Life and teachings of Jesus

Day 10
John 17 v 1 - 26

I would like to highlight verses 3 and 8 in this seemingly difficult chapter and believe that if we understand this, we will better understand the rest of Jesus’ words.

“Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent” (vers 3) [NIV]

Calling God, our Father and Jesus our Saviour, takes more than just believing. There’s more to our faith than just acknowledging the existence of God. It involves knowing God personally, through entering into a relationship with Jesus, who has always been with God and who is God, all at the same time…

God revealed Himself to us in the form of a man, yet blameless and without sin. This man, Jesus Christ, The Anointed, our Messiah, revealed to us the heart of God. He showed us the love of God and the character of God. Knowing Jesus, means knowing God.

“For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me” (vers 8) [NKJV]

The words we read in scripture have been inspired by God, given to us by Jesus, for He is the word that became flesh when God gave a part of Himself in the form of Jesus, who Himself, also “existed in the form of God, although he did not consider equality with God, a thing to be grasped” [paraphrased] (Phil 2 v 6).

Unbelief is a sin, and the wages of sin is death. Through not believing in the One who created us, we separate ourselves from Him. This surely must be hell. Not to be in the presence of the One and Only living God. Not to have fellowship with the One who bought us free and became sin so we could be forgiven ours.