Revealing the Heavenly Father

Jesus came to earth as a man to redeem humankind from sin and from every kind of bondage and imprisonment. That fact has been established in the minds and hearts of most Christians, but Christ also came to earth to reveal to us the heavenly Father. 

Jesus told his disciples, “The Father has sent me” (John 5:36, NKJV). He said, “I can of myself do nothing…I do not seek my own will but the will of the Father who sent me” (John 5:30), then he stated, “I go to my Father” (John 14:12).

Listen carefully to what Jesus is saying: “I came from the Father, and while I am here, I do only his will. Soon, I will go back to my Father.” Jesus’s entire life was about the heavenly Father. His coming to earth, his purpose while here, and his return — it was all about revealing the heavenly Father. 

“…The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do…for whatever he does, the Son also does in like manner…and shows him all things that he himself does…” (John 5:19-20).

Jesus said he had no will of his own and did nothing on earth except the will of his Father. Indeed, Christ essentially told the Pharisees, “Watch my life, my ministry, all the miracles and good works I do and you will see the heavenly Father. Everything I do reflects who he is and is meant to reveal him to you.”

“All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal him” (Mathew 11:27).

Jesus is saying it is impossible for you to know who the Father is unless he reveals him to you. You cannot get that revelation on your own just by reading the Bible or going to church. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). Jesus must reveal the heavenly Father to you.