See there are verses beyond verse 6. With the recent craze of the Divinci Code is it clear that many today do not truly know the Father or the Son. I pray that we may through His revelation see the Father through the Son and His words and know Him. May He see through our ignorance and in a loving rebuke reveal His truth.
Extra Credit: Last time I posted only a portion of a much larger sermon by Horatius Bonar. I am going to give you another little snippet of this same article. This one continues His theme and is entitled Gods will first.
Jhn 14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Jhn 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Jhn 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou [then], Shew us the Father
- What was Philips requesting?
Is there not any fact repeated more often and declared as one of the underlying continual themes of this book, that Christ clearly declares that ye might believe that Jesus is Christ, the Son of God. (John 5:17-21, 6:41-62, 8:58, 10:30-33, 12:44-45). But men still try to attempt to see and bring God to their level. They are willing and see Jesus as man but fall short of seeing Him as God. Christ was much more than a manifestation of God, He was Gad manifest in the flesh. But without the revelation from God our eyes can only see as far as our flesh allows, and our flesh looks and can only comprehend earthly things. So we try daily to make and mold Christ into what we believe and desire. Oh to have only a glimpse of the sovereignty and deity of God, let us thank Him for not leaving us blind. Oh that we may through His grace know His Son, and in viewing His Son have an equal glance at the Father. Thank Him for His mercy for we are no higher than Philip. Though we have had His word for so long yet we still do not truly know Him.
