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Wednesday
John 12:44-50 I have not come to judge the world but to save the world
Scripture lesson: A very comforting passage, especially after yesterday's. However, we would feel no need to be “saved” if we did not realize our lostness.
Time to reflect: The “Gentiles” in verse 17 is what we refer to as “the modern culture.” Many of the addressees of this book were gentiles (non-Jews) by birth, but Paul is calling on them to reject some of the evil aspects of the culture around them.
Moving through the day:Pray a prayer of thanksgiving. Try to remember, as much as you can, the words to “Amazing Grace”
John 12:44-50
Summary of Jesus’ Teaching
44 Then Jesus cried aloud: ‘Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. 46I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness. 47I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48The one who rejects me and does not receive my word has a judge; on the last day the word that I have spoken will serve as judge, 49for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak. 50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.’
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