The Gospel of John 7:45-49 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.” (John 7:45-49 KJV)

These officers who were sent to arrest the Lord Jesus but could not, returned to their masters empty-handed and had to do a lot of explaining. Their defense for inaction is somehow very revealing and brought to light the deep-seated hypocrisies of the chief priests and the Pharisees. The officers' declaration: "No one ever spoke the way this man does" says it all. The judgmental statements of the chief priests and Pharisees asserting with arrogance that since none of them believed the Lord Jesus no one else must, as well. Especially, the crowds who in their judgement knew nothing of the law, they said - they are cursed for believing? Cursed by faith?! These are such profound display of the perils of religion. And sadly, it continues to hold many captive in this present age.

But, the truth of God's Words, stated that those who knew and observe the law carved on tablet of stones are the ones who are cursed! Not as these hypocrites assert. The Words of the risen Lord Jesus Christ revealed through Apostle Paul said: “But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, “Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the commands that are written in God’s Book of the Law.” So it is clear that no one can be made right with God by trying to keep the law. For the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.””(Galatians 3:10-11 NLT)

Apostle Paul's exhortation to the believers in Corinth, brought to light the hypocrisies of religion.  With Words directly revealed by the risen Lord Jesus Christ, he further said: “Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.” (2 Corinthians 3:4-9 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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