March 27, 2015

Read It:
The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus.
Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father.
For which of these are you trying to stone me?”
The Jews answered him,
“We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy.
You, a man, are making yourself God.”
Jesus answered them,
“Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, ‘You are gods”‘?
If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came,
and Scripture cannot be set aside,
can you say that the one
whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world
blasphemes because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe me;
but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me,
believe the works, so that you may realize and understand
that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
Then they tried again to arrest him;
but he escaped from their power.

He went back across the Jordan
to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained.
Many came to him and said,
“John performed no sign,
but everything John said about this man was true.”
And many there began to believe in him.

Reflect on It: There's great confusion today over whether Jesus is God. He's coming in the name of the Lord and this was SCANDALOUS. The things he's spoken are true and yet, everyone keeps trying to catch him in a lie. It's kind of rough to be Jesus right now, but he stands firm. Are you standing firm in the truth that Jesus speaks?

Pray about It: Lord, I know you sent your son in order that we might know you. To have eternal life and to be with you! Please let me always believe the things you're speaking into my heart. I love you!
Amen.

Live It! Challenge: Today, get yourself over to confession if you haven't been in a while. "The Lord never tires of forgiving us. It is us who tire of asking for forgiveness" Pope Francis (BOOM ROASTED!)