Christ addressed His Father.

In Jesus’ prayer recorded in John 17, He was addressing His Father.

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father,” John 17:1.

The Old Testament testifies that God had a son even before the creation of this earth.

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell? Proverbs 30:4

He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. Daniel 3:25

In His incarnation He gained in a new sense the title of the Son of God.

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Luke 1:35

After the resurrection, in His glorified state, Christ calls God His Father.

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. John 20:17

The measure of God’s love for us is recorded in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son…” Can we trust God to tell us the truth? To know God, we must believe His word, and we must believe His love for us. But, I have actually heard church people say that Jesus was just playing a role. They said that the Father could have been the Son and the Son could have been the Father. In fact that is what the majority of churches teach. But is that what we have just read in the passages above? Other Scriptures testify to the fact as well, that Jesus is really the Son of God and God is really the Father of Christ.