Jesus' Use of Scripture
Jesus' Mission on Earth
John 12:44-50
The Message
44-46 Jesus
summed it all up when he cried out, “Whoever believes in me, believes
not just in me but in the One who sent me. Whoever looks at me is
looking, in fact, at the One who sent me. I am Light that has come into
the world so that all who believe in me won’t have to stay any longer in
the dark.
47-50 “If anyone hears what I am saying and doesn’t take it seriously, I don’t reject him. I didn’t come to reject the world; I came to save the world. But you need to know that whoever puts me off, refusing to take in what I’m saying, is willfully choosing rejection. The Word, the Word-made-flesh that I have spoken and that I am, that Word and no other is the last word. I’m not making any of this up on my own. The Father who sent me gave me orders, told me what to say and how to say it. And I know exactly what his command produces: real and eternal life. That’s all I have to say. What the Father told me, I tell you.”
47-50 “If anyone hears what I am saying and doesn’t take it seriously, I don’t reject him. I didn’t come to reject the world; I came to save the world. But you need to know that whoever puts me off, refusing to take in what I’m saying, is willfully choosing rejection. The Word, the Word-made-flesh that I have spoken and that I am, that Word and no other is the last word. I’m not making any of this up on my own. The Father who sent me gave me orders, told me what to say and how to say it. And I know exactly what his command produces: real and eternal life. That’s all I have to say. What the Father told me, I tell you.”
For Reflection
To look at Jesus is to look at God. To understand Jesus is to understand God's will for our lives. Knowing Jesus and taking the Gospel seriously but rejecting Him is to know God and rejecting God. This is my definition of sin.
The Good News is that even those who reject God can be transformed by the Holy Spirit through confession and repentance. Non are ever lost to God's overture for reconciliation.
The Good News is that even those who reject God can be transformed by the Holy Spirit through confession and repentance. Non are ever lost to God's overture for reconciliation.
Pray
for
those who have seen the Light and have not taken it seriously. Pray
for those who having seen the light and rejected the offer for
salvation. Pray the you will take seriously God's will for your life.
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