When we do not abide
in truth- we do not have a heavenly Father, but rather a devil for a father.
They thought God was
their heavenly Father. They believed the same heavenly Father of Abraham was
their heavenly ancestor. They laid claim to Jesus' Father, as being their
Father and yet they did NOT believe in truth.
Joh 8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said
they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Joh 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your
Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came
I of myself, but he sent me.
Joh 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even
because ye cannot hear my word.
Joh 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the
lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and
abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a
lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Joh 8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe
me not.
Joh 8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I
say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
Joh 8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye
therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
They believed and
they were wrong. They believed and they
rejected the truth. They were raised to
believe. Their entire lives from infancy to adulthood was spent learning of God
and yet all their learning meant nothing because it was based upon the lies
they wanted to believe, not truth.
The letter of the
law DOES NOT SAVE ANYONE! They lost
sight of this! Even with all the animal sacrifices of their religion going on
daily they lost sight of the needed sacrifice, they lost sight of the LOVE in
all the rituals, the love of one for another. The love of God for them- they
lost sight of this.
Jesus was revealing
God the FATHER to them, He was revealing Him in person to everyone and they
didn't even recognize this because to them God the Father was not about love,
He was about rituals and sacrifice. God
was for people who would love- Him and others.
But this was lost sight of along the way.
Jesus wanted all to
know this LOVE.
Jesus came to reveal
all this LOVE.
The people claiming
to know God didn't even recognize God's Son, they didn't recognize God's love.
Today people claim
to know God, but how many of them wouldn't really recognize God's son, God's
love? Would you, would I?
How many of us have
the devil as our Father and not God even though we believe God is our Heavenly
Father.
Lusts, murder, no
truth, lies, are you familiar with any of these? The men Jesus was talking to-
were they murderers? Liars? Consumed by their lusts? Not in their own minds.
They were not guilty of anything they followed their laws to the letter. How
many of us today follow the letter of the law, and consider ourselves to be
upstanding, honest, hardworking, caring, truthful people, just like they
believed of themselves? We need LOVE in
all, we need CHRIST in all!
We need HIS
righteousness! We need HIS love. May we KNOW YOU HEAVENLY FATHER! You are our
all in all!
May we not be
deceived by our own selves. Open our eyes, our hearts all to YOU and YOUR LOVE
as YOU revealed to us in Your only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, our LORD now and
forever!!!!!!!
Please, Father,
please!
Thank you!
Amen.
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