Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’
John 14:8-9 (World English Bible)
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’
John 14:8-9 (World English Bible)
Introduction
Look above and take notice of the image that looks a little like a blurred warped version of Michelangelo’s painting of God.
Questions to Consider
Is the image of God hard to see? Why?
This image of God is much smaller than the one on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Why?
What is obscuring the view of God?
What do you suppose caused the image to become warped?
Consider your own view of God. Are there things obscuring that view, keeping you from seeing Him as He truly is?
Does your perspective of God sometimes make Him appear smaller than He really is?
Has culture, history or events in your own life presented you with an incomplete or obscured view of God?
How might you seek God for clearer vision of who He is and what He is really like?
Call to Action
In answer to the last question, “How might you seek God for clearer vision …”, how might you turn your answer from the abstract to practical action? What practical steps will you take to pursue God and a clearer vision of Him?
Final Thoughts
“The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.”
Georg C. Lichtenberg
Yahweh says, Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don’t let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 9:23-24 (World English Bible)
Look above and take notice of the image that looks a little like a blurred warped version of Michelangelo’s painting of God.
Questions to Consider
Is the image of God hard to see? Why?
This image of God is much smaller than the one on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Why?
What is obscuring the view of God?
What do you suppose caused the image to become warped?
Consider your own view of God. Are there things obscuring that view, keeping you from seeing Him as He truly is?
Does your perspective of God sometimes make Him appear smaller than He really is?
Has culture, history or events in your own life presented you with an incomplete or obscured view of God?
How might you seek God for clearer vision of who He is and what He is really like?
Call to Action
In answer to the last question, “How might you seek God for clearer vision …”, how might you turn your answer from the abstract to practical action? What practical steps will you take to pursue God and a clearer vision of Him?
Final Thoughts
“The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.”
Georg C. Lichtenberg
Yahweh says, Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don’t let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 9:23-24 (World English Bible)