When God Says …
“Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.” (John 8:41-42 KJV).
The Lord used the idea of fatherhood to explain why these religious leaders opposing Him are not "true sons" of Abraham. Children inherit the DNA and nature from their fathers. So, those who are the actual spiritual children of Abraham will do what Abraham did, which was to obey God and respond to His message. He points out that their actions reflect their father—who is neither God nor Abraham, who is associated with lies and murder. It is reflected in their attitude of scorn towards the Son of God and pursuit to kill Him.
In these passages, the interaction is taking a nasty turn. The statement of the Lord's critics: "we were not born of sexual immorality" is a direct slur against the Lord, alluding to their perceived controversy of His birth (Luke 1:30–38). In short, the critics are smearing the Lord's reputation by implying He is an 'illegitimate' child. The Lord forcefully repeats His assertion of truth that these men reject Him because they reject God. And, they neither belong to the family of God nor the family of Abraham. If they were, they would recognize His being true God and true Man, whose blood is unblemished by the sin of Adam. Mary being the first surrogate mother, did not pass her blood to the Lord while He was in the womb. These men are truly defiled by doctrines of religion.
This is evident in the tone of their discourse, which are also very conspicuous in the discourse we hear in this present age, by those who have not believed in Christ Jesus and not been born again. We regularly hear from the pronouncements of so-called "leaders" of our time, declaring evil things as good, and things of God, as evil. We are in such unfortunate time, exactly as Apostle Paul warned: “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.” (2 Timothy 3:1-5 NIV)
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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