Category: Daily Reflections

“The Jews again reached for rocks to stone Him.” –John 10:31 How ironic that the Jews reached out for a rock to throw at Jesus! If they only knew Who was standing before them, they could have reached out for their Rock, Jesus (see 1 Cor 10:4). These pious Jews were in the Temple area (see Jn 10:23). Presumably they were celebrating the Feast of the Dedication (Jn 10:22), a time of reconsecration and rededication. On this occasion, a faithful Jew would praise God, perhaps addressing Him as “my Rock and my Salvation” (Ps 62:3), my “Rock of refuge” (Ps...

“A man shall never know death if he keeps My word.” –John 8:52 Because Jesus is God, the great I AM (Jn 8:58), His words are “living and effective” (Heb 4:12), and “spirit and life” (Jn 6:63). If we keep Jesus’ words, we “shall never see death” (Jn 8:51). This shows why the teachings of the Church and her Bible are so important. It also indicates the great importance of One Bread, One Body and other books which help us live God’s Word. Therefore, read, pray, and share God’s Word daily, love, live, and obey God’s Word, work and do...

“I say only what the Father has taught Me.” –John 8:28 Jesus only said what the Father taught Him (Jn 8:28). Jesus spent a lot of time being taught by His Father. He arose early to listen to His Father (Mk 1:35), stayed up very late to be with Him (Lk 6:12), and spent forty days in the desert to hear His Father’s plans for His public ministry (Mt 4:1ff). Jesus only told us what He heard from His Father (Jn 8:26). In fact, Jesus mentioned that the Father “has commanded Me what to say and how to speak” (Jn...

” ‘I am completely trapped,’ Susanna groaned…’Yet it is better for me to fall into your power without guilt than to sin before the Lord.’ ” –Daniel 13:22, 23 We need many more Susannas in our culture of death. These Susannas will refuse to compromise with the sinful ways of the world, the flesh, and the devil. They will “live by the Spirit” (Gal 5:25) and defeat the temptations of the devil through the Spirit working within them (Gal 5:17). These Susannas will have an indefatigable hope, which will never leave them disappointed (Rm 5:5). They will trust in the...

“They were posing this question to trap Him, so that they could have something to accuse Him of.” –John 8:6 Jesus saved an adulteress from being executed (Jn 8:1ff). He made sure that justice was not done. In doing this, He did nothing for the victims of the adulteress’ sin-crime. Jesus seems to have disregarded the broken hearts of the spouse or spouses cheated on, the disturbed and confused families traumatized by the adultery, and the moral climate of that society further warped by sin. Jesus’ mercy to the adulteress seems unjust to, and even merciless to, her victims. However,...