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This is going to be a place where I process my Bible reading. |
| Welcome to my Bible reading journey. I find that I process information better when I write/respond to it. This blog is simply a place where I can write down my thoughts about God's word. If you are reading I hope you get something out of it. Feel free to comment your take on the verses. Enjoy! |
| Our verse for today come from John 6:60-71 These verses occur right after Jesus has laid down some pretty hard truths.The told people how it was. Some of the followers were not happy about this. They confronted Him. Jesus to asked if His words offended them but went on to say that His words were spirit and life. He even straight up told them that many would not believe. After these words some of the followers departed from following Jesus. Apparently the 12 disciples staid, because He asked them if they were going to go as well. Simon speaks up and tells Jesus that why would they leave when Jesus spoke the words of life, and is exactly who He says He is. Jesus then brought up the fact that one of them would betray Him I feel like this is when it gets real. Up until this point Jesus has began His ministry. He is performing miracles. Crowds of people are gathering to Him, but not because of what He is saying, or who He is, but because of what He can do for them. When Jesus is telling hard truths, they become offended. It is not fun anymore so they leave. I fell like this happens A LOT. When people hear about the work a church is doing, they want to flock to it. Miracles are happening, fun events have been planned, you are able to really help and minister to a group/person. But inevitably, the moment of truth has to happen. We have to tell people the truth and the truth hurts. No one really wants to know that we have ALL sinned and need a savoir. No one wants to be aware of their own sins. So they left. I am a firm believer in doing what you got to do to get people to enter into churches. Retreats, BBQs, fun days what ever. But I am equally a firm believer in using every opportunity to share the gospel with the audience. Jesus knows how people are. He could have went around just teaching and preaching. I'm sure that would have been enough for a select few, but He wanted everyone to accept salvation. He knew that He needed to perform miracles to get them to pay attention and sadly to prove Himself. He had to tell parables to get His point across on their level. He knew that some of them were coming to Him for the wrong reason. He knew some would leave. He still shared the gospel and told the truth. I also loved Peter's words: where else could I go. We should always turn to Jesus in each and every circumstance. |
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