The Father who sent Me, He has testified about Me.

John 5:24-47 from the daily reading in the One Year Bible

“Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

²⁵ Truly, truly, I say to you, a time is coming and even now has arrived, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. ²⁶ For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; ²⁷ and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. ²⁸ Do not be amazed at this; for a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, ²⁹ and will come out: those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the bad deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

³⁰ “I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.

³¹ “If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not true. ³² There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true.

³³ You have sent messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth. ³⁴ But the testimony I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵ He was the lamp that was burning and shining, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

³⁶ But the testimony I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.

³⁷ And the Father who sent Me, He has testified about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form. ³⁸ Also you do not have His word remaining in you, because you do not believe Him whom He sent.

³⁹ You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is those very Scriptures that testify about Me; ⁴⁰ and yet you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. ⁴¹ I do not receive glory from people; ⁴² but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. ⁴³ I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe, when you accept glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God? ⁴⁵ Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have put your hope. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. ⁴⁷ But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

In today’s text Jesus says: “The Father who sent Me, He has testified about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form. Also you do not have His word remaining in you, because you do not believe Him whom He sent. You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is those very Scriptures that testify about Me; and yet you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. I do not receive glory from people; but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him. How can you believe, when you accept glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?”  Matthew 3:16-17 says: After He was baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and settling on Him, and behold, a voice from the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”  That is the Father’s testimony about Jesus. God also testifies about Jesus in His word. From Genesis to Revelation, the word of God testifies about the Son of God, Jesus our Lord and Savior. Jesus said: “You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is those very Scriptures that testify about Me.” Jesus fulfilled over 300 Messianic prophecies in scripture through His birth, His life and His death. If anyone will examine the scriptures with an open mind and heart, they will find Jesus. In Jerimiah 29:13-14 God says: You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will let Myself be found by you.

Still, as Jesus says, there are many who receive and believe others who come in their own names. Many seek and follow those who say they are wise. In our culture and society many will follow those who make them feel good, rather than the one who calls them to be good. Jesus asks: “How can you believe, when you accept glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?”  Why should we seek the temporal glory of earthly riches and honor, when we have been given the eternal glory of the kingdom of God? In Matthew 16:26 Jesus says: “For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul?” In Matthew 6:33 He says: “Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you.”

Jesus says: “Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life… I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.” We all have a choice. We can seek Him, find Him and believe in Jesus as Lord, Savior and Redeemer or we will find Him as righteous judge. Philippians 2:5-11 says: Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross. For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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Amen.