When God Says …
“Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.” (John 8:25-26 KJV)
What a contemptuous daring question to ask? These crowds of religious people continue to display, asking the Lord: "Just who are you anyway? (John 8:25b MSG). In a way saying: "Who do you think you are?" All the same, the Lord Jesus who is full of grace and truth (John 1:14) continues to engage them with response in grace and truth despite the disdainful attitude He's been treated with. He remains firm in making it abundantly clear that He is sent by the Father in heaven to bring them and the world - that's all of us! - back into an intimate relationship with Him. Yeah, that's restoring mankind to when, He, the Almighty Creator, had that close fellowship with Adam and Eve in the garden before they renege dominion of this earth to the forces of darkness (Genesis 3:8).
The Lord again reminded the crowd of religious Jews that He, being with authority to judge, came not to judge but to save all that believe in Him through His grace. That's the Word of truth that He painstaking conveys to them and to us, which the Father who sent Him to bring to the world. And, that's the message we are encountering in these reflections! Not creeds of religion and other isms that the puppets of darkness are corrupting the minds of many with. The Lord Jesus Christ did not come so that, like the Pharisees, the Priests and the religious Jews who He called hypocrites, religious institutions and enterprises can be established perpetuating pagan doctrines and rituals. He came and was called Emmanuel - God with us (Matthew 1:23), so He can reside in us, His temple (1 Corinthians 3:16) and be our Savior (1 John 4:14), our High Priest (Hebrews 4:14-16) and our Lord (Romans 10:9).
He came, so that as we receive Him and His Words by faith, we are born again (John 3:3) and made a new creation. It is written: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” (2 Corinthians 5:17 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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