Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Thursday, May 7, 2009

Memory Verse John 14:2, “In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.”

John 14:7-9 Faith Perception

First Class “if” - EI plus GINOSKO - to come to know, recognize, perceive. Perfect, Active, Indicative, Second Person, Plural.

“If and you all have known”. Assuming that Thomas and all the disciples had knowledge of Himself as the Son of God.

GINOSKO - Future, Middle Deponent, Indicative, Second Person, Plural. If we know Jesus we will then come to know the Father also.

“From now on you know Him and have seen Him.” “I and the Father are one”, John 10:30.

John 14:7, “If and you have known Me, you will also know My Father, and from this point forward you keep on knowing Him and have seen Him.”

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, reveals the Father to mankind. He is the Son of God, the Image of God, and like God. John 1:18; 1 Tim 6:15-16; Heb 1:3; 1 John 4:12-14

Principle: The only intelligible conception of God is what Jesus says, “If you know Me you will know the Father too”.

Philip’s question vs. 8, He too recognizes the deity of Christ by addressing Him as KURIOS – Lord.

DEIKNUMI - Aorist, Active, Imperative = show, point out, reveal, explain, demonstrate or prove.

Philip now steps out of line by demanding something from our Lord. He, like Thomas, does so in the plural “us”.

Philip had trouble with his eyes, he always wanted to see, John 1:46; 6:7, 12:21. The problem was sensory perception = Empiricism.

Empiricism is knowledge from perception by observation and experience rather than by theory.

All ideas are derived from some sensuous experience using the eyes, ears, nose, touch, etc, having no innate or prior conceptions.

It is by non-meritorious faith that we truly “see” the Father as we come to know Jesus Christ better. Mat 5:8, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”

In the light of Christ’s doctrine, you see God as the Father of lights; In Christ’s miracles, you see God as the God of power.

The holiness of God is shone in the impeccability of Christ’s life. The works of our Redeemer show forth His own glory and God in Him.

Our Lord’s exasperation continues in verses

Principles: God’s Word has to be in the right lobe of your soul, and it gets there through the daily function of GAP through non-meritorious faith.

We get into the Plan of God by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Once we are in the Plan of God we are then expected to orient to, understand and function under the Plan of God.

In the devil’s world it is only through Bible doctrine that we can fulfil the very reason for our existence under grace in Phase Two.

No matter how you get hit or fail in life; it is imperative that you get back on your feet as soon as possible and keep moving forward through faith perception and faith application of God’s Word – Bible Doctrine.

Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, May 7, 2009 Faith Perception Tape # Faith Perception Upper Room Discourse, Part 261 John 14:7-9; 1:18; 1Tim 6:15-16; Heb 1:3; 1John 4:12-14 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2009