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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Monday, April 15, 2024
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Jesus at the Temple Festival Bible Verse:John 10:22-32 (ESV) "At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me, but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.” The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” " Message:
God intended that Christ be condemned by the free will of human beings, to show them that they could commit even the gravest sin possible against Him. He will neither help nor hinder them. Here the people of Jerusalem try to tempt Christ into saying He is the Jewish Messiah but he will not make the statement. He never gave a reason for his repeated refusal to do it directly, although he would always say it indirectly. In fact, he almost always refused to answer question about himself directly. He refused to let people put words in his mouth.
Why wouldn't he plainly say “Yes, I am the Messiah promised by Isaiah”? He never really explained this. One can speculate that he was different from the Messiah expected by the Jews, or that his mission was to the world rather than simply to the Jews, or that it was not his will to hasten his death. But in truth, we can only say that he knew what he was doing.
He could have said it and used his power to prevent his death, but that was not his will. He knew that the sinfulness of mankind would result in his execution. Only in this way could he fulfill the law; he would demonstrate the intransigence of human sin, by letting them, of their own volition, kill the God they claimed to worship.
In the last sentence, he makes this clear. He asks which of his good works warrant his death by stoning. He has done nothing but good; he has healed and taught godly behavior. His passion cannot include any justification for his execution; every person in the world must be brought to the realization that sin, the same sin that lives within themselves, brought about his death.
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