Then (ver. Marital Status Single Politics US-Others Oct 16, 2010 #1 This thread is more of a challenge. Alas! Only a relatively few individuals will refuse God's salvation (the "unpardonable sin"), and they will mercifully be permanently destroyed: And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire. The Lord appeared to Abraham, near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the enterence to his tent in the heat of the day (Genesis 18:1) The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend (Exodus 33:11) Atheist Opening Post: Non sense from the bible John 1:18 No man hath seen God Continue reading (We know Jesus was seen.) The following verses explicitly state that no one has seen God. Of course they are just as truly inspired as John's; but for that very reason they were not inspired to give the same testimony. Before the manner of His manifestation comes before us in verse 14, we have the secret explained why some, and not all, received Christ. Did God make a covenant with Abraham whilst he was in a deep sleep in Genesis 15:21? YesGod has been seen and heard: Genesis 3:9, 10. He could, therefore, tell them of heavenly things as readily as of earthly things; but the incredulity about the latter, shown in the wondering ignorance of the new birth as a requisite for God's kingdom, proved it was useless to tell of the former. So only is man born of God. The Logos presents God to the mind of man through the medium of human language in such a way that man is now able to understand something of the nature and character of God that he could never know from his observation of the natural world. Though He could not, would not deny Himself (and He was the Son, and Word, and God), yet had He taken the place of a man, of a servant. This is a common "contradiction" that Jehovah's Witnesses love to use to "disprove" the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. Life out of death was wanted by man, such as he is; and this the Father is giving in the Son. If a man looks at the Lord Jesus as One who entered the world in a general way, and calls this the incarnation, he will surely stumble over the cross. This is the truth; but the Jews had the law, and hated the truth. @NigelJ, there is a lot of truth hidden in that parable. no one go to heaven before Jesus he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?" Can you help me solve this theological puzzle over John 1:14? If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. analemma for a specified lat/long at a specific time of day? No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death unto life. 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Two resurrections, one of life, and another of judgment, would be the manifestation of faith and unbelief, or rather, of those who believe, and of those who reject the Son. For them the second death holds no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him a thousand years. What are the benefits of not using private military companies (PMCs) as China did? They all came to life again, and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Some have understood these words to mean no one went to heaven before Jesus. How to get around passing a variable into an ISR. (John 3:36, KJV). The first is the word that is translated here as "seen" in most of the English translations. Could they, then, reject the Son, and merely miss this infinite blessing of life in Him? God is invisible to us (Colossians 1:15, 1 This can be fulfilled at any future time, inclusive of some point in time after Christ has come and/or this present world has come to its end. The results for the believer or unbeliever are eternal in good or in evil. Nothing in the text requires that anyone now living should have seen God; thus, there is no contradiction to other passages that plainly teach no man has seen God at any Not only is God infallable, but so is his word. Atheist Meme: God cannot be seen or heard: Exodus 33:20. Verse John 1:29 opens John's testimony to his disciples. King James Version. And worship is viewed both in moral nature and in the joy of communion doubly. His death on the cross included much more, clearly answering to the first; His baptizing with the Holy Ghost followed His going to heaven. Even Moses was refused this honor ( Ex. (Matthew 27:24, KJV), He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that In John 6:1-71 our Lord sets aside Israel in another point of view. John 1:18 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org 6 Bible verses about God Not Seeing - Online Bible (Ver. For though the Son (that eternal life who was with the Father) was a man, in that very position had the Father given Him to have life in Himself, and to execute judgment also, because He is Son of man. John 3:1-36 follows this up. The ignorance of the world has been proved, the rejection of Israel is complete: then only is it that we hear of this new place of children. Observe, it is not (as is often very erroneously said or sung) a question of sins, but of the "sin" of the world. God orders matters so that a favoured teacher of men, favoured as none others were in Israel, should come to Jesus by night. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? (John 12:48). Even now faith knows, that instead of sin being the great object before God, ever since the cross He has had before His eyes that sacrifice which put away sin. The Father did not judge, but committed all judgment into the hands of the Son, because He is the Son of man. Resurrection will be the proof; the two-fold rising of the dead, not one, but two resurrections. God never left Himself without witness; He did not even among the Gentiles, surely yet less in Israel. Nevertheless, the heavenly part is little dwelt on, as John's gospel displays our Lord more as the expression of God revealed on earth, than as Man ascended to heaven, which fell far more to the province of the apostle of the Gentiles. 1 John 4:12 KJV Copy Print Similar Verses Save Did they charge Jesus with self-exaltation? Here, in suited circumstances to render the thought and way of God unmistakable, pure and boundless grace takes its own sovereign course, suitable to the love and personal glory of Christ. Her testimony bore the impress of what had penetrated her soul, and would make way for all the rest in due time. No doubt He must become a man, in order, amongst other reasons, to be a sufferer, and to die. This lake of fire is the second death. A Trinitarian who believes Jesus is God has a problem with John 1:18, where it says God has never been seen. John 7:24) They reason and are in utter uncertainty. They had stumbled before, and the Lord brought in not alone His person, as the Word made flesh, presented for man now to receive and enjoy; but unless they ate the flesh, and drank the blood of the Son of man, they had no life in them. For evidently it is the theme of worship in its Christian fulness, the fruit of the manifestation of God, and of the Father known in grace. 29) on which, as it were, Jesus speaks and acts in His grace as here shown on the earth. How can the Bible say, No man hath seen God at any time? Nathanael's call is just as clearly typical of Israel in the latter day. Nothing in the slightest degree detracted from His own personal glory, and from the infinitely near relationship which He had had with the Father from all eternity. Has Anyone Seen God's Face? | What Does the Bible Say? But here it was not God's purpose to record it. John 1:17; John 1:17) The law, thus given, was in itself no giver, but an exacter; Jesus, full of grace and truth, gave, instead of requiring or receiving; and He Himself has said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. For were it not God Himself in the person of Jesus, it had been no glory to God, but a wrong and a rival. No And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. Glory would be displayed in its day. As it is written in the KJV, there is They had eyes, but they saw not; ears had they, but they heard not, nor did they understand His glory. Governmental healing even from Him might only end in "some worse thing" coming. 41:4; Is. Only the one who came out of the very presence of God could have done this. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Genesis 12:7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, To your [a]descendants I will give this land. And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. That is why in John 1:18, it says no one has seen God at any time. (Verses John 7:3-5) The Lord intimates the impossibility of anticipating the time of God; but then He does it as connected with His own personal glory. The whole of John 1:18 reads: "No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him." Sin, death, and the grave now become meaningless terms: Then death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. God tempts men [Gen 22:1 / 2 Sam 24:1 / Jer 20:7 / Matt 6:13] God tempts no man . A second and wholly new man appears the bread of God, not of man, but for men. Here, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." Browse other questions tagged, Start here for a quick overview of the site, Detailed answers to any questions you might have, Discuss the workings and policies of this site. And herein is that true saying, One soweth, and another reapeth. Nay, "the world knew him not." There is no contradiction between these texts, which state that no man has seen Gods face, and the many verses that tell us that God walked among men in the person of Jesus Christ and was seen by people (1 John 1:13; 1 Tim. Browse other questions tagged, Start here for a quick overview of the site, Detailed answers to any questions you might have, Discuss the workings and policies of this site. Thus former things pass away; the old man is judged, dead, and clean gone. Praise and Glory to our Triune God. Without it there is no divine understanding of Christ, or of His word, or of Scripture. 48:11). ( ) flesh, and dwelt among us." 23:20-21; Ex. Immortality is something inherent--it is. No man hath seen God at any time Moses and others heard his voice, and saw the cloud and the fire, which were the symbols of his presence; but such a manifestation "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him." Not only is there no healing to be extracted from the law by a sinner, but the law makes more evident the disease, if it does not also aggravate the symptoms. 3:16; etc. (Verse John 3:16), Let it not be passed by, that while the new birth or regeneration is declared to be essential to a part in the kingdom of God, the Lord in urging this intimates that He had not gone beyond the earthly things of that kingdom. Exodus 33:11. In verse 18, John says, no man has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. The word And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. Granted He was the Son of man; but as such, He had all judgment given Him, and would judge. 4:12, KJV), Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can It can apply to the perception of the mind; to one's experience. Hence, after having first unmistakably laid down the necessity of the cross, He next shows the grace that was manifested in the gift of Jesus. Man But when sin entered the world because of Adam ( Genesis 3:6 ), God cursed the world so that the perfect creation then began to degenerate, that is, suffer death and decay ( Romans 8:22 ). Truth and grace were not sought nor found in man, but began to subsist here below by Jesus Christ. Nicodemus, not understanding in the least such a want for himself, expresses his wonder, and hears our Lord increasing in the strength of the requirement. And He did accept that place thoroughly, and in all its consequences. John gives us this point of contact with them, though in an incident peculiar to himself. But the Spirit would not confine His operations to such bounds, but go out freely like the wind.