No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son has made Him known

Posted by Yong Joo Park on 29 November 2020 in 1 John, Exodus, John | ∞

See John 1:18.

¹⁸No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in the closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

I. No one has ever seen God (18^a)

Moses closely encountered God, but was not allowed to see His face, but only His back (Exodus 33:18-34:8).

II. The One and Only Son has made Him known (18^b)

They saw Jesus face to face. Moreover, Jesus left his face for us to see. His face has been imprinted on the shroud that covered his body laid down from the cross. This shroud is called the Shroud of Turin.

This amazing experience has been described again by John in 1 John 1:1-4.

¹That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. ²The 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. ³We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. ⁴We write this to make our joy complete.

The Word became flesh! This is most awesome and amazing miracle! Good News of Great Joy! Immanuel! God With Us! The Word has made Him known!!

We have been posting on John1:1-18 for 12 weeks from 13 September till 29 Nov.

Week 1: In Him was Life (John 1:1-5)

Week 2: The true light that gives light to everyone (John 1:6-13)

Week 3: The Word became flesh (Part 1) (John 1:14)

Week 4: The Word became flesh (Part 2) (John 1:15)

Week 5: The Word became flesh (Part 3a) (John 1:16-17)

Week 6: Grace and Truth through Jesus Christ (John 1:17^b)

Week 7: Grace

Week 8: Defining ‘Truth’

Week 9: The Importance of ‘knowing’ truth

Week 10: The importance of ‘listening to’ Jesus