The relationship of God the Father to God the Son.

The mystery of the Holy Trinity is the greatest. Jesus tells the Jews about this secret of authority and love: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do. What the Father does, the Son also does” (John 5:19).

Jesus explains to the Jews his relationship with God – the Father. He emphasizes that God did not cease to be active even after the work of creation, as the Jews thought, but constantly maintains and manages the world. His son is his equal in nature, power and right, and majesty. This relationship is explained in theology in dogmatic by the doctrine of God in three persons – “De Deo Trino”. In the Gospel, John presents a serious idea: God has entrusted everything that he owns to his Son, namely: power, life, and judgment. From the Gospel, we see that Jesus does not make demands for people to believe in him, he does not rely on human authority, but on the authority of God. Jesus heals on the Sabbath, which offends the Jews. What God can do: raise the dead, and judge human deeds, he gave that to Jesus, his Son. From this, Jesus deduces for them that whoever does not honor him does not honor God – the Father either, but whoever believes his words gains eternal life.

Why can the Lord Jesus do what his Father does?
This he explains by saying that whatever his loving Father shows him, he also does. Whoever sees the Lord Jesus sees God. He who can listen to him listens to the Father, but also he who ignores him rejects the Father. Without him, we have no life, no salvation, and no way to God. And yet we accept the words of the Lord Jesus: “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (Jn 14:6). That’s why we look at Jesus as a landmark not only of history but also of humanity.

This means for us that indifference to Christ does not exist. Each of us must make a decision – either to accept Jesus or to reject him. We want to accept it. That is why Jesus is close to us, we see in him our Judge, who in the hour of our death will be a landmark of bliss or damnation. He earned this rank by his love for God the Father and us, his brothers and sisters when out of love he came among us to redeem and save us.

We believe that Jesus is “Truth”. We believe that the judgment upon us will be what we deserve and that it will be just because he will not punish for himself, but for the Father, whom he propitiated. Therefore, it is our effort to be fully lived through life and be respected by is authority. Whoever does not respect authority on earth offends and deserves punishment. Whoever does not respect authority for eternal life despises the love of Christ and therefore prepares himself for eternal damnation. Even when preparing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, we should realize, that this may be the last opportunity to apologize to God for our sins.

The thought of meeting Jesus as a Judge will lead us to a responsible approach to eternal values. Therefore, when questioning the conscience, or during various discussions about the fulfillment of the Ten Commandments and other commandments, let’s not say and convince what my opinion is, how I like it, or how it suits me, but let’s look at Jesus.