SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/2/2016 8:28 AM
My Worship Time
Focus: The Answer PT-1
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: John 8:14-19
Message of the verses: “14 Jesus answered and said to them,
"Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I
came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where
I am going. 15 “You judge according to the flesh; I am not judging anyone.
16 "But even if I do judge, My
judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.
17 "Even in your law it has been
written that the testimony of two men is true. 18 “I am He who testifies about
Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me." 19 So they were
saying to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know
neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also."”
We will
once again look at the commentary of Warren Wiersbe for the verses here and
then will probably take two more days to discuss these verses further as we
look at the commentary from John MacArthur then to help us understand what
Jesus is saying here in His answer to the Pharisees.
“One of the
key words in this section is witness;
it is used seven times. Jesus made it
clear that their witness was not dependable because their judgment was
faulty. They judged on the basis of
externals, mere human judgment, but He judged on the basis of spiritual
knowledge. The way they judged the woman
taken in adultery proved that they neither understood the Law nor their own
sinful hearts.
“Since they
wanted to use the Law to condemn the woman and trap the Savior, Jesus also used
the Law to answer them. He quoted a
principle found in Deuteronomy 17:6 and 19:15, as well as Numbers 35:30, that the
testimony of two men was required to validate a judgment. Jesus had those two testimonies: He gave witness and so did His Father. We have seen from John 5:37-47 that the
witness of the Father is found in the Word of God.
“How tragic
that these experts in the Law did not even know their own Messiah as He stood before
them! They claimed to know the Law of
God, but they did not know the God of the Law.
They did not have His Word abiding in their hearts (John 5:42). They did not know the Father, and therefore
did not know the Son.
“Jesus
never really answered their question “Where is Thy Father?’ The word father
is used twenty-one times in this chapter, so Jesus did not avoid the issue but
faced it honestly. He knew that their ‘father’
was not God—but the devil! These men
were religious, and yet they were the children of the devil!
“Their
further attempts to arrest Jesus were again thwarted by the Father, for it was
not yet our Lord’s hour when He should give His life. When the servant of God is in the will of
God, he can have courage and peace as he does his duty.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I have some friends who minister in Turkey
and in our world today Turkey is no friend of Jews or Christians and I suppose
it would be easy for them to just leave, but as I look at this last “Warren
Wiersbe statement” I can understand why they have faith to stay there. Living the Christian life in a place where it
is full of darkness takes much faith in the Lord and as our country and world
get darker my prayer is that the Lord will give me the courage and strength to
remain faithful to Him and to the cause of Christ.
My Steps of Faith for
Today: “Study to show yourself
approved to God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the
word of truth (2 Tim. 2:15).” It is my
desire to rightly divide the Word of God to see the things in it that He
desires me to see and to live in the truth that is found there.
Memory verses for the week:
2 Corinthians 12:7-9a 7. Because of the surpassing greatness of the
revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given
me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me-to keep me from
exalting myself. 8. Concerning this I implored
the Lord three times that it might leave me.
9. And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is
perfected in weakness,’”
Answer to yesterday’s Bible question: “Sarah” (Genesis 12:8).
Today’s Bible question:
“Which state was known as the northern kingdom?”
Answer in our next SD.
6/2/2016 9:03 AM
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