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Knowledge of Jesus

Text: John 14: 7-8

KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS

Many have wondered what God is like. The Disciples were so privileged to have met Jesus in their lifetime. But they did not seem to have understood fully the significance of knowing Jesus.

“If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; And from now on you know Him and have seen Him. Philip said to Him, ‘Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.’” 

John 14:7-8

1. “If you had known Me”

a. Had the Disciples really understood who Jesus was?

b. On the surface Jesus was the following:

i. Teacher

ii. Healer

iii. Prophet

iv. Master/ Lord

c. There was more to Jesus than the above features

2. “You would have known My Father also”

a. To know Jesus was truly to know God the Father

b. He fully reflected His Father

i. In knowledge and wisdom

ii. In character and power

iii. In grace and mercy

3. “And from now on you know Him”

a. It was more than possible to know and understand God

b. To know Jesus is the same as knowing God

4. “And have seen Him”

a. Not in the physical sense of the word

b. But the essential Being that God is, Jesus had displayed clearly

5. Philip: “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient”

a. Philip had not comprehended what Jesus had taught

b. He asked if Jesus could “show” or “manifest” God in the physical sense. That it would be sufficient.

经文：约翰福音 14：7-8

对耶稣的认识

许多人都想知道上帝是怎么样的。门徒们非常荣欣能在有生之年与耶稣相遇。然而，他们似乎还没有完全了解认识耶稣的意义。

“‘你们若认识我，也就认识我的父。从今以后，你们认识他，并且已经看见他。’腓力对他说：‘求主将父显给我们看，我们就知足了。’”

《约翰福音 14：7-8》

1. “你们若认识我”

a. 门徒是否真正知道耶稣的身份？

b. 表面上，耶稣是：

i. 夫子

ii. 医治者

iii. 先知

iv. 主人/主

c. 实际上耶稣不仅是上述的

2. “也就认识我的父”

a. 认识耶稣事实上就是认识父神

b. 祂完全反映了祂的父

i. 在知识与智慧上

ii. 在性格与大能上

iii. 在恩典与怜悯上

3. “从今以后，你们认识他”

a. 要认识和了解上帝是极为可能的

b. 认识耶稣就如同认识上帝

4. “并且已经看见他”

a. 这不是指实际的看见上帝

b. 而是因为上帝所包含的，耶稣已清楚展现出来

5. “腓力对他说：‘求主将父显给我们看，我们就知足了。’”

a. 腓力还未理解耶稣所教的

b. 他问耶稣是否能将上帝实际地“显出来”或“显明”。这就能让他知足了。