Go and do likwise

Saturday April 26th, John 14: 9 Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 10 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. 12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. God hidden and God revealed. There may be many aspects of God on which we can speculate, but when it comes to knowing God as God wants us to know the Almighty, we have Jesus. All those stories of the vengeful god we find in places in the Old Testament, perhaps a bit of human desire showing through and calling it the will of God. We have plenty of examples of that today. We all know a pre-emptive war has more to do with money and power than with the other god we call God. What must I do to be saved? The young man asked. Love God and Love you neighbor was the answer. Who is my neighbor the young man asked? The story of the Good Samaritan along with the question who acted like a neighbor was the answer. Go and do likewise was the command.