FEBRUARY 1
JESUS REVEALS THE FATHER
Matthew 11:27
All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him. (WEB)
Jesus starts today's Bible reading by telling us everything comes from His Father. God is the source of all things, as James tells us in James 1:17... Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow. (WEB)
Jesus then tells us that no one knows Him except His Father, and no one knows His Father except Him. What an amazing description of the intimacy that is found in the Trinity. Only the Father knows the Son, and only the Son knows the Father. However, if we stopped after Jesus made this statement, we would miss the very point of what He was saying.
Jesus then says this intimate relationship between Him and His Dad is no longer exclusive! By knowing Jesus, we can know His Father as well! Through what Jesus did on the cross and through His resurrection, we can now be caught up in the intimacy of the Trinity itself.
In John 6:44, Jesus tells us that His Father draws us to Him. Today, we read that Jesus, in turn, reveals His Father. If you struggle to know God as Father, ask Jesus to reveal Him to you, for this is His absolute delight!
John 17:3
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ. (WEB)
All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him. (WEB)
Jesus starts today's Bible reading by telling us everything comes from His Father. God is the source of all things, as James tells us in James 1:17... Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow. (WEB)
Jesus then tells us that no one knows Him except His Father, and no one knows His Father except Him. What an amazing description of the intimacy that is found in the Trinity. Only the Father knows the Son, and only the Son knows the Father. However, if we stopped after Jesus made this statement, we would miss the very point of what He was saying.
Jesus then says this intimate relationship between Him and His Dad is no longer exclusive! By knowing Jesus, we can know His Father as well! Through what Jesus did on the cross and through His resurrection, we can now be caught up in the intimacy of the Trinity itself.
In John 6:44, Jesus tells us that His Father draws us to Him. Today, we read that Jesus, in turn, reveals His Father. If you struggle to know God as Father, ask Jesus to reveal Him to you, for this is His absolute delight!
John 17:3
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ. (WEB)