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From Moses to Jesus, the Bible tells the story of a Creator who eventually reveals himself in the Son who wants us to know his Father, and a Father who wants us to know his Son. The Son tells us that, at heart, he is just like his Father; that his Father is just like him.
The 14th chapter of John quotes Jesus, just prior to his crucifixion, saying to his disciples, “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him (14:7).
When Philip follows with a question, “Lord, show us the Father…”, Jesus says to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?” (vv 8-10).
Earlier, the Son had overheard his disciples arguing among themselves about which of them is the greatest. In response Jesus left the table of their last Passover Supper, got down on his knees and, like a lowly house servant, washed their feet (Luke 22:44; John 13:1-15).
Later, he then let them overhear him talking to his Father, and saying, I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; “that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me (John 17:20-21)”.
Keep wondering what others would need to see in “the family” for such a prayer to be answered.
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