John 16:3. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
The persecuting Jews professed to be worshippers of Jehovah; but they did not know the Christ, whom he sent, and, therefore, in very truth they did not know the Father either. How can you expect that those who do not know the Father will know the Son, or any of the other children of the divine family? As they rejected the Elder Brother, will they not also reject the younger ones? Is the disciple to be above his Master, or the servant to be treated better than his Lord? Think not so; and therefore expect that you will not be known, even as the Father and the Son were not known.
"Tis no surprising thing,
That we should be unknown:
The Jewish world knew not their King,
God’s everlasting Son."
John 16:3. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
The persecuting Jews professed to be worshippers of Jehovah; but they did not know the Christ, whom he sent, and, therefore, in very truth they did not know the Father either. How can you expect that those who do not know the Father will know the Son, or any of the other children of the divine family? As they rejected the Elder Brother, will they not also reject the younger ones? Is the disciple to be above his Master, or the servant to be treated better than his Lord? Think not so; and therefore expect that you will not be known, even as the Father and the Son were not known.
"Tis no surprising thing,
That we should be unknown:
The Jewish world knew not their King,
God’s everlasting Son."