God revealed Himself in the simplest terms through Jesus: the Father is God, and Jesus lived in perfect unity with Him. Jesus didn’t need to dissect the relationship between Himself and the Father into intricate doctrines. He spoke directly from experience, in love, trust, and obedience. The Father’s presence was enough—Jesus didn’t need to explain it or justify it.
In our attempts to understand God, we've often overcomplicated things, turning what was once a simple relationship into a set of abstract ideas to be debated. We’ve taken the beauty of that unity and splintered it into theological formulas, constructing barriers that sometimes obscure the clarity of God’s love. Instead of admitting our limitations, we've built frameworks that distance us from the simplicity of the divine relationship Jesus had with the Father.
Perhaps, in embracing the mystery of God, we need to return to that original simplicity—not a denial of complexity but a recognition that the clearest truth is often the one most directly experienced. We don’t need to dissect God to know Him. We need only to rest in the relationship He offers.
Stephen D Green, with ChatGPT, April 2025
