John 14…
6Jesus answered, “I am
the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through
Me. 7If you
had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and
have seen Him.”
8Philip said to Him,
“Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
9Jesus replied, “Philip,
I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who
has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10Do you
not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to
you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing
His works.
The word of the
Lord!
…
This evening, with God’s help, I’d like to spend a
few minutes introducing [reviewing] what is the oldest Christian hymn
known in history outside the Bible.
There are apparently ancient Christian hymns actually
INSIDE the Bible – for instance scholars believe that the passage we heard a few moments ago, John 1 – John's “prologue” … was an example of one.
There are others also.
