Week 2 - The Journey Day 4
"Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life." John 6:47
What is our understanding of believe? Is our faith built upon a firm foundation or can it be swayed by another? Jesus was responding to the Jews that were not receiving the truth. "The Jews murmured about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven," and they said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? Then how can he say, 'I have come down from heaven'?""
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
"Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life." John 6:47
What is our understanding of believe? Is our faith built upon a firm foundation or can it be swayed by another? Jesus was responding to the Jews that were not receiving the truth. "The Jews murmured about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven," and they said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? Then how can he say, 'I have come down from heaven'?""
John 6:41-42. They do not have eyes of faith.
To better understand believe, I turned to the Bible, what could I find for its biblical meaning. "I will fix him as a peg in a firm place, a seat of honor for his ancestral house;" Isaiah 22:23. When setting up a tent, the stakes to secure it to the ground needed to be placed in a firm place, soft ground wouldn't do. For when the winds blow, they are now, it would need to stay in place. This understanding comes from the word of God, it isn't from these times.
Now the Jews were being challenged by Jesus to take Him at His word, how can the son of Joesph come down from Heaven? How can He be the bread of life. Their belief was not placed upon a firm understanding, they doubted Gods word, for they did not see Him as God the Son. We need to sit and listen to God the Father, He gave us His Son and gives us the Holy Spirit as our advocate. His words speak truth when we remove all outside influences.
Jesus speaks clearly: "I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die." John 6:48-50 I will accept Jesus at His Word, He is God, He clearly tells us, I will eat the bread of life.
"It is written in the prophets: 'They shall all be taught by God.' Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me." John 6:45
What is God saying to me: I Am the bread of life.
Dear Father God, you have firmly planted the stake in firm ground, over the years You have taught me daily to better understand Your word. You have given lessons when the wind blew, I would not be swayed from Your truth. I pray for those being tossed about in this ocean of life by false prophets, that twist the truth to serve their own ill gained wisdom to justify sin. Challenge us in our thinking, help us see the murmuring and help us think for ourselves with You as the Teacher. I ask this in Jesus name, Amen.
Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us.
St Joesph, Protector of the Holy Family, Pray for us.
Viva Cristo Rey
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