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Year of the Bible - Wednesday, November 30
John 21
12 Jesus said, "Come and eat!" But none of the disciples dared ask who he was. They knew he was the Lord.
This is the passage when Jesus appears to the disciples after the resurrection ... the mood and tone seems very strange ... they were somber ... fearful ... was Jesus mad at them ... they all act very lowly ... very afraid ...
Year of the Bible - Tuesday, November 9:
John 8.25-47
31 Jesus told the people who had faith in him, 'If you keep on obeying what I have said, you truly are my disciples. 32 You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.'
34 Jesus replied: I tell you for certain that anyone who sins is a slave of sin! 35 And slaves don’t stay in the family forever, though the Son will always remain in the family. 36 If the Son gives you freedom, you are free!
Jesus had a way saying what needed to be said ...
Year of the Bible - Monday, November 5:
John 6.41-71
The Words of Eternal Life
60 Many of Jesus’ disciples heard him and said, "This is too hard for anyone to understand."61 Jesus knew that his disciples were grumbling. So he asked, "Does this bother you? 62 What if you should see the Son of Man go up to heaven where he came from? 63 The Spirit is the one who gives life! Human strength can do nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are from that life-giving Spirit. 64 But some of you refuse to have faith in me." Jesus said this, because from the beginning he knew who would have faith in him. He also knew which one would betray him.65 Then Jesus said, "You cannot come to me, unless the Father makes you want to come. That is why I have told these things to all of you."66 Because of what Jesus said, many of his disciples turned their backs on him and stopped following him. 67 Jesus then asked his twelve disciples if they were going to leave him. 68 Simon Peter answered, "Lord, there is no one else that we can go to! Your words give eternal life. 69 We have faith in you, and we are sure that you are God’s Holy One."70 Jesus told his disciples, "I chose all twelve of you, but one of you is a demon!" 71 Jesus was talking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. He would later betray Jesus, even though he was one of the twelve disciples.
I have been thinking a lot about how I can be more like Jesus ... people flocked to him, but he told them the truth.
Did people just flock to him because he gave them what they wanted: healing, food, a cause, etc.
This passage was a low point in Jesus' ministy in terms of popularity ... Jesus told them you need to eat me ... maybe they were bummed because they wanted a whopper instead.
I love Peter's response, "Lord, there is no one else that we can go to!" ... my heart resonates with that, sometimes I feel lost and hopeless in this dark world, but then I look to Jesus and see the hope and light...
Year of the Bible - Monday, November 1:
John 5.1-23
14 Later, Jesus met the man in the temple and told him, 'You are now well. But don't sin anymore or something worse might happen to you.'
