Special and chosen sermons of D. Martin Luther collected out of his writings and…

Have I been so long time with you, & hast thou not known me? As though he should say: I teach and preach, and yet thou knowest me not. Dost thou not know that the Father will be known by me, that my word is the word and power of the Father, by which alone he will be known, and by nothing else? For thou hast heard the voice of the Father from heaven after this sort: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear him. Dost thou not yet understand how the Father is known? The Father is not seen with carnal eyes, as John in his first chapter saith:¹ No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. Wherefore the Lord saith to Philip: Philip, he that hath seen me, hath seen the Father. This saying is like unto that former when he saith: If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. That is, forasmuch as the Father will be known by me, seek no other way to know him, but believe my word, that I am he, which showeth unto you the Father, and will make you to know him in me. Believe that by me thou hast access to the Father, by this means thou shalt know the Father, by faith thou shalt understand the power and mercy of the Father, and shalt feel him to be comfortable and gracious. The Father will have my word to be believed, and them that believe it, to be saved and obtain eternal life. Seeing therefore that these things be thus, that we can not know the Father but in the Son, and when we know the Son, we know also the Father: the Lord saith moreover unto Philip:

Haue I bene so long time with you, & hast thou not knowne me? As though he should say: I teach and preach, and yet thou knowest me not. Doost thou not knowe that the Father will be knowne by me, that my word is the worde and power of the Father, by which alone he will be knowne, and by nothing els? For thou hast heard the voice of the Father from heauen after this sort: This is my beloued Sonne, in whome I am well pleased, heare him. Doost thou not yet vnderstande howe the Father is knowne? The Father is not seene with carnall eyes, as Iohn in his first chapter sayth:¹ No man hath seene God at any time: the onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. Wherefore the Lord sayth to Philip: Philip, he that hath seene me, hath seene the Father. This saying is like vnto that former when he sayth: If ye had knowne me, ye should haue knowne my Father also. That is, forasmuch as the Father will be knowne by me, seeke no other way to knowe him, but beleue my word, that I am he, which sheweth vnto you the Father, and will make you to know him in me. Beleeue that by me thou hast accesse to the Father, by this meanes thou shalt knowe the Father, by faith thou shalt vnderstande the power and mercie of the Father, and shalt feele him to be comfortable and gracious. The Father will haue my word to be beleeued, and them that beleeue it, to be saued and obtaine eternall life. Seeing therefore that these thinges be thus, that we can not know the Father but in the Sonne, and when we know the Sonne, we know also the Father: the Lord sayth moreouer vnto Philip: