DOUBTING GOD

DOUBTING GOD

“Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.” John 8:19

In the previous article we spoke on the triple testimony. Here men were denying His testimony as well as others. There are many ways to doubt either God or His witness. The witness can be by words or the One Sent or just one who takes His Great Commission in Matt. 28:18-20 seriously. These men denied both His Word and His Personage. Listen to their words. They used the bitter thrust, "Where is Thy Father?" They were mocking Him. For the moment they would not question the claim that He was one with the Father. It is as though they said, Supposing God is Your Father, then produce Him. You say He is witnessing with You, how do we know He is witnessing with You? We still only have Your own words. Where is Your Father?

In hostility, they were in exactly the same attitude as Philip was in friendship, a little later on, when he said to Jesus, "Show us the Father, and it sufficeth us." Jesus gave in effect the very answer He gave to Philip. He said, "If ye knew Me, ye would know My Father also." If you knew My Father, you would know Me. Do what He says and you will know whether what He says is true or not on another occasion.