Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
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Janesville, WI 53547
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.” Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me. In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.” They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
(ESV)
—John 8:12-20
by: Dorothy Noel.
Jesus knows the beginning and the end of all our stories. His light reveals the depths of who we are and how this world works. Verse 14 speaks to His authority as He reminded the Pharisees that He knew where He was coming from and where He was going. This was in stark contrast to the Pharisees, who knew neither about Jesus nor, arguably, even about themselves. How wonderful it is to rely on Someone who knows the beginning and the end. Jesus does not need anyone else to validate His testimony, for it is always true.
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