What? God can be seen?
John said, “No one has ever seen God.”
Remember that?
John also said
“Whoever has seen (Jesus) has seen the Father.” (John 14:9)
Remember that?
Then John went one step further.
“No one has ever seen God,
but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and God’s love is [seen] in us." (1 John 4:12)
What? God can be seen in us?
That’s what Jesus said.
You mean John said.
Jesus first.
Early on Jesus quoted from Deuteronomy:
“love your neighbor as yourself.” (Deut. 19:18)
At the end he raised the bar:
“Love one another as I have loved you.” (John 13:34)
No longer am I exhorted to love others
as I imperfectly love myself.
I am commanded to love others by imitating
the perfect love of Jesus.
Love one another as I have loved you.
What is he saying?
See one another as I have seen you.
Help one another as I have helped you.
Befriend others as I have befriended you.
Teach one another as I have taught you.
Lift people up as I have lifted you.
That’s all it takes. Just do that and
God can be seen.
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