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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 collecting daily manna), 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, June 4, 2018
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Subjecta:Honor the Father and the Son Bible Verse:John 5:16-23 (ESV) "And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him." Message:
The first paragraph refers to Jesus healing the man at the pool in Jerusalem and telling him to “take up your bed and walk” on the Sabbath. Thereafter, they learn that Jesus claims that God is his father, an act of heresy. It is not unusual, in historical terms, that such an open and notorious act of heresy would draw the death penalty.
The passage is critical to Christian theology, because of the last paragraphs. Christ draws a clear line between his responsibilities and those of God the Father. The Father is primarily responsible for the miracles Christ has performed. It is a bit hazy (and not really terribly important) whether Christ works these miracles in the name of the Father, or whether as the Son of God he has the authority to perform them, although some incomprehensible combination of the two would fit the Gospel of John the best.
The important point is that Christ is the face of God to which all judgment has been committed. He is “God the Judge.” And like any judge, he has the power of mercy. God of the Old Testament often showed mercy, but His judgments are unpredictable—which is to say, in effect, that the mind of God is incomprehensible.
Christ, on the other hand, has promised mercy to all who believe in Him. Thus, Christ must become the judge of humanity, because it is the only way that we might have complete faith in God’s mercy. We cannot understand the mind of God; but we can understand, “So that all who believe in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
Meditation : Prayer : And now let me go forth praising you, O Lord, with all my heart, telling of all your wonders, with my words and in my actions. I will be glad and rejoice in you this day. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.....Amen |
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