I Was Sent by My Father

Meditations based on readings from

The Story of My Life As Told by Jesus Christ

October 24, 2019

I Was Sent by My Father

Page 159-161

John 8:12-59

Jesus said he does not judge anyone. He doesn’t have to because he is the light of the world. Jesus, as the light of the world, brings God’s holy presence into the world. Inherent within the light is judgment because the light exposes sin.

The people Jesus addressed in today’s passage were in desperate need of a reality check, and Jesus held out hope and promise to them: the truth will set you free. They had lost sight of reality because the most compelling nature of sin is its capacity to blind you to the truth. The people were living under the yoke of the oppressive Roman occupation of their country, yet they had the audacity to tell Jesus they weren’t slaves. If they couldn’t grasp that reality, was there really a hope they could see their slavery to sin and death? Jesus thought so.

The first step in a reality check is to ask God to give us eyes to see the truth. If they would have asked God to open their eyes, they could have seen that just being descendants of Abraham did not automatically win them favor with God. Abraham was justified by faith, and they too could only be reconciled to God by faith. Jesus was calling them to a faith that invites God to change their lives.

Many people call themselves Christians and they want all the benefits that favor with God brings, but do not want to embrace the truth that faith in God is evidenced by a willingness to invite God to change their lives. God doesn’t want us to just believe in Him. God wants us to become like Him.

My Takeaway: God had called Israel to be bearers of His light. Instead, they had become bearers of darkness. God has called the Christian church to be bearers of His light. This may be a good time for a reality check, to ask God to give us eyes to see the truth. Are we, and our Christian community, bearers of light, or darkness?

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.)

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