"He
That Hath Seen Me Hath Seen The Father."
John 14:9
There is one word in the Bible which, in itself, forms an entire
library, one word which is the sum and substance of the entire Bible, one word
which comprises all truth. That word is "Christ."
He is the uncreated, living, eternal Word, whom to know is life eternal. He is
the living Word of whom the written Word speaks.
When chosen, redeemed
sinners are brought out of darkness into light by the irresistible,
regenerating grace and power of God the Holy Spirit, when Christ is revealed in
the chosen vessels of mercy, when they become savingly acquainted with this
divine Word, they are "made wise unto salvation through faith which is
in Christ Jesus." (Tit. 3:15).
As we are led by the
Spirit in the life of faith, enabled by his grace to live upon, walk with, and
rejoice in the glorious person and finished accomplishments of the Lord Jesus
Christ, we are brought into what the Apostle Paul describes as, "All
the riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of
the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; in whom are hid all the
treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Col. 2:2-3).
Our Lord's own
statements with regard to this "mystery of God," the mystery
of the perfect unity and oneness of the Persons in the eternal Godhead are
plain and clear (John 10:30; 14:7-9).
We worship one God in
the trinity of his sacred Persons. "For there are three that bear
record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are
one" (1 John 5:7). Yet, we recognize, and the Scriptures undeniably
reveal, the fact that the revelation of the holy Trinity is found in Christ
alone. Christ, and Christ alone, is the visible Jehovah. The invisible God is
seen and known only in him who is "the image of the invisible God."
"No man hath
seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the
Father, he hath declared him" (John 1:18). "For in him
dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily" (Col. 2:9). "Neither
is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4:12).
It is never written in
Scripture that if a person believes in God, or if he believes in the Holy
Spirit, he is saved. It is written throughout the Word of God, "Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved" (Acts 16:31). The
fact is: -- No one believes God and no one has the Spirit of God, except those
sinners who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, as he is revealed in the
Scriptures, as the Savior of his people. As the all-glorious Christ is alone
the embodiment and revelation of God, he is also the only Savior of sinners.
While we adore our heavenly Father and worship him as our God, and God the Holy
Spirit too, we realize that the only way for us to do so is by trusting Christ
alone as our Savior.