John 8:19,20 - If you knew me

8:19,20

The religious leaders immediately demanded to know where His Father was. This was a very silly question, it was clear by now that Jesus said God was His Father. But if you are going to stick to a purely fleshly approach to looking at Jesus, you cannot get to the truth. The truth was that the religious leaders did not know Jesus, and they did not know God. It is not uncommon for religious leaders to not know God! We can look at a number of religious leaders in our day who seem to have little idea who God is. At the same time, there are also good religious leaders.

Knowing Jesus and knowing the Father go together. They are a package deal! Sometimes on packs of goods at the supermarket there will be a notice on them saying “these items must not be sold separately”. In a way it is the same with the Trinity. The Trinity is, of course, infinitely more glorious than this silly analogy, but it does make a point.