SATURDAY, MARCH 4
John 6:41-58
John 5:39

"Search the scriptures…
… they are they which testify of me."

A WARPED UNDERSTANDING ABOUT JESUS

The Jews murmured when Jesus said, "… if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh…" ( John 6:51). The people struggled among themselves for they could not understand what Jesus meant. Moreover he added in John 6:54-56: "Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him."

The people began to murmur, showing their unbelief because they did not fully understand who He was. They questioned His person, alleging that He was just a man, one of the sons of Joseph whom they knew of. Jesus, however, was not surprised by their grumblings, and He exposed their unbelief. Calvin says they showed a twofold obstruction. First, they framed for themselves out of a false opinion when they said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?" ( John 6:42). Another arose from a wicked sentiment, that they did not think Christ was the Son of God because He came down to them clothed in their flesh.

We too are guilty of excessive malignity when we despise the Lord of glory, who, on man’s account, emptied Himself and took upon Him the form of a servant (Phil 2:7). The divine majesty of Christ has been revealed to us by God in the Scriptures. We must have a clear understanding of who Jesus is based on the inspired and preserved Holy Scriptures. Let us devote ourselves to a personal study of God’s Word. Let us study it regularly and systematically. Let us truthfully know the Bible that we may not have a warp understanding of who Jesus is.

THOUGHT: Do I really know the Jesus Christ of the Scriptures?
PRAYER: "Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments" (Ps 119:9-10).