He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, “Show us the Father”?
John 14:9
We often hear the expression, “Like father, like son”—and similar expressions: “Like mother, like daughter,” “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” and “chip off the old block.” We know the meaning of all these proverbs: The traits and appearance of a mother or father are often replicated in their children. Traits are not perfectly passed on, but seeing parent and child together makes us think, “Oh, I’m not surprised!”
When it comes to Jesus and His Father, appearances are not passed on since “God is Spirit” (John 4:24). But as to traits, Jesus could say, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father.” And Paul wrote of Jesus, “In Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily” (Colossians 2:9). The writer to the Hebrews said, “The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God” (Hebrews 1:3, NLT). No wonder Jesus answered as He did when Philip said, “Show us the Father”!
Many people wonder what God is like. They don’t realize they can discover God’s character by discovering the Person of Jesus Christ. (Jeremiah)
