And Will Declare It

And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them. 

John 17:26 

Christ reveals God to us. The Scripture affirms this on numerous occasions. At the beginning of his gospel John writes, ‘No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.’ As Christ closes His High Priestly Prayer He confirms this by saying, ‘I have declared to them Your name.’ He adds to that, ‘and will declare it.’ In due course of time Christ would return to heaven. Would He cease to proclaim the Father’s name then? He would not. He indicates that the Holy Spirit would take up the work. Speaking of the work of the Spirit He says, ‘All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.’ We see from the rest of the New Testament that this is exactly what happened. What about us? Will Christ continue to declare the Father’s name to us? Is our text referring to the disciples only or to us also? Inasmuch as He declared it to them, He has, in giving us their testimony, declared it to us as well. In addition, the Holy Spirit Who indwells all the redeemed does take the things of Christ and show them to us. In showing us Christ, He shows us the Father, for Christ is all there is for us to see of God. Christ reveals God to us and as He does, we come to know Him.  

Our Good and Gracious God, 
we rejoice that Christ has revealed You to us. 
We praise You that the Holy Spirit 
continues His work.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning