“While You
Have The Light,
Believe In The Light”
Jesus answered them, “The hour has
come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain
of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if
it dies; it bears much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who
hat their life in this world will keep it for eternal
life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will be my
servant also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.”
“Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say –‘Father, save me from this hour’? No,
it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your
name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify
it again.” The crowd standing there heard it and said that it was thunder.
Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” Jesus answered, “This voice has come
for your sake, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler
of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth,
will draw all people to myself.” He said this to indicate the kind of death he
was to die. The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the
Messiah remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up?
Who is this Son of Man?” Jesus said to them, “The light with you for a little
longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake
you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going. While
you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of
light.”
There is a monument that towers over
history, offering spiritual freedom to enslaved peoples everywhere. It is like
the Statute of Liberty, providing a light, except that it is an eternal light,
created by God, coming to us through Jesus. Have you heard and responded to the
invitation of the cross? It is the way to the eternal light. Our greatest
freedom is freedom from sin.
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