{"id":155337,"date":"2013-09-23T22:02:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T22:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/jesus-christ-the-revelation-of-the-father\/"},"modified":"2013-09-23T22:02:50","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T22:02:50","slug":"jesus-christ-the-revelation-of-the-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/jesus-christ-the-revelation-of-the-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Christ: The Revelation Of The Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: <u>Who is the image of the invisible God<\/u>, the firstborn of every creature: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/lctc\/?lctc_book=Colossians&#038;lctc_chapter=1&#038;lctc_verse=14\" class=\"lctc-scripture-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Show LCT Commentary | \u0627\u0638\u0647\u0631 \u0634\u0631\u062d\">Colossians 1:14-15<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In revealing Himself to us, God sent Jesus to the world, as a man, to unveil the character and personality of the Godhead. In <a href=\"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/lctc\/?lctc_book=3+John&#038;lctc_chapter=14&#038;lctc_verse=9\" class=\"lctc-scripture-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Show LCT Commentary | \u0627\u0638\u0647\u0631 \u0634\u0631\u062d\">John 14:9<\/a>, in response to Philip who asked, \u201cShow us the Father,\u201d Jesus said <em>\u201c\u2026he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?\u201d<\/em> Also, in <a href=\"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/lctc\/?lctc_book=3+John&#038;lctc_chapter=10&#038;lctc_verse=30\" class=\"lctc-scripture-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Show LCT Commentary | \u0627\u0638\u0647\u0631 \u0634\u0631\u062d\">John 10:30<\/a>, He said, <em>\u201cI and my Father are one.\u201d<\/em> Jesus Christ was the revelation of the Father; He came as the expression of the will and nature of the Father.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/lctc\/?lctc_book=Hebrews&#038;lctc_chapter=1&#038;lctc_verse=3\" class=\"lctc-scripture-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Show LCT Commentary | \u0627\u0638\u0647\u0631 \u0634\u0631\u062d\">Hebrews 1:3<\/a> describes Him beautifully, as the express image of the Father. He came to express, show, unveil, manifest, articulate, and demonstrate the will and nature of God. To see Him, therefore, is to see the Father; to know Him is to know the Father.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible tells us that the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Him bodily: <em>\u201c\u2026For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/lctc\/?lctc_book=Colossians&#038;lctc_chapter=1&#038;lctc_verse=19\" class=\"lctc-scripture-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Show LCT Commentary | \u0627\u0638\u0647\u0631 \u0634\u0631\u062d\">Colossians 1:19<\/a>. This is the picture of the resurrected Christ; the One in whom you\u2019ve believed, and who dwells in your heart by faith. He\u2019s the ultimate representation and imprint of the Father; the effulgence of His glory! And as He is, so are you, in this world <a href=\"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/lctc\/?lctc_book=3+John&#038;lctc_chapter=4&#038;lctc_verse=17\" class=\"lctc-scripture-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Show LCT Commentary | \u0627\u0638\u0647\u0631 \u0634\u0631\u062d\">1 John 4:17<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Precious Father, I thank you for revealing yourself in the Person of Jesus, who is the Living Word, and the expression of your infinite grace, love, mercy and compassion. Thank you for unveiling your character and personality to me by the Spirit, through your Word<\/em><em>, in Jesus\u2019 Name. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Further Study<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/lctc\/?lctc_book=Hebrews&#038;lctc_chapter=1&#038;lctc_verse=3\" class=\"lctc-scripture-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Show LCT Commentary | \u0627\u0638\u0647\u0631 \u0634\u0631\u062d\">Hebrews 1:3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/lctc\/?lctc_book=3+John&#038;lctc_chapter=14&#038;lctc_verse=7\" class=\"lctc-scripture-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Show LCT Commentary | \u0627\u0638\u0647\u0631 \u0634\u0631\u062d\">John 14:7<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 14px\">(Taken by permission from\u00a0<strong>Christ Embassy Church<\/strong>\u00a0, aka\u00a0<strong>Believer&#8217;s LoveWorld Ministries<\/strong>\u00a0, Lagos, Nigeria.<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px\" href=\"http:\/\/www.christembassy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ChristEmbassy.org<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">\u00a0)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[55,1375,882,1376],"class_list":["post-155337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles-","tag-articles","tag-jesus-christ","tag-revelation","tag-the-father"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifechangingtruth.org\/lctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}