Jesus told His disciples,
“Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God.”
(Matthew 5:8)
Jesus also said,
“No one has seen the Father.”
(John 6:46)
Why has no human being ever seen God the Father? Because “God is spirit” (John 4:24), He is invisible. He does not have a physical body.
The New Testament teaches these truths repeatedly:
“To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.” (1 Timothy 1:17)
“He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see.” (1 Timothy 6:15-16)
“By faith he (Moses) left Egypt, not being afraid of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.” (Hebrews 11:27)
The Bible is a Book of paradoxes, and this is one of them. How can we see the invisible God? If we cannot see God, how can we know Him?
Fortunately, our compassionate God has provided a solution in Jesus!
“No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.” (John 1:18)
This is why Jesus told Phillip, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.” (John 14:9)
Ah, this is Good News indeed! We can see and know God the Father by seeing and knowing God the Son. Thanks be to God for sending His Son to reveal the Father – for only Jesus is . . .
“The image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15).
And only Jesus is . . .
“The radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3).
This is reason to rejoice:
According to John 1:18, the Son has “made known” the Father. The verb “made known” means “to interpret, explain, exposit, or expound. The Son explains God to us through His life and His teaching. The NET Bible provides us with a very useful translation: No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.” (Paul Washer, Knowing the Living God).
Because of the work of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, we can see the invisible God, and by seeing Him as He really is, we can know Him, worship Him, and be satisfied in Him.
May it be so, today and forever.
NOTE: Paul Washer’s book, Knowing the Living God, is available for free as a PDF download HERE.
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