Who is Telling the Truth?

Meditations for Seeking the Life in Christ

The Gospel of John 

July 29, 2024

Who is Telling the Truth?

Those who speak for themselves want glory only for themselves, but a person who seeks to honor the one who sent him speaks truth, not lies.

John  7:18

Much of the controversy that surrounded Jesus was based on misunderstandings about the nature of God: such as, God’s relationship to the world, His purpose for humankind, and His vision of community. Many people, especially the religious leaders, would not accept Jesus as the Messiah because Jesus did not fit into their expectations of the Messiah, and because Jesus’ vision of God, the world, the nature of humanity, and their neighbors was so different from their preconceived notions.

A Christian is a person who has become aware that the world’s culture has told them a pack of lies about God, the world, themselves and their neighbors. A Christian learns that God, in Christ Jesus, is telling them the truth. (The word truth appears more than forty times in this Gospel.)

My Takeaway: Take time today and consider: What is your understanding of the nature of God? What is your understanding of the world? What is your understanding of your place in the world? Who are your neighbors? And you know this how?

(Hint: later in this Gospel Jesus will say, “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6).) 

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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