Praise to the Father
by Keith Brenton
If the idea of God the Son praying to God the Father gives you pause, so will the realization that God the Son praised God the Father.
On the return of the seventy(-two) evangelists, Jesus is joyful at their report:
"At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, 'I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." ~ Luke 10:21-22
Jesus praised God for making a relationship with Him so simple that a child could understand - but that those who would complicate it could not. That filled the Son with joy through the Holy Spirit.
Shouldn't those who know the Father and Son praise God with joy through the Holy Spirit, too?
On the return of the seventy(-two) evangelists, Jesus is joyful at their report:
"At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, 'I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." ~ Luke 10:21-22
Jesus praised God for making a relationship with Him so simple that a child could understand - but that those who would complicate it could not. That filled the Son with joy through the Holy Spirit.
Shouldn't those who know the Father and Son praise God with joy through the Holy Spirit, too?
posted at 5/31/2008 07:34:00 AM
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