FIFTH WEEK OF LENT....... THURSDAY.... 14.04.11
JOHN 8:51-59...... "YOUR FATHER ABRAHAM REJOICED TO THINK THAT HE WOULD SEE MY DAY"
Jesus makes, what seems a preposterous claim to the Jews that as God he existed even before their ancestor Abraham. Jesus also claims that whoever obeys his word will never die. Abraham obeyed God's word and is still alive in the spirit and therefore he is said to be rejoicing to witness the earthly life of the incarnated God-Man Jesus.
Therefore as believing Christians we are free from the terrors of death. But still the natural fear of death lingers in our mind. More and more obedience to God's word will strengthen our faith and free us totally from this fear. Meanwhile we keep hoping to see God in the land of the living.
"Yet I am confident I will see the LORD's goodness while I am here in the land of the living." Psalm 27:13
God Bless.
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