“When Christ said, ‘Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son’ (Mat. 11:27), He was making another claim to deity. He was claiming to have a mind coextensive with the mind of God, a mind able to think God’s thoughts. He was claiming to have a mind that could grasp all the factors of space and time, all the annals of eternity, all the multitudinous details that make up omniscience. ... Jesus did not know the Father in the elementary, limited way in which a creature can be said to know Him. Jesus knew the Father even as the Father knew Him--fully, flawlessly. The Lord knew the depths of the Father’s being, the complexities of His character, and all the wonders of His person, nature, and personality” (John Phillips, commentary on Matthew). Comments are closed.
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