when we look at each other. And if we see Jesus, then we see the Father.
We are the image of God, all of us together are God’s image, so when we see each other, we see God.
So love each other, as God has loved you. And help us all remember we are God’s image for the world.
Loving People. Loving God.
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