“The Spirit Of Truth”
“If
you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you
another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The
world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you
know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as
orphans; I will come to you. Before
long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live,
you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and
you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the
one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too
will love them and show myself to them.”
Then Judas (not
Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and
not to the world?”
Jesus replied,
“Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we
will come to them and make our home with them. Anyone who does not love me will
not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the
Father who sent me.
John
14:15-24
Jesus died for new
born babies with only original sin. He died for those with the most desperate
sins. He died for you and I.
Jesus knocks at our
door. The question is how we respond. Do we open the door, but leave the safety
chain on. Have you turned your life over to him completely?
Committed followers
of Jesus will do what He commands – without safety chains or back doors. No
reserving little corners of our lives for ourselves. No secret sins.
If you have been
holding back from surrendering to God, it is time to unhook the safety chain.
Let go of those reservations. Throw open the doors of your life, and experience
the joy of obedient discipleship.
No life
is more secure than a life surrendered to God.
Our Daily Bread –