by David Gibson<\/p>\n
My finite mind soon reaches the end of its tether when I try to comprehend God, the eternal, invisible, all-powerful, all-knowing Maker of all things.<\/p>\n
The night before Jesus died, Philip asked Him, “‘Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father<\/em>‘” (John 14:8-9). Earlier, He had said, “whoever sees me sees him who sent me<\/em>” (John 12:45).<\/p>\n Paul calls Jesus “the image of the invisible God<\/em>” (Colossians 1:15).<\/p>\n The writer of Hebrews says Jesus is “the exact imprint of his nature<\/em>” (Hebrews 1:3).<\/p>\n “No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known<\/em>” (John 1:18).<\/p>\n So the more we study Jesus, the better we can understand the One He so beautifully and perfectly reflects. Jesus shares His Father’s values, love, and compassion.<\/p>\n Jesus is not only the lens through which we can see God, but is also our bridge to God (John 14:6). “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus<\/em>” (I Timothy 2:5). Jesus came not just to help us know more about God, but also to bring us into a dynamic fellowship with the Father (Hebrews 9:24; I John 2:1).<\/p>\n He stands in the gap.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by David Gibson My finite mind soon reaches the end of its tether when I try to comprehend God, the eternal, invisible, all-powerful, all-knowing Maker of all things. By observing the wonders of His handiwork in nature, we get glimpses into His wisdom and power (Romans 1:18-20), To learn more, we turn to the Old…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[90,346,73],"class_list":["post-88998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-god","tag-god-the-father","tag-jesus"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61057,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-four-gospels\/","url_meta":{"origin":88998,"position":0},"title":"Why Four Gospels?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 29, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"by Shane Carrington \"Take your child to work day.\" What a great idea! 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