118. (2) The Lord is also called Father, and the church, mother. That the Lord is called Father is apparent from the following passages:
...Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given.... And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, God..., Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)
You, Jehovah, are our Father; our Redeemer from of old is Your name. (Isaiah 63:16)
(Jesus said,) "He who sees Me sees (the Father) who sent Me." (John 12:45)
"If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him." (John 14:7)
Philip said..., "...Show us the Father...." Jesus said to him, "...He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?" (John 14:8,9)
(Jesus said,) "The Father and I are one." (John 10:30)
"All things that the Father has are Mine." (John 16:15, cf. 17:10)
"...the Father is in Me, and I in the Father." (John 10:38, cf. 14:10,11,20)
(We showed in full in The Apocalypse Revealed that the Lord and His Father are one as the soul and body are one; that God the Father descended from heaven and assumed a human form in order to redeem and save mankind; and that His human form is what is called the Son who was sent into the world.)
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