"'Lord, show us the Father,'" John 14:8 (NRSV)
This is what the disciples asked of Jesus.
Could it be that they did not know the Father?
The disciples often misunderstood Jesus - coming as they did from a strict Jewish Orthodoxy.
But Jesus was unorthodox.
He said that the world did not know God.
So what can we say of God?
God is transcendent - beyond sin and evil.
God is beautiful and sublime.
God is wholly good.
God does not judge or punish us.
God is merciful and forgiving.
God is our loving Father.
[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. All rights reserved.]
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