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The Gospel of John, The Period of Conference, Transition, Part II, John 12:44-48 - Lesson 110
John 12:44,45, Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
Again Christ cries out that he reveals the Father.
He was so dependent upon the Father, moment by moment, situation by situation, that to look upon him was to look upon the Father.
He came to make the invisible God, visible to man.
He made himself of no reputation, he promoted not himself.
But yielded fully to his Father's will and all that he did revealed the Father.
You want to know God, then know Jesus Christ.
You cannot know God unless you know Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is God's only plan given to man by which man can know God!
If you think you know God without knowing Jesus Christ then the god that you know is not the God of the Bible.
It is another god!
It is a false god, a god discovered in man's heart and not God, revealed by Jesus Christ!
Jesus is the light.
The light reveals God.
As he says in: John 12:46, I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
He brings them back to light and darkness.
No middle ground here!
You are for Jesus Christ or you are against Jesus Christ.
You are for light or you are for darkness.
Your life on earth will end by going out into a light brighter than the light of the noonday sun and you will abide in that light forever.
Your life will be eternally involved in more and more of God's wisdom, power and love in ever expanding directions.
Or if you abide in darkness your life will end by going out into eternal blackness and darkness and eternal doom and separation from all that is good.
Jesus Christ is the light that makes all good possible for the sinner!
Without Jesus Christ there is no hope.
Rejection of Jesus Christ is rejection of the light that God provides and without light you abide in darkness and blindness.
God has no alternate plan. God has no safety net other than Jesus Christ.
If you don't like Jesus Christ there is no other choice provided by God!
He does not indulge himself in a variety pack of salvation plans that fit the discoveries of man's heart.
Salvation is not discovered in man's heart, it is revealed to us through the Word of God, Jesus Christ.
He says in: John 12:47,48, And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
The word for rejecteth means "to count as nothing".
To count as Ho Hum words. Multitudes of words.
To treat the word of Jesus Christ just as he was treated in Jerusalem by the priests.
What status has his word?
Who cares about his word?
It means nothing to us! |