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Jesus Rejoices in His
Special Relationship with the Father
25 At that time Jesus said, ‘I thank you,
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these
things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to
infants; 26yes, Father, for such
was your gracious will.27All
things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows
the Son except the Father,
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and no one knows the Father
except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28‘Come
to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I
will give you rest. 29Take my yoke
upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls. 30For
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The Transfiguration
2 Six days later, Jesus took with
him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart,
by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3and
his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could
bleach them. 4And
there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with
Jesus. (Mark 9:2-4)
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The Focused Vision of
God
8Blessed are
the pure in heart, for they will see God. . . . 22The
eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole
body will be full of light; 23but
if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness.
. . . (Matthew 5:8; 6:22-23)
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The Community of Faith
in Union with Christ
(the view of Paul)
12For
just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of
the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13For
in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or
Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one
Spirit. 14Indeed,
the body does not consist of one member but of many. . . . 27Now
you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. (1
Corinthians 12:12-14, 27)
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The Community of Faith
in Union with Christ
(the view of the Fourth Gospel)
1I am the true vine, and my
Father is the vinegrower. . . . 4Abide
in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by
itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you
abide in me. 5I am
the vine, you are the branches. . . . 9As
the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.
(John 15:1, 4-5, 9)
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Next: With Jesus in Resurrection
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