John 8:19 Then the Pharisees said 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.’
Obviously Jesus got into lots of arguments with the Jewish authorities when he claimed to be God. When he claimed to be the same being as the God they and their ancestors had worshiped for centuries they were, shall we say, skeptical. Let's not judge them too harshly. I'd be skeptical today if someone walked into my office and announced that they were God.
But we believe it. We stake our lives on it. We use our faith that Jesus is one with the Father to guide our lives. And it changes everything for us. This means we have access to God. We can know God by knowing Jesus. We can love God by loving Jesus. We have the gift of Emmanuel, God with us.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
Sunday January 5 we will have one service as we mark Epiphany at 10 am. Education Hour will be at 9 am. Visit http://www.allsaintspalatine.org for full information and respond to this email to be unsubscribed from the devotionals mailing list. Blessed Christmas!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment