“Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.” John 8:47 NIV
In the context of John 8 and the dispute between Jesus and the religious leaders, reveals that they relied on their physical ancestry and spiritual heritage to find standing before God. Their actions continued to show that they were not fully faithful to God. It is possible to project a false image of who we really are by doing the right actions, but for the most part what we do reflects what we believe. Jesus challenged them to consider their actions. Instead of being like their physical ancestor and father Abraham, who received God’s word by faith, they were acting like the devil. They sought to kill Jesus and were wrapped up in lies. Jesus offers them the Truth that will set them free, but they’d rather be wrapped up in lies and find validation and standing in hollow things like being born in the right family and being part of the right religious group. Jesus offered something better: To be free from lies, slavery to sin and death. John chapter 8 should cause each of us to consider who our spiritual Father really is. Are we children of God or are we enslaved to our own desires and passions. People who are still stuck in the curse of Genesis 3. Being a child of God means we can go to God like a Father and bring our hearts to Him and ask Him to help us to abide in His Word and find freedom from sin. We all serve someone or something, God is a better master because He is more than a boss, He is a Father.
PRAYER THOUGHT
Lord Jesus may our words and actions show that we believe in You.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Being Your child Lord, means we can go to You like a Father and bring our hearts to You and ask You to help us to abide in Your Word and find freedom from sin. AMEN
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