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NASB | John 14:5 Thomas *said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 14:5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going; so how can we know the way?" |
Subject: One God- Three manifestations |
Bible Note: GK 13 Your question on who to direct your prayers to was interseting. I feel a lot of people are confused in this regard. First let me say that there is only one God. God is all powerfull. He can do anything. If God wanted to appear to you in the form of a raven, He could. Then you would be right to say that that raven was God. Instead God chose to reveal Himself in three distinct forms,Father,Son, and Spirit. It's all the same God though. It's kind of like if you hired me to put a new roof on your house last year. I was a roofer. If you hire me this year to do some plumbing, I'm a plumber. I'm still the same man but working in a different capacity. Likewise God has chosen three ways to manifest Himself to mankind. Remember that God is everywhere, so He can be God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit all at the same time. In John 14:23 Christ says,"If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him." Now we know as Christians that the Holy Spirit abides in us, yet in this verse He doesn't even mention the Holy Spirit. Why? Because all are one and the same. Today God reveals Himself through His Holy Spirit. But it was necessary for God to come in the form of flesh and blood to offer Himself as a sacrifice for our sins. When we pray, we pray in Jesus name to aknowledge what God accompished for us on the cross. The Father represents the totallity of the Godhead. As flesh and blood Christ was limited in that He could only be in one place at a time. Hence the Holy Spirit so that God can have a personal relationship with each of us. In each case it is the same God. In John 14:28 Christ says,"....the Father who is greater than I." This might confuse you. Christ, in the form of flesh and blood experienced hunger Luke 4:2, He got tired John 4:6, He thirsted John 19:28 etc. God is a Spirit John 4:24. As spirit God would not experience any of these things. Becomming flesh and blood God limits Himself to the limitations of flesh and blood. We see where Christ often prayed to the Father, but let us not forget that Christ also served as an example for us in how to behave. bob r. |
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