John tells his readers that no man has ever seen God at any time whatsoever (1John 4:12). What a strange thing to say! At first, John’s statement about the Lord’s invisibility seems to hang out there like a loose thread that was never sewn into the garment. How does this statement fit into John’s argument? Well, it may be significant that John mentions the word “God” only fifteen times prior to chapter four. However, in chapters four and five, he mentions God forty-nine times, twenty-nine in chapter four and twenty in chapter five. How can John speak of God and tell us what God is like, if John had never seen him? Moreover, if God is invisible, how can anyone, including the antichrists, tell us what God is like? Read the rest of this entry »
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