Who knows the Father and the Son

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Q1. Does every man know God the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ?

Q2. How did the Father introduce His Son to mankind?

Q3. What else did the Apostle Peter come to know about Jesus Christ, the Son of God?

Q4. What is the Apostle John's statement?

Q5. To the Apostle Paul, what is the statement?

Q6. According to the Son, who is God the Father?

Q1. Does every man know God the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ?

A. To him whom God and his Son Jesus revealed

““All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” (Mat. 11:27) (NIV)

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Q2. How did the Father introduce His Son to mankind?

A. Through the writings of the prophets;

Written in the Scriptures.

“but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith—” (Rom. 16:26) (NIV)

And direct declaration to the saints.

“16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.” (Mat. 16:16-17) (NIV)

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Q3. What else did the Apostle Peter come to know about Jesus Christ, the Son of God?

A. Peter knew him to be before the creation of the world.

“19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 20 He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.” (1 Pet. 1:19-20) (NIV)

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Q4. What is the Apostle John's statement?

A. He is the Word of God made flesh

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. “ (Jn. 1:1) (NIV)

“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us…” (Jn. 1:14) (NIV)

“The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.” (1 Jn. 1:2) (NIV)

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Q5. To the Apostle Paul, what is the statement?

A. The Son was made flesh.

“For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh,” (Rom. 8:3) (NIV)

(a)Son of God

“But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.” (Heb. 1:8) (NIV)

(b)God the Father is His God

“You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God,…” (Heb. 1:9) (NIV)

“Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” (Jn. 20:17) (NIV)

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Q6. According to the Son, who is God the Father?

A. The Son introduced the Father to the apostles, which they wrote about in the New Testament. Therefore, God the Father that can be read in the New Testament is the result of the Son introducing Him to his disciples.

(a)Lord God, the Almighty.

““I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Rev. 1:8) (NIV)

(b)One God and Father, from Him all things came to be.

“yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live;…” (1 Cor. 8:6) (NIV)

(c) God made the world and everything in it.

““The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.” (Acts 17:24) (NIV)

(d) He created everything through his Son.

“…and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.” (1 Cor. 8:6) (NIV)

(e)God the Father, to whom the Son of God came from.

“Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me.” (Jn. 8:42) (NIV)

(f) “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.” (1 Tim. 1:17) (NIV)

(g) God the Father who is the Savior through the Son.

“to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.” (Jude 1:25) (NIV)

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