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The Ministry of Health and Healing
Christ, the Light of the world, veiled the dazzling splendor of His
divinity and came to live as a man among men, that mortals might,
without being consumed, become acquainted with their Creator.
Since sin brought separation between human beings and their Maker,
no one has seen God at any time, except as He is manifested through
Christ. “‘I and My Father are one,’” Christ declared. “‘No one
knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father
except the Son, and he to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.’”
John
10:30
;
Matthew 11:27
.
Christ came to teach us what God desires us to know. In the
heavens above, in the earth, in the broad waters of the ocean, we see
the handiwork of God. All created things testify to His power, His
wisdom, His love.
Yet not from the stars or the ocean or the cataract can we learn
of the personality of God as it was revealed in Christ. God saw
that a clearer revelation than nature was needed to portray both
His personality and His character. He sent His Son into the world
to manifest, so far as human sight could endure, the nature and
attributes of the invisible God.
Revealed to the Disciples
Let us study the words that Christ spoke in the upper chamber
on the night before His crucifixion. He was nearing His hour of trial,
and He sought to comfort His disciples, who were to be severely
tempted and tried.
“‘Let not your heart be troubled,’” He said. “‘You believe in
God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions;
if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for
you.’ ...
“Thomas said to Him, ‘Lord, we do not know where You are
going, and how can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am
the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through Me. If you had known Me, you would have known My
Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.’ ...
“‘Lord, show us the Father,’” said Philip, “‘and it is sufficient
for us.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been with you so long, and yet
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you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen