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Steps to Jesus
The Bible shows us God’s character. God Himself has told us of
His everlasting love and pity. When Moses prayed, “Show me thy
glory,” the Lord answered, “I will make all my goodness pass before
thee.”
Exodus 33:18, 19
, KJV. God’s goodness is His glory.
The Lord passed before Moses and said, “I, the Lord, am a
God who is full of compassion and pity, who is not easily angered
and who shows great love and faithfulness. I keep my promise for
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thousands of generations and forgive evil and sin.”
Exodus 34:6, 7
.
God is “always patient, always kind,” showing us His constant love
Jonah 4:2
;
Micah 7:18
.
God has drawn our hearts to Him through various means.
Through nature and the deepest and tenderest love that human hearts
can know, He has tried to tell us about Himself. Yet these do not
perfectly show His love.
Even though God has given us all these evidences, Satan, the
enemy of good, has blinded people’s minds, so that they look upon
God with fear, and they think of Him as hard and unforgiving. Satan
tries to make people think of God as a severe judge without pity. He
says that the Creator is always watching for people to make mistakes
so He can punish them. To show them that this is not true, Jesus
came to live in this world. He wanted people to see God’s infinite
love.
The Son of God came from heaven to give people a clear picture
of the Father. “No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the
same as God and is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.”
John 1:18
. “No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one
knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses
to reveal him.”
Matthew 11:27
.
When one of Jesus’ disciples said, “Show us the Father,” Jesus
answered, “For a long time I have been with you all; yet you do not
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know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. Why,
then, do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’”
John 14:8, 9
.
Jesus talked about His work on this earth. He said the Lord
“has chosen me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to
proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free the oppressed.”
Luke 4:18
. This was His work. He went
about doing good and healing all who were made sick by Satan.