Jesus said, “Let anyone with ears to hear listen…To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God–The seed is the word of God.” Luke 8:8-11 -Image Courtesy: His Mercy Lives
A Lamp Under a Jar
“No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar or puts it under a bed but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor is anything secret that will not become known and come to light. Then pay attention to how you listen, for to those who have, more will be given and from those who do not have, even what they seem to have will be taken away.” –Luke 8:16-18
Jesus the Light of the World
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”
Then the Pharisees said to Him: ‘You are testifying on your own behalf, your testimony is not valid.’
Jesus answered: “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid because I know where I have come from and going. You judge by human standards; I judge no one. Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is valid, 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 witnesses is valid. I testify on my own behalf and the Father who sent me testifies on my behalf.”
Then they (Pharisees) said to Him: ‘Where is your Father?’
Jesus answered: “You know neither Me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” Jesus spoke these words while He was teaching in the treasury of the Temple but no one arrested Him because His hour had not yet come.
Jesus Foretells His Death
Jesus again said to them: “I am going away and you will search for me but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
Then the Jews said, ‘Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, “Where I am going you can not come.”‘
Jesus said to them, ” You are from below, I am from above, you are of this world, I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am He.”
They said to Jesus, ‘Who are you?’
Jesus said to them, “Why do you speak at all? I have much to say and you and much to condemn but the One who sent me is true and I declare to the world what I have heard from Him.”
They did not understand that He was speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I am He and that I do nothing on My own but I speak these things as the Father instructed Me and the One who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to Him.” As He was saying these things, many (came to) believe in Him. –John 8:12-30
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