February 25, 2005 John 5:30-47
February 25, 2005 John 5:30-47
John 5:30-34 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony to me is true. You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth. Not that I accept such human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved.”
As I read this passage I find myself asking the question, “Why did John need to prove who Jesus is?” For John, being one of the original disciples should have been enough, but the people needed more. The Old Testament required that for the testimony of someone to be valid a witness was required to verify the deed or miracle performed by another person. So the writer John presents John the Baptist as his witness to the deeds of Christ.
My question is this; “Today do we still need a witness? Some kind of proof so we will fully believe that Jesus is Lord?” The world today is consumed by those trying to dispute the life of Jesus, his works, his deeds, his true divinity as the Son of God made man.
This Lenten season, which follows so quickly after the joy of Christmas, ( Kathy and I still have not put away all the Christmas decorations yet!) brings us directly to the point of our faith, the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus.
In our walk of faith, there are many “proofs” of who Jesus is if only we accept them. Each one of us have the truth if we would only see, hear, and believe. The book of John is summed up in 20:31 with these words; “But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.”
Today Lord, we thank you for the Christmas gift of your Son, Jesus. Prepare our hearts now to accept the proof of your love for each of us. Help us to understand the cross as a sign of your love for all of your children and help us to rid our lives of the nails we carry that nailed him to the cross for us so long ago. This we ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Contributed by Chris Gamm
John 5:30-34 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony to me is true. You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth. Not that I accept such human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved.”
As I read this passage I find myself asking the question, “Why did John need to prove who Jesus is?” For John, being one of the original disciples should have been enough, but the people needed more. The Old Testament required that for the testimony of someone to be valid a witness was required to verify the deed or miracle performed by another person. So the writer John presents John the Baptist as his witness to the deeds of Christ.
My question is this; “Today do we still need a witness? Some kind of proof so we will fully believe that Jesus is Lord?” The world today is consumed by those trying to dispute the life of Jesus, his works, his deeds, his true divinity as the Son of God made man.
This Lenten season, which follows so quickly after the joy of Christmas, ( Kathy and I still have not put away all the Christmas decorations yet!) brings us directly to the point of our faith, the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus.
In our walk of faith, there are many “proofs” of who Jesus is if only we accept them. Each one of us have the truth if we would only see, hear, and believe. The book of John is summed up in 20:31 with these words; “But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.”
Today Lord, we thank you for the Christmas gift of your Son, Jesus. Prepare our hearts now to accept the proof of your love for each of us. Help us to understand the cross as a sign of your love for all of your children and help us to rid our lives of the nails we carry that nailed him to the cross for us so long ago. This we ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Contributed by Chris Gamm
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