The Father is in Me, and I Am in the Father

Thursday, February 06, 2014      

The Father is in Me, and I Am in the Father

John  10: 31-42

Jesus continued to confront the people with the truth that he and the Father are one, and that he has been sent by the Father to be the true Messiah King of Israel. Jesus tells the people if they will not believe him because of his teachings, then believe because of the miraculous signs of his authority.

Even in the face of the miraculous signs at the hand of Jesus and the authority by which he taught, many of the religious leaders refused to believe. Once again they tried to arrest Jesus. As the followers of Jesus, we may at first be incredulous at the thought of the people refusing to embrace Jesus. On closer reflection, perhaps we may recognize how easy it is for us to take comfort in our external circumstances, such as belonging to the ‘right’ church, or in doing the ‘right’ religious activities. The rejection of Jesus in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah is our invitation to rededicate ourselves to Sola gratia, by grace alone. It is only by the grace of our Lord Jesus that we have right standing with God the Father. It is first, last, and always all about Jesus; not our church membership, not our good deeds, not our theology, not our doctrines. It is by grace alone that we have new life in Christ.

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. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.