| declared John 1:18 God is invisibile and so powerful we can barely comprehend it. How can we begin to understand such an infinite God? The answer is JESUS... Jesus declares and explains God. Here's a couple of helpful commentaries: Henry Morris, The New Defender's Study Bible: "As the living Word, the Son reveals and speaks for the Father." John MacArthur, Sermon "Jesus: Glory, Grace and God": "That last statement, 'He has explained Him' - really powerful. Wouldn't you like to have God explained to you? When somebody said to you, 'How do you explain God?' where would you go? Well, you'd go to that verse and say, 'Look at Jesus Christ, He explains God.' By the way, the word 'explained' here is an interesting word. It's the word exegeomai, from which we get exegete. We use that word a lot in seminary because we teach people how to do exegesis, how to exegete Scripture. What does it mean? It means to explain, interpret, give the meaning. Jesus exegetes God. So you want to know about God? Jesus defines God. He displays glory, He dispenses grace, and He defines God. So don't come to me with any patronizing nonsense about Jesus being a nice man, a good teacher, a noble, religious leader. That's not an option. He's God. He is God. And if you believe that and you receive Him - 'to those who received Him,' right? Verse 12, He gave the right to become children of God to those who believe on His name. In order to be a child of God, you have to believe on His name. To believe on His name, you must believe that He is who He is."
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