Father's love

Have you ever heard the gospel message declared in such a way that presents Jesus on the cross standing between you and a Father full of wrath? It is important to emphasize the centrality of the cross, but this picture presents a false impression of the Father. My disciples asked me to show them the Father and I told them that my Father and I were one, and that the Father himself loved them. John the Baptist was reluctant to baptize me, and with good reason, but I told him to go ahead that all righteousness may be fulfilled. I went to the cross for the same reason. It was not to stand between you and a God of wrath, for the Father loves you too.