The smartest man in history, was not Albert Einstein or King Solomon.
"All things were made by him," says St. John 1:3 concerning Jesus Christ. "Without him was not any thing made." When he walked the earth, therefore, He knew everything that there was and is to know.
The words of Jesus that have come down to us, so few in number, are worth studying in great detail. He chose his words carefully.
"Our Father…" begins the Lord’s Prayer. We skim quickly, perhaps, without questioning what these words mean.
His Father is in Heaven. That much we understand. How, though, can His Father be ours too?
Abide in me and I in you, he tells us in St. John 15:4.
To abide means to live. The place where we live is called our abode. If we abide in Christ, we live in him, we are part of him. His Father, therefore, is our Father too. .
More examples from the Gospels:
I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
-St. John 15:5
If God were your Father, ye would love me, for I proceeded forth and came from God… Why do you not understand my speech? Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.
—St. John 8:42-44
as many as received him gave he power to become the sons of God, even to
those that believe on his name.
-St. John 1:12
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