The Gospel of John 5:34-35 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.” (John 5:34-35 KJV)

Whether anyone believes it or not, what the Lord Jesus claimed Him to be does not change, truth is truth. He is the only begotten Son of God full of grace truth. Out of His love, though He didn't need any man's testimony, the Lord got along with the Jews' quest to satisfy their demand for a human testimony that they may believe and be saved. The Lord reminded them of John the Baptist. When they interrogated John the Baptist, he pointed them to the Lord Jesus Christ who is the Promised One (John 1:26-27).

Yes, the Lord Jesus Christ provided the unbelieving skeptics with a human witness that they may come to receive salvation of their souls. John the Baptist was the human witness sent from the Father to make the path straight for the coming Messiah. He was the voice in the wilderness to prepare the way of the Lord (Matthew 3:3). Many of them came to be baptized by him. “But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?” (Matthew 3:7 ESV)

John the Baptist declared to those who came to his baptism: “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”(Matthew 3:11-12 ESV)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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