If you don't believe what you hear at least believe what you see.
"If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father." (John 10:37-38)
No one ever made bolder claims than Jesus but no one ever provided more convincing evidence either. His works validated His words.And the key purpose of both His works and His words were "so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."
The intimate, dynamic relationship that Jesus had with His Father was key to His life and mission. He honestly admitted, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner." (John 5:19)
In case we are prone to envy the relationship that Jesus has with His Father, it is important that we be reminded that Jesus desires the same for us: "I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me." (John 17:20-21).
Jesus is actively interceding for us, His followers, to have a dynamic and intimate relationship with each other that characterizes His relationship with the Father. As such, we are drawn into Their relationship and testify to the world that God has sent Jesus into the world.
The bottom line is that the words and works of Jesus are designed to draw us into relationship with each other and with Him and the Father. These relationships exemplify and testify to the living reality of the Kingdom of God which we proclaim. Thus our words and works are characterized by divine authority and authenticity.
May our words, works and relationships give powerful and compelling testimony to the world today.
Steve
"If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father." (John 10:37-38)
No one ever made bolder claims than Jesus but no one ever provided more convincing evidence either. His works validated His words.And the key purpose of both His works and His words were "so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."
The intimate, dynamic relationship that Jesus had with His Father was key to His life and mission. He honestly admitted, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner." (John 5:19)
In case we are prone to envy the relationship that Jesus has with His Father, it is important that we be reminded that Jesus desires the same for us: "I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me." (John 17:20-21).
Jesus is actively interceding for us, His followers, to have a dynamic and intimate relationship with each other that characterizes His relationship with the Father. As such, we are drawn into Their relationship and testify to the world that God has sent Jesus into the world.
The bottom line is that the words and works of Jesus are designed to draw us into relationship with each other and with Him and the Father. These relationships exemplify and testify to the living reality of the Kingdom of God which we proclaim. Thus our words and works are characterized by divine authority and authenticity.
May our words, works and relationships give powerful and compelling testimony to the world today.
Steve
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