“I Have Come Here From God.”
I know that you are
Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you
have no room for my word. I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s
presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father.”
“Abraham is our
father,” they answered.
“If you were
Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do what Abraham did. As it is, you are looking for a way to kill
me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do
such things. You are doing the works of your own father.”
“We are not
illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God
himself.”
Jesus said to them,
“If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I
have not come on my own; God sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to
your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was
a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth
in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the
father of lies. Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! Can any of
you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe
me? Whoever belongs to God hears what
God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
John
8:37-47
Satan was successful
with Adam and Eve, and He is still trying to turn our souls away from the
truth. Satan lied about God’s goodness, God’s Word, and God’s intentions, and
Adam and Eve fell for it.
If we go that route,
our loyalty to God is compromised. Then the enemy slithers away to his next
assignment. We are then left alone to face our regrets from our truest and
dearest Friend. Who have you been listening to lately?
The power
of Satan is no match for the power of God’s Word.
Our Daily Bread –