Matthew 11:27; John 5:19, 30; John 8:18–28
Is the Savior teaching here:
1. "As man is now, God once was. As God is now, man may become."
- God was once a man on an earth and held the same calling (Savior, Messiah) that Jesus holds for those within His jurisdiction?
2. Jesus is ministering the way His Father did
3. The Father is personally teaching the Savior what to do, how to do it, etc.
It is the grand truth that in all that Jesus came to say and do, including and especially in His atoning suffering and sacrifice, He was showing us who and what God our Eternal Father is like, how completely devoted He is to His children in every age and nation. In word and in deed Jesus was trying to reveal and make personal to us the true nature of His Father, our Father in Heaven. (Jeffrey R. Holland, “The Grandeur of God,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2003, 70)