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THE WITNESS OF GOD IS GREATER
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14
1 John 5:9
John 8:28-36
 
“… the Father hath not left me alone;
for I do always those things that please him.”
 
THE WITNESS OF GOD IS GREATER
 
Jesus met with the greatest rejection from the Jewish community. He was never officially accepted as the Christ. John wrote this because of the failure of that nation to acknowledge their Lord. The witness that he was referring to was that which would confirm Jesus as the Messiah. In this He would have all the qualities that the prophets had assigned to Him.
 
The Jewish leaders made themselves spokesmen on religious matters. The witness of the Apostles was rejected and all the disciples of Christ were persecuted or made outcasts. The witness of man is also true when it is based on the Word of God. John was speaking here before the completion of the New Testament, but he was a witness of what Christ did and said. He was also a witness of His resurrection and ascension. He was one of the twelve Apostles who was commissioned to go into all the world and preach the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ. He added, “… for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son” (1 John 5:9). There were two occasions recorded in Scripture that a voice from heaven came and confirmed Jesus as the Son of God. One mentioned earlier was during His baptism and the other was at the mount of transfiguration. John was one of the witnesses there and he was repeating that testimony of the Father.
 
He did not argue in his witness but he simply stated the facts. He would tell the religious leaders to prove him wrong in what he was saying. John’s language and testimony was to speak the truth. In the ninth chapter of his Gospel, he testified of a man who was blind and Jesus opened his eyes and he saw. He captured the testimony of that man when the Jews pressed him to tell them how he was healed. The man simply replied, “I was blind but now I can see.” Truth is truth.
 
THOUGHT: “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John 13:35).
PRAYER: Lord, may I ever uphold the truth of Thy Word.
 
 

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