Knowing the Father Through Jesus Christ 

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. John 1:17-18.

“No man knoweth who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal Him” (Luke 10:22).

One of the great purposes of the ministry of Jesus Christ was to reveal the Father. While many believers have come into a living knowledge of Jesus Christ through His life, death, and resurrection, the Father is often less understood personally.

The Father desires more than acknowledgement; He desires a living fellowship with His children. Through the Holy Spirit, believers can receive a growing revelation of who the Father truly is.
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus Christ  unveils the Father in three distinct ways: as the Father in Heaven, the Father of the Kingdom, and the Father of Glory.

The Father In Heaven

Jesus continually directed the attention of His disciples toward their heavenly Father. “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you… that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:44-45).

The Father is exalted above all creation. Heaven is His throne, and all authority belongs to Him. Yet despite His majesty and greatness, He lovingly cares for every individual. He causes His sun to rise upon both the evil and the good and sends rain upon the just and the unjust.

Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ revealed that the Father is not distant or indifferent. He is a loving Father who knows the needs of His children and desires a personal relationship with them.
The revelation of the Father in Heaven should produce in our lives as believers reverence, worship, trust, and a growing desire to reflect His character.

As believers, we are to walk in love, mercy, and forgiveness, thereby demonstrating the nature of our heavenly Father before a watching world.

The Father And His Kingdom

A second revelation found throughout the teachings of Jesus Christ is that the Kingdom belongs to the Father. Jesus taught: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33).

The Father knows every need of His children before they ask. Therefore, as believers we are not to be consumed with anxiety concerning our need for earthly provision. Instead, we are called to seek first the Father’s Kingdom and submit ourselves to His righteous rule.

For this reason Jesus declared: “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” (Luke 12:32). Herein is a vital truth that as believers we must firmly embrace the revelation that the Kingdom is not merely a future inheritance awaiting believers after death. Through faith in Jesus Christ, believers become citizens of the Father’s Kingdom here and now.

We are called to live under His government, embrace His values, and pursue His purposes while still living in this present world. The Kingdom of God operates differently from the kingdoms of men. Human kingdoms are often marked by self-interest, competition, and the pursuit of power, but the Father’s Kingdom is characterised by righteousness, peace, love, generosity, and the life of the Holy Spirit.

Yet Jesus also issued a solemn warning: “Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). The revelation of the Father as Sovereign produces obedience, faithfulness, and wholehearted submission to His will.

The Father In His Glory

A third revelation presented by Jesus is the revelation of the Father in His glory. “For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and then He shall reward every man according to his works” (Matthew 16:27). The glory of the Father is the manifestation of His majesty, holiness, power, and presence.

Throughout Scripture, His glory is often associated with light, fire, and the visible demonstration of His presence among His people. The Father desires His glory to be revealed within His redeemed people. However, such revelation requires yielded hearts, humility, obedience, and unity among believers. Jesus prayed: “That they all may be one” (John 17:21).

Here is a vital truth that must be received in our lives as believers, where we walk together in love and unity, the Holy Spirit is welcomed, and the Father’s glory is able to be manifested more fully.
But Strife, division, and self-seeking grieves the Holy Spirit, but humility and love prepare a dwelling place for the presence of Almighty God.

The Father continually responds to hearts that hunger after Him: “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6).

The revelation of the Father’s glory creates a longing for His presence above all earthly pursuits. It produces a desire to see His power, holiness, and life manifested both in individual believers and among His gathered people.

Many seek the Father’s blessings, and some seek His Kingdom, but the highest calling is to seek the Father Himself. Jesus Christ did not come merely to bring men and women to heaven, nor only to grant them the benefits of the Kingdom; He came to bring them into a living fellowship with the Father.

The believer who continually seeks to know the Father through Jesus Christ will discover an ever-deepening revelation of His love, authority, provision, and glory. Such a believer will not merely know about the Father but will walk with Him, hear His voice, do His will, and increasingly reflect His character in the earth. As Jesus declared: “He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father” (John 14:9).

The clearest revelation of the Father’s heart is found in the life, words, works, and character of Jesus Christ. May the prayer of Jesus become the pursuit of every believer: “That the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them” (John 17:26).

This remains the Father’s desire that He should be known, loved, and enjoyed by His children; that they should walk in fellowship with Him, live under His Kingdom rule, and experience the reality of His presence and glory both now and throughout eternity. For eternal life itself is found in this revelation: “And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent” (John 17:3).

Such a believer will not merely know about the Father but will walk with Him, hear His voice, do His will, and reflect His character in the earth.