Bóg jako Ojciec Jezusa (J 10, 22-42)

Abstract

The most essential truth about Jesus Christ revealed in the fourth Gospel is about the bond between Him and God the Father. How should we understand the fatherhood of God in relation to Jesus? St. John describes it most clearly in three formulations (10, 30, 36, 38f). The first of them („The Father and I are one”, 1. 30) points to the unity of action. Jesus’ action contains the action of God the Father; it concerns people, especially the believers. At the same time it is unity in their victory over evil. Owing to “being one” with the Father, Jesus participates in the “Glory” and in the “Name” of God. The second formulation (“the Father is in me and I am in the Father” - 1. 38) expresses the idea of mutual, permanent, complete and eschatological presence: Jesus is in the Father and the Father in Jesus. Simultaneously the formulation unveils the relationship of love (the mutual devotion: The Father to Jesus and Jesus to the Father), and the relationship of dynamic cognition. Eventually, the third sentence is saying about "the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world” (1. 36) reveals the truth about Jesus as a new Temple, the sphere of God's constant presence among the People of the Covenant. Jesus Christ brings into the world Presence which is in Him, which is the source of the salvation of the world.