John 1:32-39
32And John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit coming down as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. 33And I did not know Him; but the One having sent me to baptize in water, that said to me, ‘Upon whomever you see the Spirit coming down and remaining upon Him, this is the One baptizing in Holy Spirit.’ 34And have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God!” 35The next day again John had stood and two of his disciples.
36And having looked attentively at Jesus walking about, he says, “Look! The Lamb of God!” 37And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus. 38But Jesus having been turned and having beheld them following, says to them, “What do seek?” But they said to Him, “Rabbi (Teacher), where are You staying?” 39He says to them, “Be coming and see.” They came and saw where He stayed, and they stayed with Him that day. It was about tenth hour (4: 00 p.m. Jewish time/10:00 a.m. Roman time).
Good Day Child of God! "Father? Your Will Be Done!" This is going to be an unusual Study because of a bit of interesting information included in this brief reading.
The focus on these verses has always been that John the Baptist points to Jesus and says, "Look the Lamb of God!" There is nothing wrong with pointing that out, but there are two other facts that are important in these verses, one of which without a concordance or some other study aide, you would miss entirely. Not many of us would go that far in trying to understand what seems to be a very simple couple of paragraphs.
Today's easy lesson: The last Study took place on a different day than this group of verses as far as John's Gospel is concerned, the day before. John the Baptist is speaking to two of his disciples and he points out Jesus as the Messiah, and he explains how he knows that Jesus is the Son of God.
Then, for some reason this section of Scripture is time stamped. Time of day was subjected to all local ruling authorities up until about 150 years ago, when the railroads asked that everyone get on the same time schedule, which is what we still live with to this very moment.
What is the message? It is rare for time stamping through out the Bible, but what can it teach us? Here are two quick examples. In Genesis, God Created-and there was morning and evening, Day X. Without our world in steady orbit around our Sun, and also spinning on it's axis at the speed it is now, there is no 24 hour day. Yet we argue it, we separate over it; we depend on it to prove the Bible accurate. We miss the point. Another example is that Jesus said He would be in the grave three days and three nights. We take that as seventy-two hours. Is it that long? On the day Jesus was arrested for example, time becomes of great importance. The message to you should be, that arguing over things that are not time stamped makes whatever theory one may have very much arguable, not factual. Arguing over the unproved always lead to theory, and theory ends up in divisions, not coming together. Starting a sect of Christianity over non-facts has caused more harm than good too many times over the last two thousand years.
God is interested in time to be sure, your time. He isn't interested in hearing you confess the same sins over and over again like you have OCD, or coming to him in rote prayers with beads and other such ceremonial nearly superstitious approaches to Him. He is your Father, your Abba, Daddy! Would you like your children to approach you like that? No, of course not. You want a personal, interesting and informal relationship with your children, and so does God. That's the primary reason Jesus came fellow Students, to open the door wide to the Father, so that you can come to him often and in earnest, seeking a relationship with an honest and open conversation. That's called Grace, a.k.a. unearned favor.
Have a Grace Day!
Brother Glenn
Complete NT: http://gracehouseministry.blogspot.com/
32And John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit coming down as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. 33And I did not know Him; but the One having sent me to baptize in water, that said to me, ‘Upon whomever you see the Spirit coming down and remaining upon Him, this is the One baptizing in Holy Spirit.’ 34And have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God!” 35The next day again John had stood and two of his disciples.
36And having looked attentively at Jesus walking about, he says, “Look! The Lamb of God!” 37And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus. 38But Jesus having been turned and having beheld them following, says to them, “What do seek?” But they said to Him, “Rabbi (Teacher), where are You staying?” 39He says to them, “Be coming and see.” They came and saw where He stayed, and they stayed with Him that day. It was about tenth hour (4: 00 p.m. Jewish time/10:00 a.m. Roman time).
Good Day Child of God! "Father? Your Will Be Done!" This is going to be an unusual Study because of a bit of interesting information included in this brief reading.
The focus on these verses has always been that John the Baptist points to Jesus and says, "Look the Lamb of God!" There is nothing wrong with pointing that out, but there are two other facts that are important in these verses, one of which without a concordance or some other study aide, you would miss entirely. Not many of us would go that far in trying to understand what seems to be a very simple couple of paragraphs.
Today's easy lesson: The last Study took place on a different day than this group of verses as far as John's Gospel is concerned, the day before. John the Baptist is speaking to two of his disciples and he points out Jesus as the Messiah, and he explains how he knows that Jesus is the Son of God.
Then, for some reason this section of Scripture is time stamped. Time of day was subjected to all local ruling authorities up until about 150 years ago, when the railroads asked that everyone get on the same time schedule, which is what we still live with to this very moment.
What is the message? It is rare for time stamping through out the Bible, but what can it teach us? Here are two quick examples. In Genesis, God Created-and there was morning and evening, Day X. Without our world in steady orbit around our Sun, and also spinning on it's axis at the speed it is now, there is no 24 hour day. Yet we argue it, we separate over it; we depend on it to prove the Bible accurate. We miss the point. Another example is that Jesus said He would be in the grave three days and three nights. We take that as seventy-two hours. Is it that long? On the day Jesus was arrested for example, time becomes of great importance. The message to you should be, that arguing over things that are not time stamped makes whatever theory one may have very much arguable, not factual. Arguing over the unproved always lead to theory, and theory ends up in divisions, not coming together. Starting a sect of Christianity over non-facts has caused more harm than good too many times over the last two thousand years.
God is interested in time to be sure, your time. He isn't interested in hearing you confess the same sins over and over again like you have OCD, or coming to him in rote prayers with beads and other such ceremonial nearly superstitious approaches to Him. He is your Father, your Abba, Daddy! Would you like your children to approach you like that? No, of course not. You want a personal, interesting and informal relationship with your children, and so does God. That's the primary reason Jesus came fellow Students, to open the door wide to the Father, so that you can come to him often and in earnest, seeking a relationship with an honest and open conversation. That's called Grace, a.k.a. unearned favor.
Have a Grace Day!
Brother Glenn
Complete NT: http://gracehouseministry.blogspot.com/
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