Wednesday, 25 October 2017

The Father's Son


For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything He is doing, and He will show Him greater works than these so that you will be amazed. And just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to anyone He wants to. The Father, in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son, so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
John 5:20‭-‬23 HCSB

Jesus here is giving a serve to the Pharisees. They rejected Him and the works He did and they certainly didn't like Him saying He was God's Son. He was really fuelling the fires of hate.

What can we non-Jews learn from this? The Father loves His Son and gave Him great honour because He loved and obeyed the Father. Just like the first Adam He was without sin and unlike the first Adam He remained that way, just as Adam should have. Jesus shows us what Adam could have had and as born again believers we can have, to a point. We are still born into sin and because of His sacrifice are redeemed from it. Amen!

The fact that Jesus said judgement was given to Him by the Father really got up their noses. You see, they thought it was their right to judge but Jesus took that away with His statment. Judgmental folk dont like being told they are wrong. Especially by someone they think are lower than them. The fact that Jesus did mighty miracles counted for nothing. It was all about power to rule, and they were not going to yield it.


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