I LOVE this line from a devotional on my PC Study Bible site:
The more you know about Christ the less will you be satisfied with superficial views of Him;
I find it agonizing sometimes to listen to people who know nothing of God and His Word as they try to describe Him to others! Those people need to find out what the Bible says about Him for themselves first! We find out something of what the Father is like in John 14. In verses 1-11 Jesus is speaking of the Father and answering questions from Thomas and Philip:
1 DO NOT let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me. 2 In My Father's house there are many dwelling places (homes). If it were not so, I would have told you; for I am going away to prepare a place for you. 3 And when (if) I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also. 4 And [to the place] where I am going, you know the way. 5 Thomas said to Him, Lord, we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way. 6 Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me. 7 If you had known Me [had learned to recognize Me], you would also have known My Father. From now on, you know Him and have seen Him. 8 Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father [cause us to see the Father--that is all we ask]; then we shall be satisfied. 9 Jesus replied, Have I been with all of you for so long a time, and do you not recognize and know Me yet, Philip? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say then, Show us the Father? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in Me? What I am telling you I do not say on My own authority and of My own accord; but the Father Who lives continually in Me does the (His) works (His own miracles, deeds of power). 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me; or else believe Me for the sake of the [very] works themselves. [If you cannot trust Me, at least let these works that I do in My Father's name convince you.]
JESUS said that we see the Father, His character, His way of thinking and speaking, His actions THROUGH Jesus! Jesus revealed the Father TO us! You and I will never really KNOW Jesus outside of His Word! Be like Paul (Philippians 10) and make it YOUR determined purpose to know and understand the way He thinks, speaks and acts! YOU may be called upon to to explain Him to others and you should be prepared! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Live with "Million Suns":
Shalom in Him!
