The Gospel of John 7:32-34 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.” (John 7:32-34 KJV)

Attempting to seize the Lord Jesus Christ, these passages reveal that the authorities in Jerusalem sent officers to arrest Him. The political and religious leaders were increasingly irked by the revelation of truth that the Lord preached, which some of the crowd have begun to get a grasp on and believed openly. Their whispers about the signs they saw that affirm what was written of the coming Messiah reached the watchful ears of the Pharisees. These threatened their claim to authority, hence they are starting to take steps to control. They intend to keep their blind followers to remain in the dark shadows of religion. This is a nudge to those many today who are held captive by the false hopes of established and institutionalized religious enterprises. Like the religious people then, the present perpetuation of religion and precepts of the world are keeping many in the stronghold of darkness.

As the Lord said to those who came to arrest Him, He is saying it too to everyone today in this time. As the Lord “Jesus rebuffed them: “I am with you only a short time. Then I go on to the One who sent me. You will look for me, but you won’t find me. Where I am, you can’t come.”” (John 7:33-34 MSG). We are warned! Dire time it is to be transformed by faith in Him who came to provide us (especially those who are lost) the path to be able to seek Him, find Him and receive Him, so we can come to where He is. It is time to get off the grip of the material world, the grip of religion and pagan beliefs. It is time to come to the Lord JesusChrist to receive His grace by faith in Him. Let Him come in our hearts, be born again and become a new creation. His finished work on the cross and His rise from the dead is enough for us. No rituals. No idols. No religious rigmaroles. No political correctness. It is only by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. In Him, Scriptures declare: “even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,” (Ephesians 2:5-6 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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