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Devotional - 13th Nov 2020

 'I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive' (John 5:43).

The Jewish religious leaders were angry and very upset with Jesus, because He healed an impotent man who had been in this situation for forty years, on the Sabbath. Can you imagine their reaction? They were concerned about when the miracle was performed, rather than the amazing miracle they had just witness. They refuse to even believe that He was the messiah who came to save them and the world.  In verse 43, Jesus pointed out to them that, He came in the name of His Father, and they rejected Him, but are willing to accept the approval of men who came in their own name.
In our time, men are just the same. The masses chose to accept and believe the words of scientists, philosophers, naturalist, evolutionists and you name them; but the living Word of God they reject, and will not accept. The God who created all things is not glorified as these scholars and scientists, who themselves used the things God created to prove their theories. The Bible and nature teaches us all we need to know about our Creator, God. God knew some people would reject Him and refuse to accept He even exists. But His love for us was so overwhelmingly great, that He took it upon Himself to come down from heaven in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for every single person. The Jews who were supposed to bring light to the other heathen nations, refused to accept Jesus as the Messiah and saviour of the world. They have heard the testimony of John the Baptist, they saw the miracles of Jesus and they had great knowledge of the written Word; yet they refuse to believe in Him as the Messiah, because they were looking for someone like the earthly kings. Let us search the Scriptures with the aid of the Holy Spirit, and look at the evidence of a God who loves us so much that He died on the cross to save us for eternity. Rejection of Jesus is death, but acceptance of Him is life eternal.

Have a wonderful day and a bless weekend 🌹🌹

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