August 03, 2020: SOAP #3896:  Nahum 1-3; John 5

Scripture:  John (NIV) 5:20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these.

Observation:   I cannot read the Genesis 1 without pausing to think.  It contains an eyewitness of creation.  And when I read the John 1, my mind goes back to Genesis 1.  John says that the Word was with God, the Word created all things, and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.  The Word is Jesus, the son of God, the son of man…

Here in John 5:19-30, Jesus is speaking.  I hear Him speaking of something the preceded Genesis 1, and John 1.  He speaks of a relationship that existed before creation.  It is a love relationship.  It is before John 3:16, before “God so love the world…”  It is “…the Father loves the Son…”

We miss so much in the Bible, if we do not understand that the Father loves the Son, and the Son knows that the Father loves Him. 

Application:  The Father loves me, and I know that He does! 

The love God wants me to display to the world does not originate in me.  My love falls short of God’s plan for me.  Yes, God designed me to be able to love others.  Yes, the second commandment if for me to love my neighbor as myself.  Yes, I am to love my brothers and sisters as Christ loved me.  No, it is not in my fallen nature to love like that.  But YES, God loves me enough to move inside and display His love through me. 

Prayer:  Love through me, Holy Spirit, love through me. 
I will be my brother’s keeper, love though me,
Hearts are bleeding deep inside
Love can dry their weeping eyes,
Love through me, Holy Spirit, love though me.  (D.Rambo) Amen
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Pastor Leon
Making friends for time and eternity!