“Believe In
God,
Believe Also
In Me”
“Do
not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my
Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have
told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am,
there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going.”
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know
the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, you will know my Father
also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
Philip
said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” Jesus said
to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know
me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the
Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?
The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells
in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in
me; but if you do not, then believe me because of the works themselves. Very
truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do
and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the
Father…”
John 14:1-12
Jesus
is not exclusive to you. You are not the only one who shares Him. So do not
LORD it over people about how “special” you are. He saves anyone who asks. If
you ask, you will be saved. We Christians get hit all the time because people
say we act like we are special. We are special. But anyone can be special, and
everyone is. The key is for us to accept Jesus as our Savior. Then we become
truly special.
God
has dealt with our sin. No other religious leader offers what Jesus provides in
His victory over sin and death.
The
gospel of Christ is not accepted by all, but it is the wonderful truth that God
loves us enough to come and take care of our biggest problem – sin. And as long
as sin is the problem, the world needs Jesus!
Embrace the good news;
Jesus is the Savior.
Our Daily Bread –