The last few days of Jesus’ time on earth He teaches the disciples a lot.  Let’s look together at the first of those teachings found in John 14. 

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” 8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” 9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Jesus makes it plain to the disciples that He is the way to the Father and that He and the Father are one.  Even after three years with Jesus Phillip is struggling with this.  He wants to be shown the Father.  Jesus lets him know that if He has been paying attention he has seen the Father.  Jesus has been doing His work and teaching His words the whole time.  Jesus shows us what the Father is like by how He speaks and lives and acts.  As followers of Jesus we are called to do the very same for the world today.  Others should see what Jesus is like by how we live, speak, and act.  We cannot do it as well as Jesus obviously, but He calls us to be His representatives here on earth.  May we all be filled with Him and represent Jesus well.

In His Grip,
Pastor Dave