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Jesus’s Father vs. the Father of the Jews
The origin of all that Jesus speaks comes from His Father.
The 1st person of the Trinity.
He is, as he has said, perfectly completing that which God the father has sent him to do.
Everything that He does, is in conjunction with and vitally connected to the Father.
Everything Jesus does is perfectly what the Father would have him to do.
The other side of the coin is that these Jews are doing exactly what their father would have them to do, and they don’t recognize it.
Jesus says to them, I am doing what my father wants me to do, but so are you.
Spiritaully who our Father is makes a difference
The problem with this is, this two Father’s are completely opposed to each other.
And they have been from the beginning.
The problem is they don’t recognize who Jesus is referring to when he speaks of their Father.
Evidenced by the very next statement they make.
Two Paternity Tests
Abraham is our Father.
Listen to what they are claiming.
They are claiming to be descendants of Abraham, and they are .
Each of these are most certainly Israelites.
But they are claiming to be more than just Abraham’s descendants, they are claiming to have all the benefits associated with Abraham’s promises and blessings.
Patriarchal community
The problem here though, is that these Jews are thinking purely physical.
They think the blessings and promises given to Abraham are due to them simply because they are descendants of him.
The problem with this belief is that they forget that ancestry and heritage had nothing to do with the promises and blessings of God given to Abraham.
Abraham did not have a strong heritage.
He was a pagan man in a pagan.
In , when God confronts Abraham, he does not do this on the basis on some type of heritage that Abraham had, he in his grace just decided to bless Abraham.
So for these Jews to now claim heritage as the basis for God’s promises and blessings, is a faulty.
Translation: it was never Abe’s heritage, it was his faith.
Hear me out, It has never been about heritage, and it has never been about bloodline.
So now, when Jesus is telling them to “do the deeds of Abraham.”
He is saying, “have faith.”
If you from Abraham, you will do the deeds of Abraham.
Galatians 3:6-
Essentially you are saying that you are from Abraham, but you actually aren’t like Abraham at all.
So here is the test, Abraham is a man of faith.
The Truth
He is the Father of the Faithful.
Having Abraham as spiritual Father would necessitate that these Jews would act like Abraham. in other words, they would believe.
But they do the opposite.
Jesus again tells them that they have a Father, and they again, reject His word and claim to be children of another Father.
We are not born of fornication is a rejection of the truth.
The virgin Birth
Mary’s faithful to Jospeh.
The Spirit’s miraculous conception.
The purity of Jesus
The holiness of God.
The perfection of the son.
The ability of the son to carry our sins in the whole on the cross.
The certainty of his resurrection.
His lordship of them and their lives .
They have rejected Christ, while simultaneously claiming to have God as their Father .
But there is another test.
John 8:42
If you were of God the Father, you would love me.
Do you have love for Christ?
Do you cherish his work?
For these Jews, the answer is no.
They hate him.
They seek to kill him.
They do not cherish his work.
They reject his ability to do it.
And herein lies the test.
If they do not love Christ and cherish Christ’s work, then they cannot claim to be children of God.
So if the first two paternity test reveal that they are not children of Abraham nor God, What will the third reveal.
The final test.
It begins in verse 43.
A rejection of the Word and an inabilty to hear reveals a heart that is still dead in sin.
A heart that has happily rejected God.
This is who they are.
They cannot hear.
Jesus reveals the identity of their Father.
Characteristics of children of Satan.
Murderer.
Rejecter of truth.
Invitation
Apply these tests to your own heart.
Are you a child of faith?
Do you believe along with Abraham.
Word abiding belief
Are you
Second test:
Do you love Christ?
Do you cherish his work?
Third test:
Have you rejected his truth?
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