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God and Christ

The Father in the Son

Read Jesus' own explanation of how seeing him is seeing the Father without denying his real humanity as the Son.

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The invisible Father was dwelling, speaking, and working in Christ.

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John 14:9–11Jesus is the visible revelation of the Father dwelling in him.Colossians 1:15The invisible God is made known in the visible Christ.Colossians 2:9All divine fullness dwells bodily in Christ.2 Corinthians 5:19The saving actor in Christ was God reconciling the world to himself.
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Is Jesus the Father?Jesus is not the Father as to his humanity as the Son, yet the Father is fully revealed and dwelling in him.
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The Father Dwells in the SonJohn 14 gives Jesus' own explanation of the Father-Son relationship.
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The Father in the Son

Read Jesus' own explanation of how seeing him is seeing the Father without denying his real humanity as the Son.

John 14:9–112 Corinthians 5:19Colossians 1:15
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