134. Show Things of God
John 16:14, 15 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you, All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.
John 16:25 I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father.
Show = unveil, reveal. The Holy Spirit takes the Scriptures and reveals to us who live in the physical world the real things that are going on in the invisible world. The invisible is the spiritual world where God lives and moves and loves. That world touches our world in our spirit within, where HS dwells. Through the Word God shows, or peels back the curtain that separates the two realms, what that realm really looks like; this is where eternal reality happens, the things that matter. God Himself, through the Spirit and the Word, must show us these things that we cannot see clearly or face to face. Even with the Spirit’s revealing we still see “through a glass darkly.” But that dim view is enough; it is clear and full enough to know what we need to know for our life and our hope. It is real and sure.
Jesus says that He will show us plainly of the Father. We are privileged to know the mind, heart and plans of God the Father Almighty. We cannot live without God and we cannot live well without God’s revelation of Himself. Jesus promises to show the Father to us. We can know what He thinks about us, and we trust in the plans He has for us; and it is all good news.
Much about God is unknown and mysterious, of course, but we must know some things about God in order to know Him and have an intimate relationship with the “unknown God.” God shows us enough of Himself in His Word, Jesus shows us plainly, and the HS reveals the mind of Christ and the heart of the Father. God has revealed enough for us to spend a lifetime getting to know Him more and better. All we need to do is pay attention.