Jesus Reveals the Father
Rev. Charles Oppong-Poku | September 19 2024 | John 17:6-8
KEY VERSE:
I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. John 17:6 (NIV)
MESSAGE:
In today’s passage, Jesus prays for His disciples, expressing how He has revealed the Father to them and how they have accepted and believed His words. These verses provide profound insight into the mission of Jesus as the revealer of God. Through Jesus, the disciples came to know the Father, and they responded with faith and obedience. This passage calls us to recognize that Jesus is the ultimate revelation of God, and our response to His message is key to deepening our relationship with the Father.
In John 17:6, Jesus declares, "I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world." The term "name" refers to God's entire nature, character, and essence. Jesus came into the world to show people who God truly is. Through His teachings, miracles, and personal example, Jesus made the Father’s love, holiness, and will clear to humanity. As believers, our understanding of God is grounded in the life and words of Jesus, who perfectly reflects the Father (John 14:9). In verses 7 and 8, Jesus notes that the disciples have received His words and recognized that everything He has comes from the Father. The disciples believed that Jesus was sent by God and accepted the truth of His message. This response of faith is essential for all who seek to know God. It highlights the importance of not only hearing Jesus’ words but also trusting and obeying them as divine truth. Their faith in Christ allowed them to experience a deeper relationship with the Father.
FEET AND HANDS FOR THE MESSAGE:
Jesus makes it clear that His role is to reveal the Father, and the disciples’ role is to respond with faith. In the same way, we are called to place our faith in Jesus as the full revelation of God. Our relationship with the Father grows as we trust in Jesus’ words and live in obedience to His teachings.
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, thank You for revealing Yourself to us through Jesus Christ. Help us to understand Your nature and character more fully as we trust in Your Son. May we live in a way that reflects the truth of Your revelation through Jesus. In His name, we pray, Amen.
THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING.
SHOWERS! BLESSINGS!!
DAILY word study: REVEALED The word "revealed" (phaneroō in Greek) means to make visible, manifest, or show clearly. Jesus made the Father known to the disciples by demonstrating God's nature and character.
In John 17:6, Jesus refers to His mission of making the Father known to those God gave Him. This is a relational revelation, as the disciples didn’t just learn about God but experienced His presence through Jesus.
Jesus' revelation of the Father is central to Christian theology. It tells us about how Jesus is the full embodiment of God’s nature. Our understanding of God comes through Christ, who perfectly reflects the Father’s essence, love, and will.
Reflections:
How does knowing that Jesus fully reveals God challenge you to trust more deeply in His words and live in obedience to Him?
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