Father Loves The Son
For the father loves the son and shows him everything he is doing.
Father loves the son. As christ prayed in the upper room for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world john 17 24. He did this to give us new life and so that we could spend eternity with him. This is true sacrificial and unconditional love. A common way of thinking about the trinity is identifying the father as the lover the son as the beloved and the holy spirit as the mutual love between the two.
In this remarkable verse god the father speaking from heaven itself introduces his beloved son to the world. So our first statement is that god the father loves the son not with any self denying sacrificial mercy but with the love of delight and pleasure. Our heavenly father loves us so much that he gave his only begotten son as a sacrifice for our sins. 1 john 3 1 we are called his children.
Then you will truly be astonished. The father loves the son because the son perfectly radiates the glory of god. His soul delights in the son. When he looks at his son he enjoys and admires and cherishes and prizes and relishes what he sees.
Aramaic bible in plain english the father loves the son and he has given all things into his hands. We can rightly say god is love because god is not a stagnant monolith but a dynamic self giving community of persons the father son and holy spirit. He is well pleased with his son. He is the radiance of the glory of god and the exact imprint of his nature hebrews 1 3 esv the father loves the son because the son delights his father.
This is the first new testament reference to love just as the father s love for the son was the first love that ever existed. He is of the same divine essence manifesting the same glorious perfections as the father. In fact the father will show him how to do even greater works than healing this man. New american standard 1977 the father loves the son and has given all things into his hand.
The father can love the son only if the son is in some sense distinguishable from the father.