October 24

John 7-8
It’s interesting that those who professed to be children of God, the religious people of the day, wrongly interpreted scripture when it came to Jesus.  They would throw out verses to refute His teachings, proof-texting in a manner to support their erroneous positions.  Sounds very similar to what many do today.  The Lord gave a simple test for any to use in determining who was from God and who is not.  He invites anyone to judge by the works of the one professing to be sent by God.  Are they the works of God?  Do they glorify Him, or do they glorify the one doing the works?  Jesus always did and said that which would glorify the Father.  He sought to turn His followers toward the only true God.  Of course, there is one major difference between Jesus and us.  He is God, and we’re not!  This is what troubled His hearers more than anything else.  “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”