John 14:7- If you know me, then you will also know my father

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What’s the greatest thing we can aim for in this life? – Is it not to know God personally as your Father and Redeemer? What is the best thing we can possess in this life, bringing more joy, contentment, life and happiness, than anything else? –

 
John 14:7

 
Jesus said to his disciples:
“If you know me, then you will also know my Father.

 
From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
Philip said to Jesus,

 
“Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

 
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip?
Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.

 
How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

 
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?
The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own.

 
The Father who dwells in me is doing his works.

 
Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else, believe because of the works themselves.

 
Amen, amen, I say to you,whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these,because I am going to the Father.

 
And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.”

 
Is it not true knowledge and understanding of who God is and what kind of relationship he wants to have with you? Scripture tells us the greatest thing we can know and posses is true knowledge of God: Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me” (Jeremiah 9:23-24). One of the greatest truths of the Christian faith is that we can know the living God.

 
Our knowledge of God is not simply limited to knowing something about God, but we can know God personally. The essence of Christianity, and what makes it distinct from Judaism and other religions, is the personal knowledge of God as our Father.