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John 8:31-47 - Do you know your real dad?

John 8:31-47 - Do you know your real dad?

Fromtime, space, Jesus


John 8:31-47 - Do you know your real dad?

Fromtime, space, Jesus

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Mar 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Day 20 of 47 going through John's gospel - more info at https://www.severnvineyard.org/time-space-jesusWhat could happen if you take time and make space with Jesus today? This ten-minute podcast is part reading, part music, and part silence, all designed to help you create a space to picture and feel the scene with Jesus in it. You can use this space in lots of ways, including meditation, prayer, re-reading the passage or thinking about what it means for you today.Today's reflection: What does it mean to you that God is your father?---Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you really are my disciples. You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”They answered him, “We are the descendants of Abraham, and we have never been slaves to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will be set free’?”Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave of sin. A slave doesn’t belong in the household forever. A son belongs forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will truly be free. I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but you want to kill me, because my word finds nowhere to belong in you. I am saying what I have seen from my Father, while you are doing what you have heard from your father.”They answered him, “Our father is Abraham.”Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do what Abraham did. But now you want to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this. You are doing the works of your own father.”They said to him, “We are not illegitimate children. We have one Father, God.”So Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came from God to be here. It wasn’t just my own idea to come, but he sent me. Why don’t you get what I am saying? Because you can’t listen to my word. You come from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father is longing to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks his truth, it’s lies, for he is a liar, and the father of lies. But because I tell the real truth, you don’t believe me. Which one of you shows that I am guilty of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? The one who is of God listens to the words of God. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not of God.”
Released:
Mar 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (95)

Lots of people love him. So many people admire and respect him. Some worship him. He’s been called a teacher, an inspiration, even a saviour. But who is Jesus? How can we know? And what difference could that make to us, how we see the world, and how we live? These audio presentations of the gospel stories with original music by Bern Leckie are here to help you engage in your own way. You can use them for time-tested spiritual practices like Lectio Divina or meditative prayer, or just see what thoughts, ideas and prayers come to mind as they speak to you. What would you say to Jesus if you met him, and what might he be saying in your time and space? Season 1 - Mark's Gospel (released for Lent 2022, with daily notes at https://www.severnvineyard.org/whoisjesus ) Season 2 - John's Gospel (released for Lent 2023, with more info at https://www.severnvineyard.org/time-space-jesus )