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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! |
| Today's verses John 8: 21-59 So Jesus is continuing to talk to the Jews (specifically the Pharisees). He said He was going to go His way but because of their sins they could not join him. Now the Jews were afraid that He might possibly kill Himself because they didn't understand His true meaning. He goes on to say that He comes from above (Heaven) but they are from below (earth). Basically that He was not of this world, and if they didn't believe on Him then they would die in sin. They once again question His identity. He tells them (like He has told them before) that He was sent to earth by The Father to speak the truth. He cautioned them about lifting up the Son when all things are possible due to the Father. Many listened and believed. His next message was for those new believers specifically: He told them they were not His disciples and that the truth shall set them free. Of course there were more questions. The Jews didn't understand what they needed to be "free" of. Jesus tells them they are servants to sin. Only those who believe in Jesus can be truly free. He even tell them He knows they seek to kill Him because of His words. They are kinda confused because Jesus is referring to God when He mentions the Father, but they think He is referencing Abraham. He shoots down this idea by saying even if that was true Abraham didn't seek to kill Him for speaking the truth. They then try to act like Jesus' words are false because they only have one Father, God. Jesus is quick to mention that they were not following after God. God sent Him here to do work, and they are trying to kill them which is against God's plan. He goes as far as to say that the devil is their father. They try to snap back and call Him a samaritan who has the devil. Jesus says He honors His Father, but they dishonor Him. They try to justify why He has the devil : Jesus isn't old enough to have the knowledge of Abraham that He claims to have. Jesus once again reminds them that He is not seeking recognition, He wanted God to have the recognition and that He is not a liar (unlike them). They began to try to stone Jesus, but He hid himself away and left. My take on these verses: The Jews continued and continued and continued to try to disprove Jesus. The trip Him up, but they couldn't. Furthermore in the midst of them trying to make a fool of Him, some Jews believed Jesus. Now Jesus could have been spiteful, but He wasn't. He immediately welcomed the new believers and called them a disciple. He gave them a purpose. Purpose is a powerful thing. Many lives have been turned around because they were given a purpose. Each and every Christian has a purpose: Jesus has called us to be disciples. We are to honor God just like Jesus did, not so we can get the glory for God. And the fact is in the midst of this journey, there are going to be some rough times. People are going to question. People are going to try and prove us wrong. People are going to twist our words around to make us look foolish. Even is the midst of all this WE HAVE A PURPOSE. Ps. Apparently I didn't save yesterday's entry....I will have to redo it eventually. |
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