John 6:43 Jesus
therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. 44 No man can come to me, except the Father
which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall
be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of
the Father, cometh unto me. 46 Not that
any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
Part Two
Jesus uses the phrase everlasting
life here. This isn’t just a long time. This is forever and ever. This is
life without end. This is the promise that awaits the believer.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift
of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
It is important to understand that if your Bible doesn’t
have on me in verse 47 you should
probably look it over for other errors. Many post-Enlightenment, post-German
theology, post-Higher Criticism translated Bibles have removed it based on a
small number of manuscripts they prefer. It is clear that it is Jesus Christ
you must believe on for salvation, regardless of what a modern translator feels
is appropriate.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save
he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
We’ve already been told earlier in John that no man hath
seen God at any time. Verse 46 explains again that no one has ever seen God the
Father, the soul of God, the seat of will and self-identity.
1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only
begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
1Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the
light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to
whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
1John 4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love
one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Jesus said earlier that God the Father is a Spirit,
invisible.
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him
must worship him in spirit and in truth.
God is composed of three parts, as we are;
1Thessalonians
5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify
you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost:
2Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
1John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in
heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
However, God’s three parts can act independently, while ours
cannot. This explains the use of, us
in Genesis 1:36; 3:22; & 11:7. Jesus is the visible image of God, the body
of God, if you can grasp it.
Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of every creature:
Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and
the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his
power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of
the Majesty on high;
So, Jesus will say to Philip that to have seen Him is to
have seen the Father. That’s as close as you’re going to get in this flesh,
Philip.
John 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long
time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me
hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
The Son of God, God in the flesh, and God the Father are
one.
John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
So, God is one person with three parts, not three persons.
…And Jesus is the only way to the Father.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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